公开(公告)号：US10670328B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-02

申请号：US15002109

申请日：2016-01-20

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Kunkook Park ,  Joongkeun Lee ,  Choye Kim

IPC: F25D29/00 ,  F25D27/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A refrigerator having a cabinet with 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.