Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerator and control method for the same
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Application No.: US14221342Application Date: 2014-03-21
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Publication No.: US09719720B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Woonkyu Seo , Jihyun Lee , Inhwan Ryu
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0046123 20130425
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; H04N9/47 ; F25D29/00

Abstract:
A refrigerator includes a main body, a door configured to open or close a storage compartment, and a beverage receiving chamber that defines a space for reception of a beverage container. The refrigerator includes a light emitting device and a camera arranged with the beverage receiving chamber in its field of view and configured to capture an image of an interior of the beverage receiving chamber. The refrigerator includes a beverage residual quantity sensing device located in the beverage receiving chamber and configured to measure a weight of a beverage. The refrigerator includes a display configured to display a kind and residual quantity of the beverage, and a controller configured to control operation of the camera, receive a weight sensing signal from the sensing device, determine the residual quantity of the beverage based on the weight sensing signal, and provide a user with information on the kind and residual quantity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140320647A1 REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-10-30
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