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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Victor Henrique Sfoggia Carlotto, Joinville, BR;
Michael Todd Moore, Paw Paw, MI (US);
Sushanth Purandhar, Pune, IN;
Ryan Michael Post, Coloma, MI (US);
Michael S. Richards, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
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.