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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/00 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); F25D 2400/361 (2013.01); F25D 2700/02 (2013.01); F25D 2700/04 (2013.01); F25D 2700/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes an outside environment information obtaining unit including at least one of a sound obtaining unit configured to obtain outside environment information and an imaging unit configured to image an outside environment, the outside environment information obtaining unit being configured to obtain outside environment information which is capable of grasping an outside situation and a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device connected thereto via a network, thereby rendering the outside environment information obtained by the outside environment information obtaining unit referable at the external device side.