Refrigerator

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a main body having a storage compartment;
• a drawer slidably coupled to the main body so as to be introduced into and withdrawn from the storage compartment, the drawer having a receptacle configured to receive items for storage therein;
• a camera configured to capture images of an interior of the receptacle;
• a controller configured to combine an image captured by the camera in a closed state of the drawer and an image captured by the camera in an open state of the drawer, and to correct the images into a single corrected image of the interior of the receptacle;
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• a display configured to externally display the corrected image.

A storage apparatus, comprising:

• a main body having a storage chamber;
• a drawer slidably coupled to the main body;
• a camera provided at a front region of the storage chamber to capture an image of an interior of the drawer in a fully open position of the drawer in which the drawer is withdrawn from the storage chamber to a maximum extent;
• a controller configured to combine a first image captured by the camera in a closed state of the drawer and a second image captured by the camera in an open state of the drawer, and to combine the first and second images into a corrected image of the interior of the drawer;
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• a display configured to externally display the corrected image.