Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerator and information display method thereof
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Application No.: US16476008Application Date: 2017-12-27
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Publication No.: US11521606B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Eun Jin Chun , Young Soo Do , Hyoung Jin Lee , Nam Gook Cho , Do Hyeong Hwang
- 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: KR10-2017-0000880 20170103,KR10-2017-0179174 20171226
- International Application: PCT/KR2017/015548 WO 20171227
- International Announcement: WO2018/128317 WO 20180712
- Main IPC: G10L15/22
- IPC: G10L15/22 ; F25D29/00 ; G06F21/32 ; G06N3/00 ; G10L15/28

Abstract:
A refrigerator comprises a storage compartment configured to store food, a temperature detector configured to detect an internal temperature of the storage compartment, a cooler configured to supply cool air to the storage compartment, a microphone configured to receive a speech, a display configured to display information, at least one processor configured to be electrically connected to the temperature detector, the microphone, and the display; and a memory configured to be electrically connected to the at least one processor. The memory stores at least one instructions configured to, when a first speech including a food name is recognized via the microphone, allow the processor to display a food list, which comprises food information corresponding to the food name and an identification mark identifying the food information, on the display, and configured to, when a second speech referring to the identification mark is recognized via the microphone, allow the processor to display food purchase information corresponding to the identification mark, on the display.
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