Patents by Inventor Ali R. Buendia
Ali R. Buendia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11466930Abstract: An appliance includes an appliance housing, an interface adapted to receive power information, a plurality of sensors for sensing environmental conditions, a plurality of controls for controlling operations of the appliance, and an intelligent control. The intelligent control is disposed within the appliance housing and operatively connected to the interface and the plurality of sensors and adapted to dynamically select control values associated with the plurality of controls based on at least one of the power information, the environmental conditions, or a combination thereof to increase energy efficiency of the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Ali R. Buendia-Garcia, Alberto Regio Gomes, Tushar Kulkarni, Andrew D. Litch, Peter J. Richmond
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Publication number: 20170198965Abstract: An appliance includes an appliance housing, an interface adapted to receive power information, a plurality of sensors for sensing environmental conditions, a plurality of controls for controlling operations of the appliance, and an intelligent control. The intelligent control is disposed within the appliance housing and operatively connected to the interface and the plurality of sensors and adapted to dynamically select control values associated with the plurality of controls based on at least one of the power information, the environmental conditions, or a combination thereof to increase energy efficiency of the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Ali R. Buendia-Garcia, Alberto Regio Gomes, Tushar Kulkarni, Andrew D. Litch, Peter J. Richmond
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Patent number: 9691114Abstract: A method of managing an inventory includes associating an identifier with a container system component such as a container, a sensor or a substance, where the sensor is configured to determine an indication of an attribute of the substance stored in the container. The method further may include associating an identifier with a container system member within a dataset remote to the container; remotely receiving container system data including the identifier and the indication of the attribute; and performing at least one data processing task associated with the container system data.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Ali R. Buendia-Garcia, Richard A. McCoy, Yingqin Yuan
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Patent number: 9675199Abstract: A method of boil and boil-dry detection for cooking appliances. The method includes the steps: detecting vibrations that correspond to cookware situated on a burner assembly; generating a vibration signal based on the vibrations; and performing signal processing on the vibration signal. The method also includes the steps: collecting vibration data related to the vibration signal; and detecting boiling and boil-dry conditions for a liquid contained within the cookware based at least in part on an evaluation of the vibration data.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Ali R. Buendia Garcia, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Moeed Mukhtar
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Patent number: 9664433Abstract: A method of determining a time delay for turning off an evaporator fan in a refrigerator after a compressor of the refrigerator is turned off includes operating the evaporator fan in the refrigerator for a period of time, operating the compressor of the refrigerator to cool the refrigerator to a predetermined temperature after turning off the evaporator fan, determining a power consumption value for operating the compressor to cool the refrigerator, repeating the previous steps to obtain a plurality of times and a plurality of power consumption values, selecting the time coinciding with a lowest power consumption value, and adapting the refrigerator to use the time as the time delay for turning off the evaporator fan in the refrigerator after the compressor of the refrigerator is turned off.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Ali R. Buendia Garcia, Alberto Regio Gomes, Andrew D. Litch, Peter J. Richmond, Tushar Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9638449Abstract: An appliance includes an appliance housing, an interface adapted to receive power information, a plurality of sensors for sensing environmental conditions, a plurality of controls for controlling operations of the appliance, and an intelligent control. The intelligent control is disposed within the appliance housing and operatively connected to the interface and the plurality of sensors and adapted to dynamically select control values associated with the plurality of controls based on at least one of the power information, the environmental conditions, or a combination thereof to increase energy efficiency of the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Ali R. Buendia-Garcia, Alberto Regio Gomes, Tushar Kulkarni, Andrew D. Litch, Peter J. Richmond
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Publication number: 20160316955Abstract: A method of boil and boil-dry detection for cooking appliances. The method includes the steps: detecting vibrations that correspond to cookware situated on a burner assembly; generating a vibration signal based on the vibrations; and performing signal processing on the vibration signal. The method also includes the steps: collecting vibration data related to the vibration signal; and detecting boiling and boil-dry conditions for a liquid contained within the cookware based at least in part on an evaluation of the vibration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Ali R. Buendia Garcia, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Moeed Mukhtar
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Patent number: 9395078Abstract: A cooking sensor system that includes a burner assembly; and a vibration sensor assembly configured to generate a vibration signal that corresponds to vibrations of cookware situated on the burner assembly. The cooking sensor system also includes a processor to receive the vibration signal and determine at least one of a boiling condition and a boil-dry condition for a liquid contained within the cookware, wherein the determination is based at least in part on the vibration signal. The cooking sensor system further includes an indicator element coupled to the processor to indicate the at least one of a boiling condition and a boil-dry condition. The cooking sensor system may also include a control element coupled to the processor to operate the burner assembly based at least in part on the at least one of a boiling condition and a boil-dry condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Ali R. Buendia Garcia, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Moeed Mukhtar
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Patent number: 9354207Abstract: A method of boil and boil-dry detection for appliances. The method includes the steps: detecting vibrations that correspond to cookware situated on a burner assembly; generating a vibration signal based on the vibrations; and performing signal processing on the vibration signal. The method also includes the steps: collecting vibration data related to the vibration signal; and detecting boiling and boil-dry conditions for a liquid contained within the cookware based at least in part on an evaluation of the vibration data. The method may also include the steps: indicating the boiling and boil-dry conditions; and controlling the burner assembly based at least in part on the boiling and boil-dry conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Ali R. Buendia Garcia, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Moeed Mukhtar
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Patent number: 9157177Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance to control a rotational speed of a drum to move the laundry within the drum according to a predetermined category of movement.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Ali R. Buendia, Karl David McAllister
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Publication number: 20150211775Abstract: An appliance includes an appliance housing, an interface adapted to receive power information, a plurality of sensors for sensing environmental conditions, a plurality of controls for controlling operations of the appliance, and an intelligent control. The intelligent control is disposed within the appliance housing and operatively connected to the interface and the plurality of sensors and adapted to dynamically select control values associated with the plurality of controls based on at least one of the power information, the environmental conditions, or a combination thereof to increase energy efficiency of the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: FARHAD ASHRAFZADEH, ALI R. BUENDIA-GARCIA, ALBERTO REGIO GOMES, TUSHAR KULKARNI, ANDREW D. LITCH, PETER J. RICHMOND
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Publication number: 20150211778Abstract: A method of determining a time delay for turning off an evaporator fan in a refrigerator after a compressor of the refrigerator is turned off includes operating the evaporator fan in the refrigerator for a period of time, operating the compressor of the refrigerator to cool the refrigerator to a predetermined temperature after turning off the evaporator fan, determining a power consumption value for operating the compressor to cool the refrigerator, repeating the previous steps to obtain a plurality of times and a plurality of power consumption values, selecting the time coinciding with a lowest power consumption value, and adapting the refrigerator to use the time as the time delay for turning off the evaporator fan in the refrigerator after the compressor of the refrigerator is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: ALI R. BUENDIA GARCIA, ALBERTO REGIO GOMES, ANDREW D. LITCH, PETER J. RICHMOND, TUSHAR KULKARNI
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Patent number: 9046094Abstract: A method of determining a time delay for turning off an evaporator fan in a refrigerator after a compressor of the refrigerator is turned off includes operating the evaporator fan in the refrigerator for a period of time, operating the compressor of the refrigerator to cool the refrigerator to a predetermined temperature after turning off the evaporator fan, determining a power consumption value for operating the compressor to cool the refrigerator, repeating the previous steps to obtain a plurality of times and a plurality of power consumption values, selecting the time coinciding with a lowest power consumption value, and adapting the refrigerator to use the time as the time delay for turning off the evaporator fan in the refrigerator after the compressor of the refrigerator is turned off.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Ali R. Buendia Garcia, Alberto Regio Gomes, Tushar Kulkarni, Andrew D. Litch, Peter J. Richmond
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Patent number: 9010133Abstract: An appliance includes an appliance housing, an interface adapted to receive power information, a plurality of sensors for sensing environmental conditions, a plurality of controls for controlling operations of the appliance, and an intelligent control. The intelligent control is disposed within the appliance housing and operatively connected to the interface and the plurality of sensors and adapted to dynamically select control values associated with the plurality of controls based on at least one of the power information, the environmental conditions, or a combination thereof to increase energy efficiency of the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Ali R. Buendia-Garcia, Alberto Regio Gomes, Tushar Kulkarni, Andrew D. Litch, Peter J. Richmond
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Publication number: 20140057214Abstract: A method of boil and boil-dry detection for appliances. The method includes the steps: detecting vibrations that correspond to cookware situated on a burner assembly; generating a vibration signal based on the vibrations; and performing signal processing on the vibration signal. The method also includes the steps: collecting vibration data related to the vibration signal; and detecting boiling and boil-dry conditions for a liquid contained within the cookware based at least in part on an evaluation of the vibration data. The method may also include the steps: indicating the boiling and boil-dry conditions; and controlling the burner assembly based at least in part on the boiling and boil-dry conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: ALI R. BUENDIA GARCIA, FARHAD ASHRAFZADEH, MOEED MUKHTAR
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Publication number: 20140057213Abstract: A cooking sensor system that includes a burner assembly; and a vibration sensor assembly configured to generate a vibration signal that corresponds to vibrations of cookware situated on the burner assembly. The cooking sensor system also includes a processor to receive the vibration signal and determine at least one of a boiling condition and a boil-dry condition for a liquid contained within the cookware, wherein the determination is based at least in part on the vibration signal. The cooking sensor system further includes an indicator element coupled to the processor to indicate the at least one of a boiling condition and a boil-dry condition. The cooking sensor system may also include a control element coupled to the processor to operate the burner assembly based at least in part on the at least one of a boiling condition and a boil-dry condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: ALI R. BUENDIA GARCIA, FARHAD ASHRAFZADEH, MOEED MUKHTAR
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Publication number: 20140056723Abstract: A method of determining a time delay for turning off an evaporator fan in a refrigerator after a compressor of the refrigerator is turned off includes operating the evaporator fan in the refrigerator for a period of time, operating the compressor of the refrigerator to cool the refrigerator to a predetermined temperature after turning off the evaporator fan, determining a power consumption value for operating the compressor to cool the refrigerator, repeating the previous steps to obtain a plurality of times and a plurality of power consumption values, selecting the time coinciding with a lowest power consumption value, and adapting the refrigerator to use the time as the time delay for turning off the evaporator fan in the refrigerator after the compressor of the refrigerator is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: ALI R. BUENDIA GARCIA, ALBERTO REGIO GOMES, TUSHAR KULKARNI, ANDREW D. LITCH, PETER J. RICHMOND
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Publication number: 20130340450Abstract: An appliance includes an appliance housing, an interface adapted to receive power information, a plurality of sensors for sensing environmental conditions, a plurality of controls for controlling operations of the appliance, and an intelligent control. The intelligent control is disposed within the appliance housing and operatively connected to the interface and the plurality of sensors and adapted to dynamically select control values associated with the plurality of controls based on at least one of the power information, the environmental conditions, or a combination thereof to increase energy efficiency of the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Farhad ASHRAFZADEH, Ali R. BUENDIA-GARCIA, Alberto Regio GOMES, Tushar KULKARNI, Andrew D. LITCH, Peter J. RICHMOND
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Patent number: 8477029Abstract: A modular device for determining attributes of a substance stored in a container having a sensing module, a transmitter module and a power source module. The sensing module is capable of sensing attributes of a substance and providing an output. The transmitter module is configured to transmit an output of the at least one sensing module when operably coupled to the sensing module. The power source module is capable of being operably connected to the sensor module and the transmitter module to power the sensor module and the transmitter module.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Ali R. Buendia-Garcia, Richard A. McCoy, Yingqin Yuan
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Publication number: 20130160216Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance to control a rotational speed of a drum to move the laundry within the drum according to a predetermined category of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: ALI R. BUENDIA, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER