A washing machine includes a drum, a drum motor coupled to the drum; a driving circuit and a processor. The driving circuit is configured to supply a driving current to the drum motor so that the drum motor rotates. The processor is configured to control the driving circuit to accelerate the drum motor from the first rotational speed to a second rotational speed based on a gradient of the fluctuating magnitude of the driving current supplied to the drum motor while controlling the driving circuit to rotate the drum motor at a first rotational speed.

Methods of reducing a likelihood of contact between a rotating laundry-container, such as a basket or drum, located within a tub of a laundry treating appliance where the method includes rotating the drum during a measurement period, determining a torque, speed, acceleration, and position of the drum, using a parameter estimator to estimate the position of a mass relative to an imbalance of laundry and accelerating the rotation of the drum when the mass is determined to be angularly spaced from the relative position of the imbalance of laundry.

A method for detecting entrapment of an article between a laundry machine door and bellows, comprising: identifying a maximum startup motor torque value of the drum motor while accelerating the drum from a stop to a target rotation speed; identifying a maximum operating motor torque value while rotating the drum at the target rotation speed; comparing a difference between the maximum startup motor torque value and the maximum operating motor torque value to a predetermined torque difference value; and terminating operation if the difference exceeds the predetermined torque difference value. A laundry washing machine configured to perform the method is also provided.

A method for detecting entrapment of an article within a laundry washing machine. The method includes rotating the drum to a target rotation speed, determining a respective drum motor torque value for each rotation, determining a distribution characteristic value of the drum motor torque values, comparing the distribution characteristic value to a predetermined threshold value, performing a correction operation to address an entrapment condition upon determining that the distribution characteristic value is above the predetermined threshold value, and proceeding with the laundry washing cycle upon determining that the distribution characteristic value is below the predetermined threshold value.

A method of operating a washing appliance includes obtaining images of a wash chamber using a camera assembly while the wash basket is tumbling a load of clothes positioned therein. The one or more images are analyzed using a machine learning image recognition process to determine a tumble condition of the load of clothes in the wash basket, e.g., whether the clothes are tumbling in the wash basket in a manner that generates suitable mechanical washing action. The motor assembly is then used to adjust a basket speed based at least in part on determining that the tumble condition deviates from a target tumble condition.

An autonomous system for washing and drying household laundry includes a plurality of autonomous combination washer and dryers each including a perforated drum disposed within a tub mated thereto at a drive end opposite an opening. A first air orifice is disposed through the tub. A detachable door includes a second air orifice configured to receive an air conduit such that air flows through the first and second air orifices during a drying cycle while the door seals the opening. A controller is configured to instruct a drive motor to spin the drum about a spin axis extending between the drive end and the opening. A driven carrier in operable communication with the controller slides along a raised rail disposed adjacent the plurality autonomous combination washer and dryers and retrieves, holds, and reseats a door in an opening of one of the plurality of autonomous combination washer and dryers.

A washing machine includes a water tank provided to store washing water in a cabinet, a rotating tub rotatably provided in the water tank, a pulsator provided in the rotating tub and rotated by a washing shaft, a driving motor configured to generate a rotational force for rotating the washing shaft, a clutch configured to selectively transmit the rotational force generated by the driving motor to a dewatering shaft for rotating the rotating tub and includes a housing through which the washing shaft and the dewatering shaft pass, a pulley including a first pulley rotated by the driving motor and a second pulley connected to the washing shaft, is connected to the first pulley by a belt, and configured to rotate the washing shaft, a bracket coupled to the second pulley and to which magnets are fixed, and a sensor unit coupled to the housing and configured to detect the number of rotations of the driving motor by detecting the magnets.

An apparatus and a method for treating garments are provided. A method, performed by a garment treatment apparatus, of controlling an operation of the garment treatment apparatus includes: establishing wireless communication with a monitoring device placed inside a drum of the garment treatment apparatus; rotating the drum; receiving movement information associated with movement of the monitoring device from the monitoring device during the rotation of the drum; and controlling the rotation of the drum based on the received movement information.

A method of operating a pair of laundry appliances is provided. The pair of laundry appliances includes a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance. The method includes determining a first moisture extraction curve of a spin cycle of the washing machine appliance and determining a second moisture extraction curve of the dryer appliance. The method further includes rotating a basket of the washing machine appliance at an extraction speed for a predetermined period of time. The predetermined period of time is based on the first moisture extraction curve and the second moisture extraction curve.

A washing machine and method for operating a washing machine having a suds container for holding washing liquid, a non-ribbed drum provided with stamped portions rotatably mounted in the suds container for holding laundry, a motor for driving the drum, and a control device. During rotation of the drum in a subcritical rotational speed range, the method includes sampling a variable related to the drum or the motor over a predetermined period of time to determine time signals of the variable, executing a frequency analysis of the time signal of the variable to determine frequency components of the variable in a predetermined frequency range, summing the frequency components at predetermined frequencies of the predetermined frequency range, and detecting, depending on the sum of the summed up frequency components, whether a loading situation where laundry is sliding in the drum is present.