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US 2017/0321960 A1Published application
Door alarm system and refrigeration device
AssigneeSears Brands, L.L.C.
InventorsAngel Favila, Puneet Shivam
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Abstract
Door alarm systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. A door alarm system may monitor a door of a refrigeration device and detect a failed attempt at closing the door. In response to detecting the failed attempt, the door alarm system may generate a notification of the detected, failed attempt so that remedial action may be taken.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- detecting that a door of a refrigeration device is moving from an open state toward a closed state;
- detecting a failed attempt at closing the door in response to ceased movement of the door before the door reaches the closed state;
- and
- in response to detecting the failed attempt, generating a notification indicative of the detected failed attempt at closing the door.
1 more element
A refrigeration device, comprising:
- a refrigerated compartment;
- a door movable between a closed state that seals the refrigerated compartment and an opened state that grants access to the refrigerated compartment;
- a sensor configured to provide a signal indicative of a position of the door;
- and
- one or more microcontrol units coupled to the sensor, the one or more microcontrol units configured to detect, based on the signal from the sensor, a failed attempt at closing door, and in response to detecting the failed attempt, to generate a notification indicative of the detected failed attempt.
2 more elements
A computer-readable medium, comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed, cause a refrigeration device to:
- detect that a door of the refrigeration device is moving from an open state toward a closed state;
- detect a failed attempt at closing the door in response to ceased movement of the door before the door reaches the closed state;
- and
- in response to detecting the failed attempt, generate a notification indicative of the detected failed attempt at closing the door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.