International Business Machines Corporation
Automated transfer of items between compartments of a smart appliance

Abstract:

One example of a method comprises identifying contents of a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment of a refrigeration appliance. The freezer compartment is separated from the refrigerator compartment by a barrier having a sealable aperture. The method further comprises predicting a use time for a first food item located in the freezer compartment based on user data related to the identified contents of the freezer compartment; calculating an amount of time needed to defrost the first food item in the refrigerator compartment based on sensor data received from the refrigeration appliance regarding environmental conditions of the refrigeration compartment; determining a transfer time based on the predicted use time and on the amount of time needed to defrost the first food item; and outputting instructions to automatically transfer the first food item from the freezer compartment through the sealable aperture to the refrigerator compartment at the determined transfer time.