Method and device for managing the operating conditions of refrigerator compartment using a single sensor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsArthur Wilson Scrivener, Joshua Blake Huff
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Abstract
A method and device for managing the operating conditions of a refrigerator unit using a single sensor are disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining a sensor temperature of a refrigerator unit, determining to which a plurality of disjoint temperatures regions the temperature lies within and setting an operating condition of each of a plurality of components of the refrigerator unit based on the determined temperature region.
Claims24
A method for managing the operating conditions of a refrigerator unit, comprising the steps of:
- determining a sensor temperature of the refrigerator unit;
- determining which of a plurality of disjoint temperatures regions said temperature lies within;
- and
- setting an operating condition of each of a plurality of components of the refrigerator unit based on conditions associated with said determined temperature region.
A device for managing the operating conditions of a refrigerator unit, comprising:
- a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including code which when accessed by said processor causes said processor to:
- determine a sensor temperature of the refrigerator unit;
- determine which of a plurality of disjoint temperatures regions said temperature lies within;
- and
- set an operating condition of each of a plurality of components of the refrigerator unit based on conditions associated with said determined temperature region.
A device for managing operating conditions of a refrigerator unit, comprising:
- an input means for receiving at least one single-sensor temperature reading;
- processing means for
- determining a sensor temperature from at least one single-sensor temperature reading;
- and
- determining operating conditions of each of a plurality of components of the refrigerator unit based on said determined temperature, wherein said operating conditions are presented in a plurality of disjoint temperature regions;
- and
- output means for outputting said determined operating conditions to each of said plurality of components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.