PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of changing the composition of gas in a stockroom to an appropriate state corresponding to the type and quantity of a stored item.SOLUTION: A camera 168 is provided in a reduced-oxygen room provided in a refrigerator, a type and a quantity of a food item are recognized on the basis of an image picked up by the camera 168, and an oxygen-reduced state of an interior of the reduced-oxygen room is controlled to correspond to the recognized type and storage quantity of the food item.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】収納室内部の気体の組成を、収納物の種類や量に対応した好適な状態に変化させることができる冷蔵庫を提供する。【解決手段】冷蔵庫内部に設けられた減酸素室にカメラ168を設け、カメラ168が撮影した画像に基づいて食品の種類及び量を認識し、認識した食品の種類及び収納量に対応して減酸素室内部の減酸素状態を制御する。【選択図】図15