Patent ID: 9013273
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying food items received in a refrigerator, the method comprising: focusing on an area of a receipt in which images of a plurality of food items are located, using a camera; displaying a recognition area defined by a line surrounding the images of the plurality of food items located in the focused area; capturing a plurality of user captured images corresponding to the plurality of food items; executing an information recognizing program and converting at least one letter recognized in each user captured image into text and generating a text listing including the converted text corresponding to the plurality of user captured images; displaying the text listing including the converted text on a display, each item of the converted text corresponding to one of the plurality of items included in the receipt; selecting texts of at least two lines corresponding to first and second items from the text listing displayed on the display, the texts of the at least two lines including a first text corresponding to the first item and a second text located below the first text and corresponding to the second item, the selecting texts of the at least two lines comprising: maintaining contact with the display from a start point corresponding to an upper portion of the first text to an end point corresponding to a lower portion of the second text, using a selection device, and storing the selected first and second texts corresponding to the first and the second items into a memory for processing, and thereby performing management of the first and the second items.