Patent ID: 9416482
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A47L,D06F,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a household appliance having a laundry or dish treating chamber in which is received an article for treatment, a treating chemistry dispenser configured to receive a single unit dose container of treating chemistry, and a controller for executing at least one cycle of operation, the method comprising: physically altering the container of the single unit dose container in conjunction with a first execution of at least one cycle of operation and where the container is altered in a location that does not release stored treating chemistry; sensing, by a sensor, a physical alteration of the container of the single unit dose container, physically altered during the first execution, in conjunction with a second execution of another at least one cycle of operation or sensing a physical alteration of a container of another single unit dose container in conjunction with a second execution of another at least one cycle of operation; determining a presence of a physically altered single unit dose container based on the sensing; and providing an indication of the determined presence of the physically altered single unit dose container.