Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Jongdeok Jang

Myunggeon Chung

Jee Eun Oh

Seung-Yeong Park

Woong Jeon

Kyoung-june Yi

Hang Il Ahn

JayHuan Ryu

Wonshik Choi

A method of operating a laundry treatment appliance includes receiving an input command on the laundry treatment appliance; initiating a predetermined lighting sequence of at least one light source in response to receiving the input command; receiving a request for a remote connection from a remote device in response to initiating the predetermined lighting sequence; establishing the remote connection between the laundry treatment appliance and the remote device; and receiving laundry operation instructions from the remote device via the remote connection.

Initiating a laundry treatment operation utilizing lighting sequences

A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a door, a camera module, and a controller. The cabinet may define a chilled chamber. The door may be rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber. The camera module may be mounted to the cabinet within the chilled chamber. The controller may be operably coupled to the camera module. The controller may be configured to initiate an operation routine that includes detecting a door to the chilled chamber in a nominally open position, detecting the door in a nominally closed position following detecting the door in the nominally open position, initiating an image capture sequence to capture a two-dimensional image of the chilled chamber in response to detecting the door in the nominally closed position, and determining a shut state of the door based on the two-dimensional image.

Refrigerator appliances and image-based methods of detecting a door position

A method may include receiving a two-dimensional image of a laundry chamber and identifying a laundry article based on the received two-dimensional image. The method may further include selecting a prior-user profile corresponding to the laundry appliance in response to identifying the laundry article and directing a found-article message to the prior-user profile following selecting the prior-user profile.

Methods for facilitating the return of lost articles within a laundry appliance

A method of operating a plurality of laundry appliances includes receiving a user input comprising one or more selected parameters for an operation cycle of a first laundry appliance and receiving a start command for the operation cycle of the first laundry appliance. The method further includes determining that the first laundry appliance is not performing the operation cycle as expected after receiving the start command for the operation cycle. The method also includes identifying one or more additional laundry appliances that are compatible with the operation cycle and providing a user notification of the one or more identified additional laundry appliances.

Laundry appliances recommendation systems and methods

A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet, a wash tub, a wash basket, and a controller, the controller being configured to direct a laundry operation. The laundry operation includes receiving wash requests from a plurality of unique users, wherein each of the wash requests includes a unique laundry load weight provided by each unique user of the plurality of unique users, matching a first unique user and a second unique user from the plurality of users, the first user having a first unique laundry load weight and the second user having a second unique laundry load weight, determining a first individual cost for the first unique user and a second individual cost for the second unique user in response to confirming the first and second unique laundry load weights, and generating a joint washing cycle.

Laundry treatment appliance and method of using the same according to individual laundry load weights

A method of identifying a laundry appliance of a group of laundry appliances includes receiving an upload including a floor plan of a room. The group of laundry appliances is located in the room. In addition, the floor plan includes location information of each laundry appliance. The method further includes providing a user notification in response to receiving the upload. The user notification may be provided on a remote user interface device. The method additionally includes displaying an image of the room in response to an affirmative action to the user notification. The image may be displayed on the remote user interface device. The method further includes receiving an input. The input may be received on the remote user interface device. In addition, the input may include an association of the laundry appliance in the image of the room with the location information of the laundry appliance.

Laundry appliance identification systems and methods

A cooking engagement system and methods therefore are provided. The method includes obtaining image data of the cooktop surface and displaying a first user interface at an interactive assembly associated with the appliance. The first user interface displays the image data of the cooktop surface. The method further includes determining that cookware is present on the cooktop surface based on the image data, and displaying a second user interface at the interactive assembly. The second user interface displays an enlarged image of the cookware based on determining that the cookware is present on the cooktop surface.

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Jongdeok Jang