Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerators having internal content cameras, and methods of operating the same
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Application No.: US16035220Application Date: 2018-07-13
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Publication No.: US10721382B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Victor Henrique Sfoggia Carlotto , Michael Todd Moore , Sushanth Purandhar , Ryan Michael Post , Michael S. Richards
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/00
- IPC: H04N5/00 ; H04N5/225 ; G06F16/51 ; F25D29/00 ; H04N5/247 ; H04N7/18

Abstract:
Example refrigerators having internal content cameras, and methods of operating the same are disclosed. A disclosed example refrigerator includes a cabinet, an internal compartment disposed within the cabinet, a closing member operatively coupled to the cabinet providing selective access to the internal compartment, two cameras disposed in the compartment and positioned to capture images of different portions of the compartment, two light sources disposed in the compartment, and a controller communicatively coupled with the cameras and light sources and configured to control the light sources to provide two different illuminations for respective ones of the two cameras.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180324340A1 REFRIGERATORS HAVING INTERNAL CONTENT CAMERAS, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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