Patent ID: 9709505
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A47L,D06F,G01N

Claim:
1. A home appliance for performing washing by using water and detergent, the home appliance comprising: a tub to accommodate a solution including the water and the detergent; a turbidity sensor mounted inside the tub and to detect a turbidity of the solution; wherein the turbidity sensor induces: wherein the control unit determines if the solution includes one of a powder detergent and a liquid detergent based on comparing the amount of the visible light received by the first light receiving unit with a first reference value and comparing an amount of the infrared light received by the first light receiving unit with a second reference value, and wherein the control unit determines the turbidity of the solution containing the powder detergent based on measurements using the visible light but not based on measurements using the infrared light and the control unit determines the turbidity of the solution containing the liquid detergent based on measurements using the infrared light but not based on measurements using the visible light.