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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
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;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a food management systemthat can accurately detect a food item contained in a refrigerator The food management systemconfigured to manage a food item contained in the refrigeratorincludes a refrigerator compartment cameraprovided at an upper part of the refrigeratorand configured to capture an image of an image capturing range including an opening of a refrigerator compartmentof the refrigerator; a drawer cameraprovided at the upper part of the refrigeratorand configured to capture an image of an image capturing range including a drawer pulled out of a housing compartment other than the refrigerator compartment; and a food detection unit configured to detect a food item taken into or out of the refrigeratorbased on an image capturing result of at least one of the refrigerator compartment cameraand the drawer camera