Patent ID: 9719720
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a main body defining a storage compartment; a door configured to open or close at least a portion of the storage compartment; a beverage receiving chamber that defines a space for reception of a beverage container and that includes a sidewall part that extends upward from at least a portion of an edge of a base of the beverage receiving chamber; a light emitting device; a camera located in the beverage receiving chamber in its field of view and configured to capture an image of an interior of the beverage receiving chamber based on the light emitting device being in an on state; a beverage residual quantity sensing device located at a bottom of the beverage receiving chamber and configured to measure a weight of the beverage container received on the beverage residual quantity sensing device, wherein the beverage residual quantity sensing device comprises: a display configured to display the image of the interior of the beverage receiving chamber and a residual quantity of the beverage in the beverage container received on the beverage residual quantity sensing device; and a controller configured to control operation of the camera, receive a weight sensing signal from the beverage residual quantity sensing device, determine the residual quantity of the beverage received on the beverage residual quantity sensing device based on the weight sensing signal received from the beverage residual quantity sensing device, and provide a user with information related to both the image of an interior of the beverage receiving chamber and the residual quantity of the beverage on the beverage residual quantity sensing device via the display, wherein the camera faces the guide rib and is configured to capture an image of the beverage container.