US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on April 14 for "Appliance having a customizable user profile" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,951, issued on April 14, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Appliance having a customizable user profile" was invented by Mayuresh Prashant Arankalle (Pune, India), Gregory A. Ferro (Elkhart, Ind.) and Ameya S. Kshirsagar (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes a body, an interface panel, a scanning device, and a controller. The interface panel is coupled to the body. The scanning device is coupled to the interface panel and is configured to conduct a facial scan and gather a facial data set. The controller is communicatively coupled to the scanning device, wherein the controller is co...