Refrigerator for managing food by using RFID
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1. A refrigerator for managing food by using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) comprising:
- a plurality of storage portions divided in the refrigerator for storing food;
an RFID tag being attached to food or a storage container containing food and having storage information of food stored in the storage portions;
a controller for identifying the RFID tag and reading the storage information from the RFID tag, the controller storing food managing information based on the read storage information, and the controller setting up the storage portion that maintains a storage condition based on the read storage information; and
display means for a user to notice the storage information and food managing information based on the storage information, and the set up storage portion.
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Abstract
Refrigerator for managing food by using RFID including a plurality of storage portions divided in the refrigerator for storing food, RFID devices each having storage information of each kind of food stored in the storage portions, and controller for reading the storage information and setting up the storage portion which maintains a storage condition suitable to the storage information read thus, thereby permitting easy storage of food in a storage portion having the storage condition by using the RFID device.
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1. A refrigerator for managing food by using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) comprising:
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a plurality of storage portions divided in the refrigerator for storing food; an RFID tag being attached to food or a storage container containing food and having storage information of food stored in the storage portions; a controller for identifying the RFID tag and reading the storage information from the RFID tag, the controller storing food managing information based on the read storage information, and the controller setting up the storage portion that maintains a storage condition based on the read storage information; and display means for a user to notice the storage information and food managing information based on the storage information, and the set up storage portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A refrigerator for managing food by using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) comprising:
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a plurality of storage portions divided in the refrigerator for storing food; sensors on the storage portions for measuring storage conditions of the storage portions, respectively; a plurality of RFID tags being attached to food or a storage container containing food and each having storage information of each kind of food to be stored in the storage portions; a controller for identifying the RFID tag and reading the storage information from the RFID tags, the controller storing food managing information based on the read storage information, and the controller setting up the storage portion that maintains a storage condition suitable to the storage information read from the RFID tag from the storage conditions of the storage portions measured by the sensors; and display means for a user to notice the storage information and the food managing information based on the storage information from the controller, and the set up storage portion, wherein the display means includes a light emitting member mounted in correspondence to the storage portions respectively and the light emitting member being connected to the controller for indicating the storage portion with a light emitted based on the controller. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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