LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH DRYING RACK DETECTION BASED ON IMAGING DATA
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1. A method for operating a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a drying chamber, the method comprising:
- imaging at least a portion of the drying chamber;
determining the presence of a stationary drying rack in the drying chamber based on the imaging; and
controlling the operation of the clothes dryer based on the presence of the drying rack.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of determining the presence of a drying rack based on image data of the laundry located in a treating chamber of a laundry treating appliance.
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1. A method for operating a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a drying chamber, the method comprising:
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imaging at least a portion of the drying chamber; determining the presence of a stationary drying rack in the drying chamber based on the imaging; and controlling the operation of the clothes dryer based on the presence of the drying rack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for operating a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a drying chamber and a stationary rack located within the drying chamber, the method comprising:
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imaging at least a portion of the drying chamber; determining the presence of an article on the stationary drying rack based on the imaging; and controlling the operation of the clothes dryer based on the presence of the article on the drying rack. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for operating a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a drying chamber and a stationary rack located within the drying chamber, with an article on the stationary rack, the method comprising:
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imaging at least a portion of the drying chamber; identifying an article on the stationary drying rack based on the imaging; and controlling the operation of the clothes dryer based on the identification of the article on the drying rack. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An automatic clothes dryer for drying laundry according to a drying cycle of operation, comprising:
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a rotatable drum defining a drying chamber; an air supply system fluidly coupled to the drying chamber configured to supply and exhaust air to the drying chamber; a heating system configured to heat the air supplied by the air supply system; a dispensing system configured to dispense an amount and type of chemistry; an imaging device configured to output imaging data representative of the drying chamber; and a controller operably coupled to the air supply system, heating system, dispensing system and imaging device and configured to determine the presence of a drying rack in the drying chamber from the imaging data and configured to control the operation of the dryer based on the presence of the drying rack. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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