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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2021
Applicant:

Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventor:

John Thomas Campbell, III, Pendleton, SC (US);

Assignee:

Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/12 (2022.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a household appliance including a user interface with a visible indicator that conveys primary operational information indicative of an operational aspect of the household appliance to a user during normal operation of the household appliance, and a controller. The controller receives a signal indicative of diagnostics data of the household appliance and causes the visible indicator to transmit a communication signal to an external device that interprets the communication signal and communicates the diagnostics data to the user. The visible indicator provides a two-way communication between the household appliance and the external device. A method for diagnosing a household appliance is also provided.


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