US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods for detecting objects within a laundry appliance" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,843, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for detecting objects within a laundry appliance" was invented by Jason Fuchs (Louisville, Ky.) and Carrie Li (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a laundry appliance may include initiating a laundry cycle of the laundry appliance. The method may also include evaluating, with a sensor assembly, a classification of an object within an interior of the laundry appliance. The method may further include commencing a locked down operational state in response to evaluating the classification of ...