US 12,344,984 B2
Laundry appliances with customized features
Joshua Reeves, Louisville, KY (US); Sean Simpson, Louisville, KY (US); Stannard Nathan Phelps, Louisville, KY (US); Mary Joy Frances Cardilino, Louisville, KY (US); and Ryan James Scheckelhoff, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/869,041.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026589 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01)
CPC D06F 34/28 (2020.02) [D06F 34/05 (2020.02); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a laundry appliance, the method comprising:
building a custom cycle for the laundry appliance, wherein building the custom cycle comprises detecting a common load in consecutive cycles of the laundry appliance and synthesizing the consecutive cycles into the custom cycle;
uploading the custom cycle to a remote computing device;
generating, by the remote computing device, a list of cycles for the laundry appliance, each cycle having one or more stages and one or more operating parameters for the laundry appliance associated with one or more of the stages, the list of cycles comprising the uploaded custom cycle;
displaying the list of cycles on a user interface associated with the laundry appliance;
receiving a user input, the user input comprising a selected cycle from the list of cycles;
downloading the selected cycle to the laundry appliance; and
activating the laundry appliance according to the downloaded cycle.