CPC D06F 58/52 (2020.02) [D06F 34/04 (2020.02); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/06 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/26 (2020.02); D06F 2103/36 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); D06F 2105/62 (2020.02)] | 20 Claims |
14. A method of operating a dryer appliance, the dryer appliance comprising a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet, the drum defining a chamber for receipt of clothes for drying, and a microphone for monitoring sound generated during operation of the dryer appliance, the method comprising:
obtaining a sound signal generated during operation of the dryer appliance using the microphone;
generating a spectrogram from the sound signal, the spectrogram representing a sound frequency and a sound amplitude over time;
identifying a sound signature by analyzing the spectrogram using an image recognition process; and
adjusting at least one operating parameter of the dryer appliance based at least in part on identification of the sound signature.
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