ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,500, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine and controlling method for the same" was invented by Sungmo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junhyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sugkil Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine, and a method of controlling the same, the washing machine including a tub; a drum in the tub; a motor configured to rotate the drum; a vibration sensor configured to detect vibration of the tub as the drum is rotated during a dehydrating course, and to produce a corresponding vibration value; and a controller configu...