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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sungho Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Seungwan Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Daesung Ki, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyunuk Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Chanyoung Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Taein Eom, Suwon-si, KR;
Seungmi Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyungtae Ko, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a body including a door, a door opening device including a motor, and configured to open the door through a rotation of the motor, a first sensor configured to sense an opening of the door, a second sensor configured to sense a position of the door, and a processor is included, and the processor is configured to control, based on a user command for the opening of the door being obtained, the motor to rotate at a first speed, control, based on the opening of the door being sensed by the first sensor, the motor to rotate by reducing speed in stages to a second speed which is slower than the first speed, and control, based on a position of the door being sensed in a first position by the second sensor, the motor to open the door to a second position by rotating at the second speed.