CLOTHES DRYER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

A clothes dryer may include a drum in which laundry is receivable; a humidity detector to detect a dryness level of the laundry in the drum; and a controller configured to: obtain the dryness level of the laundry detected by the humidity detector while a first initial drying cycle is performed, determine a weight category of the laundry from a plurality of weight categories of laundry based on the obtained dryness level, obtain control information based on the determined weight category, and control, according to the obtained control information, a main drying cycle to be performed.