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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2016
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Inhwan Ryu, Seoul, KR;

Minjoo Cha, Seoul, KR;

Hyein Yang, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/062 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); F25D 2500/06 (2013.01); F25D 2600/00 (2013.01); F25D 2700/02 (2013.01); F25D 2700/06 (2013.01); F25D 2700/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a main body having a storage compartment, a first door rotatably installed at a first side of the main body to open and close a first portion of the storage compartment, and a second door rotatably installed at a second side of the main body to open and close a second portion of the storage compartment. A first camera may be installed at the first door to take a picture of an interior of the first storage compartment during rotation of the first door, and a second camera may be installed at the second door to take a picture of the interior of the first storage compartment during rotation of the second door. A controller may combine plural pictures taken by the first camera and the second camera into a single corrected image of a region of the first compartment spanning from the first door to the second door.


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