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Patent No.:

US 12655573 B1

Date of Patent:

Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2022

Dryer performance customer feedback

Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventor:

Arun Rajendran, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Assignee:

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:

BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jessica Yuen

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 34/32 (2020.01); D06F 58/44 (2020.01); D06F 101/02 (2020.01); D06F 103/40 (2020.01); D06F 105/12 (2020.01); D06F 105/14 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 34/04 (2020.02); D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 34/32 (2020.02); D06F 58/44 (2020.02); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); D06F 2101/02 (2020.02); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2105/12 (2020.02); D06F 2105/14 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02); G05B 2219/2633 (2013.01);

Abstract

Selecting cycle modifiers for a clothes dryer is provided. Responsive to a requested cycle of operation for drying a load and a previous cycle being the same cycle type, and further responsive to historical information for the previous cycle indicating positive user feedback that dryness of the load was correct, cycle modifiers corresponding to the requested cycle are applied, and the clothes dryer is operated without soliciting further user feedback. Responsive to the requested cycle and the previous cycle being different cycle types, or responsive to the historical information for the previous cycle indicating negative user feedback that the dryness of the load was incorrect, apply the cycle modifiers corresponding to the requested cycle, operate the clothes dryer, and solicit further user feedback with respect to the cycle of operation of the clothes dryer to update cycle modifiers for use in future cycles of the same cycle of operation.

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