Refrigerator with camera and control method for the same
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United States of America
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Jan 14, 2025
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Mar 12, 2021
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a storage compartment formed in a cabinet of the refrigerator by a fixed insulation wall, the storage compartment being provided with an access opening. The refrigerator also includes a door rotatably provided to the cabinet to open and close the access opening, a drawer provided in the storage compartment, a camera fixed to a ceiling of the storage compartment to photograph both a first region for storing of food arranged in an external space of the drawer and a second region for storing of food arranged in an internal space of the drawer, and a controller configured to separate, through a capturing time of a picture containing both the first region and the second region, a first region picture and a second region picture from the picture to individually divide and store the first region picture and the second region picture.
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International Classification(s)
- H04N:PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06T:IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G02B:OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- G06F:ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G03B:APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS O....
- F25D:REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR F....
- G06K:RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD ....
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