ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,797, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine sensing turbidity and controlling method thereof" was invented by Wanhee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kookbae Joo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jihyun Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes: a driving unit configured to rotate a washing tub; a turbidity sensor configured to sense a turbidity of water inside the washing tub; and one or more processors configured to: identify a weight of laundry contained in the washing tub when a user instruction for ...