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US 12,232,652 B2Granted
Multi-purpose handheld kitchen appliance
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorPaul R. Staun
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Abstract
A multi-purpose handheld kitchen appliance includes a controller configured to customize various aspects of the appliance based upon a type of attachment coupled to the appliance, e.g., to controllably vary a motor speed, to selectively disable an activation control, and/or to rotate a display based on a type of attachment and/or a gyroscope input.
Claims20
A multi-purpose handheld kitchen appliance, comprising:
- a housing including a motor;
- an attachment removably coupled to the housing to form a unitary body therewith and configured to be driven by the motor when the attachment is coupled to the housing;
- a gyroscope positioned to sense an orientation of the unitary body;
- a display disposed on the housing;
- and
- a controller disposed in the housing and configured to:
- determine an attachment type of the attachment;
- detect, using the gyroscope, the orientation of the unitary body and rotate the display based upon the orientation of the unitary body;
- and
- control the motor based at least in part on the determined attachment type.
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A multi-purpose handheld kitchen appliance, comprising:
- a housing including a motor and a first activation control configured to activate the motor;
- an attachment removably coupled to the housing to form a unitary body therewith and configured to be driven by the motor when the attachment is coupled to the housing, the attachment including a second activation control configured to activate the motor when the attachment is coupled to the housing;
- a controller disposed in the housing and configured to:
- determine an attachment type of the attachment;
- in response to the determination of the attachment type, disable the first activation control on the housing and activate the second activation control on the attachment such that the motor is activated in response to selection of the second activation control rather than in response to selection of the first activation control when the attachment is coupled to the housing;
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- control the motor based at least in part on the determined attachment type.
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A multi-purpose handheld kitchen appliance, comprising:
- a housing including a motor;
- an attachment removably coupled to the housing to form a unitary body therewith and configured to be driven by the motor when the attachment is coupled to the housing;
- a display disposed on the housing;
- and
- a controller disposed in the housing and configured to:
- determine an attachment type of the attachment;
- rotate or disable the display based at least in part on the determined attachment type;
- and
- control the motor based at least in part on the determined attachment type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.