US 12,602,951 B2Granted

Appliance having a customizable user profile

AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation

InventorsMayuresh Prashant Arankalle, Gregory A. Ferro, Ameya S. Kshirsagar

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Abstract

An appliance includes a body, an interface panel, a scanning device, and a controller. The interface panel is coupled to the body. The scanning device is coupled to the interface panel and is configured to conduct a facial scan and gather a facial data set. The controller is communicatively coupled to the scanning device, wherein the controller is configured to receive the facial data set and compare the facial data set to a stored verification data set. The controller is configured to activate a routine based on the comparison of the facial data set and the stored verification data set.

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Dependent claims

A commercial laundry system, comprising:

multiple laundry appliances each configured to perform laundry cycles, wherein each laundry appliance includes:
a body defining an opening for receiving laundry items for the laundry cycles;
a scanning device coupled with the body, wherein the scanning device includes an imager for obtaining facial data points of a user;
and
a controller communicatively coupled with the scanning device;
and
a network database having user profiles stored in a memory storage, wherein each user profile includes a stored data set, and wherein the controllers are configured to:
receive the facial data points from a respective one of the scanning devices;
compare the facial data points of the user with the stored data sets in the user profiles;
determine if the facial data points match one of the stored data sets to identify a matching data set;
present a mode of operation for performing at least one of the laundry cycles for a respective one of the multiple laundry appliances based on the user profile for a matching stored data set;
send a payment request for a selected mode of operation;
and
initiate the selected mode of operation to perform at least one of the laundry cycles.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/756,594Filed 27 Jun 2024 · continuation
Priority: 18 Oct 2019
Published: US 2024/0346846 A117 Oct 2024
Granted: 14 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 21/35
Involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards: communicating wirelessly
G06V 40/172
Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions: classification, e.g. identification
G06F 16/2379
Updating: updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

Family

Application16/657,320Parent of this division · filed 18 Oct 2019
Application18/072,989Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Dec 2022
US 11,544,963 B2Parent of this division · filed 3 Jan 2023
US 2024/0346846 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Oct 2024
US 12,033,430 B2Parent of this continuation
Application18/072,989Parent of this division
US 2021/0117654 A1Published application
US 2023/0091537 A1Published application
US 12,602,951 B2This patent

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