Patent ID: 11898289
Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  G | IPC D  G

Claim 17:
18. A laundry washing machine, comprising:
a wash tub disposed within a housing;
a wash basket disposed within the wash tub and rotatable about an axis of rotation;, a weight sensor configured to sense a weight of the wash tub, the weight sensor disposed in a position offset from the axis of rotation of the wash basket; and
a controller coupled to the weight sensor, the controller configured to generate an empty weight factor associated with the wash tub by performing a calibration process that uses the weight sensor to capture a plurality of weight values during rotation of the wash basket about the axis of rotation and while the wash tub is empty;
wherein the controller is further configured to set one or more operational settings for a wash cycle using the generated empty weight factor.