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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Fumiaki Sato, Shiga, JP;
Yoshito Kimura, Shiga, JP;
Masakazu Hoashi, Shiga, JP;
Yasuhiro Tsujii, Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Okamoto, Shiga, JP;
Osamu Ueno, Shiga, JP;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes energy-saving operation unit that performs a control for performing a power saving operation, time measurement unit that measures an operation time of energy-saving operation unit, and energy-saving operation rate calculation unit that calculates an energy-saving operation rate based on the operation time measured by time measurement unit. The refrigerator further includes an energy-saving operation rate storage unit that stores the energy-saving operation rate calculated by energy-saving operation rate calculation unit.