EP3617635A1

EP3617635A1 - Refrigeration appliance

Info

Publication number: EP3617635A1
Application number: EP19190421.8A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Benhe Dou; Jing HONG; Guoquan ZHOU
Original assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2018-08-29
Filing date: 2019-08-07
Publication date: 2020-03-04
Also published as: CN110873510A

Abstract

A refrigeration appliance includes: a case having a storage compartment and a door for opening or closing the storage compartment, the case having a front surface facing the door, the front surface being provided with a receiving groove. The refrigeration appliance further includes: a camera assembly that is received in the receiving groove when the door is closed and extends, at least partially forwards, out of the receiving groove when the door is opened. A camera extending to the front surface has better shooting position and shooting angle, and is not easily blocked by the case and a shelf in the storage compartment, so that food in an opened drawer can be more clearly and completely shot, and food on a shelf of the door can also be more clearly and completely shot. By uploading a captured image to a cloud, a user can know the storage condition of food in the refrigeration appliance through the image, and it is convenient for the user to make a cooking plan and a purchasing plan.

Description

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, and in particular, to a refrigeration appliance.

Related Art

As a household appliance, a refrigeration appliance can provide a low temperature environment for storing food such as fruits and vegetables to maintain the freshness of the food. At present, there is usually a camera inside the refrigeration appliance. The camera is used to shoot objects stored in a refrigerator and upload captured images to a cloud, so that a user can know the storage condition of food in the refrigeration appliance in real time.
In the prior art, the camera is generally fixedly disposed on the top of the refrigeration appliance, and the camera can better shoot an object placed on a shelf, but cannot shoot an object inside a drawer in a closed state. Moreover, when the user opens the drawer, due to the limitation of the position of the camera and the blocking of the shelf, only a small portion of the drawer in the open state can be shot, and the object in the opened drawer cannot be shot more completely, so that the user cannot know the storage condition of food in the drawer from the captured images.

SUMMARY

The present invention is directed to a refrigeration appliance. When a drawer in the refrigeration appliance is opened, a camera assembly can shoot food in a drawer more completely.
To solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides a refrigeration appliance, which includes: a case having a storage compartment and a door for opening or closing the storage compartment, the case having a front surface facing the door, the front surface being provided with a receiving groove. The refrigeration appliance further includes: a camera assembly that is received in the receiving groove when the door is closed and extends, at least partially forwards, out of the receiving groove when the door is opened.
The camera assembly can extend out of the receiving groove, that is, a camera disposed on the camera assembly can extend to the front surface. The camera extending to the front surface has better shooting position and shooting angle, and is not easily blocked by the case and a shelf in the storage compartment, so that food in a drawer can be more clearly and completely shot, and food on a shelf of the door can also be more clearly and completely shot. By uploading a captured image to a cloud, a user can know the storage condition of food in the refrigeration appliance through the image, and it is convenient for the user to make a cooking plan and a purchasing plan.
Moreover, when the door is closed, the camera assembly can be received in the receiving groove. The camera assembly neither affects the opening and closing of the door, nor does it affect the sealing of the storage compartment when the door is in the closed state.
Alternatively, the refrigeration appliance further includes a push mechanism disposed in the receiving groove and adapted to move in a front-rear direction of the refrigeration appliance, the push mechanism being configured to push at least a portion of the camera assembly out of the receiving groove when the door is opened.
Alternatively, the door has a rear surface disposed opposite to the front surface, at least a portion of the rear surface being adapted to abut the front surface of the case when the door is closed, so as to press the camera assembly into the receiving groove.
That is, according to the refrigeration appliance of the present technical solution, when the door is closed, a rearward force is applied to the camera assembly through the door to overcome the push force of the push mechanism, so that the camera assembly is received in the receiving groove. When the door is opened, at least a portion of the camera assembly is pushed out of the receiving groove by the forward push force of the push mechanism on the camera assembly, so that the camera has better position and angle to more clearly and completely shoot the condition of food in the storage compartment. The above-mentioned manner of controlling a specific position of the camera assembly is relatively simple, it is not necessary to provide a complicated control unit and execution unit, and the manner is completely dependent on a mechanical structure. There is no need for more parts, the structure is relatively simple, and the refrigeration appliance is easy to manufacture and low in cost.
Alternatively, the push mechanism includes: an elastic element, one end of the elastic element being connected to or abutting against a groove bottom of the receiving groove and the other end being connected to or abutting against the camera assembly, the elastic element being compressed between the groove bottom and the camera assembly and adapted to push at least a portion of the camera assembly out of the receiving groove.
By making the push mechanism include the elastic element that is specifically a coil spring, the structure is further simplified, parts are reduced, and the manufacturing difficulty and the cost are reduced.
Alternatively, at least a portion of the rear surface is a rubber material or a plastic material, or at least a portion of the rear surface is provided with a rubber sheet or a plastic sheet, so as to come into contact with the camera assembly to press the camera assembly into the receiving groove when the door is closed.
During the closing of the door, a portion of the rear surface disposed opposite to the receiving groove may come into contact with the camera assembly and apply a force to the camera assembly, so as to press the camera assembly into the receiving groove. A portion of the rear surface disposed opposite to the receiving groove is made of a rubber material or a plastic material, or, the rear surface is provided with a rubber sheet or a plastic sheet. Therefore, the camera assembly can be protected during the process of the rear surface touching the camera assembly, so that the camera assembly is prevented from being damaged from direct contact with a metal member.
Alternatively, the rear surface is provided with an annular sealing strip that is adapted to abut, when the door is closed, the front surface of the case to seal the storage compartment, and the receiving groove is located outside a space enclosed by the annular sealing strip, or located inside a space enclosed by the annular sealing strip.
Therefore, it is possible to avoid influence on the sealing effect of the annular sealing strip caused by contact between the annular sealing strip and the camera assembly when the door is closed since the annular sealing strip is disposed opposite to the storage compartment.
Alternatively, the camera assembly includes a housing and a camera disposed in the housing, one of a groove wall of the receiving groove and the housing is provided with a sliding groove extending in the front-rear direction, and the other one is provided with a guide member that cooperates with the sliding groove, the guide member being adapted to slide along the sliding groove to make the camera assembly received in the receiving groove or extend out of the receiving groove.
By providing the sliding groove and the guide member cooperating with each other, the sliding direction of the camera assembly is also defined, thereby preventing the camera assembly from moving in the receiving groove toward other directions. Meanwhile, a specific position of the camera assembly in the receiving groove is also defined, which facilitates sliding of the camera assembly in the front-rear direction.
Moreover, the cooperation of the guide member and the sliding groove enables the camera assembly to slide in the front-rear direction. Therefore, the housing of the camera assembly may be in clearance fit with the groove wall of the receiving groove to allow the camera assembly to slide more easily in the receiving groove.
Alternatively, the groove wall of the receiving groove is provided with a limiting groove or a limiting block to define a distance of the camera assembly extending out of the receiving groove.
By providing the limiting groove and the limiting block cooperating with each other, the limiting groove is used to define the distance of the camera assembly extending from the receiving groove in the front-rear direction, so that the camera and the front surface have a relatively suitable distance, which is convenient for clearly and completely shooting food in the storage compartment. Meanwhile, the camera assembly is prevented from coming off the receiving groove.
Alternatively, the elastic element is a coil spring.
Alternatively, a shooting direction of the camera faces the door or a shooting direction of the camera faces the bottom of the refrigeration appliance.
Alternatively, a distance between the camera extending out of the receiving groove and the front surface ranges from 18 mm to 24 mm.
By controlling the distance of the camera assembly extending out of the receiving groove, the camera and the front surface have a suitable distance. It is possible to avoid that the extending distance of the camera assembly is too short to clearly and completely shoot the food in the storage compartment. Meanwhile, other parts are prevented from being disturbed or easily damaged since the extending distance of the camera assembly is too long.
Alternatively, the refrigeration appliance further includes an annular shell fixedly disposed in the case, a space enclosed by the annular shell defining the receiving groove.
Alternatively, at least one drawer is provided in the storage compartment, the drawer being adapted to move in the front-rear direction of the refrigeration appliance to switch between an open state and a closed state; and a detection device is fixed on an inner wall of the storage compartment to detect whether the drawer is in the open state.
When it is detected that the drawer is in the open state, the camera may be controlled to shoot to obtain an image of the food in the drawer in the open state. By uploading the captured image to a cloud, a user can know the storage condition of food in the refrigeration appliance, and it is convenient to make a cooking plan and a purchasing plan.
Alternatively, the receiving groove is located above the drawer and on the front surface extending in a horizontal direction. By providing the receiving groove above the drawer, that is, providing the camera assembly above the drawer, food in the opened drawer in the storage compartment can be more conveniently shot, and food on the shelf of the door can also be more conveniently shot.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 is a partial structural stereogram of a refrigeration appliance according to a specific embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the refrigeration appliance shown in Fig. 1 in an area A;
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a receiving groove and a camera assembly in the refrigeration appliance shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the receiving groove and the camera assembly shown in Fig. 3 in a direction B-B;
Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the receiving groove and the camera assembly shown in Fig. 3 in a direction C-C;
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the receiving groove and the camera assembly shown in Fig. 5 in an area D;
Fig. 7 is a structural stereogram of an annular shell in a refrigeration appliance according to a specific embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is a structural stereogram of a camera assembly in a refrigeration appliance according to a specific embodiment of the present invention; and
Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a drawer and a storage compartment in a refrigeration appliance according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

To make the above-mentioned objectives, features and advantages of the present invention be more clearly understood, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, a refrigeration appliance includes a case 100 and a door 200. The case 100 encloses a storage compartment 100a adapted to store food such as fruits and vegetables, and the door 200 is connected with the case 100 for movement relative to the case 100 to open or close the storage compartment 100a. The case 100 has a front surface 100b facing the door 200, the door 200 has a rear surface 200b facing the case 100, and the rear surface 200b is provided with an annular sealing strip 200a. When the door 200 is in a closed state, the annular sealing strip 200a abuts against the front surface 100b to seal the storage compartment 100a, thereby preventing cold air in the storage compartment 100a from flowing to the outside.
In the present embodiment, with reference to Fig. 3 to Fig. 5, the front surface 100b is provided with a receiving groove 10a. The refrigeration appliance further includes a camera assembly 20 disposed in the receiving groove 10a. The camera assembly 20 includes a housing 21 and a camera 22 for shooting arranged on the housing 21. When the door 200 is closed, the camera assembly 20 is received in the receiving groove 10a. When the door 200 is opened, at least a portion of the camera assembly 20 extends out of the receiving groove 10a to allow the camera 22 to extend out of the receiving groove 10a.
The camera assembly 20 can extend out of the receiving groove 10a, that is, the camera 22 can extend to the front surface 100b. The camera 22 extending to the front surface 100b has better shooting position and shooting angle, and is not easily blocked by the case 100 and a shelf in the storage compartment 100a, so that food in an opened drawer (not shown in Fig. 1) in the storage compartment 100a can be more clearly and completely shot, and food on a shelf (not shown in Fig. 1) of the door 200 can also be more clearly and completely shot. By uploading a captured image to a cloud, a user can know the storage condition of food in the refrigeration appliance through the image, and it is convenient for the user to make a cooking plan and a purchasing plan.
Moreover, when the door 200 is closed, the camera assembly 20 can be received in the receiving groove 10a. Therefore, the camera assembly 20 neither affects the opening and closing of the door 200, nor does it affect the sealing of the storage compartment 100a when the door 200 is in the closed state, that is, nor does it affect the normal use of the refrigeration appliance.
It should be noted that the receiving groove 10a may be directly dug in the front surface 100b of the case 100, or may be defined by an annular shell 10 fixedly disposed in the case 100. In the present embodiment, the receiving groove 10a is defined by the annular shell 10 fixedly disposed in the case 100.
When the door 200 is in an open state, the purpose of the camera assembly 20 extending out of the receiving groove 10a is to make the camera 22 extend out of the front surface 100b, so as to prevent the case 100, the shelf and other components from blocking the shooting of the camera 22. Therefore, the entire camera assembly 20 may extend out of the receiving groove 10a, and a portion of the camera assembly 20 may extend out of the receiving groove 10a without affecting the implementation of the present technical solution.
Referring to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the refrigeration appliance further includes a push mechanism 30 disposed in the receiving groove 10a. The push mechanism 30 is adapted to move in a front-rear direction x of the refrigeration appliance, so as to push at least a portion of the camera assembly 20 out of the receiving groove 10a when the door 200 is opened. The push mechanism 30 includes an elastic element, which is specifically a coil spring. The coil spring extends in the front-rear direction x. One end of the coil spring is connected to or abuts against a groove bottom of the receiving groove 10a, and the other end is connected to or abuts against the camera assembly 20.
In the present embodiment, one end of the coil spring abuts against the groove bottom of the receiving groove 10a, and the other end abuts against the camera assembly 20. Moreover, the groove bottom is provided with a first receiving portion 11a for receiving one end of the coil spring. The housing 21 of the camera assembly 20 has a second receiving portion 21a for receiving the other end of the coil spring. Both ends of the coil spring are respectively disposed in the first receiving portion 11a and the second receiving portion 21a, so that the coil spring can be stretched and deformed only in the front-rear direction without being shifted in other directions.
When the door 200 is closed, the coil spring is compressed between the groove bottom of the receiving groove 10a and the camera assembly 20 to accumulate elastic potential energy. When the door 200 is opened, the coil spring releases the elastic potential energy to push at least a portion of the camera assembly 20 out of the receiving groove 10a.
With continued reference to Fig. 2, at least a portion of the rear surface 200b is disposed opposite to the receiving groove 10a. When the door 200 is closed, the rear surface 200b disposed opposite to the receiving groove 10a abuts against the front surface 100b to press the camera assembly 20 into the receiving groove 10a. At this time, the coil spring is compressed, and the elastic potential energy is accumulated to push the camera assembly 20 out of the receiving groove 10a when the door 200 is opened next time.
That is, according to the refrigeration appliance of the present embodiment, when the door 200 is closed, a rearward force is applied to the camera assembly 20 through the door 200 to overcome the push force of the push mechanism 30, so that the camera assembly 20 is received in the receiving groove 10a. When the door 200 is opened, at least a portion of the camera assembly 20 is pushed out of the receiving groove 10a by the forward push force of the push mechanism 30 on the camera assembly 20, so that the camera 22 has a better position and angle to more clearly shoot the condition of food in the opened drawer in the storage compartment 100a, or to more clearly shoot the condition of food on the shelf of the door.
The above-mentioned manner of controlling a specific position of the camera assembly 20 is relatively simple, it is not necessary to provide a complicated control unit and execution unit, and the manner is completely dependent on a mechanical structure. Moreover, there is no need for more parts, the structure is relatively simple, and the refrigeration appliance is easy to manufacture and relatively low in cost.
It will be appreciated that the role of the push mechanism 30 is to push the camera assembly 20 out of the receiving groove 10a when the door 200 is opened. In the present embodiment, a coil spring is used, and in other modifications, other elastic elements such as a rubber spring and a diaphragm spring may be used. It is also possible to provide a mechanically telescopic structure to push the camera assembly 20 out of the receiving groove 10a.
As previously mentioned, when the door 200 is closed, the door 200 applies a rearward force to the camera assembly 20 to press the camera assembly 20 into the receiving groove 10a. During this process, a portion of the rear surface 200b disposed opposite to the receiving groove 10a may come into contact with the camera assembly 20 and apply a force to the camera assembly 20. In the present embodiment, a portion of the rear surface 200b disposed opposite to the receiving groove 10a is made of a rubber material or a plastic material to protect the camera assembly 20 during the process of the rear surface 200b touching the camera assembly 20, so as to prevent the camera assembly 20 from being damaged from direct contact with a metal member.
In other variations, a rubber sheet or a plastic sheet may be provided on the rear surface 200b. When the door 200 is closed, the rubber sheet or the plastic sheet is in contact with the camera assembly 20, and the camera assembly 20 is pressed into the receiving groove 10a. Similarly, the camera assembly 20 can be prevented from being damaged from direct contact with the metal member.
With continued reference to Fig. 2, the rear surface 200b is further provided with an annular sealing strip 200a. The annular sealing strip 200a is used for cooperating with the front surface 100b to seal the storage compartment 100a. When the door 200 is in the closed state, the receiving groove 10a may be located outside a space enclosed by the annular sealing strip 200a, or may be located inside a space enclosed by the annular sealing strip 200a. Therefore, it is possible to avoid influence on the sealing effect of the annular sealing strip 200a since the annular sealing strip 200a is disposed opposite to the storage compartment 100a.
In the present embodiment, the receiving groove 10a is located outside the space enclosed by the annular sealing strip 200a.
Referring to Fig. 7, a structure of the annular shell 10 defining the receiving groove 10a is illustrated. Referring to Fig. 8, a stereostructure of the camera assembly 20 is illustrated. The groove wall of the receiving groove 10a is provided with a guide member 11b extending in the front-rear direction x. An outer wall of the housing 21 in the camera assembly 20 is provided with a sliding groove 21b extending in the front-rear direction x. The guide member 11b is adapted to be disposed in the sliding groove 21b, cooperates with the sliding groove 21b and slides along the sliding groove 21b. By providing the sliding groove 21b and the guide member 11b, the sliding direction of the camera assembly 20 is defined, thereby preventing the camera assembly 20 from moving in the receiving groove 10a toward other directions. Meanwhile, a specific position of the camera assembly 20 in the receiving groove 10a is also defined, which facilitates sliding of the camera assembly 20 in the front-rear direction x. Specifically, the groove wall of the receiving groove 10a is provided with a plurality of guide members 11b. The outer wall of the housing 21 is provided with a plurality of sliding grooves 21b. The guide members 11b are in one-to-one correspondence with the sliding grooves 21b to better guide the camera assembly 20 to slide in the front-rear direction x.
The cooperation of the guide member 11b and the sliding groove 21b enables the camera assembly 20 to slide in the front-rear direction x. Therefore, the housing 21 of the camera assembly 20 may be in clearance fit with the groove wall of the receiving groove 10a to allow the camera assembly 20 to slide more easily in the receiving groove 10a.
With continued reference to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 and in conjunction with Fig. 6, the groove wall of the receiving groove 10a is further provided with a limiting groove 11c, and the outer wall of the housing 21 in the camera assembly 20 is further provided with or a limiting block 21c. The limiting block 21c is located in the limiting groove 11c. The limiting groove 11c is used for defining a distance of the camera assembly 20 extending out of the receiving groove 10a in the front-rear direction x, so that the camera 22 and the front surface 100b have a relatively suitable distance, which is convenient for clearly and completely shooting food in the drawer in the open state or clearly and completely shooting food on the shelf of the door. Meanwhile, the camera assembly 20 can be prevented from coming off the receiving groove 10a. Specifically, the groove wall of the receiving groove 10a is provided with a plurality of limiting grooves 11c. The outer wall of the housing 21 is provided with a plurality of limiting blocks 21c. The limiting grooves 11c are in one-to-one correspondence with the limiting blocks 21c to better define the distance of the camera assembly 20 extending out of the receiving groove 10a in the front-rear direction x.
In the present embodiment, the limiting block 21c cooperates with the limiting groove 11c, so that after the door 200 is opened, a distance between the camera 22 and the front surface 100b ranges from 18 mm to 24 mm, and alternatively is 20 mm. Therefore, it is possible to avoid that the extending distance of the camera assembly 20 is too short to clearly and completely shoot food in the drawer in the open state or to clearly and completely shoot food on the shelf of the door. Meanwhile, other parts of the refrigeration appliance (such as the door 200) may be prevented from being disturbed since the extending distance of the camera assembly 20 is too long, and the camera assembly 20 can be prevented from being damaged.
It will be appreciated that the guide member 11b may be disposed not only on the groove wall of the receiving groove 10a but also on the outer wall of the housing 21 in the camera assembly 20. At this time, the sliding groove 21b corresponding to the guide member 11b may be provided on the groove wall of the receiving groove 10a. Similarly, the limiting groove 11c may be provided not only on the groove wall of the receiving groove 10a but also on the outer wall of the housing 21 in the camera assembly 20. At this time, the limiting block 21c corresponding to the limiting groove 11c may be disposed on the groove wall of the receiving groove 10a.
In the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 1, the storage compartment 100a is adapted to be provided with a drawer. The camera assembly 20 is disposed above the drawer and on the front surface 100b extending horizontally. That is, the receiving groove 10a is located above the drawer and on the front surface 100b extending in a horizontal direction.
Referring to Fig. 4, a shooting direction of the camera 22 faces the bottom of the refrigeration appliance. The camera 22 of this design is adapted to shoot food in the opened drawer in the storage compartment 100a. The shooting direction y of the camera 22 may be vertically downward, or there may be a certain angle a with a vertical direction. For example, the angle a between the shooting direction y and the vertical direction is controlled to be: 0° ≤ a ≤ 10°. The shooting direction y may be selected to be shifted toward the storage compartment 100a (i.e., a direction away from the door 200).
In other variations, the shooting direction of the camera 22 may be directed toward the door 200 of the refrigeration appliance in the front-rear direction x. The camera 22 of this design is adapted to shoot food on the shelf of the door 200. The shooting direction of the camera 22 may be parallel to the front-rear direction x, or there may be a certain angle with the front-rear direction x. For example, the shooting direction is shifted downward by 15° to 60° relative to the front-rear direction x for better shooting food on the shelf of the door 200.
It will be appreciated that the camera assembly 20 and the receiving groove 10a may be provided not only on the front surface 100b extending horizontally but also on the front surface 100b extending vertically. At this time, the shooting direction of the camera 22 in the camera assembly 20 is also changed to align with the drawer in the open state to better shoot food in the drawer in the open state; or, to align with the door 200 of the refrigeration appliance to better shoot food on the shelf of the door 200.
Referring to Fig. 9, the drawer 300 is disposed in the storage compartment 100a and is adapted to move in the front-rear direction x to open the drawer 300 or close the drawer 300. A detection device 101 is fixed on an inner wall of the storage compartment 100a to detect whether the drawer 300 is in the open state. Specifically, the detection device 101 is a magnetic sensing device, and a magnet 301 is fixedly disposed at an end of the drawer 300 (one end away from the door 200). When the detection device 101 detects that the magnet 301 is approaching (the magnetic induction becomes strong), it is indicated that the drawer 300 is being opened. When the detection device 101 detects that the magnet 301 is far away (the magnetic induction becomes weak), it is indicated that the drawer 300 is being closed. By setting the magnetic induction standard value, it is possible to determine whether or not the drawer 300 is in the open state by the magnetic induction detected by the detection device 101.
When it is determined that the drawer 300 is in the open state, the camera 22 may be controlled to shoot to obtain an image of food in the drawer 300 in the open state. By uploading the captured image to a cloud, a user can know the storage condition of food in the refrigeration appliance, and it is convenient to make a cooking plan and a purchasing plan.
It will be appreciated that only one drawer 300 or a plurality of drawers 300 may be disposed in the storage compartment 100a without affecting the implementation of the present technical solution.
Although the present invention has been disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Any changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the scope defined by the appended claims.

Claims

A refrigeration appliance, comprising: a case (100) having a storage compartment (100a) and a door (200) for opening or closing the storage compartment (100a), the case (100) having a front surface (100b) facing the door (200), wherein
the front surface (100b) is provided with a receiving groove (10a),
the refrigeration appliance further comprising: a camera assembly (20) that is received in the receiving groove (10a) when the door (200) is closed and extends, at least partially forwards, out of the receiving groove (10a) when the door (200) is opened.
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, further comprising a push mechanism (30) disposed in the receiving groove (10a) and adapted to move in a front-rear direction of the refrigeration appliance, the push mechanism (30) being configured to push at least a portion of the camera assembly (20) out of the receiving groove (10a) when the door (200) is opened.
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the door (200) has a rear surface (200b) disposed opposite to the front surface (100b), at least a portion of the rear surface (200b) being adapted to abut the front surface (100b) of the case (100) when the door (200) is closed, so as to press the camera assembly (20) into the receiving groove (10a).
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 2, wherein the push mechanism (30) comprises: an elastic element, one end of the elastic element being connected to or abutting against a groove bottom of the receiving groove (10a) and the other end being connected to or abutting against the camera assembly (20), the elastic element being compressed between the groove bottom and the camera assembly (20) and adapted to push at least a portion of the camera assembly (20) out of the receiving groove (10a).
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 3, wherein at least a portion of the rear surface (200b) is a rubber material or a plastic material, or at least a portion of the rear surface (200b) is provided with a rubber sheet or a plastic sheet, so as to come into contact with the camera assembly (20) to press the camera assembly (20) into the receiving groove (10a) when the door (200) is closed.
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 3, wherein the rear surface (200b) is provided with an annular sealing strip (200a), the annular sealing strip (200a) being adapted to abut, when the door (200) is closed, the front surface (100b) of the case (100) to seal the storage compartment (100a); and the receiving groove (10a) is located outside a space enclosed by the annular sealing strip (200a), or located inside the space enclosed by the annular sealing strip (200a).
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the camera assembly (20) comprises a housing (21) and a camera (22) disposed in the housing (21); one of a groove wall of the receiving groove (10a) and the housing (21) is provided with a sliding groove (21b) extending in the front-rear direction, and the other one is provided with a guide member (11b) that cooperates with the sliding groove (21b), the guide member (11b) being adapted to slide along the sliding groove (21b) to make the camera assembly (20) received in the receiving groove (10a) or extend out of the receiving groove (10a).
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the groove wall of the receiving groove (10a) is provided with a limiting groove (11c) or a limiting block (21c) to define a distance of the camera assembly (20) extending out of the receiving groove (10a).
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 4, wherein the elastic element is a coil spring.
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 7, wherein a shooting direction of the camera (22) faces the door (200) or a shooting direction of the camera (22) faces the bottom of the refrigeration appliance.
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 7, wherein a distance between the camera (22) extending out of the receiving groove (10a) and the front surface (100b) ranges from 18 mm to 24 mm.
The refrigeration appliance according to any one of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 9 and 10, further comprising an annular shell (10) fixedly disposed in the case (100), a space enclosed by the annular shell (10) defining the receiving groove (10a).
The refrigeration appliance according to any one of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 9 and 10, wherein at least one drawer (300) is provided in the storage compartment (100a), the drawer (300) being adapted to move in the front-rear direction of the refrigeration appliance to switch between an open state and a closed state; and a detection device (101) is fixed on an inner wall of the storage compartment (100a) to detect whether the drawer (300) is in the open state.
The refrigeration appliance according to claim 13, wherein the receiving groove (10a) is located above the drawer (300) and on the front surface (100b) extending in a horizontal direction.