Refrigerator and information display method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11521606-B2
Application number	US-201716476008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2017
Priority date	Jan 3, 2017
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A refrigerator comprises a storage compartment configured to store food, a temperature detector configured to detect an internal temperature of the storage compartment, a cooler configured to supply cool air to the storage compartment, a microphone configured to receive a speech, a display configured to display information, at least one processor configured to be electrically connected to the temperature detector, the microphone, and the display; and a memory configured to be electrically connected to the at least one processor. The memory stores at least one instructions configured to, when a first speech including a food name is recognized via the microphone, allow the processor to display a food list, which comprises food information corresponding to the food name and an identification mark identifying the food information, on the display, and configured to, when a second speech referring to the identification mark is recognized via the microphone, allow the processor to display food purchase information corresponding to the identification mark, on the display.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a storage compartment configured to store food;
a temperature detector configured to detect an internal temperature of the storage compartment;
a cooler configured to supply cool air to the storage compartment;
a microphone configured to receive a speech;
a display configured to display information;
at least one processor configured to be electrically connected to the temperature detector, the microphone, and the display; and
a memory configured to be electrically connected to the at least one processor,
wherein the memory is configured to store at least one instruction that when executed causes the at least one processor to:
when a first speech comprising a food name is received via the microphone, identify whether a food related to the food name is placed in the storage compartment,
when the food is placed in the storage compartment, display, on the display, information indicating that the food of the first speech received via the microphone is placed in the storage compartment,
when the food is not placed in the storage compartment, receive a second speech referring to an identification mark via the microphone and display, on the display a food list that comprises food information corresponding to the food of the first speech received via the microphone and the identification mark identifying the food information, and
when the second speech referring to the identification mark is received via the microphone, display, on the display, food purchase information corresponding to the identification mark.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein:
the memory is further configured to store at least one instruction that when executed cause the at least one processor to:
when the first speech comprising the food name is received via the microphone, acquire the food name by recognizing the first speech using a learning network model, which is trained using an artificial intelligence algorithm, and display, on the display, the food list comprising the food information corresponding to the food name, and

the learning network model is trained by using a plurality of speeches and a plurality of words corresponding to the plurality of speeches.

3. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein:
the memory is configured to store at least one instruction that when executed causes the at least one processor to:
when the first speech comprising the food name is received via the microphone, acquire the food name and user information of a user uttering the first speech by recognizing the first speech using a learning network model, which is trained using an artificial intelligence algorithm, and
display, on the display, the food list comprising the food information, which corresponds to the food name and is related to the user information, and

the learning network model is trained by using a plurality of speeches and a plurality of pieces of user information corresponding to the plurality of speeches.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the memory is configured to store at least one instruction that when executed causes the at least one processor to, when the first speech is recognized, overlap the food list in a second user interface with a first user interface of an application displayed on the display.

5. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the memory is configured to store at least one instruction that when executed causes the at least one processor to, when the second speech is recognized, execute an application providing information of food indicated by a mark contained in the second speech so as to display food purchase information, which is provided from the application, on the display.

6. The refrigerator of claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication circuitry,
wherein the memory is configured to store at least one instruction that when executed causes the at least one processor to:
when at least one speech of the first speech and the second speech is received, transmit data of the at least one speech to a server via the communication circuitry, and
when the communication circuitry receives at least one information of information on the food list and food purchase information transmitted from the server, display at least one information transmitted from the server on the display.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication circuitry,
wherein the memory is configured to store at least one instruction that when executed causes the at least one processor to:
when at least one speech of the first speech and the second speech is received, transmit data of the at least one speech to a server via the communication circuitry, and
when the communication circuitry receives analysis information on the at least one speech transmitted from the server, transmit a command according to the analysis information to an application, which is related to performance of an operation according to the analysis information so as to allow the application to display at least one of the food list and the food purchase information.

8. The refrigerator of claim 1 , further comprising:
a speaker,
wherein the memory is configured to store at least one instruction that when executed causes the at least one processor to:
when the food list is displayed on the display due to recognition of the first speech, output, via the speaker, a speech indicating that the food list is displayed, and
when the food purchase information is displayed on the display due to the recognition of the second speech, output, via a speaker, a speech indicating that the food purchase information is displayed.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chun Eun Jin
• Do Young Soo
• Lee Hyoung Jin
• Cho Nam Gook
• Hwang Do Hyeong

Classifications

• G06Q30/06

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• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• F25D2700/12

  Sensors measuring the inside temperature · CPC title

• F25D2500/06

  Stock management · CPC title