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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a dairy product maker inside the refrigerator compartment, a control panel configured to receive a control command, and a controller configured to control the dairy product maker based on the control command, the dairy product maker includes a container to store milk or a dairy product, a heater configured to heat the milk stored in the container, a fan configured to supply cool air inside the refrigerator compartment to the container, and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature inside of the dairy product maker, and the controller operates the heater for a preset fermentation period in response to the control command, turns off the heater and turns on the fan to cool down inside of the container after a lapse of the preset fermentation period, and turns off the fan in response to completing of the cooling down inside of the container.