# US 2019/0170429 A1 · Refrigerator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0170429 A1 - Document ID: US20190170429A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/321,161 - Filed: 2017-07-28 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-28 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sung Mo KIM; Po Cheon KIM; Dong Won KOO; Woo Chul CHO; Sun Hwan JOO; Oun Gu LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190170429A1 ## CPC - F25D 23/028: {Details} - F25D 11/02: with cooling compartments at different temperatures - F25D 23/04: with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners - F25D 29/005: {Mounting of control devices} - F25D 2400/36: Visual displays - F25D 2700/06: Sensors detecting the presence of a product - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage room, a door for opening and closing the storage room, and a camera device having a plurality of cameras for photographing the storage room and mounted on the inner surface of the door. The state of the storage room can be checked without opening the door by the camera device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A refrigerator comprising: a main body having at least one shelf and a plurality of storage portions partitioned by the at least one shelf; a door having at least one door guard configured to accommodate an object which is cooled to open and close the plurality of storage portions; and a camera device mounted on an inner surface of the door facing the plurality of storage portions to record the plurality of storage portions, wherein the camera device includes: at least one camera configured to record the plurality of storage portions; and a housing, in which the at least one camera is mounted, configured to support the at least one door guard on the inner surface of the door. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the housing is separably provided at the inner surface of the door. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the plurality of storage portions are arranged in a longitudinal direction including a vertical direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the at least one camera device is disposed to pass through a center of a width direction of the door. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the at least one camera and the at least one door guard are alternately disposed with respect to a vertical direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the camera device further includes at least one guard holder formed on a side surface of the housing to support one side of the at least one door guard. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein: the at least one guard holder includes a pair of guard holders provided on both side surfaces of the housing; and the at least one door guard includes a pair of door guards disposed on both sides of the housing and having one side supported by the door and the other side supported by the pair of guard holders. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein: the at least one door guard includes a plurality of door guards vertically arranged; and the at least one guard holder includes a plurality of guard holders vertically arranged on side surfaces of the housing to support one sides of the plurality of door guards. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein the housing includes: a housing body mounted on the inner surface of the door; and a housing cover having at least one camera hole formed so that the at least one camera is exposed toward the plurality of storage portions, and disposed on one side of the housing body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the camera device is mounted on the inner surface of the door by a sliding movement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The refrigerator of claim 10, wherein: the door includes a holder formed to protrude from the inner surface of the door, and on which the camera device is mounted; and the housing includes: an insertion hole, into which the holder is inserted, formed in one surface facing the inner surface of the door; and a holder seat portion disposed adjacent to the insertion hole, and configured so that the holder is seated thereon by the sliding movement of the camera device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein: the housing includes: a first surface configured to extend in a vertical direction; and a second surface bent from the first surface and formed to be inclined toward the inner surface of the door; and the at least one camera includes: at least one first camera configured to record one storage portion among the plurality of storage portions through the first surface; and at least one second camera configured to record one storage portion located lower than the one storage portion among the plurality of storage portions through the second surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a plurality of unit housings, in which the at least one camera is disposed, provided to be separable from each other.