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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Sangwook Seo, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25B 49/022 (2013.01); F25D 11/00 (2013.01); F25D 17/065 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); F25B 2400/01 (2013.01); F25B 2600/0251 (2013.01); F25D 2600/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes turning on the refrigerator, and starting a compressor; setting a predetermined power-consuming factor to a basic value; measuring a power consumption within a setting period, while the refrigerator is operated; recognizing whether the measured power consumption is smaller than a previous power consumption; and changing a value of the power-consuming factor, when the measured power consumption is greater than the previous power consumption.