Method for real time determination during loading of volumetric load size in a laundry treating appliance
US10760193B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F2105/48
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method of operating and a laundry treating appliance, including a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber into which laundry may be placed for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a processor programmed to at least as the laundry is being placed in the treating chamber, at least one of measure, sense, analytically determine, estimate, or receive as an input a first load size of the laundry in the treating chamber to define a determined first load size and select at least one of a color or an intensity corresponding to the determined first load size to define a first light setting.
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