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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Eric Scott Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Anil Kumar Tummala, Hyderabad, IN;
Eric Paez, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric Scott Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Anil Kumar Tummala, Hyderabad, IN;
Eric Paez, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An appliance includes a dispenser having a water valve for controlling a flow of water through the dispenser and a flowmeter for measuring the amount of water dispensed through the dispenser, and a controller operatively coupled to the water valve and the flowmeter. The controller is configured to receive an input relating to a target volume of water, adjust the target volume for a volume error correction to obtain an adjusted target volume, wherein the volume error correction is based on a flow rate, open the water valve, determine a total volume dispensed using the flowmeter, and close the water valve when the total volume dispensed equals the adjusted target volume.