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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2024
Springhouse Technologies Inc., McLean, VA (US);
John Anderson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Tyler Sanborn, Queens, NY (US);
Boris Kontorovich, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Charles Parks, Laramie, WY (US);
Jennifer O'neil, Boulder, CO (US);
Bryce Copenhaver, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Robert Marsh, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
Travis Ruddy, Dayton, OH (US);
Springhouse Technologies Inc., McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body, a door, at least one camera mounted to the main body and/or the door and at least one computing device. The camera(s) is/are positioned to have a field of view that includes an entrance opening leading to a storage compartment and an interior side of the door when the door is open. The camera(s) is/are configured to capture images of an item being loaded into or being removed from the storage compartment. The computing device(s) can instruct the camera(s) to capture the images, analyze the captured images and determine whether the images contain an object of interest. The computing device(s) can assign a sensed door angle and an object location to images containing the object of interest. The computing device(s) can assign a direction of movement for the object of interest based on the sensed door angle and changes in the object location.