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Patent No.:

US 11987920 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2020

System and method for remote monitoring and control of a laundry appliance

Applicant:

Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventor:

Khalid Jamal Mashal, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Tinsae B Ayalew

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01); D06F 58/34 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 103/06 (2020.01); D06F 105/02 (2020.01); D06F 105/10 (2020.01); D06F 105/20 (2020.01); D06F 105/44 (2020.01); D06F 105/48 (2020.01); D06F 105/50 (2020.01); D06F 105/52 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); D06F 58/34 (2020.02); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2103/06 (2020.02); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02); D06F 2105/10 (2020.02); D06F 2105/20 (2020.02); D06F 2105/44 (2020.02); D06F 2105/48 (2020.02); D06F 2105/50 (2020.02); D06F 2105/52 (2020.02);
Abstract

A laundry appliance, such as a washing machine or dryer appliance, includes a basket that is rotatably mounted within a tub and that defines a chamber for receiving a load of clothes. A camera assembly is mounted within the tub for taking images of the load of clothes and a controller is operably coupled to the camera assembly for determining that a limited access mode is activated, receiving a start command for an operating cycle, obtaining and transmitting images or a live stream of the chamber to a remote device, and receiving user input related to a responsive action, such as a cycle authorization or operating parameter adjustment.

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