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;
determining a surface area of the laundry from the image data; and
automatically selecting a treating cycle of operation of the laundry treating appliance based on the determined surface area of the laundry.
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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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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; determining a surface area of the laundry from the image data; and automatically selecting a treating cycle of operation of the laundry treating appliance based on the determined surface area of the laundry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. 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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imaging the laundry to generate image data; automatically determining a number of individual items of laundry from the image data; and automatically selecting a type of treating chemistry based on the determined number of individual items of laundry. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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