Augmented reality feedback of inventory for an appliance

• Main Authors: Giacomini, Neomar, Gilmore, Donald J, Stipe, Collin Andrew, Abdoo, Joshua George, Ebrom, Matthew P, Showers, Aaron Edward, Radford, Brian N
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.07.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; CALCULATING; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTING; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; ICE-BOXES; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; WEAPONS

A food storage system is disclosed. The can system comprises an appliance having a cabinet defining an interior, the interior comprising at least one of a shelf, compartment, or drawer configured to store at least one food item, a vision system comprising at least one imager configured to record image data related to the at least one food item stored within the interior, and a controller in communication with the vision system. The controller can be operable to generate an augmented reality representation of the interior.