US 11,920,860 B2
Refrigerator, server, and method for controlling the refrigerator
Seungwoo Hong, Suwon-si (KR); Daeun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngju Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,502.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0017547 (KR), filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0254884 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 29/005 (2013.01) [F25D 2323/021 (2013.01); F25D 2700/04 (2013.01); F25D 2700/06 (2013.01); F25D 2700/14 (2013.01); F25D 2700/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body;
at least two doors provided on a front surface of the main body;
a plurality of storage rooms provided in the main body or the at least two doors and configured to store objects;
a cooler configured to cool the plurality of storage rooms;
a door driver configured to generate power for automatically opening or closing each door of 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 case an object is recognized from the image of the surroundings photographed by the camera, transmit a control signal for opening one of the at least two doors to the door driver based on the recognized object,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine a door corresponding to the recognized object among the at least two doors, and
transmit the control signal for opening the door corresponding to the recognized object to the door driver.