Refrigerator with a display module

Abstract

A refrigerator comprises one or more chamber to store food or beverage; a power source provided in the refrigerator to provide power; a compressor equipped in the refrigerator and couple to the power source to compress gas to generate refrigerant gas in the chamber; a door attached on the refrigerator; a display panel equipped on the door; an image capturing device set in the chamber, wherein the image capturing device is electrically coupled to the display panel.

1 . A refrigerator comprising: 
 one or more chamber to store food or beverage;    a compressor equipped in the refrigerator to compress gas to generate refrigerant gas in the one or more chamber;    a display panel equipped on the refrigerator; and    an image capturing device set in the one or more chamber used to capture the image of the food or beverage stored in the one or more chamber, wherein the display panel is coupled to the image capturing device for displaying the image captured by the image capturing device.    
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , further comprising an illumination device set in the chamber to provide the illumination for the image capturing device.  
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator of  claim 2 , wherein the illumination device includes LED, UV-light or lamp.  
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the image capturing device is selected from the group consisting of digital still camera, digital video camera, CCD, CMOS sensor and pinhole camera.  
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , further comprising a transmission/receiving module set in the refrigerator to transmit the captured image to a remote terminal.  
   
   
       6 . The refrigerator of  claim 6 , wherein the remote terminal comprises a receiver and a display, thereby allowing a user to check what item is in the refrigerator.  
   
   
       7 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the display panel is selected from the group consisting of LCD panel, plasma display panel, LED display panel, CRT, FED display panel, EL panel, OEL and OLED panel.  
   
   
       8 . A refrigerator comprising: 
 one or more chamber to store food or beverage;    a compressor equipped in the refrigerator to compress gas to generate refrigerant gas in the chamber;    an image capturing device set in the one or more chamber used to capture the image of the food or beverage stored in the one or more chamber; and    a transmission/receiving module set in the refrigerator and coupled to the image capturing device to transmit the image captured by the image capturing device to a remote terminal.    
   
   
       9 . The refrigerator of  claim 8 , further comprising an illumination device set in the chamber to provide the illumination for the image capturing device.  
   
   
       10 . The refrigerator of  claim 9 , wherein the illumination device includes LED, UV-light or lamp.  
   
   
       11 . The refrigerator of  claim 8 , wherein the image capturing device is selected from the group consisting of digital still camera, digital video camera, CCD, CMOS sensor and pinhole camera.  
   
   
       12 . The refrigerator of  claim 8 , further comprising a display panel equipped on the refrigerator and coupled to the image capturing device.  
   
   
       13 . The refrigerator of  claim 8 , wherein the remote terminal comprises a transceiver and a display, thereby allowing a user to check what item is in the refrigerator.  
   
   
       14 . The refrigerator of  claim 8 , wherein the display panel is selected from the group consisting of LCD panel, plasma display panel, LED display panel, CRT, FED display panel, EL panel, OEL and OLED panel.  
   
   
       15 . A method of monitoring food or beverage in a refrigerator comprising: 
 providing an image capturing device in one or more chamber of the refrigerator;    switching on the image capturing device to capture the image of the food or beverage stored in the one or more chamber;    transmitting the captured image to a display panel set on the refrigerator or a remote terminal for displaying the captured image.    
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising following steps before capturing the image of the food or beverage stored in the one or more chamber: 
 transmitting a signal from the remote terminal to switch on the image capturing device; and    receiving the signal by a RF module set for the refrigerator.    
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising following step before transmitting the captured image: 
 sending the captured image to the RF module;    transmitting the captured image by the RF module to the remote terminal.