US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on June 17 for "Refrigerator appliance and methods for tracking stored items in a freezer chamber" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,812, issued on June 17, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Refrigerator appliance and methods for tracking stored items in a freezer chamber" was invented by Michael Goodman Schroeder (Louisville, Ky.) and Stephanos Kyriacou (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a freezer drawer, a camera module, and a controller. The freezer drawer may include a drawer body and a freezer door coupled to the drawer body to move therewith and provide selective access to a freezer chamber. The controller may be operably coupled to the camera module. The contro...