ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,591, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine and method for providing notification thereof" was invented by Jeongwon Hahn (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Romon Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine includes communicator, a display, a sensor for detecting a water temperature of residual water of the washing machine, and a processor. When the water temperature is equal to or lower than a first temperature, the processor is configured to receive data regarding a temperature of an area where the washing machine is located from an applicati...