A laundry treating apparatus for a processing operation for laundry, the laundry treating apparatus including a control panel to allow a user to input a control signal for the processing operation. The laundry treating apparatus includes a main body to accommodate laundry and a cover defining an exterior of the main body. The cover includes a first through hole in a front upper end portion. The control panel is installed inside the cover and partially exposed to an exterior of the cover through the first through hole. The control panel includes a window having a front surface bonded to the inner surface of the cover at an area other than the first through hole. A touch screen is coupled to a rear surface of the window. A coating guide supports a rear surface of the touch screen and is fastened to the inner surface of the cover.

A dryer includes a main body having an opening for an object to be dried to be entered therethrough, a drum arranged inside the main body for accommodating the object entered through the opening, a door opening or closing the opening, an input device configured to receive an input to perform a dehumidification mode, and output a control signal corresponding to the received input, a heat exchanger heating air supplied to the drum, a fan forming a flow of air along a fluid path connected to the drum through the heat exchanger from outside of the main body, and a controller configured to control the fan to introduce air from the outside of the main body to flow along the fluid path in response to the control signal received from the input device.

A pump is configured to drain liquid from the wash basket. A vent line extends between the wash basket and the cabinet. The vent line includes a fan, a humidity sensor proximate the fan, and a controller. The controller is operable to perform a drain cycle. The drain cycle includes activating the pump. Comparing, across a set interval of time, a humidity within the washing machine appliance to a reference humidity. Determining the humidity's proximity to the reference humidity. Detecting a fault in the drain cycle in response to the humidity exceeding the reference humidity. Continuing a rinse cycle in response to the humidity being proximate the reference humidity.

A prediction method includes acquisition step, prediction step, determination step, and processing step. In acquisition step, parameters for a drying operation are acquired. In prediction step, based on the acquired parameters, a drying time required for the drying operation is predicted by a first prediction method. In determination step, when the restart of the drying operation is detected while the drying operation is stopped, whether the first prediction method performed in prediction step is applicable is determined. In processing step, when the first prediction method is determined to be applicable, the first prediction method is continued and when the first prediction method is determined not to be applicable, predetermined processing is performed.

Provided are a method and apparatus for determining a blockage of a filter of a clothes dryer and a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes a motor. The method includes following steps. An actual rotational speed of the motor is acquired, and an electrical parameter corresponding to a rotational speed range to which the actual rotational speed belongs is determined as a first threshold corresponding to the actual rotational speed; an actual clothes volume in the clothes dryer is acquired, and the first threshold is corrected according to a correction coefficient corresponding to a clothes volume range to which the actual clothes volume belongs so that a second threshold is obtained; and an actual electrical parameter of the motor is acquired, and when it is detected that the actual electrical parameter is less than the second threshold, it is determined that the filter of the clothes dryer is blocked.

A hydraulic system for a household appliance which includes a pump that is driven by an electric motor, an outlet conduit in fluid communication with an outlet of the pump, a magnetic check valve having a flap and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the speed of the electric motor in a closed loop and to determine whether the flap of the check valve is in an open position or in a closed position based on the torque of the electric motor estimated from the current consumption of the electric motor and/or the voltage in the terminals of the electric motor.

A method is provided for monitoring an operation of a plurality of washing machines that is each located at a plurality of facilities. The method includes receiving, at a processor, first data indicating a value of one or more parameters related to usage of the plurality of washing machines at each facility of the plurality of facilities. The method also includes determining, with the processor, a value of a normalized parameter for the usage of the plurality of washing machines at each facility based on the first data. The method also includes comparing, with the processor, the value of the normalized parameter for each facility with a target value of the normalized parameter. The method also includes outputting, on a display, an output based on the comparing step.

A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet; a basket rotatably mounted within the cabinet and defining a chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes; a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet; a sensor positioned within the cabinet, the sensor configured to measure a humidity of air within the cabinet; and a controller operably coupled to the sensor, the controller being configured to determine that an operating cycle of the laundry treatment appliance has been completed; determine that a user has removed the load of clothes; obtain one or more humidity measurements of the chamber using the sensor after determining that the user has removed the load of clothes; identify a leftover article remaining in the chamber by analyzing the one or more humidity measurements of the chamber; and implement a responsive action in response to identifying the leftover article remaining in the chamber.

A method for operating a washing machine appliance may include a step of activating a wash cycle of the washing machine appliance. The method may also include a step of flowing a fill of liquid water to a tub of the washing machine appliance. The method may further include a step of flowing a wash substance to the tub of the washing machine appliance. The method may also include a step of monitoring conductivity measurements and turbidity measurements of the tub. The method may further include a step of determining a classification of the wash substance flowed to the tub of the washing machine appliance. The method may also include a step of comparing the determined classification of the wash substance to a selected classification of the wash substance.

A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet with a wash tub positioned within the cabinet and a first temperature sensor disposed at the wash tub. The washing machine appliance also includes a turbidity sensor, a conductivity sensor, and a second temperature sensor disposed in the cabinet. The washing machine appliance further includes a controller in signal communication with the first temperature sensor, the turbidity sensor, the conductivity sensor and the second temperature sensor. The controller may be configured for, or a method of operating the washing machine appliance may include, recording a turbidity temperature measurement from the turbidity sensor, a first temperature measurement from the first temperature sensor, and a second temperature measurement from the second temperature sensor, comparing the first temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement, and evaluating the turbidity measurement based on the comparison of the first temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement.