Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018266751-A1
Application number	US-201615516574-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 24, 2016
Priority date	Sep 3, 2015
Publication date	Sep 20, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A refrigerator provides visual information indicating a map of the refrigerator and technical operations of the corresponding regions. The refrigerator includes a voice recognition function using a proximity sensor. The refrigerator has input/output (I/O) management functions for foods stored therein. The refrigerator communicates with a peripheral device over a network.

First claim

1 . A refrigerator comprising:
a main body; a display provided in the main body; and a controller configured to control the display, wherein, if a predetermined condition is satisfied, the display is configured to display a refrigerator management screen image comprising a refrigerator map.

2 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensing part configured to detect an opening or closing state of a refrigerator door, wherein, if the sensing part detects the opening or closing state of the refrigerator door, the controller is further configured to display the refrigerator management screen image.

3 . The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein, if the sensing part detects the opening or closing state of the refrigerator door, the controller is further configured to control the display in a manner that constant temperature technology is visualized and displayed on the display.

4 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display the refrigerator management screen image for visualizing/providing a state of the refrigerator.

5 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display the list of recommended foods per indoor temperature in the vicinity of the refrigerator map.

6 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a button part located in the vicinity of the display.

7 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a voice input part configured to collect a voice command of a user, wherein the display is configured to display a process for recognizing user voice commands collected by the voice input part.

8 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensing part configured to detect a user approach in the vicinity of the refrigerator, wherein the controller is further configured to activate the voice input part on the basis of user approach information collected by the sensing part.

9 . A refrigerator comprising:
a capturing part configured to capture bar codes provided to foods or a packing container of the foods; a display configured to display food information collected by the capturing part; and a controller configured to:
generate food information collected by the capturing part, and
control the display to display the generated food information.

10 . The refrigerator according to claim 9 , wherein the display is further configured to:
display at least one preset tag on a preset tag region provided to an upper end of a screen image of the display, and display images of foods stored in each chamber on a food display region provided at a lower end of the preset tag region.

11 . The refrigerator according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display in a manner that a reminder tag is established in the vicinity of the food image on the basis of a user input regarding the preset tag.

12 . The refrigerator according to claim 9 , wherein the display is further configured to:
display a list of foods stored in a refrigerating chamber on a refrigerating chamber management region, display the list of foods stored in a freezing chamber on a freezing chamber management region, and display a list of foods stored in a temperature changeable chamber on a temperature changeable chamber management region.

13 . The refrigerator according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
generate a shopping list on the basis of the generated food information, and control the display to display the generated shopping list.

14 . The refrigerator according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a communication part configured to communicate with an external device.

15 . The refrigerator according to claim 14 , wherein the communication part is further configured to transmit the generated food information to the external device upon receiving a request from the external device.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Kyoung Ae
• Baek Yoo Lim
• Oh Mi A
• Kim Sae Mi
• Yoo Da Hey
• Lee Kyung Hoon
• Cho Tae Hyoung
• Eun Jung Hwi
• Yoo Ye Kyung
• Lee Mun Keun
• Jung Young Bin

Classifications

• G06F3/167

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

• F25D2700/02

  Sensors detecting door opening · CPC title

• G06Q10/0875

  Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials · CPC title

• F25D2700/04

  Sensors detecting the presence of a person · CPC title

• F25D2600/02

  Timing · CPC title