Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jihyung Ha

Jueon Kim

Sangyong Lee

Kwangyoun Kim

Kyungah Chang

Kwangryul Kim

A home appliance includes: a camera arranged in the interior space; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: obtain, through the camera, a first image including a tray that is inserted into the interior space; identify, by using the first image, a height at which the tray is inserted in the interior space; determine, according to the height at which the tray is inserted, a setting value related to capturing of an image of the interior space; and obtain, based on the determined setting value, a second image including contents placed on the tray.

Home appliance having interior space for accommodating tray at various heights and method of obtaining image by home appliance

A water level detection device capable of preventing water from overflowing due to a bumping phenomenon or excessive number of cooking objects and capable of detecting a water level inside a cookware, comprises: a first probe; a second probe; a lean angle sensor configured to detect a lean angle of the first probe and the second probe; a capacitance sensor configured to detect capacitance between the first probe and the second probe; and a processor configured to calculate a danger level of the cookware based on an intensity of a current flowing from the first probe to the second probe and the lean angle of the first probe and the second probe; and configured to determine whether the water level inside the cookware reaches the danger level based on the capacitance between the first probe and the second probe.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jihyung Ha