Method of obtaining information of articles stored in refrigerator and refrigerator

Abstract

The invention provides a method of obtaining information of articles stored in a refrigerator and the refrigerator. The method of obtaining the information of articles stored in the refrigerator comprises the following steps of: shooting the pull-out process and push-in process of a target article storage drawer of the refrigerator by using a shooting device as to obtain a first image collection and a second image collection; respectively processing the first image collection and the second image collection so as to obtain a first stored article image and a second stored article image which reflect the conditions of articles stored in the target article storage drawer before and after the target article storage drawer is operated; and comparing the first stored article image and the second stored article image, and determining the change of articles in the target article storage drawer according to the difference between the first stored article image and the second stored article image. The method has the beneficial effects that after the target article storage drawer is operated by a user, the change information of articles in the target article storage drawer is determined by processing and comparing the images before and after the target article storage drawer is operated, so that the refrigerator is relatively intelligent and humanized, thereby enabling the relatively specific information of the stored articles to be conveniently obtained by the user, and improving the usage experience of the user.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of refrigerators, in particular to a method for acquiring information on items stored in a refrigerator and a refrigerator. Background technique [0002] Traditional refrigerators are mainly used to refrigerate and preserve food. With the improvement of people's requirements on the functions of refrigerators, more and more refrigerators are equipped with cameras, so as to conveniently obtain the situation inside the refrigerator compartment. [0003] However, most of the existing refrigerators with cameras can only directly send the captured photos or videos of the interior of the room to the user for viewing, but cannot obtain specific information on item changes after the user operates the refrigerator. For example, the user What items to put in, what items to take out, etc. When users pick and place food in the refrigerator frequently, it is easy to forget the specific types and quantities of food in the refriger...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] However, most of the existing refrigerators with cameras can only directly send the captured photos or videos of the interior of the room to the user for viewing, but cannot obtain specific information on item changes after the user operates the refrigerator. For example, the user What to put in, what to take out, etc.

When users pick and place food in the refrigerator frequently, it is easy to forget the specific types and quantities of food in the refrigerator, so it is easy to cause users to repeatedly purchase certain foods or not to buy the food they need, thus affecting the user's dietary life

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