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Refrigerator for managing food by using RFID

US7716935B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 2006
Grant dateMay 18, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D2700/08
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

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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