Patent ID: 11864705
Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A dishwasher, comprising:
a wash tub;
a controllably-movable sprayer disposed in the wash tub;
a thermal imaging device configured to capture thermal images in the wash tub; and
a controller coupled to the thermal imaging device and configured to control a wash cycle that washes a plurality of utensils disposed in the wash tub, the controller further configured to control the thermal imaging device to capture a thermal image of a utensil among the plurality of utensils and to configure an operation of the wash cycle based upon a temperature of the utensil as determined from the thermal image, wherein the controller is configured to configure the operation of the wash cycle based upon the temperature of the utensil by directing the controllably-movable sprayer to target a predetermined area of the wash tub based upon the temperature of the utensil.