US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on July 14 for "Detection of damaged IR sensor array" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,882, issued on July 14, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Detection of damaged IR sensor array" was invented by Richard Brown (Louisville, Ky.), Eugenio Gomez (Louisville, Ky.) and Aaron Zarate (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooktop appliance includes a cooking panel comprising a heating zone, an infrared (IR) sensor array positioned below the heating zone, the IR sensor array comprising a shielded IR sensor and an IR source, and a controller operatively coupled to the shielded IR sensor and the IR source. The controller is configured to receive a first signal from the shielded ...