System and method for producing clear ice
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJohn E. Cronin, Christopher Michael Huffines
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Abstract
A system for producing clear ice uses sensor data on a freezing chamber condition to optimize production of clear ice. The sensor data provides information such as a clearness degree of ice, a freezing chamber temperature, and an ice maker temperature. The freezing chamber condition is predicated using the received sensor data. The freezing chamber condition is adjusted according to the received sensor data and the predicted freezing chamber condition.
Claims20
A system for producing clear ice, the system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to detect a clearness degree of ice;
- one or more control systems configured to control the clearness degree of ice;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- process data received from the one or more sensors in order to generate a plurality of predicted clearness degrees of ice;
- check a correction stored in a database when the predicted clearness degree of ice deviates from a predefined range;
- and
- control the one or more control systems according to the checked correction.
A method of producing clear ice, the method comprising:
- detecting a clearness degree of ice using one or more sensors;
- processing data received from the one or more sensors in order to generate a predicted clearness degree of ice;
- checking a correction stored in a database when the predicted clearness degree of ice deviates from a predefined range;
- and
- controlling one or more control systems according to the checked correction to adjust a plurality of freezing chamber conditions.
A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code that when executed causes at least one processing device to:
- detect a clearness degree of ice using one or more sensors;
- and
- process data received from the one or more sensors in order to generate a predicted clearness degree of ice;
- check a correction stored in a database when the predicted clearness degree of ice deviates from a predefined range;
- and
- control one or more control systems according to the checked correction to adjust a plurality of freezing chamber conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.