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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Horii, Shiga, JP;
Zarina Rafii, Nara, JP;
Gantetsu Matsui, Kyoto, JP;
Taku Kariyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Akio Nishiyama, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
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