Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Zarina Rafii

Hiroko Sugimoto

Yasuhiro Yuki

Mitsuhiro Aso

Gantetsu Matsui

Rinako Kamei

Akio Nishiyama

Yasuo Kohashi

Shinichi Horii

Taku Kariyazaki

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 method including: receiving multiple pieces of notice information; receiving detection information indicating whether or not the user is present around a speaker, notifying the user of content of first notice information in the multiple pieces of notice information by using the speaker, in a case that it is determined based on the detection information that the user is present around the speaker, and notifying the user of content of second notice information different from the first notice information, by using the speaker in a case that it is determined that the user is present around the speaker when the notification of the first notice information by using the speaker is complete.

Computer implemented method for notifying user by using a speaker

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Nara, Japan

Zarina Rafii