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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Je Kwon Yoon, Seongnam, KR;
Hyeonsoo Moon, Seoul, KR;
Myunggeon Chung, Seoul, KR;
Suzy Kwak, Seoul, KR;
Khalid Jamal Mashal, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a washing machine appliance may include obtaining one or more images of an external basket spaced apart from the washing machine appliance from a camera assembly and analyzing an obtained image of the one or more images using an image recognition process to estimate a fill level of a load of clothes within the external basket. The method may further include matching the estimated fill level to an estimated load size and directing a wash cycle within the washing machine appliance based on the estimated load size.