Patent ID: 11866868
Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  G | IPC D  G

Claim 8:
9. The laundry washing machine of claim 8, wherein:
the plurality of color categories to which the pixels are assigned includes a whites color category, a lights color category, and a darks color category;
the color decision algorithm is configured to characterize the load of articles based upon the determined numbers of pixels by:
characterizing the load of articles as a whites load in response to a majority of the determined numbers of pixels being assigned to the whites color category and the determined number of pixels assigned to the whites color category meeting a whites threshold;
characterizing the load of articles as a lights load in response to a majority of the determined numbers of pixels being assigned to the lights color category and the determined number of pixels assigned to the lights color category meeting a lights threshold; and
characterizing the load of articles as a darks load in response to a majority of the determined numbers of pixels being assigned to the darks color category and the determined number of pixels assigned to the darks color category meeting a darks threshold; and

the color decision algorithm is configured to detect the one or more outlier articles based upon the determined numbers of pixels by:
detecting the one or more outlier articles in response to a majority of the determined numbers of pixels being assigned to the whites color category but the determined number of pixels assigned to the whites color category not meeting the whites threshold;
detecting the one or more outlier articles in response to a majority of the determined numbers of pixels being assigned to the lights color category but the determined number of pixels assigned to the lights color category not meeting the lights threshold; and
detecting the one or more outlier articles in response to a majority of the determined numbers of pixels being assigned to the darks color category and the determined number of pixels assigned to the darks color category not meeting the darks threshold.