REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME
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Abstract
A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, a drawer movably provided in the storage compartment and provided with a marker, a camera that photographs the drawer from outside the drawer, and a controller that senses a position of the marker in photographs taken through the camera at time intervals, and that determines state information about the drawer based on a change in position of the marker in the photographs. A method includes recognizing closing of the drawer by sensing a start of opening of the drawer; acquiring an image of the drawer interior using the camera; processing the image to recognize the marker from the image; tracing a movement of the marker; acquiring a final image of the drawer interior using the camera when closing of the drawer begins; and displaying the final image.
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74 Claims
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55. A refrigerator comprising:
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a storage compartment formed in a cabinet of the refrigerator by a fixed insulation wall, the storage compartment being provided with an access opening; a door rotatably provided to the cabinet and arranged to open and close the access opening; a camera fixedly provided to a ceiling of the storage compartment and arranged to photograph an interior of the storage compartment to update information about food in the storage compartment; a door switch arranged to sense an opening or a closing of the door; a door sensor arranged to sense an angle of opening of the door; and a controller configured to; switch the camera between a standby mode and a drive mode for beginning a photographing operation based on sensing by the door switch; and select a photograph, from among a plurality of taken photographs, based on sensing by the door sensor. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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