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Title:
冷蔵庫及び冷蔵庫システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6892014
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A refrigerator system capable of reducing decrease in the accuracy of detecting change in a storage state and reducing a communication load for transmitting images of the inside of a storeroom, which are taken at a plurality of viewpoints to the outside of a refrigerator is provided. To achieve this, the refrigerator system includes: a camera (2) configured to take the images of the inside of the storeroom; a camera moving device (20) configured to move the camera at least in the vertical direction; a communication device (31) configured to transmit the images taken by the camera to the outside of a main body; and a change detecting device (33) configured to detect change in a food-item storage state of each shelf based on the images taken by the camera. The camera takes images of each shelf at a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint. The change detecting device detects change in the food-item storage state of the shelf based on the image taken at the first viewpoint. The communication device transmits, for the shelf, change in the food-item storage state of which is detected, both images taken at the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint to the outside of the main body.

Inventors:
Uchidatakeshi
Satoshi Minesawa
Eiji Niikura
Yoko Inoue
Application Number:
JP2020522518A
Publication Date:
June 18, 2021
Filing Date:
May 31, 2018
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Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
International Classes:
F25D23/00; F25D11/00; F25D25/02; G06Q50/10; G06V10/75; G16Y10/80; H04N5/232
Domestic Patent References:
JP2015222138A
JP2016148503A
JP2016196981A
JP201715298A
JP201789913A
Foreign References:
WO2018020541A1
US20150002660
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mamoru Takada
Hideki Takahashi
Jiro Ozawa