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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, a transparent panel assembly disposed at the door and defining a see-through part through which an interior of the refrigerator is visible, and a first light disposed closer to the interior than the transparent panel assembly to brighten an area viewed by the see-through part. The transparent panel assembly includes transparent panels spaced apart from each other to define an accommodation space, a display disposed in the accommodation space to output a screen, and a second light brightening the display. The display, the first light, and the second light are selectively turned off according to manipulation of a user to be converted into an opaque state in which the interior is not visible and a transparent state in which the interior is visible, and in the transparent state, a screen is outputted while an inner space of the refrigerator is seen.