Method for controlling a laundry treating appliance based on a floor parameter
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsFARSHAD FARID, DENNIS L. KEHL, KENNETH P. MITERA
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Abstract
A method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance resting on a floor and having a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber that includes creating an imbalance in the drum, rotating the drum at least one predetermined speed, determining an out of balance parameter, determining a floor parameter of the floor based on the out of balance parameter, and setting at least one operating parameter based on the floor parameter.
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A method of controlling an operation of a laundry treating appliance resting on a floor and having a rotatable drum defining a treating chamber, the method comprising:
- creating an imbalance in the drum;
- rotating the drum at least one predetermined speed;
- determining an out of balance parameter for an out of balance condition created by the rotation of the drum with the imbalance;
- determining a floor parameter of the floor based on the out of balance parameter;
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- setting at least one operating parameter based on the floor parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.