Refrigerator and control method thereof

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator and a control method of the refrigerator and relates to the field of household appliances. The accuracy of the refrigerator for monitoring food in the refrigerator can be improved. According to the specific scheme, a camera is installed in the refrigerator and used for monitoring objects in a target monitoring space in the refrigerator and generating real-time monitoring data. The control method of the refrigerator includes the steps that the real-time monitoring data sent by the camera are received; and when it is confirmed that conditions triggering photographing are met according to the real-time monitoring data, the camera is controlled to photograph the interior of the refrigerator, wherein the conditions triggering photographing include the condition that it is confirmed that after any object in the refrigerator moves, the objects in the refrigerator return to be static according to the real-time monitoring data; and food management is completed according to pictures obtained after photographing. The control method is used for manufacturing the refrigerator.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator and a control method thereof. Background technique [0002] In daily life, there is often a problem of wasting ingredients due to expired ingredients in the refrigerator. In order to solve this problem, refrigerators with ingredients input and expiration reminder functions appear on the market. [0003] When the user puts ingredients into the refrigerator, the input interface provided by the refrigerator is used to enter what ingredients are put in and how long the shelf life is. In addition, when the ingredients are taken out of the refrigerator, the previous records are deleted or updated. When a certain ingredient reaches the expiration date, a reminder message is output. However, this solution requires users to enter and delete, which is very inconvenient in actual use, and the market feedback is not good. Therefore, automatic entry and reminder functions f...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] However, when there are many types and quantities of ingredients in the refrigerator, the camera may not be able to capture a certain ingredient due to the mutual occlusion of the ingredients. After receiving the photos uploaded by the refrigerator, the cloud determines that the blocked ingredients have been taken out by the user. , and delete the shelf life label corresponding to this type of food material, so that the user will not receive a reminder message when the covered food material expires, that is to say, the reminder function will be invalid in this case

[0006] When the ingredients in the refrigerator are covered by each other, if the user does not check carefully during use, the covered ingredients are often difficult to find. Because the existing refrigerators do not monitor the ingredients inside accurately, it is very easy to cause the ingredients to be wasted due to expiration

In addition, if the expired ingredients are not cleaned up in time, it may also cause problems such as odor in the refrigerator and contamination of other ingredients, which will seriously affect the user's experience in using refrigerator products.

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