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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Robert Alan Sellers, Louisville, KY (US);
Timothy Ray Jackson, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance is provided, including a dispenser assembly positioned at a door and having a recess extending into the door. A scanner assembly includes a scanner device and a targeting device positioned at an angle toward the recess and behind the external wall. A controller is communicatively coupled to the scanner device and the targeting device. The controller is configured to execute instructions that causes the refrigerator appliance to perform operations. The operations include commanding, at the scanner assembly, measuring fidelity of scan data reflected from the object at the recess; and commanding, at a lighting component or the targeting device at the scanner assembly, provision of light toward or from the recess after a pre-determined period of commanding measurement of the amount and pattern of light at the scanner device.