Lg Electronics Inc.

Myoungju Lee

Jeonghwan Kim

Ikkyu Lee

Samnyol Hong

Sungdu Kwon

Kwanhyung Kim

Hyungjoo Kang

Haemin Choi

Myoungho Sung

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.

Refrigerator with camera and control method for the same

A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, a drawer movably provided in the storage compartment and provided with a marker, a camera that photographs inside the drawer from outside the drawer, and a controller that senses a position of the marker in photographs taken through the camera at time intervals, and that determines state information about the drawer based on a change in position of the marker in the photographs. A method includes recognizing closing of the drawer by sensing a start of opening of the drawer; acquiring an image of the drawer interior using the camera; processing the image to recognize the marker from the image; tracing a movement of the marker; acquiring a final image of the drawer interior using the camera when closing of the drawer begins; and displaying the final image.

Refrigerator and control method for the same

Refrigerator camera module

Refrigerator with camera and control thereof

A refrigerator includes a storage compartment formed in a cabinet of the refrigerator by a fixed insulation wall, the storage compartment provided with an access opening, 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 in the storage compartment and a second region for storing of food arranged in an internal space of the drawer in the storage compartment, and a controller 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.

A camera system is provided for an inside of a refrigerator. The camera system includes a camera module that includes an image sensor, a camera lens, electrical components configured to drive the image sensor, and a transparent window spaced a predetermined distance from the camera lens. The camera system also includes a camera housing configured to seat and fix the camera module at a predetermined position in the camera housing. The camera housing includes a fixing surface arranged to adjoin an upper wall of a storage compartment of a refrigerator; a front surface arranged to face an access opening of the storage compartment and side surfaces connecting the front surface to a rear surface of the camera housing; and a top surface provided with an opening allowing the transparent window of the camera module to be exposed therethrough.

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Seoul, South Korea

Myoungju Lee