公开(公告)号：US20210348828A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17278057

申请日：2019-09-20

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyun Jae SHIN ,  Suk Won CHOI ,  Yang-Don LEE ,  Sun Hyung KIM ,  Sanjeev BA ,  Kyung Il LEE

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  F25D29/00

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a refrigerator and a method of controlling the same that protects privacy by designating a user in each storage chamber and allowing only the designated user to use the storage chamber in order to protect the privacy of each user and preventing mishandling of items stored in the refrigerator in advance when the plurality of users share a refrigerator, and prevents mishandling of stored items by prohibiting the use of the storage chamber other than the designated storage chamber. The refrigerator includes a display; a storage chamber configured to allow use only by authorized users; and a controller configured to display information of the storage chamber through the display in response to the completion of user authentication of the storage chamber.