Patent ID: 11949535
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An item-management system, the system comprising:
a household appliance comprising a cabinet;
a camera assembly directed at the cabinet to capture an image of the cabinet; and
a controller in operative communication with the camera assembly, the controller having access to an item list of one or more stored items, the controller being configured to direct an item-management operation, the item-management operation comprising:
receiving the image from the camera assembly,
identifying, automatically based on the received image, a stored item from the item list,
determining, based on identifying the stored item, an unsuitable status of the identified stored item to indicate the identified stored item is inappropriate for the household appliance, and
directing, based on determining the unsuitable status, a responsive action at the household appliance.