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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Apparatus for controlling refrigerator, refrigerator and method for diagnosing fault of refrigerator
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Yonghun Suh, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G05F 3/02 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/006 (2013.01); G01R 21/00 (2013.01); G01R 31/02 (2013.01); G05F 3/02 (2013.01); F25B 2500/19 (2013.01); F25B 2700/15 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a refrigerator, and a method for diagnosing a fault of the refrigerator are presented. More specifically, a power consumption of a refrigerator may be measured, and a fault of a plurality of loads included in the refrigerator may be diagnosed based on the measured power consumption. Accordingly, all of the plurality of loads included in the refrigerator may be diagnosed whether they have a fault or not. Further, among the plurality of loads included in the refrigerator, one or more loads having feedback uncontrollable may be diagnosed whether they have a fault of not.