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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyung Hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Ok Cha, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Pa Ra Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Da Hey Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Su Jung Youn, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyoung-Ae Lim, Seoul, KR;
Ye Eun Choi, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a refrigerator and method of controlling the same. Refrigerator includes a memory configured to store at least ones of characteristics of one or more goods items that are able to be stored in the refrigerator and a user's purchasing characteristics; a controller configured to display a user interface including at least one icon for at least one goods item selected based on the at least ones of the characteristics of the goods items and the user's purchasing characteristics stored in the memory, on a display unit, and to collect the user's purchase history to set a method of displaying the at least one icon for the at least one goods item; and a proximity sensor configured to measure a distance to the user, wherein the controller changes the user interface that is displayed on the display unit based on the distance to the user.