Laundry treating appliance and method of operation

摘要

A laundry treating appliance for treating a laundry load according to at least one cycle of operation and a method of operating a laundry treating appliance to determine an amount of imbalance of the laundry load in the drum based on a determined average peak-to-peak value and taking corrective action when the determined amount of imbalance does not satisfy a threshold.

主权项

1. A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving a laundry load, at least one balance ring coupled to the drum and containing moveable balancing material, and a motor for rotating the drum, the method comprising:
rotating the drum by operating the motor; repeatedly determining an amplitude of a peak-to-peak value of a motor torque during the rotating of the drum to provide multiple peak-to-peak values; determining an average peak-to-peak value from the multiple peak-to-peak values; determining an amount of imbalance of the laundry load in the drum based on the determined average peak-to-peak value; comparing the amount of imbalance to a threshold imbalance value; and taking corrective action when the comparison indicates the determined amount of imbalance does not satisfy the threshold imbalance.