Refrigerator with camera and control thereof

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet configured to accommodate a cold air supply unit that supplies cold air into the cabinet, the cabinet having an opening formed in a front surface thereof that allows a user to store or retrieve food in the cabinet; a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet and configured to open or close the opening; a storage compartment comprising a plurality of spaces partitioned in the cabinet and in the door, the storage compartment forming a single cold air maintenance space that is configured to store food therein; and a camera unit disposed in the storage compartment and configured to capture an image of food in the storage compartment, wherein the camera unit comprises:
a housing secured to the storage compartment;a camera seated on the housing and configured to maintain an image capture direction in which the camera is configured to capture the image of the food in the storage compartment;a transparent window provided at a front surface of the housing; anda heater provided inside the transparent window,wherein the heater is configured to operate continuously.