公开(公告)号：US11920860B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17172502

申请日：2021-02-10

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Seungwoo Hong ,  Daeun Kim ,  Youngju Jeong

IPC: F25D29/00

CPC classification number: F25D29/005 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2700/04 ,  F25D2700/06 ,  F25D2700/14 ,  F25D2700/16

Abstract: A refrigerator for recognizing an object to be stored and automatically opening a door based on the recognized object, and a method therefor are provided. The refrigerator includes a main body, at least two doors provided on a front surface of the main body, two or more storage rooms provided in the main body or the at least two doors and configured to store objects, a cooler configured to cool the two or more storage rooms, a door driver configured to generate power for automatically opening and closing the at least two doors, a camera configured to photograph an image of surroundings around the at least two doors, and at least one processor configured to, in the case in which an object is recognized from the image of the surroundings, transmit a control signal for opening a door to the door driver based on the recognized object.