Laundry treating appliance with drying rack detection based on imaging data

A method for operating a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a drying chamber and a stationary drying rack located within the drying chamber, the method comprising:

• imaging at least a portion of the drying chamber with an imaging device mounted to the clothes dryer and having a sensor operably coupled with at least a portion of the drying chamber;
• determining a presence of an article on the stationary drying rack based on the imaging of the at least a portion of the drying chamber;
• and
• controlling the operation of the clothes dryer based on the presence of the article on the drying rack.

A method for operating a clothes dryer having a rotating drum defining a drying chamber and a stationary drying rack located within the drying chamber, with an article on the stationary rack, the method comprising:

• imaging at least a portion of the drying chamber with an imaging device mounted to the clothes dryer and having a sensor operably coupled with at least a portion of the drying chamber;
• identifying an article on the stationary drying rack based on the imaging of the at least a portion of the drying chamber;
• and
• controlling the operation of the clothes dryer based on the identification of the article on the drying rack.

An automatic clothes dryer for drying laundry according to a drying cycle of operation, comprising:

• a rotatable drum defining a drying chamber;
• an air supply system fluidly coupled to the drying chamber configured to supply air to and exhaust air from the drying chamber;
• a heating system configured to heat the air supplied by the air supply system;
• a dispensing system configured to dispense an amount and type of chemistry;
• an imaging device mounted to the clothes dryer and having a sensor operably coupled with at least a portion of the drying chamber;
• and
• a controller operably coupled to the air supply system, heating system, dispensing system and imaging device and configured to determine a presence of a stationary drying rack in the drying chamber based on the imaging of the at least a portion of the drying chamber and configured to control an operation of the dryer based on the presence of the stationary drying rack.