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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jisu Rhie, Suwon-si, KR;
Youngil Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeonuk Seong, Suwon-si, KR;
Minseob Yook, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaejin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Byoungjae Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Yongman Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator including a cabinet; a storage compartment in the cabinet; a door coupled to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment; an upper table on an upper surface of the cabinet and having a mounting hole on a front surface of the upper table; a bracket mounted on the upper table and including a protruding portion, and an inclined portion at a lower portion of the protruding portion and including an opening; and a camera mounted on the bracket. The bracket and the camera are configured so that the protruding portion accommodates the camera and protrudes through the mounting hole and outside the upper table, the lens of the camera is exposed through the opening of the inclined portion, and the inclined portion is inclined so that an image captured by the camera includes an area outside the storage compartment and an area inside the storage compartment.