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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/18 (2018.01); F25C 5/16 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/16 (2013.01); F25C 5/00 (2013.01); F25C 5/187 (2013.01); F25C 5/24 (2018.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes an icemaker, an ice bank that is configured to store ice released from the icemaker, a weight sensor configured to measure a weight of the ice bank, and a controller configured to determine, based on weight measurements measured by the weight sensor, a variation in amount of ice stored in the ice bank during a set time period, and adjust an ice determination reference value based on the determined variation in the amount of ice stored in the ice bank during the set time period.