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US 11,889,966 B2Granted
Dishwasher with image-based object sensing
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Bassam Fawaz, Russell Dietrich
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Abstract
Image-based object sensing is utilized in a dishwasher to configure a wash cycle and/or perform other operations in the dishwasher.
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A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub;
- a door providing external access to the wash tub;
- an imaging device configured to capture images in the dishwasher;
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- a controller coupled to the imaging device and configured to control the imaging device to capture one or more images of a load in the dishwasher at an end of a wash cycle, set a clean status for the dishwasher at the end of the wash cycle, sense a change of state for the dishwasher based at least in part on one or more subsequent images captured with the imaging device after the door has been opened, and generate a notification of the change of state in response to sensing the change of state.
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A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub;
- a door providing external access to the wash tub;
- an imaging device configured to capture images in the dishwasher;
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- a controller coupled to the imaging device and configured to control the imaging device to capture one or more images of a load in the dishwasher at an end of a wash cycle and generate a notification of an object added to the dishwasher after the end of the wash cycle and prior to emptying of the dishwasher based at least in part on one or more subsequent images captured with the imaging device after the door has been opened.
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A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub including a sump;
- an imaging device configured to capture images of the sump;
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- a controller coupled to the imaging device and configured to control the imaging device to capture one or more images of the sump and generate a notification in response to detection of a foreign object in the sump from the captured one or more images of the sump.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.