US 12,251,070 B2
Methods of monitoring the load state of a dishwashing appliance
Haitian Hu, Louisville, KY (US); Adam Christopher Hofmann, Louisville, KY (US); and Hairong Li, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,170.
Prior Publication US 2024/0065521 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4295 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0049 (2013.01); A47L 15/006 (2013.01); A47L 2401/04 (2013.01); A47L 2401/26 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a dishwashing appliance comprising:
detecting one or more insertion actions for a loading one or more articles into the dishwashing appliance;
directing, subsequent to the detected insertion actions, a dishwasher cycle within the dishwashing appliance;
detecting, subsequent to the dishwasher cycle, one or more removal actions for unloading the one or more articles from the dishwashing appliance;
evaluating the detected removal actions against the detected insertion actions; and
directing a user interface of the dishwashing appliance based on the evaluation;
transmitting, prior to detecting one or more removal actions and subsequent to the dishwasher cycle, a monitoring request to one or more connected domestic appliances spaced apart from the dishwashing appliance; and
receiving a monitoring signal from the one or more connected domestic appliances in response to transmitting the monitoring request,
wherein detecting one or more removal actions is based on the received monitoring signal,
wherein detecting one or more insertion actions comprises receiving a captured image from a camera assembly in operable communication with the dishwashing appliance,
wherein the camera assembly is fixed to a corresponding domestic appliance of the one or more connected domestic appliances spaced apart from the dishwashing appliance, and
wherein the camera assembly is directed away from the corresponding domestic appliance.