Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerator and operation method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 冰箱及其操作方法
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Application No.: US13885648Application Date: 2010-11-15
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Publication No.: US09410994B2Publication Date: 2016-08-09
- Inventor: Seonggeun Heo , Sungnam Ryoo
- Applicant: Seonggeun Heo , Sungnam Ryoo
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- International Application: PCT/KR2010/008039 WO 20101115
- International Announcement: WO2012/067277 WO 20120524
- Main IPC: G01R21/00
- IPC: G01R21/00 ; F25D29/00

Abstract:
According to the present invention, a refrigerator that may save power rates is provided. The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a door; a communication unit; a sensing unit; a memory unit; an output unit; and a controller configured to sense an opening state of the door, obtain power consumption information consumed as the door is opened from the memory unit considering at least one of the opening state of the door and an attribute of the door and configured to output through the output unit power rates information corresponding to the power consumption information, considering power information received through the communication unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130229172A1 REFRIGERATOR AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2013-09-05
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