Methods of monitoring the load state of a dishwashing appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsHaitian Hu, Adam Christopher Hofmann, Hairong Li
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Abstract
A method may include detecting one or more insertion actions for a loading one or more articles into the dishwashing appliance and directing, subsequent to the detected insertion actions, a dishwasher cycle within the dishwashing appliance. The method may also include detecting, subsequent to the dishwasher cycle, one or more removal actions for unloading the one or more articles from the dishwashing appliance. The method may further include evaluating the detected removal actions against the detected insertion actions and directing a user interface of the dishwashing appliance based on the evaluation.
Claims12
A method of operating a dishwashing appliance comprising:
- detecting one or more insertion actions for a loading one or more articles into the dishwashing appliance;
- directing, subsequent to the detected insertion actions, a dishwasher cycle within the dishwashing appliance;
- detecting, subsequent to the dishwasher cycle, one or more removal actions for unloading the one or more articles from the dishwashing appliance;
- evaluating the detected removal actions against the detected insertion actions;
- and
- directing a user interface of the dishwashing appliance based on the evaluation;
- transmitting, prior to detecting one or more removal actions and subsequent to the dishwasher cycle, a monitoring request to one or more connected domestic appliances spaced apart from the dishwashing appliance;
- and
- receiving a monitoring signal from the one or more connected domestic appliances in response to transmitting the monitoring request,
- wherein detecting one or more removal actions is based on the received monitoring signal,
- wherein detecting one or more insertion actions comprises receiving a captured image from a camera assembly in operable communication with the dishwashing appliance,
- wherein the camera assembly is fixed to a corresponding domestic appliance of the one or more connected domestic appliances spaced apart from the dishwashing appliance, and
- wherein the camera assembly is directed away from the corresponding domestic appliance.
A method of operating a dishwashing appliance comprising:
- detecting, apart from the dishwashing appliance, one or more insertion actions for a loading one or more articles into the dishwashing appliance;
- directing, subsequent to the detected insertion actions, a dishwasher cycle within the dishwashing appliance;
- detecting, apart from the dishwashing appliance and subsequent to the dishwasher cycle, one or more removal actions for unloading the one or more articles from the dishwashing appliance;
- evaluating the detected removal actions against the detected insertion actions;
- determining a load status of the dishwashing appliance based on the evaluation;
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- directing a user interface of the dishwashing appliance based on the determined load status;
- transmitting, prior to detecting one or more removal actions and subsequent to the dishwasher cycle, a monitoring request to one or more connected domestic appliances spaced apart from the dishwashing appliance;
- and
- receiving a monitoring signal from the one or more connected domestic appliances in response to transmitting the monitoring request,
- wherein detecting one or more removal actions is based on the received monitoring signal,
- wherein detecting one or more insertion actions comprises receiving a captured image from a camera assembly in operable communication with the dishwashing appliance,
- wherein the camera assembly is fixed to a corresponding domestic appliance of the one or more connected domestic appliances spaced apart from the dishwashing appliance, and
- wherein the camera assembly is directed away from the corresponding domestic appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.