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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/44 (2020.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); D06F 33/00 (2020.01); D06F 34/06 (2020.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 33/70 (2020.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.01); D06F 33/50 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/44 (2020.02); D06F 33/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/50 (2020.02); D06F 33/70 (2020.02); D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 34/06 (2020.02); D06F 34/14 (2020.02); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/10 (2013.01); D06F 2212/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer is used to obtain arrival time required for a user of a washing machine to arrive at an installation position of the washing machine based on a position of the user and the installation position, and when it is determined that the washing machine is performing washing based on operation information of the washing machine, when the arrival time is longer than washing completion time required for the washing machine to complete washing, to transmit instruction infomiation for adding a process of soaking laundry in water by the washing machine or for changing time in the process to the washing machine.