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| 20120138629 | HANDS FREE, CONTROLLED AUTOFILL FOR A DISPENSER - A dispensing system includes one or more digital image capture devices for capturing images in a dispenser well and a digital image analyzer operatively coupled to the digital image capture device(s) for analyzing the images for use in regulating a dispensing operation. The digital image analyzer evaluates digital images captured by the digital image capture device(s) to determine various characteristics of a container placed in the dispensing well, such as the height and position of the container. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130283633 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH BULKY ITEM DETECTION - A laundry treating appliance and method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation by determining the presence of a bulky laundry item based on image data of the laundry within the treating chamber. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140319168 | HANDS FREE, CONTROLLED AUTOFILL FOR A DISPENSER - A dispensing system includes one or more digital image capture devices for capturing images in a dispenser well and a digital image analyzer operatively coupled to the digital image capture device(s) for analyzing the images for use in regulating a dispensing operation. The digital image analyzer evaluates digital images captured by the digital image capture device(s) to determine various characteristics of a container, such as the height and position of the container. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140366398 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH FLUFFING-STATE DETECTION - The invention relates to a method of determining a fluffing state of laundry based on a determined temperature indicative of the surface of the laundry. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150241106 | ICE IMAGING SYSTEM - A refrigerator includes a sensing system for detecting multiple physical characteristics of ice cubes produced therein. The system includes a digital image capture device coupled to a digital image analyzing system which captures digital images of the ice in the refrigerator and analyzes the images to detect characteristics associated with the ice. A notification arrangement can be employed to convey information about the ice to a user of the refrigerator. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150353337 | Hands Free, Controlled Autofill for a Dispenser - A dispensing system includes one or more digital image capture devices for capturing images in a dispenser well and a digital image analyzer operatively coupled to the digital image capture device(s) for analyzing the images for use in regulating a dispensing operation. The digital image analyzer evaluates digital images captured by the digital image capture device(s) to determine various characteristics of a container placed in the dispensing well, such as the height and position of the container. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160003180 | SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING EXHAUST MANIFOLD TEMPERATURE - A system for estimation of exhaust gas temperature for internal combustion engine at low operating temperatures allows determination of when use of exhaust gas temperature sensor measurements is allowable for engine diagnostic. One approach implements a physical model of pressure and temperature drops across a dual stage waste-gated turbo-charger along with modifiers based on current operating conditions to estimate the temperature in the exhaust manifold. Another models combustion to estimate the temperature in the exhaust manifold. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160137480 | SELECT FILL SENSOR SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATOR DISPENSERS - A refrigerator includes a dispenser having a dispenser well, a control for regulating a product dispensing operation, and an optical sensing system includes a camera within the dispenser well in communication with a controller for controlling the filling of a container within the dispenser well based on image data. The image data can used to detect at least one of a presence of a container in the dispenser well, a height of liquid within the container, a height of ice within the container and a shape of the container within the dispenser well, as well as to adjust a dispensing rate of product. | 05-19-2016 |
