Patent №
US 8,327,889
Granted
2012-12-11
Filed 2009
Owner
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
2
vision · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12550831
A dispensing system includes a digital image capture device focused on a dispenser well for capturing images of containers in the dispenser well and a digital image analyzer operatively coupled to the digital image capture device. The digital image analyzer evaluates digital images of containers captured by the digital image capture device to determine physical parameters of each container placed in the dispensing well. An actual dispensing operation is automatically regulated based on characteristics of the container.
AI classification
Ownership
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
assignment · 231710354
Assignors
ASHRAFZADEH, FARHAD, CHASE, KEVIN M., JANKE, BRIAN P., KANCHANAVALLY, SHREECHARAN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.