Household appliances with smart status indicators

Abstract

A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes checking for a material in a container of the household appliance. When the material is detected, the method may include recording a presence of the container in response to detecting the material in the container and deactivating a status indicator in response to detecting the material in the container. When the material is not detected, the method may include checking for the container in response to detecting the absence of the material. When the container is not detected, the method may include disabling a status indicator in response to detecting the absence of the container. When the container is detected, the method may include activating a status indicator in response to detecting the presence of the container and in response to detecting the absence of the material.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.