Patent ID: 11940211
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 6:
7. A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
a cabinet defining a food storage chamber;
a door movably coupled to the cabinet whereby the door is movable between a closed position where the food storage chamber is at least partially enclosed by the door and an open position where the door permits access to the food storage chamber;
a sensor operable to detect a presence and identity of a user; and
a controller, the controller operable for:
downloading an initial version of an intentional door opening detection software from a remote server;
detecting an opening of the door after downloading the initial version of the intentional door opening detection software from the remote server;
obtaining an input with the sensor after detecting the opening of the door, the sensor comprising a camera assembly, the input comprising an image of the user;
determining the identity of the user by comparing the image of the user to a stored image of a known user;
determining that the opening of the door was intentional, wherein determining that the opening of the door was intentional comprises receiving a user input that indicates the opening of the door was intentional;
temporarily disabling a door alarm of the refrigerator appliance based on the determination that the opening of the door was intentional;
transmitting the input obtained from the sensor and the identity of the user to the remote server after determining that the opening of the door was intentional; and
downloading an updated version of the intentional door opening detection software from the remote server, wherein the updated version of the intentional door opening detection software is built by the remote server based on the input obtained from the sensor and the identity of the user.