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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Joo Young Ha, Seoul, KR;
Yong Han Kim, Cheonan-si, KR;
Jeong Han Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young Shik Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Won Jae Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Jae Seung Lee, Hwaseong-Gun, KR;
Hye Ran Lee, Goonpo-Si, KR;
Jung Soo Lim, Seoul, KR;
Chang Hak Lim, Hwasung-si, KR;
Kyung Hee Hahm, Seoul, KR;
Joo Young Ha, Seoul, KR;
Yong Han Kim, Cheonan-si, KR;
Jeong Han Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young Shik Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Won Jae Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Jae Seung Lee, Hwaseong-Gun, KR;
Hye Ran Lee, Goonpo-Si, KR;
Jung Soo Lim, Seoul, KR;
Chang Hak Lim, Hwasung-si, KR;
Kyung Hee Hahm, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator which can control a supercooling degree corresponding to user's taste or kinds of food, and a cooling control method thereof are disclosed. The refrigerator has a function of supercooling a drink, and includes an input unit to select a slush level for adjusting a supercooling degree of the drink in response to a user's command, a memory unit to store information about a supercooling temperature of the drink corresponding to a selected slush level, and a controller to adjust the supercooling degree of the drink by controlling a temperature within the supercooling compartment based on the information about the supercooling temperature of the drink stored in the memory unit.