Method for real-time indication of load size during loading of a laundry treating appliance

摘要

Methods and apparatus for operating a laundry treating appliance to indicate an amount of laundry in a treating chamber are disclosed. An example method includes as laundry is being placed in the treating chamber, illuminating the treating chamber with light, and as the laundry is being placed in the treating chamber, repeatedly adjusting at least one or a color and/or an intensity of the light based on an amount of laundry in the treating chamber.

主权项

1. A laundry treating appliance comprising:
a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber into which laundry may be placed for treatment according to an automatic 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;select at least one of a color or an intensity of a first light corresponding to the determined first load size; andcontrol a light source to illuminate the treating chamber with the selected first light as the laundry is being placed in the treating chamber.