Patent ID: 9206538
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a washing machine appliance, comprising: operating a motor of the washing machine appliance in order to rotate a basket of the washing machine appliance at a first angular velocity; determining an average power delivered to the motor of the washing machine appliance during said step of operating; increasing an angular velocity of the basket of the washing machine appliance with the motor of the washing machine appliance after said step of operating; establishing a plurality of instantaneous powers delivered to the motor of the washing machine appliance during said step of increasing; and calculating a load score of articles within a wash chamber of the basket with the following where the load score being proportional to a load size of articles within the wash chamber of the basket, and directing a predetermined volume of liquid water into a tub of the washing machine appliance after said calculating, the predetermined volume selected based at least in part on the load score of articles within the wash chamber of the basket.