- Patent Title: Method of determining a load size in a laundry treating appliance
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Application No.: US17245516Application Date: 2021-04-30
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Publication No.: US11686031B2Publication Date: 2023-06-27
- Inventor: Andrew Leitert , Karl David McAllister
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: McGarry Bair PC
- The original application number of the division: US15171146 2016.06.02
- Main IPC: D06F34/18
- IPC: D06F34/18 ; D06F33/00 ; D06F34/28 ; D06F103/02 ; D06F103/04 ; D06F101/04 ; D06F105/58 ; D06F101/20 ; D06F33/30 ; D06F35/00

Abstract:
Method of determining a laundry load size in a laundry treating appliance comprising a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, an imaging device, and a controller having a processor, the method includes generating an image, detecting markings in the generated image, and determining, by the controller, a load size based thereon.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210246593A1 METHOD OF DETERMINING A LOAD SIZE IN A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE Public/Granted day:2021-08-12
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