US Patent Application 18340425. REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF simplified abstract
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REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
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Youngsun Shin of Suwon-si (KR)
REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18340425 Titled 'REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes a refrigerator that has a camera inside it, facing the storage area. The refrigerator also has a display, a distance sensor, and a control unit. The control unit uses the camera to identify the food stored in the refrigerator and then obtains a menu based on that information. If the user is far away from the refrigerator, the control unit displays a notification about the menu on the display. If the user is closer to the refrigerator, a different notification about the menu is displayed.
Original Abstract Submitted
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a storage room, a camera having a field of view facing the storage room, a display, a distance sensor, and a control unit. The control unit may obtain image data of the storage room from the camera, identify food stored in the storage room on the basis of the image data, obtain a menu based on information regarding the identified food, control the display to display a first window frame including a notification regarding the menu, in response to a distance to a user being greater than or equal to a predetermined reference distance based on an output from the distance sensor, and control the display to display a second window frame including a notification regarding the menu, in response to the distance to the user being less than the reference distance on the basis of the output from the distance sensor.
