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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2022
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Je Kwon Yoon, Seongnam, KR;
Hyeonsoo Moon, Seoul, KR;
Khalid Jamal Mashal, Louisville, KY (US);
Suzy Kwak, Seoul, KR;
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method may include obtaining one or more images of the washing machine appliance from a camera assembly of a remote device and detecting a fiducial reference on a front portion of the washing machine appliance within the one or more images. The method may also include comparing the detected fiducial reference to a two-dimensional reference shape in an obtained image of the images and determining a set camera angle for the camera assembly is met based on the comparison in the obtained image. The method may further include analyzing the obtained image using a machine learning image recognition process and estimating a load attribute of a load of clothes within the washing machine appliance based on the analysis. The method may still further include directing a wash cycle within the washing machine appliance based on the estimated load attribute.