Patent ID: 8863403

Claim:
A control method of a clothing dryer to spray mist into a drum of the clothing dryer to remove wrinkles from clothing within the drum, the control method comprising: detecting an amount of the clothing within the drum; determining twice standard regain per unit weight of the clothing based on at least the detected amount of the clothing; spraying mist such that an amount of mist equivalent to approximately twice standard regain per unit weight of the clothing reaches the clothing; diffusing the mist to the clothing by intermittently rotating the drum, after spraying the mist to the clothing; steaming the mist at an inside the clothing, and by operating a hot air heater to raise an interior temperature of the drum, after diffusing the mist to the clothing; and drying the clothing at a fiber rearrangement temperature to remove wrinkles from the clothing, wherein the spraying of mist is performed before supplying hot air into the drum.