LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH LOAD SURFACE AREA DETECTION
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1. A method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance comprising a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, the method comprising:
- imaging the laundry to generate image data; and
determining the surface area of the laundry from the image data.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a laundry treating appliance and method for controlling the operation of the laundry treating appliance by determining the surface area of the laundry based on image data of the laundry.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance comprising a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, the method comprising:
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imaging the laundry to generate image data; and determining the surface area of the laundry from the image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance comprising a rotatable drum partially defining a treating chamber containing laundry, the method comprising:
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automatically determining the surface area of the laundry in the treating chamber; and setting at least one parameter of a treating cycle of operation of the laundry treating appliance based on the determined surface area of the laundry. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
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a treating chamber; an imaging device configured to generate image data representative of laundry in the treating chamber; and a controller operably coupled to the imaging device and configured to determine the surface area of laundry in the treating chamber from the image data and control the treating cycle of operation based on the surface area. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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