Load detection and cycle modification in laundry appliance applications

A method for inferring a laundry cycle type for a load of laundry items, comprising:

• performing measurements of a laundry load in a drum of a laundry appliance during a pre-rinse cycle, the measurements including:
• providing the water into the drum by opening a valve for a predefined amount of time, thereby providing a predefined quantity of water,
• measuring a time between adding the water and the water reaching a sump of the laundry appliance,
• identifying a maximum recorded sump pressure of a sump pressure sensor after adding the water and before spinning out the laundry load,
• identifying the wet mass based on an amount of retained water corresponding to the maximum recorded sump pressure as compared to the predefined quantity of water,
• receiving motor parameters from a motor of the laundry appliance during an initial dry spin of the laundry load before adding the water, the motor parameters including voltage, current, torque, and/or speed information, and
• using a machine learning algorithm to estimate the dry mass according to the motor parameters;
• using a model to determine load parameters based on the measurements;
• and
• using the load parameters to determine a laundry cycle type for the laundry load.