HANDS FREE, CONTROLLED AUTOFILL FOR A DISPENSER

Patent №

US 8,327,889

Granted

2012-12-11

Filed 2009

Owner

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Lab

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.

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AI classification

Vision1.00
Planning0.82
Knowledge representation0.03
Natural language0.00
AI hardware0.00
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

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.

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