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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Ik-kyu Lee, Changwon, KR;
Soo-beom Lee, Changwon, KR;
Seung-jin OH, Changwon, KR;
Sung-ae Lee, Changwon, KR;
Hee-soo Son, Changwon, KR;
Ki-cheol Woo, Changwon, KR;
Ik-Kyu Lee, Changwon, KR;
Soo-Beom Lee, Changwon, KR;
Seung-Jin Oh, Changwon, KR;
Sung-Ae Lee, Changwon, KR;
Hee-Soo Son, Changwon, KR;
Ki-Cheol Woo, Changwon, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a refrigerator for providing a user with a variety of information using an avatar. The present invention comprises a storage device for storing avatar data including a figure and/or a motion of the avatar, a display device provided on an outer surface of the refrigerator to display the avatar, a control device for selecting the avatar to be displayed on the display device among the avatar data stored in the storage device and causing the display device to display the avatar, and an input device for receiving a command or information input from the outside. According to the present invention so configured, there is an advantage in that the display device can display a variety of avatars stored in the storage device in conformance with a condition.