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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
May. 22, 2020
Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Anhui, CN;
Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd., Anhui, CN;
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
Jun Wang, Anhui, CN;
Aimei Kan, Anhui, CN;
Jirong Wu, Anhui, CN;
Long Yao, Anhui, CN;
Yunfei Zhu, Anhui, CN;
Zhi Zhang, Anhui, CN;
Haiyan Liu, Anhui, CN;
Xiang Fang, Anhui, CN;
Sizhi Guo, Anhui, CN;
Wei Chen, Anhui, CN;
Quanshui Li, Anhui, CN;
Wenqing Kan, Anhui, CN;
HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Anhui, CN;
HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., Anhui, CN;
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
The present application relates to the field of ice making control for a refrigerator. Disclosed is a control method for ice making of a refrigerator, the method comprising: when an ice maker finishes ice making, detecting whether an ice storage box of the ice maker is in an ice-full state; when it is detected that the ice storage box is not in the ice-full state, controlling the ice maker to complete a first instance of ice turning; detecting again whether the ice storage box of the ice maker is in the ice-full state; and when it is detected that the ice storage box is in the ice-full state, controlling the ice maker to make ice again. In this way, the utilization rate of an ice maker can be effectively improved, the ice making amount is improved, the time during which a user waits for ice making is reduced, and the user experience is improved.