422 patents
Utility
System and method for providing intelligent assistance for food preparation
16 Jan 24
The method and system disclosed herein present a cooking tutorial program that provides intelligent assistance to users during meal preparation, the method and system comprise: receiving a user selection of a recipe; playing a first content item corresponding to a first preparation step of the selected recipe in a first media format; monitoring user's actions performing the first preparation step of the selected recipe; and if the user's actions performing the first preparation step meet first criteria, adjusting the playing of the first content item, including displaying the first content item in a second media format, wherein the second media format differ from the first media format in at least a size and resolution of a portion of the first content item.
Qiang Liu, Xin Yan
Filed: 13 Sep 19
Utility
Dishwasher thermal imaging system
9 Jan 24
A dishwasher includes a thermal imaging device configured to capture thermal images in a wash tub of the dishwasher and a controller configured to control the thermal imaging device to capture one or more thermal images of a utensil in the wash tub and to configure an operation of a wash cycle based upon a temperature of the utensil as determined from the thermal image.
Russell Dietrich, Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman, Joel Boyer
Filed: 20 Dec 21
Utility
Impeller for laundry washing machine
9 Jan 24
An impeller for a laundry washing machine having one or more scooping members.
Bryan T. Snook, Christopher G. Hoppe
Filed: 11 Jun 19
Utility
Laundry washing machine color composition analysis with article alerts
9 Jan 24
A laundry washing machine and method detect the presence of outlier articles in a load of articles added to a wash tub based in part on color composition data collected from the load of articles using a color detection sensor.
Phillip C. Hombroek, Abubakar Abukar, Christopher G. Hoppe
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Impeller apparatus and air blowing device
9 Jan 24
An impeller apparatus includes a housing, an impeller, and a heat generation member.
Qing Wang, Zhenbin He, Wenbo Du, Xin Yang, Hanfei Chen, Zhiping Sun, Mingbi Li
Filed: 27 Sep 19
Utility
Laundry washing machine with biased variable length agitator
2 Jan 24
A laundry washing machine includes a variable length agitator that is configurable in multiple configurations that provide different lengths for the agitator along its axis of rotation, and that is further biased to at least one of the configurations to facilitate user reconfiguration of the agitator.
Bryan T. Snook
Filed: 3 Dec 21
Utility
Mounting arrangement for over-the-range cooking appliance
2 Jan 24
An over-the-range cooking appliance for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes: an enclosure with a cooking cavity for food and where the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side; a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure; and a cabinet bracket to support the enclosure from the underside of the wall cabinet.
Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
Filed: 4 Nov 20
Utility
Microwave cooking appliance with increased visibility into the cavity
19 Dec 23
A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity.
Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
Filed: 31 Mar 20
Utility
Configurable control selectors
12 Dec 23
A system for controlling an appliance having a plurality of burners operated by a plurality of digital gas valves includes a plurality of control selectors that are configurably assigned to a specified burner or burners.
Richard W. Cowan
Filed: 28 Feb 20
Utility
Purification device for purifying air and air purifier having same
5 Dec 23
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
Rotation driving mechanism of air supply apparatus, air supply apparatus, and household appliance
5 Dec 23
A rotation driving mechanism of an air supply apparatus, an air supply apparatus, and a household appliance.
Shiqiang Cui, Jinshan Wang, Yunming Xiao
Filed: 3 Aug 20
Utility
Dishwasher with tubular spray element including elongated metal tube and retaining tab for mounting support member thereto
28 Nov 23
A tubular spray element for a dishwasher is formed in part using an elongated metal tube joined with a molded polymer support member using one or more retaining tabs that are molded into the support member and that project within a sleeve in the support member to engage with cooperative mounting apertures in the elongated metal tube and thereby restrict relative movement between the elongated metal tube and the support member both about and along a longitudinal axis of the tubular spray element.
Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman
Filed: 15 Feb 22
Utility
Blade assembly and food processor having same
28 Nov 23
A blade assembly and a food processor having the same are provided.
Zhihua Wen
Filed: 18 Dec 18
Utility
Exhibiting a dishwasher rack to the user
28 Nov 23
A rack for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance.
Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman
Filed: 29 Mar 22
Utility
Gas valve mounting assembly for gas cooking appliance
28 Nov 23
A cooking appliance includes a gas valve mounting assembly for mounting a gas valve for a gas cooktop burner to a control panel of the appliance.
Richard W. Cowan
Filed: 16 Mar 21
Utility
Joint visual localization and orientation detection method
28 Nov 23
The method and system disclosed herein presents a method and system for capturing, by a camera device on a mobile robot moving in an environment, an image frame at a first location within a portion of the environment.
Wei Xi
Filed: 29 Dec 21
Utility
Heating water heater and control method thereof, and computer-readable storage medium
28 Nov 23
Disclosed are a method for controlling a heating water heater, a heating water heater, and a computer-readable storage medium.
Zhihao Ma, Guorong Liang, Shuangyue Ni, Yongming Zhang, Daoyuan Kang, Chaohui Huang
Filed: 1 Jun 20
Utility
Filter, manufacturing method for filter and air conditioner
28 Nov 23
A filter, a manufacturing method for a filter, and an air conditioner are provided.
Tiegang Zhang, Yongfeng Xu, Tongbing Lao, Yandong Wu, Shiqiang He, Chunlei Cui
Filed: 3 Feb 23
Utility
Refrigerator
28 Nov 23
Provided is a refrigerator, including a freezer compartment, a refrigeration compartment, a drying compartment, an air intake channel, a first sealing apparatus, and a second sealing apparatus.
Chenzhong Jiang, Bao Yue, Hiroshi Omori
Filed: 4 Sep 18
Utility
Control terminal, control method and device for multi-split air conditioner, and storage medium
21 Nov 23
A control method includes acquiring indoor temperatures of a plurality of rooms each having one of a plurality of indoor units of a multi-split air conditioner, identifying a target indoor unit corresponding to a target room in response to the target room satisfying an overheating condition or a supercooling condition, controlling other one or more indoor units of the multi-split air conditioner except for the target indoor unit to be shut down, and switching an operation mode of the target indoor unit.
Jiwei Hei, Qifeng Fan
Filed: 29 Nov 18