Refrigeration appliance system

Abstract

A refrigeration appliance system includes a refrigeration appliance having a camera module for acquiring or detecting image data of an item to be refrigerated in a cold or refrigeration compartment of the refrigeration appliance and a wireless camera-module operating device for operating the camera module.

1 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A refrigeration appliance system, comprising:
 a refrigeration appliance having a cold compartment;   a camera module associated with said refrigeration appliance for acquiring image data about refrigerated goods in said cold compartment; and   a wireless camera-module operating device associated with said refrigeration appliance for operating said camera module.   
     
     
         17 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera-module operating device includes a touch-sensitive display for controlling said camera module and displaying the acquired image data. 
     
     
         18 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module is one of a plurality of camera modules associated with said refrigeration appliance, and said camera-module operating device includes a device for selecting one of said camera modules. 
     
     
         19 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 18 , wherein said camera modules are located for generating an all-round view of the refrigerated goods, and said camera-module operating device is constructed to control a viewing angle of the all-round view. 
     
     
         20 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module associated with said refrigeration appliance is one of a plurality of camera modules including a first camera module for acquiring first image data about the refrigerated goods from a first perspective and a second camera module for acquiring second image data about the refrigerated goods from a second perspective. 
     
     
         21 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 20 , wherein said refrigeration appliance has a door and a compartment ceiling, said first camera module is disposed in said door and said second camera module is disposed in said compartment ceiling. 
     
     
         22 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 20 , wherein said camera-module operating device is configured to switch between displaying the first perspective and the second perspective by tilting said camera-module operating device. 
     
     
         23 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module associated with said refrigeration appliance is one of a multiplicity of camera modules in a camera array for generating a view composed from individual images. 
     
     
         24 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 23 , wherein said refrigeration appliance has a door and said camera array is disposed in said door. 
     
     
         25 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 23 , wherein said refrigeration appliance has an outside, and said refrigeration appliance includes a position-detection device for detecting a position of said camera-module operating device placed on said outside of said refrigeration appliance. 
     
     
         26 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 25 , wherein said camera-module operating device is configured to display an image region associated with the detected position of said camera-module operating device. 
     
     
         27 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 16 , which further comprises a lighting device for illuminating the refrigerated goods in said cold compartment. 
     
     
         28 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 27 , wherein said lighting device is controllable by said camera-module operating device. 
     
     
         29 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera-module operating device is configured to compare the acquired image data about the refrigerated goods with stored image data about the refrigerated goods. 
     
     
         30 . The refrigeration appliance system according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera-module operating device is configured to identify the refrigerated goods from the acquired image data.