Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a door, at least one camera mounted to the main body and/or the door and at least one computing device. The camera(s) is/are positioned to have a field of view that includes an entrance opening leading to a storage compartment and an interior side of the door when the door is open. The camera(s) is/are configured to capture images of an item being loaded into or being removed from the storage compartment. The computing device(s) can instruct the camera(s) to capture the images, analyze the captured images and determine whether the images contain an object of interest. The computing device(s) can assign a sensed door angle and an object location to images containing the object of interest. The computing device(s) can assign a direction of movement for the object of interest based on the sensed door angle and changes in the object location.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a plurality of storage compartments within a refrigerated enclosure, a plurality of cameras mounted a main body or a door, and at least one computing device. The at least one computing device is configured to assign a direction to determine if an item is moving into, out of or internally within the refrigerated enclosure.