Refrigerator
US11525627B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/68
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a refrigerator may include a storage compartment, a door, one or more cameras provided in the door, a global DB configured to store a plurality of default food identification items and a plurality of default product names respectively corresponding to the plurality of default food identification items, and a local DB configured to store edited product names and a food identification item corresponding to the edited product names, and a processor configured to photograph an internal image of the storage compartment, obtain one or more food identification items from the photographed internal image, and if the obtained one or more food identification items are stored in the local DB, recognize one or more product names of the obtained one or more food identification items as product names of the food identification items stored in the local DB.
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