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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2021
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator according to the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet comprising a storage chamber; a drawer that is provided in the storage chamber and can slide in and out; a drawer sensing unit that is provided in the cabinet and can sense whether the drawer is in or out; a refrigerator door for opening and closing the storage chamber; a camera that is installed in the cabinet and captures an image of the storage chamber including the drawer during the opening and closing of the drawer; and a controller that controls so that one image is selected from among a plurality of images sequentially captured by the camera, and a result image including at least a portion of the selected image is displayed in a display unit, wherein the controller extracts a region of interest (ROI) image corresponding to the drawer from each of the plurality of images, determines a movement direction and movement amount of the drawer on the basis of the plurality of extracted ROI images, selects one ROI image from among the plurality of ROI images on the basis of the determined movement direction and movement amount of the drawer, and determines the selected one ROI image as an image to be displayed.