公开(公告)号：US20160209109A1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-21

申请号：US15002109

申请日：2016-01-20

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Kunkook PARK ,  Joongkeun LEE ,  Choye KIM

IPC: F25D27/00 ,  F25D29/00

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment for storing food therein, a sensor mounted in the cabinet to sense information of an interior of the refrigerator, a first converting unit for converting the information sensed by the sensor into data to be transmitted through a light source, a light source for emitting light so as to flicker according to the data of the first converting unit, a camera for successively capturing an image of the light source, and a second converting unit for converting information related to flickering of the light source captured by the camera into data related to the sensor.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种冰箱及其控制方法。 冰箱包括具有用于储存食物的储藏室的机壳，安装在机柜中以感测冰箱内部的信息的传感器，用于将由传感器感测的信息转换成要透过光的数据的第一转换单元 源，用于发光的光源，以便根据第一转换单元的数据闪烁，用于连续捕获光源的图像的相机;以及第二转换单元，用于转换与捕获的光源的闪烁有关的信息 由相机转换成与传感器相关的数据。