System and method for operating a washer appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsSeonghoon Ryu, Myunggeon Chung
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Abstract
A system for appliance communication and method for washer appliance operation include determining a fault condition at a dryer appliance, transmitting to the washer appliance a communications signal corresponding to the fault condition at the dryer appliance, and adjusting, at the washer appliance, a washer mode based on the communications signal. The system includes a washer appliance having a first controller having a first communications device, and a dryer appliance having a second controller having a second communications device configured to communicatively couple to the first communications device to form an interconnected pair of washer and dryer appliances.
Claims20
A system for appliance communication, the system comprising:
- a washer appliance comprising a first controller comprising a first communications device;
- a dryer appliance comprising a second controller comprising a second communications device configured to communicatively couple to the first communications device to form an interconnected pair of washer and dryer appliances;
- wherein one or both of the first and second controllers is configured to execute instructions that cause the washer appliance and the dryer appliance to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- determining a fault condition at the dryer appliance;
- transmitting, to the washer appliance, a communications signal corresponding to the fault condition at the dryer appliance;
- and
- adjusting, at the washer appliance, a washer mode based on the communications signal.
A computer-implemented method for operating a washer appliance, the method comprising:
- determining, at a dryer appliance, a fault condition at the dryer appliance;
- transmitting, from the dryer appliance to the washer appliance, a communications signal corresponding to the fault condition at the dryer appliance;
- and
- adjusting, at the washer appliance, a washer mode based on the communications signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.