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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Hyunseok Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 2400/36 (2013.01); F25D 2600/02 (2013.01); F25D 2700/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body that defines a storage chamber; door coupled to the main body and configured to open and close the storage chamber, a first sensor disposed at the main body and configured to sense a user in a vicinity of the refrigerator, and a second sensor configured to sense a user input for selecting at least one function related to the door, and a control unit configured to, based on sensing result from the first sensor, switch the second sensor to an active state to sense the user input, and execute the at least one function related to the door based on a sensing result from the second sensor.