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Refrigerating device with a camera module

  • US 10,132,547 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2014
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A refrigerating device, comprising:

  • an inner container defining a refrigerating device interior;

    a refrigerating device door enclosing said refrigerating device interior;

    markings disposed in said refrigerating device interior;

    a camera module for capturing a first digital image including said markings;

    an electrical triggering line triggering said camera module for initiating image capturing at a triggering point and capturing images of said inner container from different angles upon said refrigerating device door being opening or closed; and

    a processing device configured to convert said first digital image into a second digital image on a basis of said captured markings;

    said processing device analyzing a digital image of said captured image and identifying said markings;

    said processing device using said markings to crop said image to an area defined by said markings; and

    said markings and said processing device enabling images captured by said camera module and obtained from different angles to be adapted and to have distortion removed from said captured images permitting different refrigerating space crops to be compensated for at different angular speeds of said refrigerating device door.

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