Patent ID: 7647663

Claim:
A combination laundry device comprising: a washing and/or drying part having a drum for performing a washing and a drying cycle for the laundry each having an information tag memorizing information relating to washing and/or drying conditions; a cabinet dryer combined with the washing and/or drying part for performing a drying or a refreshing cycle, or keeping the laundry therein; a reading part for acquiring information memorized in each information tag of the laundry; the reading part provided in the washing and/or drying part, and an auxiliary reading part provided in the cabinet dryer for acquiring information memorized in each information tag of the laundry within a keeping part, and a controller provided in at least one of the washing and/or drying part and the cabinet dryer for acquiring information of the entire laundry loaded into the drum and the keeping part from the reading part and the auxiliary reading part respectively, and for controlling the washing and/or drying part and the cabinet dryer by selectively setting operation conditions of the washing and/or drying part and the cabinet dryer, wherein the controller compares the information acquired from the reading part with the information acquired from the auxiliary reading part, and compensates for operating conditions of the cabinet dryer as much as a difference when there is the difference between the information acquired from the reading part and the information acquired from the auxiliary reading part.