Child detection algorithm for a laundry appliance

A laundry appliance comprising:

• a cabinet;
• a basket rotatably mounted within the cabinet and defining a chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes;
• a motor assembly operably coupled to the basket for selectively rotating the basket;
• a camera assembly mounted within the cabinet in view of the chamber;
• and
• a controller operably coupled to the motor assembly and the camera assembly, the controller being configured to:
• receive a command to commence an operating cycle;
• disturb the chamber by adjusting at least one operating parameter of the laundry appliance;
• determine, in response to and after the disturbance of the chamber, that there is movement in the chamber after the basket is no longer rotating, wherein determining that there is movement in the chamber comprises obtaining one or more images of the chamber using the camera assembly and implementing an image processing algorithm on the one or more images;
• and
• implement a responsive action in response to determining that there is movement in the chamber.