Domestic refrigeration appliance comprising a digital camera

Abstract

A domestic refrigeration appliance has a heat-insulated body with an inner container which delimits a coolable interior for storing food, a refrigeration device for cooling the coolable interior, and a digital camera. The digital camera includes an optical device with an imaging sensor and a lens connected in front of the imaging sensor, and an electronic control device. The electronic control device and the optical device are spaced apart from one another, each being disposed in or on the domestic refrigeration appliance. The electronic control device is designed to control the optical device via a communications link and to read out the imaging sensor.

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         10 . A household refrigeration appliance, comprising:
 a heat-insulated body with an inner container, which delimits a coolable interior space provided for storing food;   a refrigeration device for cooling the coolable interior space;   a digital camera having an optical device with an image sensor and a lens arranged upstream of said image sensor, and an electronic controller;   said electronic controller and said optical device being arranged spatially separate from one another and each being arranged either in or on said heat-insulated body, and said electronic controller being configured to actuate said optical device and to read said image sensor by way of a communication route in order to generate an image data set.   
     
     
         11 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 10 , wherein said optical device is attached in or on said heat-insulated body such that the image data set is assigned to an image of the coolable interior space or of a side of a door leaf facing toward the coolable interior space. 
     
     
         12 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 10 , wherein said heat-insulated body includes a heat-insulated door leaf, which closes the coolable interior space in a closed state and opens the coolable interior space for access in an open state, and wherein said optical device is attached in or to said door leaf, or said optical device is attached in or to said body, or said optical device is attached in or to a drawer of the household refrigeration appliance. 
     
     
         13 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 12 , wherein said optical device is mounted in or to a door rack attached to said door leaf. 
     
     
         14 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 10 , which comprises a heat-insulated wall with heat insulation, and wherein said electronic controller is attached within said heat-insulated wall. 
     
     
         15 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein said electronic controller is attached within said heat insulation. 
     
     
         16 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein said heat-insulated wall is part of said heat-insulated body or said heat-insulated wall is a heat-insulated door leaf of the household refrigeration appliance. 
     
     
         17 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 10 , wherein said communication route comprises a low-voltage differential signaling connection or a mobile industry processor interface. 
     
     
         18 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 10 , wherein said communication route is a wired communication route. 
     
     
         19 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 18 , wherein said communication route is configured as a flexible printed circuit. 
     
     
         20 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 18 , wherein said communication route comprises a flexible printed circuit. 
     
     
         21 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 10 , wherein said communication route is via a wireless interface. 
     
     
         22 . The household refrigeration appliance according to  claim 21 , wherein said communication route is a WLAN connection or a Bluetooth connection.