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CONTROL METHOD OF REFRIGERATING AND FREEZING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATING AND FREEZING DEVICE

A control method of a refrigerating and freezing device and a refrigerating and freezing device are provided. The refrigerating and freezing device includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment. The control method includes a refrigerating operation step, a foodstuff determining step, and a cooling operation step. The refrigerating operation step is to control a temperature of the storage compartment to be within a first preset temperature range. The foodstuff determining step is to determine whether a new foodstuff is put into the storage compartment. The cooling operation step is to, when a new foodstuff is put into the storage compartment, cool the storage compartment. Since the temperature of the new foodstuff is greater than that of the original foodstuffs in the refrigerating and freezing device, cooling the storage compartment changes a storage temperature suitable for the foodstuffs originally stored in the storage compartment into a storage temperature suitable for the foodstuffs originally stored in the storage compartment into a storage temperature suitable for the new foodstuff, and the storage temperature is more convenient for the preservation of the new foodstuff and ensures good storage conditions for the newly put foodstuff. Furthermore, the preservation effect on the original foodstuffs will not be affected, and the preservation effect of the refrigerating and freezing device on the foodstuff is enhanced.

DOOR HINGE AND FOOT ASSEMBLY

A household appliance, such as a refrigerator, has a body with a cooled compartment, a door that restricts and grants access to said cooled compartment, a foot assembly connected to the body, and an electrical connector support for supporting electronic components of the household appliance. The foot assembly includes at least one of an anti-tip foot to support the appliance and/or a wheel to facilitate moving the appliance. The electrical connector support includes a frame base portion connected to the foot assembly, a door sensor support attached to the frame base portion, and a door sensor configured to sense if the door is at an open or a closed position relative to the body. At least one component of the door sensor is attached to the door sensor support.

Refrigerator and refrigerator system

A refrigerator includes: a main body having a storeroom for storing a food item; a shelf plate arranged in a storeroom, the shelf plate on which a food item is put; a door that opens and closes a side of the storeroom; a camera arranged on an inner surface of the door, the camera takes an image of an inside of the storeroom; a camera moving device that moves the camera in a vertical direction. The camera moving device stops the camera at one or more points for each of between the shelf plates located adjacent to each other, and between an inner surface of a top edge of the storeroom and the shelf plate located adjacent to the inner surface of the top edge of the storeroom, and the camera takes an image each time when the camera moving device stops moving the camera.

Refrigerator for providing information on item using artificial intelligence and method of operating the same
11501250 · 2022-11-15 · ·

A refrigerator for providing an item guide service using artificial intelligence includes an output unit, a sensing unit configured to acquire user identification information for identifying a user, a memory configured to store a collaborative filtering model for determining an item to be used by the user, and a processor configured to recognize the user based on the acquired user identification information, predict an item to be used by the recognized user using the collaborative filtering model and output item identification information for identifying the predicted item through the output unit.

Refrigerator

A refrigerator according to the present disclosure includes at least one storage chamber and uses an electromagnetic wave to heat a stored object inside the storage chamber. A first electromagnetic wave shield is provided on a door of the storage chamber, and a second electromagnetic wave shield is provided on a housing part of the refrigerator that is in contact with the door while the door is closed. This makes it possible to provide a structure capable of exhibiting a function as an electromagnetic wave shield even for a refrigerator door in which wiring to a grounding part is difficult.

Rotating Lamp, Refrigerator, and Control Method for Rotating Lamp in Refrigerator
20230032378 · 2023-02-02 ·

The present disclosure provides a rotating lamp, a refrigerator, and a control method for a rotating lamp in a refrigerator. The rotating lamp is disposed in a box having a door and a drawer, the rotating lamp includes a driving device, a transmission mechanism and a lamp box assembly, and the driving device includes an output shaft; the lamp box assembly is rotatably arranged in the box and has a light exit surface; one end of the transmission mechanism is connected to the output shaft, and the other end is connected to the lamp box assembly. When the door is opened or when the drawer (30) is drawn out, the driving device drives the lamp box assembly via the transmission mechanism to rotate the lamp box assembly relative to the box.

Refrigerator
11614276 · 2023-03-28 · ·

A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a main body having a storage compartment, a first door rotatably installed at a first side of the main body to open and close a first portion of the storage compartment, and a second door rotatably installed at a second side of the main body to open and close a second portion of the storage compartment. A first camera may be installed at the first door to take a picture of an interior of the first storage compartment during rotation of the first door, and a second camera may be installed at the second door to take a picture of the interior of the first storage compartment during rotation of the second door. A controller may combine plural pictures taken by the first camera and the second camera into a single corrected image of a region of the first compartment spanning from the first door to the second door.

Insulated ice compartment for bottom mount refrigerator with controlled damper

A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet, and an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator and adapted to monitor and control the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the ice compartment. The control system provides for energy efficient control and operation through various means, including by monitoring state of an ice maker associated with the ice compartment and controlling temperature within compartments of the refrigerator based on the ice maker state. A damper controls air flow between the fresh food and freezer compartments. The control system can direct heat to the damper if the damper becomes frozen.

Freezers and operating methods using adaptive defrost

A freezer and method of operating a freezer are provided with an adaptive defrost cycle. The freezer includes a controller that operates the freezer to: provide cooling to a cabinet via an evaporator during periodic operational cycles, monitor a time elapsed since a most recent defrost cycle, determine whether the time elapsed is greater than a current defrost interval, and perform a defrost cycle if so. The controller varies the current defrost interval between a first, larger time value and a second, smaller time value based on a plurality of trigger signals in response to various operating characteristics of the freezer monitored by sensors. After each defrost cycle is completed, the current defrost interval is reset to the first, larger time value.

Refrigerator
11486634 · 2022-11-01 · ·

A refrigerator includes: a cabinet; an upper door; a lower door that is a drawer type door; a draw-out rail that connects the lower door to a storage space in the cabinet and that guides insertion and withdrawal of the lower door in a front-rear direction; an elevation assembly that is located in the lower door, that elevates an object stored in the lower door in a state in which the lower door is withdrawn, and that elevates the object relative to the lower door; and a door restriction device configured to selectively restrict an opening movement of the upper door based on whether the lower door is opened or closed. The door restriction device is configured to restrict the opening movement of the upper door based on the lower door being opened, and to allow the opening movement of the upper door based on the lower door being closed.