US 12,462,666 B2
Tracking personal items via laundry appliances reservation system
MyungGeon Chung, Seoul (KR); and Keenan Gizzi, Black Mountain, NC (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/487,650.
Prior Publication US 2025/0124778 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. G08B 21/24 (2006.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 58/32 (2020.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01)
CPC G08B 21/24 (2013.01) [D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 58/32 (2020.02); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of identifying a lost item from a laundry appliance, the method comprising:
receiving an access request for the laundry appliance from a remote user interface device associated with a first user account;
reserving the laundry appliance in response to the access request;
activating the laundry appliance after reserving the laundry appliance, wherein activating the laundry appliance comprises performing a laundry treatment operation;
receiving, after the laundry treatment operation is completed, an image of the lost item in or on the laundry appliance from a remote user interface device associated with a second user account;
sending a notification to the remote user interface device associated with the first user account in response to receiving the image of the lost item; and
identifying a recent user of a nearby laundry appliance, and sending a notification to a respective remote user interface device associated with the recent user of the nearby laundry appliance.