Refrigeration appliance with a camera module

Abstract

A refrigeration appliance has a movably mounted camera module that contains an image sensor with a matrix of light-sensitive elements. The image sensor is oriented so that the shot is taken by column-by-column scanning of the light-sensitive elements in a matrix perpendicularly to a direction of movement of the camera module.

1 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A refrigeration appliance, comprising:
 a movably mounted camera module having an image sensor with a matrix of light-sensitive elements, said image sensor oriented so that a recording is captured by column-by-column scanning of the light-sensitive elements in a matrix perpendicular to a direction of movement of said camera module.   
     
     
         17 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module has a trigger unit for activating said image sensor by means of a trigger signal. 
     
     
         18 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 17 , wherein said camera module is configured to activate a column of the light-sensitive elements for a predefined recording time on receipt of the trigger signal. 
     
     
         19 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 17 , wherein said camera module is configured to activate a first column of the light-sensitive elements for the predefined recording time at a first time point and to activate a second column of the light-sensitive elements for the predefined recording time at a second time point. 
     
     
         20 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 17 , wherein said camera module is configured to activate columns of the light-sensitive elements sequentially with a temporal offset for the predefined recording time in each instance. 
     
     
         21 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module is configured to reset columns of the light-sensitive elements column-by-column before activation. 
     
     
         22 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module is configured to read columns of the light-sensitive elements column-by-column after activation. 
     
     
         23 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module contains a processing facility for digital processing of the recording of said image sensor. 
     
     
         24 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module contains a storage unit for storing the recording digitally. 
     
     
         25 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein said camera module contains a flash facility for exposing the recording. 
     
     
         26 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 25 , wherein said camera module is configured to activate said flash facility at a time point when all columns of the light-sensitive elements are activated. 
     
     
         27 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 16 , further comprising a refrigeration appliance door, said movably mounted camera module is disposed in said refrigeration appliance door. 
     
     
         28 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 27 , wherein said movably mounted camera module is disposed on a side of said refrigeration appliance door opposite a stop side of said refrigeration appliance door. 
     
     
         29 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein said image sensor is a CMOS sensor. 
     
     
         30 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 29 , wherein said CMOS sensor has a color filter.