Patent 10995989 was granted and assigned to Whirlpool Corporation on May, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A laundry treating appliance and method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation by determining the presence of a bulky laundry item based on image data of the laundry within the treating chamber.