公开(公告)号：US20230316695A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18023470

申请日：2021-09-02

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jeongyo HA ,  Hyunsung PARK ,  Joongkeun LEE

IPC: G06V10/25 ,  F25D25/02 ,  G06T7/73

CPC classification number: G06V10/25 ,  F25D25/025 ,  G06T7/73 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2400/36 ,  F25D2700/06

Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet comprising a storage chamber; a drawer that is provided in the storage chamber and can slide in and out; a drawer sensing unit that is provided in the cabinet and can sense whether the drawer is in or out; a refrigerator door for opening and closing the storage chamber; a camera that is installed in the cabinet and captures an image of the storage chamber including the drawer during the opening and closing of the drawer; and a controller that controls so that one image is selected from among a plurality of images sequentially captured by the camera, and a result image including at least a portion of the selected image is displayed in a display unit, wherein the controller extracts a region of interest (ROI) image corresponding to the drawer from each of the plurality of images, determines a movement direction and movement amount of the drawer on the basis of the plurality of extracted ROI images, selects one ROI image from among the plurality of ROI images on the basis of the determined movement direction and movement amount of the drawer, and determines the selected one ROI image as an image to be displayed.

公开(公告)号：US20230314063A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18023503

申请日：2021-09-02

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Joongkeun LEE ,  Hyunsung PARK ,  Jeongyo HA

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  F25D29/00

CPC classification number: F25D23/028 ,  F25D29/005 ,  F25D2500/06 ,  F25D2700/06

Abstract: A refrigerator, according to the present embodiment, comprises: a cabinet having a storage chamber; a storage chamber camera provided in the cabinet to photograph the storage chamber; a first door for opening and closing the storage chamber; a second door spaced apart from the first door in a horizontal direction and including a main door including a door storage unit and a sub-door that opens and closes the door storage unit and is rotatable about a hinge with respect to the main door; a first camera and a second camera which are provided in the sub-door and photograph the door storage unit when the sub-door is opened; a controller to which the second camera is independently connected; and a USB hub which is connected to the controller and to which the first camera and the storage chamber camera are connected.

公开(公告)号：US20230224595A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US18023077

申请日：2021-09-02

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hyunsung PARK ,  Joongkeun LEE ,  Jeongyo HA

IPC: H04N23/90 ,  F25D23/02 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/74

CPC classification number: H04N23/90 ,  F25D23/025 ,  H04N7/181 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/761 ,  F25D2400/36 ,  F25D2500/06

Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet comprising a storage chamber; and a door for opening and closing the storage chamber. The door comprises: a main door comprising an opening and a door storage unit; a sub-door that opens and closes the opening and can rotate about a hinge with respect to the main door; a first camera and a second camera that are provided spaced apart from each other in the sub-door, and capture images of the door storage unit in a state where the sub-door is open; a marker provided on the main door and image-captured by the first camera; and a display unit for displaying result images including at least a portion of images captured by the first and second cameras.

公开(公告)号：US20250052487A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-13

申请号：US18932856

申请日：2024-10-31

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jinok KIM ,  Youngtag KWON ,  Sangyun KIM ,  Hyunsung PARK ,  Joongkeun LEE ,  Sungmok HWANG ,  Jeongyo HA

IPC: F25D29/00 ,  F25D25/02 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04L67/12

Abstract: An artificial intelligence refrigerator includes: a display, a cabinet having a storage room receiving food, a camera provided in the cabinet and capturing an image of the storage room, a storage room sensor detecting whether the storage room is opened or closed, and a processor configured to control, based on the storage room sensor detecting that the storage room is opened, the camera to capture the image of the storage room, transmit, based on a maximum opening time point or a closing time point of the storage room being detected through processing of the captured image, a capture command to the camera, the closing time point being a time point at which the storage room starts closing, acquire a storage state of the storage room based on an image captured according to the capture command, and control the display to display food management information based on the acquired storage state.

公开(公告)号：US20230043011A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-09

申请号：US17790606

申请日：2020-01-06

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jinok KIM ,  Youngtag KWON ,  Sangyun KIM ,  Hyunsung PARK ,  Joongkeun LEE ,  Sungmok HWANG ,  Jeongyo HA

IPC: F25D29/00

Abstract: An artificial intelligence refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present disclosure can comprise: an inner door; an outer door having a transparent display on the front surface thereof; one or more cameras provided to the outer door; a sensor for sensing the opening/closing or opening angle of the outer door; and one or more processors for determining whether the opening angle of the outer door is a preset angle when closing of the outer door is sensed, photographing the inner door through the one or more cameras when the opening angle of the outer door is the preset angle, acquiring, on the basis of a captured image, the storage state of food stored in the inner door, and displaying food management information on the transparent display on the basis of the acquired storage state.