Method for controlling laundry treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsBaekeun Kwon, Joohee Oh
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus capable of sensing and calculating at least one of a volume of laundry and a material of the laundry through a camera capable of filming the laundry in a front load type washing machine.
Claims18
A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet having an opening and defining a space to receive laundry therein, a door configured to open and close the opening, a drum disposed in the cabinet and configured to rotate the laundry, a driver coupled to the drum and configured to rotate the drum, a camera disposed in the opening or on the door and configured to film an interior of the drum, and a controller configured to control the driver and the camera and calculate a weight or a volume of the laundry, the method comprising:
- performing a first rotating operation of rotating the drum to agitate the laundry;
- performing a first filming operation of filming the interior of the drum to obtain a first image of the laundry;
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- performing a finalizing operation of analyzing the first image to determine the volume of the laundry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.