Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Carbonated water producing apparatus, refrigerator having the same, and method of controlling the same
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Application No.: US15343167Application Date: 2016-11-03
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Publication No.: US10456763B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Dae Sung Kim , Sang Chul Ryu
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Priority: KR10-2015-0153848 20151103
- Main IPC: B01F15/00
- IPC: B01F15/00 ; B01F3/04 ; G01H3/00 ; G08B21/18 ; G01H3/14 ; F25D17/06 ; G01L11/04 ; G01L11/06

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a carbonated water producing apparatus which guides a replacement of a cylinder using sound generated when carbon dioxide is supplied from the cylinder, and a refrigerator having the same. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a carbonated water producing apparatus comprising: a carbonated water producing unit including a cylinder configured to store carbon dioxide and configured to supply the carbon dioxide to a container; a microphone configured to obtain sound generated in the carbonated water producing unit; a filter configured to pass a signal having a frequency of a predetermined cutoff frequency or more of signals obtained by the microphone; a user interface unit configured to display information related to carbonated water production; and a controller configured to obtain the sound generated in the carbonated water producing unit by driving the microphone when the carbonated water producing unit operates, and configured to display a message which requests that the cylinder which stores the carbon dioxide be replaced on the user interface unit when an intensity of a signal passing through the filter is less than a predetermined reference value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170120209A1 CARBONATED WATER PRODUCING APPARATUS, REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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