DRYING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

Disclosed is a drying device comprising a drying unit and a processor for controlling the operation of the drying unit. The processor can control the drying unit so as to: identify, if a drying request is received, whether the drying request is an initial drying request for an object to be dried or an additional drying request for the object to be dried; and, if the drying request is identified as an additional drying request, perform an additional drying operation for the object to be dried on the basis of a drying operation method corresponding to a previous drying request for the object to be dried.