ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,737, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Refrigerator with contents monitoring system" was invented by Neomar Giacomini (St. Joseph, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerating or food storage appliance for receiving containers within the appliance for storing a substance, the appliance including a cabinet at least partially defining an interior with an access opening, a door movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively open/close the access opening and at least partially defining the interior when the door selectively closes the access opening, at least one thermal imaging device for...