US 12,251,066 B2
Dishwasher with image-based diagnostics
Joel Boyer, Louisville, KY (US); Robert M. Digman, Goshen, KY (US); Russell Dietrich, Taylorsville, KY (US); and Bassam Fawaz, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan (CN)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,417.
Application 18/295,417 is a division of application No. 17/587,488, filed on Jan. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,633,081.
Application 17/587,488 is a division of application No. 16/587,826, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,259,681, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233049 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/0057 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0028 (2013.01); A47L 15/0039 (2013.01); A47L 15/0063 (2013.01); A47L 15/4225 (2013.01); A47L 15/4244 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher, comprising:
a wash tub including a plurality of walls;
a controllably-movable sprayer; and
a controller coupled to the controllably-movable sprayer and configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto one or more utensils disposed in the wash tub during a wash cycle, wherein the controller is further configured to rinse down one or more of the plurality of walls by controlling the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more of the plurality of walls;
wherein the controllably-movable sprayer includes one or more apertures extending through an exterior surface thereof, wherein the controller is configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more utensils by directing the controllably-movable sprayer to orient the one or more apertures to spray fluid onto the one or more utensils, and wherein the controller is further configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto the one or more of the plurality of walls by controllably-redirecting the controllably-movable sprayer to reorient the one or more apertures away from the one or more utensils and towards the one or more of the plurality of walls.