Refrigerator
First Claim
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
- a main body having a storage compartment;
a door rotatably coupled to an end portion of the main body, the door having baskets to store food and to be arranged on an inner surface of the door;
a plurality of cameras provided at the baskets and configured to take at least one picture, the cameras arranged in only a row;
a light source provided on the storage compartment;
a door opening/closing sensor; and
a controller configured to actuate the light source and to control the cameras to take the pictures of the storage compartment when the door opening/closing sensor detects that the door closes the storage compartment,wherein the cameras are located on a middle portion of the storage compartment in a width direction, andwherein the cameras take photos simultaneously.
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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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14 Claims
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1. A refrigerator, comprising:
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a main body having a storage compartment; a door rotatably coupled to an end portion of the main body, the door having baskets to store food and to be arranged on an inner surface of the door; a plurality of cameras provided at the baskets and configured to take at least one picture, the cameras arranged in only a row; a light source provided on the storage compartment; a door opening/closing sensor; and a controller configured to actuate the light source and to control the cameras to take the pictures of the storage compartment when the door opening/closing sensor detects that the door closes the storage compartment, wherein the cameras are located on a middle portion of the storage compartment in a width direction, and wherein the cameras take photos simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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