US 12,297,576 B2
Methods for facilitating the return of lost articles within a laundry appliance
Myunggeon Chung, Seoul (KR); Jongdeok Jang, Seoul (KR); and Jee Eun Oh, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,130.
Prior Publication US 2023/0340712 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/08 (2020.01); D06F 103/06 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01)
CPC D06F 34/18 (2020.02) [D06F 34/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/06 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); H04L 67/535 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a laundry appliance defining a laundry chamber for the receipt of articles therein, the method comprising:
receiving a two-dimensional image of the laundry chamber;
identifying a laundry article based on the received two-dimensional image;
selecting a prior-user profile corresponding to the laundry appliance in response to identifying the laundry article; and
directing a found-article message to the prior-user profile following selecting the prior-user profile,
wherein the prior-user profile is a first prior-user profile selected from a chronologically ordered list of past user profiles having engaged with the laundry appliance prior to receiving the two-dimensional image, and
wherein selecting the prior-user profile comprises determining the first prior-user profile as a most recent prior user profile in response to identifying the laundry article.