US 2025/0052486 A1 · REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

Abstract

A refrigerator includes: a body comprising a storage chamber; a door coupled to the body; a camera located on the body; and at least one processor operatively coupled to a memory and configured to execute one or more instructions stored in the memory, in which the one or more instructions cause the refrigerator to: based on detecting opening of the door, control the camera to capture the image of at least a part of the inside of the body and the door, identify, based on the image, whether at least one of a first area of the inside of the body included in the image or a first line included in the door included in the image satisfies a predetermined condition, and based on identifying that the predetermined condition is satisfied, store the image as an optimal door bin image.

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Dependent claims

A refrigerator comprising:

a body comprising a storage chamber;
a door rotatably coupled to the body to open or close the storage chamber, the door comprising a door bin;
a camera on the body, the camera being configured to capture an image of an inside of the body and an inside of the door;
a memory configured to store one or more instructions;
and
at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory,
wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the refrigerator to:
based on detecting opening of the door, control the camera to capture the image of at least a part of the inside of the body and the door,
identify, based on the image, whether at least one of a first area of the inside of the body included in the image or a first line included in the door included in the image satisfies a predetermined condition, and
based on identifying that the predetermined condition is satisfied, store the image as an optimal door bin image.

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A controlling method of a refrigerator comprising a body comprising a storage chamber, a door comprising a door bin and rotatably coupled to the body to open or close the storage chamber, and a camera on the body, the controlling method comprising:

based on detecting opening of the door, controlling the camera to capture an image of at least a part of an inside of the body and the door;
identifying, based on the image, whether at least one of a first area of the inside of the body included in the image or a first line included in the door included in the image satisfies a predetermined condition;
and
based on identifying that the predetermined condition is satisfied, storing the image as an optimal door bin image.

1 more element

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein which when executed by a processor of a refrigerator comprising a body comprising a storage chamber, a door comprising a door bin and rotatably coupled to the body to open or close the storage chamber, and a camera located on the body, cause the processor to execute a method comprising:

based on detecting opening of the door, controlling the camera to capture an image of at least a part of an inside of the body and the door;
identifying, based on the image, whether at least one of a first area of the inside of the body included in the image or a first line included in the door included in the image satisfies a predetermined condition;
and
based on identifying that the predetermined condition is satisfied, storing the image as an optimal door bin image.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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