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Utility
Rear guard of box fan and box fan
25 May 21
A rear guard of a box fan comprises: a body arranged vertically and a waterproof part arranged on the body.
Runming Guo, Fengxi Yan, Weiliang Liu, Xusheng Zhang, Meihua Deng, Tuanguang Jiang
Filed: 23 Apr 18
Utility
Size determining method and device for fresh air inlet, and indoor unit of air conditioning
25 May 21
The present disclosure provides a method for determining the size of the fresh air inlet performed by a computing device, and an indoor unit of an air conditioner.
Zhirong Hong, Shize Li, Yingqiang Mo
Filed: 24 Aug 18
Utility
Ice maker with three-branch pipe assembly
25 May 21
An ice maker (100) includes an ice-making water tank (10), a water storage tank (20), a pipe assembly, a reversing member (40), and a driving member (50).
Yang Shao, Zhengguang Lv, Guangqing Yang, Zengqiang Si
Filed: 18 Mar 19
Utility
System and method for controlling appliances using motion gestures
25 May 21
A method and system of controlling an appliance includes: receiving, from a first home appliance, a request to start video image processing for detecting a motion gesture of a user; processing a sequence of image frames captured by a camera corresponding to the first home appliance to identify a first motion gesture; selecting a second home appliance as a target home appliance for the first motion gesture in accordance with one or more target selection criteria, including first target selection criteria based on a location of the user relative to the first home appliance and second target selection criteria based on a level of match between the first motion gesture and a first control gesture corresponding to the second home appliance; and generating a control command to control the second home appliance in accordance with the first control gesture corresponding to the second home appliance.
Mohamad Al Jazaery, Suresh Mani
Filed: 9 Oct 18
Utility
Microwave Shielding Plate and Microwave Cooking Device
20 May 21
A microwave shielding plate and a cooking device are disclosed.
Ran Xia, Taofei Huang, Ning Sun
Filed: 29 Dec 17
Utility
Method for Controlling Multi-split Air Conditioner, Multi-split Air Conditioner System, and Computer-readable Storage Medium
20 May 21
A method for controlling a multi-split air conditioner.
Yongfeng XU, Hongwei LI, Meibing XIONG, Yunpeng JIANG
Filed: 8 Dec 17
Utility
Multi-split Air Conditioning System and Method and Device for Controlling Oil Return of the Multi-split Air Conditioning System
20 May 21
Provided are a multi-split air conditioning system and a method and device for controlling oil return of the multi-split air conditioning system.
Qihui BU, Yongfeng XU, Boqi LIANG, Hongwei LI, Shilong DONG, Kongxiang WU, Xiaohong WU, Yu ZHANG
Filed: 18 Dec 18
Utility
Dishwasher Steam Generator
20 May 21
A dishwasher and method utilize one or more sprayers to generate steam within a wash tub of a dishwasher by directing one or more sprays of fluid onto a heating element disposed in the wash tub of the dishwasher.
Bassam Fawaz
Filed: 20 Nov 19
Utility
Dishwasher Thermal Imaging System
20 May 21
A dishwasher and method utilize a thermal imaging system in a dishwasher to configure a wash cycle and/or perform other operations in the dishwasher.
Russell Dietrich, Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman, Joel Boyer
Filed: 20 Nov 19
Utility
Purification Device for Air Purification and Air Purifier Having Same
20 May 21
A purification device comprising a housing provided with an air inlet and an air outlet and at least one purifying assembly rotatably arranged in a cavity inside the housing.
Yunqing HAN, Tongsheng WANG, Hui ZHANG
Filed: 27 Jan 21
Utility
Purification Device for Purifying Air and Air Purifier Having Same
20 May 21
The method and system disclosed herein present a purification device for purifying air, and an air purifier having the same.
Yunqing HAN, Chubin OU, Tongsheng WANG, Hui ZHANG
Filed: 27 Jan 21
Utility
System, Method, and User Interface for Facilitating Product Research and Development
20 May 21
A method and system of facilitating product research and development, comprising: obtaining respective product-related data from a plurality of data sources, including product-specific data for a plurality of products, and non-product-specific data including at least one of talent profile data and technology description data; performing topic extraction on the respective product-specific data and the non-product-specific data to obtain respective topics associated with the plurality of products and corresponding numerical statistics for the respective topics; performing sentiment analysis on the respective product-specific data for a plurality of products for the respective topics to obtain respective values of a measure of consumer sentiment corresponding to the respective topics for a respective product; and presenting an integrated sentiment review of a selected product based on the respective values of the measure of consumer sentiment corresponding to one or more of the respective topics for the selected product.
Yujie Zhu, Suresh Mani, Yuxuan Wan, Sathyanarayanan Muthusamy
Filed: 15 Nov 19
Utility
System, Method, and User Interface for Facilitating Product Research and Development
20 May 21
A method and system of facilitating product research and development, comprising: providing, in a first user interface region, a plurality of filters for selecting product research data; receiving a request to display an integrated sentiment review for a respective collection of products corresponding to respective user selected values; obtaining results of topic extraction on selected product research data; obtaining results of sentiment analysis on the selected product research data; and presenting, in a second user interface region, the integrated sentiment review of the respective collection of products, including, for each of a plurality of top-ranked topics in the results of topic extraction on the selected product research data corresponding to the respective user selected values for a first filter and a second filter, a first visual representation of a quantitative measure of positive consumer sentiment adjacent a second visual representation of a quantitative measure of negative consumer sentiment.
Yujie Zhu, Suresh Mani, Yuxuan Wan, Chien-Hwa Hwang
Filed: 15 Nov 19
Utility
Staged oven self-clean preheat temperature control
18 May 21
One or more cooking elements of a cooking appliance may be controlled during the preheat phase of an oven self-clean cycle to maintain a temperature within an oven cavity proximate an intermediate temperature setpoint that is below a self-clean temperature setpoint for the oven self-clean cycle until reaching a predetermined time in the oven self-clean cycle.
Vern A. Neal
Filed: 1 Mar 19
Utility
Refrigerator with variable ice dispenser
18 May 21
A variable ice dispenser for a refrigerator utilizes a variable control suitable for varying the rate of ice dispensing by the dispenser.
Eric Scalf
Filed: 10 Dec 18
Utility
Ceiling Machine
13 May 21
A ceiling-embedded air conditioner is provided.
Qingsheng TANG
Filed: 19 Jan 21
Utility
Method and System for Controlling Machines Based on Object Recognition
13 May 21
A method includes: capturing one or more images of an unorganized collection of items inside a first machine; determining one or more item types of the unorganized collection of items from the one or more images, comprising: dividing a respective image in the one or more images into a respective plurality of sub-regions; performing feature detection on the respective plurality of sub-regions to obtain a respective plurality of regional feature vectors, wherein a regional feature vector for a sub-region indicates characteristics for a plurality of predefined local item features for the sub-region; generating an integrated feature vector by combining the respective plurality of regional feature vectors; and applying a plurality of binary classifiers to the integrated feature vector; and selecting a machine setting for the first machine based on the determined one or more clothes type in the unorganized collection of items.
Yunke Tian, Thanh Huy Ha, Zhicai Ou
Filed: 11 Nov 19
Utility
Dishwasher with rotatable diverter valve
11 May 21
A dishwasher and method for operating the same utilize a diverter valve to control via rotation the flow of fluid such as wash fluid or pressurized air to a rotatable conduit supported in the rack of a dishwasher.
Robert M. Digman, Joel Boyer
Filed: 14 Sep 18
Utility
Capture Device for Purifying Air, Purification Device and Air Purifier
6 May 21
Disclosed are a capture device for purifying air, a purification device, and an air purifier.
Yunqing HAN, Chubin OU, Tongsheng WANG, Hui ZHANG
Filed: 8 Jan 21
Utility
Air Purifier
6 May 21
An air purifier comprising: a housing provided with air inlets and air outlets and defining an accommodating cavity, wherein the air inlets are located on the side walls of the housing; a water supply module arranged within the accommodating cavity and defining a water storage cavity; a purifying module arranged within the accommodating cavity and located on the water supply module, the purifying module comprising: a purifying assembly rotatably disposed within the accommodating cavity, a water distribution assembly for guiding water in the water supply module to flow upwards and distributing water to the purifying assembly, and a driving device located on the purifying assembly and connected with the purifying assembly; and an air discharge module disposed within the accommodating cavity and located on the purifying module.
Yunqing HAN, Zulin PU, Hui ZHANG
Filed: 8 Jan 21