ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,829, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Household appliance with camera module, method for releasing an intermediate wall and method for fastening a camera module to an internal wall" was invented by Joachim Schaferling (Bissingen, Germany), Christopher Rodney (Villenbach, Germany), Stephan Kempfle (Ellzee, Germany) and Daniel Bihr (Kirchheim am Ries, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household appliance, in particular a refrigerator, includes a storage compartment defined by an internal wall having a loading opening being closable by at least one door. A camera module is disposed on a ceiling of...