Whirlpool Corporation

Whirpool Corporation

Whirpoll Corporation

Farhad Ashrafzadeh

Shreecharan Kanchanavally

Brian P Janke

James Phillips Carow

Kevin Michael Chase

Ryan Robert Bellinger

James Kerner

Peter Richmond

Raveendran Vaidhyanathan

Ali R Buendia-Garcia

Kalyanakrishnan Vadakkeveedu

Moeed Mukhtar

Sathish Andrea Sundaram

Peter E Zasowski

Layne E Heilman

Richard A McCoy

Alberto Regio Gomes

Andrew David Litch

Ronald L Voglewede

Claudio Civanelli

Tushar Kulkarni

Sarah E Ihne

Yingqin Yuan

Ali R Buendia Garcia

Robert J Pinkowski

Richard A Sunshine

Michael T Dalton

Luiz Von Dokonal

Marcelo C Silva

Rodrigo Stanziola Teixeira

Kristopher Lee Delgado

Duane M Kobos

Rodrigo S Teixeira

Kurt J Mitts

Marcelo Campos Silva

A laundry treating appliance and a method operating a laundry treating appliance having a dye sensor configured to output a signal indicative of the amount of dye within liquid in the treating chamber, a controller having a memory in which is stored a set of executable instructions including at least one user-selectable cycle of operation, and a user interface operably coupled with the controller and providing an input and output function for the controller and provide information related to a dye release.

Laundry treating appliance and method of operation for a laundry treating appliance

A laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum defining a laundry treating chamber, where the laundry in the laundry treating chamber may be imaged and a condition of the laundry determined based on the imaging of the laundry. A notification can be provided to a user based on the determined motion condition.

Laundry treating appliance with imaging control

The invention relates to a laundry treating appliance and method for controlling the operation of the laundry treating appliance by determining the surface area of the laundry based on image data of the laundry.

Laundry treating appliance with load surface area detection

An appliance includes an appliance housing, an interface adapted to receive power information, a plurality of sensors for sensing environmental conditions, a plurality of controls for controlling operations of the appliance, and an intelligent control. The intelligent control is disposed within the appliance housing and operatively connected to the interface and the plurality of sensors and adapted to dynamically select control values associated with the plurality of controls based on at least one of the power information, the environmental conditions, or a combination thereof to increase energy efficiency of the appliance.

On-line energy consumption optimization adaptive to environmental condition

A dispensing system includes one or more digital image capture devices for capturing images in a dispenser well and a digital image analyzer operatively coupled to the digital image capture device(s) for analyzing the images for use in regulating a dispensing operation. The digital image analyzer evaluates digital images captured by the digital image capture device(s) to determine various characteristics of a container placed in the dispensing well, such as the height and position of the container.

Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser

A laundry treating appliance and method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation by determining the presence of a bulky laundry item based on image data of the laundry within the treating chamber.

Laundry treating appliance with bulky item detection

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Stevensville, MI, United States of America

Farhad Ashrafzadeh