US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Aug. 25 for "Washing machine dry cycle recommendations" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,156, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Washing machine dry cycle recommendations" was invented by MyungGeon Chung (Seoul, South Korea) and Keenan Gizzi (Black Mountain, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a load of articles in a wash basket of a washing machine appliance includes determining a load size of the load of articles in the wash basket based on an image. The method further includes estimating a drying time for drying the load of articles in a one-step wash and dry cycle and predicting a demand for the washing machine appliance during the drying tim...