Patents by Inventor Andrew Benedict Artis

Andrew Benedict Artis 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).

  • Coordination of control modes among appliances and utilities
    Patent number: 10444717
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of appliances is disclosed. The appliances comprise a plurality of controllers in communication with a mobile device. Each of the controllers is configured to receive an instruction from the mobile device corresponding to a selected mode of a plurality of modes and apply the selected mode among the plurality of appliances as a selected global setting of a plurality of available global settings. The controller is further operable to activate an appliance specific control routine for each of the plurality of appliances based on the selected global setting and control each appliance based on the appliance specific control routine. The appliance specific control routine comprises a plurality of controls configured control an operation of each of the appliances causing the operation to conform to the selected mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Neomar Giacomini, Richard J. Hughes, Michael J. Jakeway, Christopher W. Kelson, Saket Singh, Andrew Benedict Artis
  • COORDINATION OF CONTROL MODES AMONG APPLIANCES AND UTILITIES
    Publication number: 20180081331
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of appliances is disclosed. The appliances comprise a plurality of controllers in communication with a mobile device. Each of the controllers is configured to receive an instruction from the mobile device corresponding to a selected mode of a plurality of modes and apply the selected mode among the plurality of appliances as a selected global setting of a plurality of available global settings. The controller is further operable to activate an appliance specific control routine for each of the plurality of appliances based on the selected global setting and control each appliance based on the appliance specific control routine. The appliance specific control routine comprises a plurality of controls configured control an operation of each of the appliances causing the operation to conform to the selected mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wyndham F. Gary, JR., Neomar Giacomini, Richard J. Hughes, Michael J. Jakeway, Christopher W. Kelson, Saket Singh, Andrew Benedict Artis