Method for real time determination during loading of volumetric load size in a laundry treating appliance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10760193
APP PUB NO 20180010286A1
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15698090

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A method of operating and a laundry treating appliance, including a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber into which laundry may be placed for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a processor programmed to at least as the laundry is being placed in the treating chamber, at least one of measure, sense, analytically determine, estimate, or receive as an input a first load size of the laundry in the treating chamber to define a determined first load size and select at least one of a color or an intensity corresponding to the determined first load size to define a first light setting.

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WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION2000 NORTH M-63 BENTON HARBOR MI 49022

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Balinski, Barbara A Saint Joseph, US 12 95
Barr, Jason L Lawton, US 5 17
Leitert, Andrew Eau Claire, US 20 227
McAllister, Karl David Stevensville, US 44 298
Oskins, James A Saint Joseph, US 8 66
Quock, Matthew J Saint Joseph, US 5 32
Wilson, Jamal O Stevensville, US 5 50

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