Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera device for refrigerator and refrigerator comprising same
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Application No.: US15053552Application Date: 2016-02-25
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Publication No.: US09661281B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Hirokazu Izawa , Kazuhiro Furuta , Yuuki Marutani , Kota Watanabe
- Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP US
- Priority: JP2013-176757 20130828; JP2013-176758 20130828; JP2013-176759 20130828; JP2013-176760 20130828
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; F25D23/00 ; H04N7/18 ; G03B17/02 ; G03B17/08 ; F25D23/04 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/235 ; G03B29/00 ; F25D27/00 ; F25D29/00

Abstract:
A camera device for use in a storage unit includes a case configured to be detachably installable inside the storage unit to a holder unit configured to hold the case inside the storage unit, an image capturing element provided inside the case and configured to capture an image inside the storage unit where the case is installed, an image capture window provided on a first surface portion of the case and configured for capturing the image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element, and a preventing element configured to prevent the case from being attached to the holder unit in an orientation other than a predetermined orientation. The image capture window is configured for capturing image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element. The holder unit holds the case inside the storage unit. The image capturing element captures the image inside the storage unit with the case being installed in the predetermined orientation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160182868A1 CAMERA DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATOR AND REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING SAME Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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