Abstract: A method of operating a cooking appliance includes receiving an input from a user interface of the cooking appliance. The input includes a set temperature. In response to the received input, a heating element of the cooking appliance is activated. The method also includes detecting an opening and a closing of a door of the cooking appliance. The method further includes automatically initiating a timer when the closing of the door is detected.

Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet, a heating assembly defining a plurality of heating zones, and a drawer assembly slidably positioned within the cooking chamber. The drawer assembly includes a drawer frame slidably mounted to sidewalls of the cooking chamber, a horizontal rack mounted proximate a bottom of the drawer frame, and one or more vertical dividers positionable within the drawer frame to define a plurality of cooking chambers, each of the plurality of cooking chambers being aligned with one or more of the plurality of heating zones.

Abstract: A method for protecting a system including a driver integrated circuit includes receiving a driver input signal. The method includes driving an output signal externally to the driver integrated circuit. The output signal is driven based on the driver input signal and an indication of a delay between receipt of an edge of the driver input signal and arrival of a corresponding edge of the output signal at an output node coupled to a terminal of the driver integrated circuit.

Abstract: A water heater includes a case, and a water line disposed within the case. The water line extends between an inlet and an outlet, and a heat exchanger is disposed in the case on the water line. A burner is disposed in the case, and a controller is also disposed in the case. A flue is coupled to the case. The flue defines an exhaust outlet contiguous with external air. The flue includes a temperature sensor, a fan, and a plate disposed within the flue. The plate is configured to rotate within the flue between an open position and a closed position. Also included in the case is a heating element coupled to the water line between the inlet and the outlet of the water line. The controller is in signal communication with the temperature sensor and the fan, and the controller is in operative communication with the heating element.

Abstract: A method of operating cooking appliance includes receiving, by a controller of the cooking appliance, an input indicating a time of a cooking operation. The method also includes activating a motor to rotate a turntable within a cooking cavity defined in a casing of the cooking appliance throughout the time of the cooking operation and activating a microwave module to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity during at least a portion of the rotation of the turntable. The method further includes varying at least one of a speed of the rotation of the turntable and a duty cycle of the microwave module during the cooking operation.

Abstract: An appliance including an instruction confirmation device and a method for controlling the confirmation device are provided. The appliance comprises a controller configured to communicate with a user input device and to communicate wirelessly with an external device. The confirmation device is adjustable by the user input controls and the external device to generate a confirmatory signal in response to receipt of an instruction or to not generate such a signal.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a cabinet defining a chamber, a door assembly mounted to the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the chamber, the door assembly includes a front panel defining a handle cavity. The door assembly also includes a pocket handle received in the handle cavity, the pocket handle having a flange with a plurality of tab passages. A plurality of bend tabs are positioned around the handle cavity and received in a first position through the plurality of tab passages. The bend tabs are deformable into a second position where they engage the flange to secure the pocket handle to the front panel.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a touch panel, a display device, and a control device acting as a display controller that causes the display device to display an operation screen, including a scrollable display region for displaying a list of items to be set, in which a plurality of items to be set are classified into groups and listed along a scroll direction, and a menu display region for displaying menu items each indicating a name of the group, to scroll, when a scroll instruction is made on the scrollable display region, the list of items to be set according to the scroll instruction, and to display a first menu item indicating a name of a first group that includes a first item to be set displayed at an uppermost position of the scrollable display region, in a first display style visually different from other menu items.

Abstract: A medical control apparatus includes a circuitry configured to: generate an irradiation image represented by illuminating-light irradiation, based on a brightness distribution of a captured image captured by an imaging device; and control generation of a projection image and projection of the projection image onto a subject by an image projector provided in an optical member based on the irradiation image and a rotation angle for rotation of the optical member rotatably coupled to the imaging device about a longitudinal axis of the optical member relative to the imaging device.

Abstract: A method of operating a household appliance includes installing a multi-source mechanical component in the household appliance. The method also includes storing an identity of the multi-source mechanical component in a local memory of the household appliance. The method further includes connecting the household appliance to a remote computing device. The method also includes storing the identity of the multi-source mechanical component in the remote computing device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal synchronization adjustment method and a signal synchronization adjustment circuit, for applying to data reading according to a reference clock signal between a memory controller and a dynamic random access memory in an electronic device. First, the memory controller triggers a command signal to the dynamic random access memory; then, the dynamic random access memory delays for a column selection signal latency time according to a first rising edge of the reference clock signal, and then triggers a column selection signal; after that, the dynamic random access memory delays for an internal data strobe signal latency time, and then triggers an internal data strobe signal; finally, the dynamic random access memory delays for an external data strobe signal latency time, and then triggers an external data strobe signal. The signal synchronization adjustment circuit is applied to the signal synchronization adjustment method.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance may include a tub, a basket, a valve, a spout, a dispenser, a motor, and a controller. The basket may be rotatably mounted and define a chamber for receipt of articles for washing. The valve may be disposed upstream from the tub. The spout may be directed at the tub downstream from the valve. The dispenser may be upstream from the tub for dispensing detergent into the tub. The motor may be in mechanical communication with the basket. The controller may be configured for controlling the washing machine appliance. The controller may be configured to initiate an oversuds-sensitive operation. The oversuds-sensitive operation may include detecting one or more resultant conditions from one or more previous wash cycles of the washing machine appliance, determining an adjusted operating parameter based on the detected resultant conditions, and directing detergent dispensing according to the adjusted operating parameter.

Abstract: An indoor gardening appliance includes a cabinet defining a grow chamber within the cabinet. The gardening appliance further includes environmental control system configured to adjust atmospheric conditions in the grow chamber. The gardening appliance may be operable to activate a compressor of the environmental control system to circulate a refrigerant through a sealed system of the environmental control system. The refrigerant enters the compressor at a suction side of the compressor and the refrigerant entering the compressor has a pressure that corresponds to a saturation temperature below the freezing point of water. The gardening appliance may be further operable to flow air across a heat exchange surface of the sealed system. The heat exchange surface of the sealed system is upstream of the grow chamber with respect to the air flow direction, and the heat exchange surface has a temperature above the freezing point of water.

Abstract: Washing machine appliances and methods of operating the same are provided. Such methods may include, and/or appliances may be configured for, performing a wash operation on laundry articles received in the wash chamber of the wash basket. After the wash operation, it may be determined that the load of articles is still wet, e.g., that a remaining moisture content of the laundry articles is above a threshold. Based on and in response to determining that the load is still wet, a spin cycle is performed before a beginning of a subsequent wash operation.

Abstract: Data from a plurality of parties involved in a discharge of the patient is securely processed in a cloud-computing environment. The cloud-computing environment identifies service providers suitable for the patient using a plurality of matching criteria and information derived at least in part from discharge information provided by the facility from which the patient is being discharged, and can contact the service providers to determine whether the service providers are willing to start caring for the patient. The decision to discharge the patient to a care of a particular suitable care provider and the decision by the care provider to accept such patient to the provider's care can be also be automated. The cloud-computing environment can further update the discharge information based on a request from the service providers. The cloud-computing environment securely stores the data received from all parties.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image formation units, an eraser drive circuit, a static elimination voltage power supply and a control unit. The image formation unit includes an image carrying member, a charging device, a development device and a static eliminator. The eraser drive circuit drives light emitting diodes included in the static eliminators. The eraser drive circuit includes a monochrome drive circuit that drives only the light emitting diode included in the static eliminator provided in the image formation unit where the toner image of black is formed and a color drive circuit that drives the light emitting diodes included in the static eliminators provided in the image formation units where the toner images of all colors including black are formed, and the eraser drive circuit includes a common constant current drive circuit as a part of the monochrome drive circuit and the color drive circuit.

Abstract: The systems, apparatuses and methods of the present invention set forth improvements to the problems of the current pairing or duplex paradigm, resulting in a dramatic increase in fiber transmission efficiency, accomplished explicitly by restructuring presently-aligned C-Band wavelengths into innovative DWDM transmit and receive formats, and through implementing photonic-wave changes, which directs Ethernet data flow onto new path adaptations. These improvements could reduce line haul expenses significantly, believed to reach a projected 50% less requirement/deployment of fiber strands. This saving would offer owner-operators substantial fiber strand cost reductions, affecting transportation rates of high-bandwidth digital payloads traversing over DWDM networks, and lower usage rates of cross-connections amid multiple equipment inter-exchanging throughout large data centers.

Abstract: An ink set includes an inkjet ink and a pretreatment liquid. The inkjet ink contains a pigment, a pigment coating resin, and a first aqueous medium. The first aqueous medium contains water, triethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and a diol with a carbon number of 6. The pretreatment liquid contains a monovalent salt, a divalent salt, and a second aqueous medium. The monovalent salt includes at least one of sodium salt, lithium salt, and potassium salt. The divalent salt includes at least one of calcium salt and magnesium salt. The ratio of the mass of the divalent salt to the mass of the monovalent salt is at least 4.5 and no greater than 12.0 in the pretreatment liquid.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes at least one photosensitive layer on which a first photosensitive layer disposed on an outermost side thereof. The first photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a binder resin including a polyarylate resin with repeating units (1), (2), (3), and (4), an electron transport material, and a hole transport material. The electron transport material includes a compound represented by formula (10), (11), or (12). The hole transport material includes compounds represented by formulas (21) and (22): A percentage content of a number of repeats of the repeating unit (3) to the total number of repeats of the repeating units (1) and (3) is greater than 0% and less than 50%. A percentage content of a number of repeats of the repeating unit (4) to the total number of repeats of the repeating units (2) and (4) is at least 35% and less than 70%.