Image recognition processes for detecting tangling in a washing machine appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Matthew Dillon, Matthew R. Hunter
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Abstract
A method of operating a washing machine appliance is provided. The washing machine appliance includes a wash basket rotatably mounted within a wash tub and defining a wash chamber configured for receiving of a load of articles. A camera is positioned with a view of the wash chamber. The method includes obtaining one or more images of the wash chamber with the camera, analyzing the one or more images using a machine learning image recognition process to determine that the articles are tangled, and adjusting at least one operating parameter of the washing machine appliance in response to determining that the articles are tangled.
Claims20
A washing machine appliance, comprising:
- a wash tub positioned within a cabinet;
- a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub and defining a wash chamber configured for receiving a load of articles;
- a camera mounted to the cabinet in view of the wash chamber;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to the camera, the controller configured to
- obtain one or more images of the articles within the wash chamber from the camera;
- analyze the one or more images using a machine learning image recognition process to determine that the articles are tangled;
- and
- adjust at least one operating parameter of the washing machine appliance in response to determining that the articles are tangled.
A method of operating a washing machine appliance, the washing machine appliance comprising a wash basket rotatably mounted within a wash tub and defining a wash chamber configured for receiving of a load of articles, a camera is positioned with a view of the wash chamber, the method comprising:
- obtaining one or more images of the wash chamber with the camera;
- analyzing the one or more images using a machine learning image recognition process to determine that the articles are tangled;
- and
- adjusting at least one operating parameter of the washing machine appliance in response to determining that the articles are tangled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.