ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,311, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Method for identifying a user interface control panel in a domestic appliance" was invented by Brian J. Morman (Ballwin, Mo.), Michelle Diana Gross Berry (Louisville, Ky.) and Kyle James Brewer (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface assembly for a domestic appliance includes a control panel; a user interface board; a digital image sensor attached to the user interface board, the digital image sensor being configured to optically view the control panel; and a controller operably coupled with the digital image sensor...