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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Young Shik Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Vladimir Urazaev, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Ha Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung Soo Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Bong Su Son, Cheonan-si, KR;
Young Shik Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Vladimir Urazaev, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Ha Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung Soo Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Bong Su Son, Cheonan-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator and a method to control the same are provided. The refrigerator includes a body having a supercooling compartment, a cooling unit to provide cool air to the supercooling compartment, an electromagnetic radiation sensor to detect electromagnetic radiation emitted when a food placed in the supercooling compartment begins to freeze, an energy supply to apply energy to the food placed in the supercooling compartment to prevent freezing of the food, and a controller to receive a detection signal from the electromagnetic radiation and then to activate the energy supply. Electromagnetic radiation emitted from each beverage in a supercooled state when the beverage begins to freeze is detected and energy is applied to the beverage according to the detection.