US 12,435,458 B2
Initiating a laundry treatment operation utilizing lighting sequences
MyungGeon Chung, Seoul (KR); Jongdeok Jang, Incheon (KR); and Jee Eun Oh, Anyang (KR)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/974,127.
Prior Publication US 2024/0141576 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. D06F 34/04 (2020.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 34/30 (2020.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); D06F 101/00 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 34/04 (2020.02) [D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 34/30 (2020.02); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); D06F 2101/00 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a laundry treatment appliance in a commercial environment, the laundry treatment appliance comprising a user input panel, the user input panel comprising a plurality of light sources provided on the user input panel and an input provided on the user input panel, the plurality of light sources comprising a single light source associated with an appliance identifier, the method comprising:
receiving an input command from the input provided on the user input panel;
initiating a predetermined lighting sequence of the single light source associated with the appliance identifier in response to receiving the input command;
activating, via a controller of the laundry treatment appliance, a wireless connection module in response to initiating the predetermined lighting sequence;
receiving a request for a remote connection from a remote device at the wireless connection module after the predetermined lighting sequence has been decoded at a remote server in operative communication with the laundry treatment appliance and the remote device;
establishing the remote connection between the laundry treatment appliance and the remote device; and
receiving laundry operation instructions corresponding to laundry settings for a laundry session specific to a user of the remote device from the remote device via the remote connection.