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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Stevensville, MI (US);
James P. Carow, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Shreecharan Kanchanavally, Lisle, IL (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/36 (2020.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 103/02 (2020.01); D06F 105/48 (2020.01); D06F 103/06 (2020.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01); D06F 105/38 (2020.01); D06F 105/24 (2020.01); D06F 105/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/36 (2020.02); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); G01N 21/255 (2013.01); D06F 2103/02 (2020.02); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/06 (2020.02); D06F 2105/20 (2020.02); D06F 2105/24 (2020.02); D06F 2105/38 (2020.02); D06F 2105/48 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02);
Abstract
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.