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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sangho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Changhyun Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Suho Jo, Suwon-si, KR;
Byoungmok Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jonghyun Son, Suwon-si, KR;
Bongkeun Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaeyeon Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage chamber having an open front surface is provided, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open or close the storage chamber, and a microphone device disposed on an upper end of the door and configured to receive a voice command, wherein the microphone device includes a microphone supported by a substrate and configured to receive voice data, a cover protruding upward from the upper end of the door and including a voice input hole passing through a front surface and a rear surface of the cover and a microphone hole vertically extending downward from the voice input hole so that the voice input hole and the microphone are connected, and a sealing member disposed between the substrate and the cover so that the substrate is in close contact with the cover.