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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Bowling Green, KY (US);
James P. Carow, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Moeed Mukhtar, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/28 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/28 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/006 (2013.01); D06F 2058/2854 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/10 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23399 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2613 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a home appliance having a treating chamber for receiving an article for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation stored in memory of a programmable controller operably controlling one or more actuators to implement the cycle of operation, the method includes implementing the cycle of operation, receiving sensor feedback, calculating gradients from the sensor feedback, and controlling an actuator based thereon.