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US 10,330,377 B2Granted
Refrigeration appliance comprising a camera module
AssigneeBSH Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorAstrid Klingshirn
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Abstract
A refrigeration appliance includes a camera module for detecting first image data of an item to be refrigerated at a first time point and second image data of the item to be refrigerated at a second time point. A freshness determination device is provided for determining the state of freshness of the item to be refrigerated based on the first image data and the second image data.
Claims9
A refrigeration appliance, comprising:
- a refrigeration compartment;
- a shelf disposed in said refrigeration compartment;
- a film-shaped sensor mat disposed on said for detecting weight alterations of a loading of said shelf;
- a camera module for detecting first image data of an item to be refrigerated at a first time point and second image data of the item to be refrigerated at a second time point, the first image data and the second image data being three-color color image data and the item being disposed on said shelf;
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- a freshness determinator including a processor device for processing the first and second image data, said processor device being configured for determining a state of freshness of the item to be refrigerated based on a color difference between the first image data and the second image data, and said processor device being configured for determining a state of freshness of the item to be refrigerated based on data relating to weight alterations detected by said sensor mat;
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- said freshness determinator being configured to detect a type of item to be refrigerated based on the first image data and the second image data.
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