US 12,241,679 B2
Systems and methods for camera settings adjustments in refrigerator appliances
Michael Goodman Schroeder, Crestwood, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/990,802.
Prior Publication US 2024/0167759 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. F25D 27/00 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 27/005 (2013.01) [H04N 7/188 (2013.01); F25D 2700/122 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber;
a plurality of camera assemblies mounted to the cabinet at a front portion of the fresh food chamber; and
a controller configured to perform a pixel statistical analysis of one or more video clips from the plurality of camera assemblies,
wherein the controller is configured to adjust one or both a brightness setting in the fresh food chamber of the refrigerator appliance and an exposure setting of the plurality of camera assemblies in response to the pixel statistical analysis of one or more video clips from the plurality of camera assemblies, and
wherein the pixel statistical analysis of one or more video clips from the plurality of camera assemblies is triggered by a user interaction with the refrigerator appliance,
wherein the user interaction comprises a cycle of a door of the refrigerator appliance, the cycle comprising the door moving between a closed position to an open position, and back to the closed position.