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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd., Anhui, CN;
Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Anhui, CN;
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
Jincai Wang, Anhui, CN;
Yang Shao, Anhui, CN;
Guangqing Yang, Anhui, CN;
Zengqiang Si, Anhui, CN;
Yabing Wu, Anhui, CN;
HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD, Hefei, CN;
HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Hefei, CN;
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Anhui, CN;
Abstract
Provided are a refrigerator and an energy-saving control method and apparatus therefor. The refrigerator includes an ice maker. The ice maker includes an ice discharge electric motor (), an ice storage bin () and an ice storage bin position switch (). The method includes: detecting and determining that the ice storage bin () is in a full ice state; controlling the ice maker so that same stops making ice, and acquiring the state of at least one of the ice discharge electric motor () and the ice storage bin position switch (); and according to the state of at least one of the ice discharge electric motor () and the ice storage bin position switch (), determining that the ice maker needs to do heating and ice detection actions.