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Patent No.:

US 12460336 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2022

Systems and methods for using artificial intelligence to perform a bulk flush process in a washing machine appliance

Applicant:

Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Wonmyung Seo, Seongnam, KR;

Seong Hoon Ryu, Suwon, KR;

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Cristi J Tate-Sims

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 33/47 (2020.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.01); D06F 34/22 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); D06F 103/22 (2020.01); D06F 105/02 (2020.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/47 (2020.02); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.02); D06F 34/04 (2020.02); D06F 34/22 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 39/022 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); D06F 2103/22 (2020.02); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); H04N 7/183 (2013.01);
Abstract

A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket that is rotatably mounted within a wash tub and that defines a wash chamber for receiving a load of clothes. A water supply selectively dispenses a flow of wash fluid and a bulk dispenser selectively adds a wash additive to the flow of wash fluid. A controller is configured to initiate a bulk flush operation by operating the water supply to provide the flow of wash fluid and the bulk dispenser to dispense the wash additive, obtain one or more images of the flow of wash fluid using a camera assembly, analyze the one or more images using an image recognition process to determine an additive content of the flow of wash fluid, and terminate the bulk flush operation in response to determining that the additive content falls below a predetermined additive threshold.

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