US 12,406,388 B2
Home appliance having interior space for accommodating tray at various heights and method of obtaining image by home appliance
Jihyung Ha, Suwon-si (KR); Jueon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sangyong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Kyungah Chang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,198.
Application 17/987,198 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/017287, filed on Nov. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0159779 (KR), filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0154029 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06V 20/68 (2022.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 7/60 (2013.01) [G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06V 20/68 (2022.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); G01G 19/52 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A home appliance comprising:
an interior space;
a camera arranged in the interior space;
a plurality of shelves respectively arranged at different heights in the interior space, the plurality of shelves configured to receive a tray at any of the different heights;
a memory storing setting values related to capturing an image at a height corresponding to each shelf of the plurality of shelves, the setting values being configured so that items in an image captured at any of the different heights have a same size, brightness, or shape; and
at least one processor configured to:
obtain, through the camera, a first image including the tray while the tray is received in the interior space;
identify, by using the first image, a height among the different heights at which the tray is received in the interior space;
determine, according to the identified height at which the tray is received, a setting value related to capturing an image at the identified height among the stored setting values; and
based on the determined setting value, obtain a second image, different from the first image, including one or more items on the tray.