Laundry appliance with user sensing functionality

A laundry treatment appliance (100) is proposed which comprises: a humidity measuring arrangement (315, 325, 420) comprising a sensing unit (325, 420) for sensing an electric parameter associated with a laundry load housed in a laundry treatment chamber, a processing unit (315) for determining the h...

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Main Authors PATTARELLO, Giorgio, DEL MASCHIO, Federico
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.08.2024
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FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
LAUNDERING
LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES
TEXTILES
TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE
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Summary:A laundry treatment appliance (100) is proposed which comprises: a humidity measuring arrangement (315, 325, 420) comprising a sensing unit (325, 420) for sensing an electric parameter associated with a laundry load housed in a laundry treatment chamber, a processing unit (315) for determining the humidity of the laundry load according to the sensed electric parameter; and a conductive element (160) electrically coupled to the processing unit (315) and arranged such that, when an at least partially conductive body is in proximity of the conductive element (160), an electric signal is generated by capacitive coupling between the conductive element (160) and the least partially conductive body, wherein the processing unit (315) is configured to assess a presence or absence of a user near the appliance according to a pattern of the electric signal at the processing unit (315).
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20180412043