Patent ID: 8250690
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method for determining and processing in a washing and/or drying laundry machine, based on a laundry load, a laundry operation characteristic that is one of a loading-relevant characteristic variable and an imbalance of one of a laundry drum and a drum shaft of the machine, the method comprising the following steps: a) determining the laundry operation characteristic with at least one magnetic-field sensor unit, the magnetic field sensor unit detecting a magnetic field of a magnetized region that is rotated with the one of the laundry drum and the drum shaft; and b) deriving control and/or regulating parameters of the machine as a function of the laundry operation characteristic determined by the magnetic-field sensor unit, wherein the magnetized region is moved radially relative to an at-rest rotational axis of the one of the laundry drum and the drum shaft with which the magnetized region is rotated, the laundry operation characteristic causing the drum shaft to bend which results in the radial movement of the magnetized region.