公开(公告)号：US20170191745A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US15399161

申请日：2017-01-05

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Kwanghyun CHOI

IPC: F25D27/00 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D23/02 ,  G03B29/00 ,  F21V3/00 ,  F21V19/00 ,  H05B37/02 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F21V23/04

CPC classification number: F25D27/005 ,  F21V3/00 ,  F21V19/003 ,  F21V23/0442 ,  F21W2131/305 ,  F21Y2115/10 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D29/005 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2323/023 ,  F25D2327/00 ,  F25D2400/36 ,  F25D2400/361 ,  F25D2700/04 ,  G03B29/00 ,  H05B37/0227 ,  H05B37/0281

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet forming a storage space, a main door that opens and closes the storage space while defining an opening part that is in communication with the storage space, a sub-door mounted to the main door and configured to open and close the opening part, the sub-door including a panel assembly for allowing selective viewing of an inside of the opening part, a detection device for detecting an operation of a user, a lighting unit inside the refrigerator that turns on based on user operation to allow selective viewing of the inner side of the opening part, and a display unit inside the refrigerator at a position corresponding to the panel assembly that becomes visible and displays an operation state of the refrigerator when the lighting unit turns on.