Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasukiyo Murata, Morio Yoshimoto
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Abstract
A door driving system and a refrigerator having the door driving system according to the present invention are provided with a motor, a power transmitting device for transmitting the power generated by the motor to the hinge, and an auxiliary device for receiving the power generated by the motor and generating an auxiliary force to move a door positioned in a closing position in an opening direction, so that the torque to be applied to the hinge of the door for opening and closing the door may be reduced.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body including a chamber;
- a first camera configured to capture a first image of the chamber;
- a second camera configured to capture a second image of the chamber;
- at least one processor configured to:
- control the first camera and the second camera to capture the first image and the second image, respectively,
- combine the first image and the second image,
- automatically recognize a deficient object and a stored object by using an image recognition process from the combined image,
- obtain stored object information by using the image recognition process from the combined image,
- based on the obtained stored object information, obtain deficient object information, and
- send, via a communication network, the deficient object information to an external device.
A method of controlling a refrigerator including a body including a chamber, and a door configured to open and close the chamber, the method comprising:
- controlling a first camera of the refrigerator to capture a first image of the chamber;
- controlling a second camera of the refrigerator to capture a second image of the chamber;
- combining the first image and the second image;
- automatically recognizing a deficient object and a stored object by using an image recognition process from the combined image;
- obtaining stored object information by using the image recognition process from the combined image;
- based on the obtained stored object information, obtaining deficient object information;
- and
- sending, through a communication network, the deficient object information to an external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.