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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
John W. Taylor, Cornelius, NC (US);
Stephen Smith, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically filling a container with water and/or ice from a dispenser in a refrigerator door or within a refrigerator cavity includes the steps of: placing a container adjacent the dispenser; determining a volume of the container by using a camera associated with the dispenser, capturing a picture of the containing, visually estimating a volume of the container via a microprocessor associated with the camera or a cloud-based application associated with the camera, and converting the estimated container volume to an estimated weight based on densities of water and/or ice; filling the container with water and/or ice from the dispenser based on the estimated weight; and terminating filling of the container based on the estimated weight. And the refrigerator carrying out the method.