| 发明名称 |
SELECT FILL SENSOR SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATOR DISPENSERS |
| 摘要 |
A refrigerator includes a dispenser having a dispenser well, a control for regulating a product dispensing operation, and an optical sensing system includes a camera within the dispenser well in communication with a controller for controlling the filling of a container within the dispenser well based on image data. The image data can used to detect at least one of a presence of a container in the dispenser well, a height of liquid within the container, a height of ice within the container and a shape of the container within the dispenser well, as well as to adjust a dispensing rate of product. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2016137480(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.05.19 |
| 申请号 |
US201514723588 |
申请日期 |
2015.05.28 |
| 申请人 |
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION |
发明人 |
ASHRAFZADEH FARHAD;CHASE KEVIN M.;JANKE BRIAN P.;KANCHANAVALLY SHREECHARAN |
| 分类号 |
B67D3/00;F25D31/00 |
主分类号 |
B67D3/00 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a dispenser assembly for selectively releasing at least one of a liquid and ice into a container during a dispensing operation, said dispenser assembly including:
a controller for regulating the dispensing operation of the dispenser assembly; anda camera adapted to send image data to the controller, wherein the controller regulates the dispensing operation based on the image data. |
| 地址 |
BENTON HARBOR MI US |
