Systems and methods for conditionally displaying notification messages
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorJeff Donald Drake
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Abstract
A user engagement system and methods for operating the same to display notification messages are provided herein. The user engagement system may include a camera assembly, an image monitor, and a controller configured to initiate a message-display operation based on a signal received from a user device. The camera assembly may be mounted in a fixed position and directed away from a cabinet of a cooking appliance. The image monitor may be directed away from the cabinet.
Claims20
A method of operating a user engagement system comprising a stationary interactive assembly, the method comprising:
- receiving a wireless connection signal from a user device at the stationary interactive assembly;
- determining prior registration of the user device at the stationary interactive assembly subsequent to receiving the wireless connection signal;
- receiving an image signal from a camera assembly mounted to the stationary interactive assembly subsequent to determining prior registration;
- determining a user presence based on the received image signal;
- and
- displaying a forwarded notification message from the user device at an image monitor mounted to the stationary interactive assembly subsequent to determining the user presence.
A user engagement system for a user device and a cooking appliance comprising a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the user engagement system comprising:
- a camera assembly mounted in a fixed position and directed away from the cabinet;
- an image monitor directed away from the cabinet;
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- a controller in operative communication with the user device, the camera assembly, and the image monitor, the controller being configured to initiate a message-display operation, the message-display operation comprising
- receiving a wireless connection signal from the user device,
- determining prior registration of the user device subsequent to receiving the wireless connection signal,
- receiving an image signal from the camera assembly subsequent to determining prior registration,
- determining a user presence based on the received image signal, and
- displaying a forwarded notification message from the user device at the image monitor subsequent to determining the user presence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.