Washing machine appliances and methods of operating the same are provided. Such methods may include, and/or appliances may be configured for, receiving a command to commence an operating cycle of the washing machine appliance and filling the wash tub with wash liquid from a fluid circulation system configured for providing fluid to the wash tub via an inlet of the fluid circulation system in response to the command. Methods may further include and/or appliances may be configured for, obtaining one or more images of the inlet of the fluid circulation system during the fill step using a camera mounted within the cabinet. The camera is positioned and oriented with the inlet within a field of vision of the camera. Based on the one or more images, a determination is made whether a water pressure provided to the fluid circulation system is above a predetermined minimum water pressure.

Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a drum, a fluid circulator including a compressor sensor, an air circulator including a fan, a driver including a first driver and a second driver, and a controller, wherein a drying operation includes an efficiency increasing process for increasing drying efficiency inside the drum, an efficiency maintaining process for maintaining the drying efficiency, and an efficiency decreasing process for reducing the drying efficiency, wherein the controller performs the drying operation while distinguishing the efficiency increasing process, the efficiency maintaining process, and the efficiency decreasing process from each other through a measured value of the compressor sensor.

A laundry treating apparatus including a dryer including a first cabinet, and a first drum rotatably disposed in the first cabinet, a washing machine including a second cabinet disposed under the first cabinet, a tub disposed in the second cabinet, and a second drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a refresher disposed at a lateral side of the first cabinet and the second cabinet, the refresher having an inner space for receiving laundry, a heating device disposed under the tub, the heating device being configured to heat air supplied into the inner space of the refresher, and a drain pump for discharging water in the tub, wherein the heating device includes a heat exchange unit, and wherein the drain pump is disposed below the tub and is disposed in the heating device.

A laundry treating apparatus including a dryer including a first cabinet, and a first drum rotatably disposed in the first cabinet, a washing machine including a second cabinet disposed over the first cabinet, a tub disposed in the second cabinet, and a second drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a refresher including a third cabinet disposed at a lateral side of the first cabinet and the second cabinet, the refresher having an inner space for receiving laundry, a heating device disposed between the first drum and the tub, the heating device including a heat exchange unit for heating air supplied into the refresher, and a drawer disposed below the heat exchange unit, the drawer having an inner space for storing water.

A laundry treating apparatus including a dryer including a first cabinet, and a first drum rotatably disposed in the first cabinet, a washing machine including a second cabinet disposed under the second cabinet, a tub disposed in the second cabinet, and a second drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a refresher including a third cabinet disposed at a lateral side of the first cabinet, the third cabinet having an inner space for receiving laundry, a first supply air duct for supplying air into the first drum, a second supply air duct for supplying air into the inner space of the second cabinet and a third supply air duct for supplying air into the inner space of the second cabinet.

A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus includes an air supplying step of supplying heated air to the drum through the heat exchange part and a first motion executing step executed while the air supplying step is in progress. The first motion executing step alternately executes a first acceleration mode of rotating the drum at an rpm inducing a centrifugal force equal to or greater than 1G along one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction and a first deceleration mode of rotating the drum at an rpm inducing a centrifugal force smaller than 1G in a direction equal to a rotational direction set for the first acceleration mode.

A heat pump appliance may include a cabinet, a sealed thermodynamic assembly, a blower fan, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The sealed thermodynamic assembly may include a fluid compressor, an evaporator, and a condenser disposed along the air path. The temperature sensor may be mounted to the evaporator to detect temperature at the evaporator. The controller may be configured to direct a drying operation. The drying operation may include activating the fluid compressor to motivate a refrigerant through the sealed thermodynamic assembly, activating the blower fan to motivate the airflow across the condenser, directing the fluid compressor to an inactive state following activating the blower fan, detecting an evaporator temperature at the temperature sensor while the fluid compressor is in the inactive state following activating the blower fan, and adjusting activation of the blower fan based on the detected evaporator temperature.