Lg Electronics Inc.

Jongho Yun

Siyeon An

Kyutae Park

Seonkyu Kim

Hangbok Lee

Hyokku Kwon

Kyungsoo Park

Hyungyul Kim

Cholok Han

Hyunsik Mun

Wooyong Ju

Sang Oh Kim

Sangoh Kim

BongJun Kim

Kyunghoon Koak

Hyung Yul Kim

A refrigerator includes a main body that defines a storage space, a door configured to open or close the storage space, and a dispenser located in the door and configured to dispense cooled water and purified water. The refrigerator also includes a purified water input part that inputs a command for dispensing the purified water, a cooled water input part that inputs a command for dispensing the cooled water, and a dispensing amount input part that sets an amount of purified water to be dispensed based on the purified water being selected through the purified water input part. The refrigerator further includes a filter device located within the storage space to purify water supplied from a water supply source, and a water tank storing water that has passed through the filter device in a cooled state.

Refrigerator

A refrigerator with an ice-making apparatus, the ice-making apparatus including: an ice tray in which ice is made; a water supply device which supplies water to the ice tray from an upper side of the ice tray; a drive unit which is coupled with the ice tray and rotates the ice tray so as to separate ice made in the ice tray; and an ice-fullness detecting lever which is coupled with the drive unit below the ice tray and is rotated in the same direction as that of the ice tray to detect ice-fullness of the ice bank, in which a tray rotation shaft for rotation of the ice tray and a lever rotation shaft for rotation of the ice-fullness detecting lever are provided is the same surface of the drive unit, and in which the lever rotation shaft is positioned below the tray rotation shaft.

Refrigerator and ice-making apparatus of refrigerator

A refrigerator with an ice-making apparatus, the ice-making apparatus including: an ice tray in which ice is made; a water supply device which supplies water to the ice tray from an upper side of the ice tray; a drive unit which is coupled with the ice tray and rotates the ice tray so as to separate ice made in the ice tray; and an ice-fullness detecting lever which is coupled with the drive unit below the ice tray and is rotated in the same direction as that of the ice tray to detect ice-fullness of the ice bank, in which a tray rotation shaft for rotation of the ice tray and a lever rotation shaft for rotation of the ice-fullness detecting lever are provided in the same surface of the drive unit, and in which the lever rotation shaft is positioned below the tray rotation shaft.

An ice-making assembly of the present disclosure an ice maker for making ice, an ice bin located below the ice maker, wherein the ice bin stores ice separated from the ice maker therein, and a detecting lever located below the ice maker and including a pivotable detecting body, wherein the detecting lever detects a full ice state of the ice bin.

Refrigerator and ice-making assembly

The present invention relates to a refrigerator controlling freshness on the basis of context awareness and artificial intelligence, a server, a portable device, and a method for controlling freshness. The refrigerator controlling freshness on the basis of context awareness, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: one or more partitioned storage spaces; one or more freshness sensors for sensing the freshness in an outside area or the storage spaces; a communication unit for receiving operation instruction information from the server or the portable device, and transmitting, to the server or the portable device, freshness condition information generated by the freshness sensors; and a control unit for controlling the freshness sensors and the communication unit, and performing a freshness control operation according to operation instruction information instructing an operation that differs from pre-set operating condition information that is set for any one or more of the storage spaces.

Refrigerator controlling freshness on basis of context awareness and artificial intelligence, server, portable device, and method for controlling freshness

A refrigerator may include: a communication device, an object detection sensor for sensing an object positioned within a predetermined region around the refrigerator door; and a controller for controlling the refrigerator to operate in a specific mode based on a connected state between the communication network and preset mobile terminals. If an object sensing signal is received from the object detection sensor in the specific mode, the controller may send a notification to at least one of the preset mobile terminals through the communication network.

Refrigerator and home automation system having the same

A refrigerator and an air purifier for a refrigerator are provided. The air purifier may include a case configured to be mounted on an upper surface of a cabinet of a refrigerator and in which inlet holes and an outlet hole are formed, a plurality of fan motor assemblies provided inside of the case to force a flow of air, a plurality of filter assemblies mounted in the case to partition a space between the inlet holes and the plurality of fan motor assemblies and purify suctioned air, a controller that controls driving of the plurality of fan motor assemblies, and a gas sensor connected to the controller to detect harmful gas in a kitchen space. The controller may control driving of the plurality of fan motor assemblies through detection of the harmful gas by the gas sensor.

Air purifier for refrigerator

A refrigerator and filter device are described. In one aspect, the refrigerator includes a main body that defines a storage space. The refrigerator includes a door that is configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space. The refrigerator further includes a dispenser that is located at the door and is configured to dispense water. The refrigerator further includes a filter that is configured to purify water and supply the purified water to the dispenser. The refrigerator further includes at least two heads that are configured to attach to the filter. The refrigerator further includes a connector that is configured to connect the at least two heads to each other, the connector providing a passage between the at least two heads. The refrigerator further includes a bracket on which the connector and the at least two heads are seated, the bracket being coupled to the connector.

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Seoul, South Korea

Jongho Yun