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US 8,576,401 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for determining a characteristic of a consumable
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsKirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh, Robert J. Pinkowski
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Abstract
The embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.
Claims17
A method for determining at least one characteristic of a treating chemistry inside a removable component having a graphic applied to the removable component in a laundry treating appliance having a controller, comprising:
- applying a first intensity of light to the graphic and determining a corresponding first reflectance by said laundry treating appliance;
- and
- applying a second intensity of light to the graphic and determining a corresponding second reflectance, wherein the intensity of the second intensity light is greater than the intensity of the first intensity light and penetrates a surface of the graphic received by said laundry treating appliance;
- and
- determining at least one characteristic of the treating chemistry from the first and second reflectances by said controller.
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