# US 2019/0174100 A1 · Camera device for refrigerator and refrigerator comprising same

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- Number: US 2019/0174100 A1
- Document ID: US20190174100A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/267,423
- Filed: 2019-02-05
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-08-28
- Assignees: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
- Applicants: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
- Inventors: Hirokazu IZAWA; Kazuhiro FURUTA; Yuuki MARUTANI; Kota WATANABE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174100A1

## CPC

- H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source}
- F25D 23/028: {Details}
- F25D 23/04: with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
- F25D 23/12: Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
- F25D 27/005: {combined with control means}
- F25D 29/005: {Mounting of control devices}
- G03B 17/02: Bodies
- G03B 17/08: Waterproof bodies or housings
- G03B 29/00: Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects (combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03)
- H04N 23/51: Housings
- H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
- H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
- H04N 23/651: {for reducing power consumption by affecting camera operations, e.g. sleep mode, hibernation mode or power off of selective parts of the camera}
- H04N 23/661: Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
- H04N 23/698: for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
- H04N 23/71: Circuitry for evaluating the brightness variation
- F25D 2323/021: French doors
- F25D 2700/02: Sensors detecting door opening
- G03B 2206/00: Systems for exchange of information between different pieces of apparatus, e.g. for exchanging trimming information, for photo finishing
- G03B 2217/007: Details of energy supply or management
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- 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)
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)

## Abstract

A camera device for use in a storage unit according to an embodiment includes a case installable to an opening end side of a door of the storage unit; an image capturing element stored inside the case and configured to capture an image inside the storage unit; and a battery stored inside the case. The battery is disposed in a lower portion of the case. A center of gravity of the camera device is different from the center.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A camera device for use in a storage unit comprising:
a case installable to an opening end side of a door of the storage unit;
an image capturing element stored inside the case and configured to capture an image inside the storage unit; and
a battery stored inside the case,
wherein the battery is disposed in a lower portion of the case, and
wherein a center of gravity of the camera device is different from the center of the case.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A storage unit provide with the camera device according to claim 1.