Neurocontrol for washing machines
US5241845A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S706/904
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A fully automatic washing machine includes a detector for detecting a cloth volume, cloth type, soil degree and soil type in regard to clothes contained in a wash tub. A control device calculates a wash water stream in a wash step and a period of the wash step in the washing operation by a neurocontrol in which data of the cloth volume, the cloth type, soil degree and soil type are supplied to a neural network as input data. The neurocontrol is compensated for in accordance with the turbidity of a wash liquid detected at the time of completion of the wash step.
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