Lg Electronics Inc.

Kia Motors Corporation

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kia Motor Corporation

Sungwook Kim

Sangbok Choi

Kyongbae Park

Wookyung Baik

Soonkyu Lee

Kyong Bae Park

Kitae Yoon

Sung Jhee

Junbum Shin

Cholok Han

Namsoo Cho

Yonghwan Eom

Juyeong Heo

Jinsu Kim

Donghwan Kim

Soohyung Kim

Myunghee Kim

Jenghun Suh

Yunsu Cho

Jaephil Shim

Hyejin Shin

Kyungsun Cho

Yong Ho Hwang

Youngeun Lee

Yong Namkung

Jae Woo Seo

Chunghun Baek

Janghoon Kim

A refrigerator includes a flow path exit of a fluid introduction part and a flow path entrance of the frost detection duct that have a same size. Thus, defrost water flowing down into the fluid introduction part through a guide flow path may more efficiently flow downward without becoming stagnant and freezing of the stagnant water may be prevented.

Refrigerator

The present invention provides a refrigerator comprising: a cabinet having a storage chamber; a door for opening or closing the storage chamber; a case in which an inlet through which air flows from the storage chamber and an outlet through which the air is discharged to the storage chamber are formed; an evaporator provided inside the case for exchanging heat with the air to supply cool air; and a differential pressure sensor provided inside the case.

A refrigerator is configured such that a controller may control the frost detecting operation to be differently performed on the basis of at least one of a room temperature and a set reference temperature. Thus, precise frosting detection may be performed and power consumption due to the frosting detection may be minimized, and power consumption efficiency may be improved.

A refrigerator includes a first heater, a second heater, and a third heater, and the third heater is located inside a frost detection flow path and generates heat. Accordingly, during a defrosting operation, the inside of the frost detection flow path may be prevented from being blocked. Or freezing of the frost check sensor provided in the frost detection flow path may be prevented.

A method of controlling a refrigerator including a cold air generator and a cold air transmission unit includes, when a temperature of the storage compartment becomes equal to or greater than a first reference temperature, operating the cold air generator with predetermined cooling power and turning on and operating the cold air transmitter with predetermined output, upon determining that the temperature of the storage compartment becomes equal to or less than a second reference temperature lower than the first reference temperature, turning off the cold air transmitter, and, upon determining that the temperature of the storage compartment becomes equal to or greater than the first reference temperature, turning on the cold air transmitter again, wherein a controller determines operation output of the cold air transmitter based on the cooling power of the cold air generator.

Refrigerator and method of controlling the same

A method for controlling a refrigerator includes determining whether or not a defrosting initiation condition is satisfied with respect to an evaporator, if the defrosting initiation condition is satisfied, detecting a pressure differential using one differential pressure sensor for measuring the pressure differential between a first through hole, which is positioned between the evaporator and an inlet port having air flowing in from a storage chamber, and a second through hole which is positioned between the evaporator and a discharge port having air discharged to the storage chamber, and variably defrosting in accordance with the measured pressure differential.

Refrigerator and method for controlling refrigerator

A method for controlling a refrigerator, includes turning off a cold air transmission unit as a temperature of a storage compartment becomes equal to or less than a second reference temperature while a cold air generator is operated, turning on the cold air transmission unit, upon determining that the temperature of the storage compartment is equal to or greater than a first reference temperature which is greater than the second reference temperature, and calculating, by a controller, an operating ratio of the cold air transmission unit based on ON and OFF time of the cold air transmission unit, determining an output of the cold air transmission unit based on the operating ratio of the cold air transmission unit, and operating the cold air transmission unit with the determined output, upon determining that the temperature of the storage compartment is equal to or less than the second reference temperature.

The present invention provides a control method of a refrigerator, comprising: a first defrosting step of defrosting an evaporator and terminating the defrosting when the evaporator reaches a first temperature; a step of detecting pressure difference by means of a differential pressure sensor for measuring pressure difference between a first thru-hole, disposed between the evaporator and an inlet through which air flows in from a storage compartment, and a second thru-hole disposed between the evaporator and an outlet through which the air is discharged into the storage compartment; and a second defrosting step of additionally defrosting the evaporator if the measured pressure difference is greater than a configured pressure.

Refrigerator and control method of refrigerator

A method for controlling a refrigerator includes operating, for a set duration, a heating element of a sensor which responds to changes in air flow; sensing the temperature of the heating element in on or off state; and sensing residual frost on an evaporator on the basis of the difference in value of the temperature between a first sensed temperature, which is the lowest value, and a second sensed temperature, which is the highest value, from among the sensed temperatures of the heating element.

Refrigerator and method for controlling the same

Disclosed are an electronic device for obfuscating user data and a server for decoding the same. A method for controlling an electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: acquiring a security parameter according to data transmitted to an external server; applying an obfuscation algorithm to the data by using the security parameter; and transmitting the data, to which the obfuscation algorithm has been applied, to the external server. Furthermore, in connection with a method for controlling a system comprising an electronic device for obfuscating data and a server for decoding the same according to the present disclosure, a method for controlling the electronic device comprises the steps of: inserting a fingerprint into data; generating multiple pieces of split data having a preset first size on the basis of the data into which the fingerprint has been inserted; applying an obfuscation algorithm to one piece of split data selected from the multiple pieces of split data by using a preset security parameter; and transmitting the split data, to which the obfuscation algorithm has been applied, to the server. In addition, a method for controlling the server comprises the steps of: receiving the multiple pieces of split data, to which the obfuscation algorithm has been applied, from the electronic device; acquiring at least one piece of candidate data on the basis of the received multiple pieces of split data, to which the obfuscation algorithm has been applied; and acquiring data comprising the fingerprint among the at least one piece of candidate data.

Electronic device for obfuscating and decoding data and method for controlling same

A method for controlling a refrigerator includes providing an initial input value to a heater configured to supply heat to an evaporator, performing a continuous operation of the heater based on the initial input value to increase a temperature of the evaporator to a predetermined temperature, determining a period of time taken to increase the temperature of the evaporator to the predetermined temperature, determining whether the period of time is within a reference period of time, operating the heater based on a first input value that is equal to the initial input value based on a determination that the period of time is outside of the reference period of time, and operating the heater based on a second input value that is less than the initial input value based on a determination that the period of time is within the reference period of time.

A display module and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method may include forming an epitaxial film comprising a light emitting layer, a first type semiconductor layer, and a second type semiconductor layer, attaching the epitaxial film to an intermediate substrate comprising a conductive material, patterning the epitaxial film to form a light emitting diode (LED) and coupling the LED to a driving circuit layer through the conductive material.

Display module and manufacturing method thereof

There is disclosed a controlling method for a refrigerator comprising: a first defrosting step of performing defrosting for an evaporator, the first defrosting step which ends when the temperature of the evaporator reaches a first temperature; a pressure difference sensing step of measuring a difference between the pressure in a first through-hole arranged between an inlet hole for drawing air from a storage compartment and the evaporator and the pressure in a second through-hole arranged between an outlet hole for discharging air towards the storage compartment and the evaporator by using one differential pressure sensor; and a second defrosting step of performing additional defrosting for the evaporator when the measured pressure difference is a preset pressure or more.

Refrigerator and controlling method for the same

A system for performing a service by using biometric information is disclosed. A system according to the present disclosure comprises an electronic device, a first server and a second server, and a control method of the system comprises the steps of: allowing the electronic device to acquire first biometric information; allowing the electronic device to acquire first encrypted data, in which the first biometric information is encrypted, by using the acquired first biometric information and a first encryption key, and to transmit same to the first server, allowing the first server to acquire second encrypted data, in which the first encrypted data is encrypted, by using the first encrypted data received from the electronic device and a second encrypted key, and first user identification information corresponding to the first biometric information, and to transmit same to the second server; allowing the second server to match the second encrypted data and the first user identification information corresponding to the biometric information, which are received from the first server, and to store same; allowing the second server to acquire authentication information on the basis of the matched second encrypted data and first user identification information, and to transmit same to the first server, and allowing the first server to register the authentication information on the biometric information.

System for performing service by using biometric information, and control method therefor

A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: an inner case forming a storage compartment; a cold air duct guiding the flow of air within the storage compartment and forming a heat exchange space with the inner case; an evaporator disposed in the heat exchange space between the inner case and the cold air duct; a bypass passage disposed in the cold air duct so as to allow the flow of air to bypass the evaporator; a sensor disposed in the bypass flow channel and comprising a sensor housing, a sensor PCB received in the sensor housing, a heating element installed on the sensor PCB so as to generate heat when an electric current is applied thereto, a temperature element for sensing the temperature of the heating element, and a molding material with which the sensor housing is filled; a drfrosting means for removing frost formed on the surface of the evaporator; and a control unit for controlling the defrosting means on the basis of the value output from the sensor.

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Seoul, South Korea

Sungwook Kim