A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a door, and a shelf assembly. The cabinet may define a chilled chamber. The door may be rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber. The shelf assembly may be disposed below the image module within the chilled chamber. The shelf assembly may include a mounting bracket attached to the cabinet, a shelf attached to the mounting bracket, and a weight sensor disposed within the cabinet in cantilevered engagement with the shelf to detect stored mass at the shelf.

A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a door, a scanner module, and a controller operably coupled to the scanner module. The door may be rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber. The scanner module may be mounted to the cabinet. The controller may be configured to initiate an operation routine. The operation routine may include initiating a scan sequence at the scanner module, identifying a barcode capture for a product barcode of a stored item based on the scan sequence, processing barcode data for the barcode capture according to one or more predetermined user preferences, establishing an item identifier based on the processed barcode data, and directing an update to a user list with the established item identifier.

An appliance including a cabinet forming a chamber. A track is attachable to the cabinet in the chamber. The track includes a pair of track arms at which a sensor is attached. A member extends between the pair of track arms, and an opening is formed at the member. A shelf includes a pair of support arms at which a frame is positionable. A mounting end of the support arms forms a tooth insertable into the opening at the track.

A smart refrigerator system which determines a location of each item in the refrigerator, and provides information to the user about the items in the refrigerator, without opening the refrigerator door. A sensor, such as a camera, can image an area adjacent to the internal cavity of the refrigerator. A processing system uses that information about items which are being put into and removed from the refrigerator, and forms a map of items that are in the refrigerator including information about the items in the refrigerator and a location of the item in the refrigerator.

Provided are a clip assembly and a refrigerating and freezing device provided with same, wherein the clip assembly comprises a fixed member used for fixing to the refrigerating and freezing device, clips, a clip storage box, and a movable member. The clip storage box has a storage cavity used for storing the clips. The clips may be stored and organized, and are convenient for users to access. Moreover, the movable member has an accommodating space that accommodates the clip storage box. The clip storage box is detachably accommodated in the accommodating space, and the movable member is configured to operably rotate to the side away from the fixed member, which facilitates the removal of the clip storage box from the movable member, and then the clip storage box can be cleaned.

A system is described herein that includes a smart or an artificial intelligence (AI) refrigerator for use in retail, a server, and a computing device associated with a customer. The server utilizes one or more computer vision or artificial intelligence means to control the AI refrigerator.

A portable temperature-controlled container for receiving and housing one or more handheld carriers, each handheld carrier configured to transfer samples to and from a temperature-controlled storage environment, the handheld carrier including a handle and a tray portion, the tray portion configured to be slid into a port of a rack or tower provided in the temperature-controlled storage environment in order to withdraw a sample located in the port, the portable temperature-controlled container including a housing having an opening forming an internal cavity configured to receive one or more handheld carriers, and a lid configured to substantially close the opening, where the housing includes a recess configured to receive the handle of the handheld carrier such that closing of the lid substantially seals the internal cavity when the one or more handheld carriers are placed in the housing.

A smart, movable closure system that allows access to the interior from the exterior of the cabinet, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the movable structure may be coupled with a cabinet interior that is adapted to be kept at a temperature cooler than the exterior cabinet ambient temperature, for example, to store perishable consumer goods in a retail setting. In particular, the smart, movable closure system may include electronic components that display graphical renderings corresponding to one or more products stored in the retail product container. In addition, the smart, movable closure system may include a controller that that determines an inventory status of products in the closure system, and based on the determined inventory status, controls the graphical renderings.

A food inventory device having a bar code scanner and camera to add and remove inventory items to and from the inventory. The scanner may be mounted on an inventory storage container to facilitate inventory control from one or more storage devices, including refrigerators, freezers, and pantries. The inventory system may display a table listing the inventory items along with variable details. Based on the food inventory list, the inventory system may suggest recipes, display the ingredients in stock for suggested recipes, and create a shopping list of the ingredients not in stock for a desired recipe. The device may have an ordering system allowing users to order items in the storage device that have been exhausted or otherwise need to be replenished through audio or touch input. The ordering system may be connected to third-party external sites and may be based on one or more user profile settings.

Disclosed is an artificial intelligent refrigerator including a cold-storage chamber; a temperature information receiver for receiving external temperature information of a location in which a purchased item is located; an arrival time information receiver for receiving expected arrival time information to be taken until the item is stored in the cold-storage chamber; and a temperature controller for setting in advance a target cooling temperature of the cold-storage chamber for the item based on an artificial intelligence (AI) processor in which a neural network model is mounted before the item is stored in the cold-storage chamber. Here, the temperature controller inputs the external temperature information and the expected arrival time information to the neural network model to estimate a temperature change of the item and sets in advance a target cooling temperature of the cold-storage chamber based on an estimated temperature change of the item.