Dishwasher with image-based diagnostics
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Russell Dietrich, Bassam Fawaz
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Abstract
A dishwasher includes in part a controllably-movable sprayer and a controller coupled to the controllably-movable sprayer and configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto one or more utensils disposed in a wash tub during a wash cycle. The controller is also configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto one or more walls of the wash tub by controllably-redirecting the controllably-movable sprayer to reorient one or more apertures of the sprayer away from the one or more utensils and towards the one or more walls.
Claims15
A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub including a plurality of walls;
- a controllably-movable sprayer;
- and
- a controller coupled to the controllably-movable sprayer and configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto one or more utensils disposed in the wash tub during a wash cycle, wherein the controller is further configured to rinse down one or more of the plurality of walls by controlling the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more of the plurality of walls;
- wherein the controllably-movable sprayer includes one or more apertures extending through an exterior surface thereof, wherein the controller is configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more utensils by directing the controllably-movable sprayer to orient the one or more apertures to spray fluid onto the one or more utensils, and wherein the controller is further configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more of the plurality of walls by controllably-redirecting the controllably-movable sprayer to reorient the one or more apertures away from the one or more utensils and towards the one or more of the plurality of walls.
A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub including a plurality of walls;
- a controllably-movable sprayer;
- an imaging device configured to capture images of the dishwasher;
- and
- a controller coupled to the controllably-movable sprayer and configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto one or more utensils disposed in the wash tub during a wash cycle, wherein the controller is further configured to rinse down one or more of the plurality of walls by controlling the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more of the plurality of walls, and wherein the controller is coupled to the imaging device and configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more of the plurality of walls in response to a detection of foam in the dishwasher from one or more images captured by the imaging device.
A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub including a plurality of walls;
- a controllably-movable sprayer;
- an imaging device configured to capture images within the wash tub;
- and
- a controller coupled to the controllably-movable sprayer and configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto one or more utensils disposed in the wash tub during a wash cycle, wherein the controller is further configured to rinse down one or more of the plurality of walls by controlling the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more of the plurality of walls, and wherein the controller is coupled to the imaging device and further configured to control the imaging device to capture one or more images within the wash tub and control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the imaging device in response to a determination that the imaging device is blocked based upon the captured one or more images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.