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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Keith Wesley Wait, Louisville, KY (US);
William Everette Gardner, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for selecting an image of an appliance with a suitable position or orientation of a door of the appliance is provided. The method includes obtaining a digital RGB image from a camera of the appliance and converting the digital RGB image to a device independent color space in order to generate at least one of a first chromatic primary plane image or a second chromatic primary plane image from the digital RGB image. The method also includes comparing the first or second chromatic primary plane images to a reference image.