US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on June 24 for "Refrigerator appliances and image-based methods of detecting a door position" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,060, issued on June 24, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Refrigerator appliances and image-based methods of detecting a door position" was invented by Myunggeon Chung (Seoul, South Korea), Jongdeok Jang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jee Eun Oh (Anyang, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a door, a camera module, and a controller. The cabinet may define a chilled chamber. The door may be rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber. The camera module may be mounted to the cabinet within the chilled chamber. The...