Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Shinichi Horii

Gantetsu Matsui

Akio Nishiyama

Kenichi Kakita

Zarina Rafii

Taku Kariyazaki

Hiroki Kawabata

The present disclosure provides a food detection devicethat can accurately detect, with a camera, a food item taken into or out of a refrigerator The food detection deviceis attached to an upper part of the refrigeratorby a user P and configured to detect, with a refrigerator compartment cameraand a drawer camera, a food item taken into or out of the refrigeratorand includes a camera moduleincluding the refrigerator compartment cameraand the drawer cameraconfigured to capture an image of the refrigeratorfrom an upper front of the refrigerator, and an electric power supply unitconfigured to supply electric power at least to the camera module

Food detection device

A door open/closed recognition device is configured to be attached to a top surface of an exterior of a refrigerator to be used. The door open/closed recognition device includes an attachment portion that is provided on a bottom surface of the door open/closed recognition device and configured to fix the door open/closed recognition device on the top surface; a wireless communication unit that performs a wireless communication with a communication terminal; and a door open/closed recognition unit. The door open/closed recognition unit includes a sensor configured to detect an object which exists within a detection area at a front surface of the refrigerator in a state where the door open/closed recognition device is attached on the top surface; and a processor configured to recognize an open or closed state of a door of the refrigerator based on a detection result of the sensor.

Refrigerator door open/closed recognition device

A refrigerator with a rail device having a bracket which is fixed to an inner surface of an inner box, and first, second and third rails which are arranged in such a manner that longitudinal directions are identical and have an elongated shape, and supporting a storage container so as to be movable forward and backward. The second rail has flanges protruding right and left in upper and lower sides in the longitudinal direction, the lower flange is held to the first rail so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction, the first rail is bonded to the bracket, and has flanges extended to a height beyond the lower flange of the second rail in right and left sides in the longitudinal direction, and the third rail holds the flange on the second rail so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction.

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Shiga, Japan

Shinichi Horii