KR101980545B1 - Refrigerator and method for the refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator comprising: a case including a storage chamber for storing a product at a low temperature; A memory for storing storage information including a location and a type of the product stored in the storage room; And a display unit for displaying a plurality of products stored in the storage room and displaying the area where the selected product is located by dividing the storage room into a plurality of areas when selecting one of the plurality of products.
A method of operating a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: inputting one or more products to be added to a storage room; Storing the location and type of one or more products in a memory; Displaying one or more products; The storage room is divided into a plurality of areas where the product can be stored, and if the selected one of the displayed products is selected, displaying the area where the selected product is located.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator and a refrigerator,

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a refrigerator and a refrigerator operating method, and more particularly, to a refrigerator and a refrigerator operating method in which the position of a product stored in a refrigerator can be easily confirmed.

Refrigerators are household appliances that can store refrigerated or frozen foods and other storage materials using refrigerant cycles. For this function, the refrigerator may include a main body having a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, an evaporator disposed in the main body, a compressor compressing the refrigerant, a condenser condensing the refrigerant, and an expansion device decompressing and expanding the refrigerant.

The refrigerator having the above configuration can periodically turn on / off the compressor so that the internal temperature of the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber can be maintained within a predetermined temperature range.

Recently, in addition to basic functions of a refrigerator, there is a need for various refrigerators and a method of operating the refrigerator that can minimize power consumption and make the user's use convenient. For example, many products are stored in the refrigerator, so it may be difficult to find a product that the user needs.

Therefore, much research has been done on how to easily find the products that users need.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator and a method of operating a refrigerator in which information on a product stored in a refrigerator is input to provide a storage position of a product required by a user in the future.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator comprising: a case including a storage chamber for storing a product at a low temperature; A memory for storing storage information including a location and a type of the product stored in the storage room; And a display unit for displaying a plurality of products stored in the storage room and displaying the area where the selected product is located by dividing the storage room into a plurality of areas when selecting one of the plurality of products. Wherein the display unit displays a first area for displaying the storage room as a picture and a second area for displaying the product stored in the storage room, and displays the product stored in the storage room in a frequency or category In the second area.

A method of operating a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: inputting one or more products to be added to a storage room; Storing the location and type of one or more products in a memory; Displaying one or more products; The storage room is divided into a plurality of areas where the product can be stored, and if the selected one of the displayed products is selected, displaying the area where the selected product is located.

The method of operating the refrigerator and the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention allows the user to intuitively identify the position of the product by displaying the position of the product required by the user by dividing the inside of the refrigerator into a plurality of areas.

The method of operating the refrigerator and the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention may improve user convenience by including recipe information which is a method of making various dishes.

The method of operating a refrigerator and a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention can select one of a plurality of dishes to confirm recipe information, and the recipe information includes a product necessary for making a dish, Can be confirmed.

The method of operating a refrigerator and a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention may display a position of a product in a refrigerator necessary for making a selected dish so that a user can easily prepare a material for cooking.

The method of operating a refrigerator and a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention displays the position of a product in a refrigerator necessary for making a selected dish and separately displays a necessary product not stored in the refrigerator, .

1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state where the door of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 is opened;
3 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 4 to 10 illustrate a display change of a display unit of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but such elements are not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first contact may be referred to as a second contact, and likewise, the second contact may be referred to as a first contact, It is all contact, but not the same contact.

The terms used in the description of the invention are intended to be illustrative only of specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the invention. As used in the description of the invention and the appended claims, the singular forms are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The use of an indication may denote either or both of the singular and plural forms of the term and vice versa.

It will be understood that the term " and / or " refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the listed related items. The terms "comprises" and / or "comprising" when used in this specification specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and / or components, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

The term " if, " as used herein refers to the term "when" or "upon", or "in response to determining" or " Quot; and " to " Similarly, the phrase " when determined " or " when an " specified condition or event is detected "Quot; or " in response to detecting [the specified condition or event]. &Quot;

In the following, embodiments of computing devices, user interfaces for such devices, and related processes for utilizing such devices may be described.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing a door of a refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 opened.

1 and 2, a refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment includes a case 110 forming an internal space defined by a refrigerating chamber 120 and a freezing chamber 130, a refrigerating chamber 120 for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber 120, The outward appearance is formed by the door 122 and the freezing chamber door 121 for opening and closing the freezing chamber 130.

The refrigerator compartment door 122 may be a right door rotatably connected to the right side of the case 110 and the freezer compartment door 121 may be a left door rotatably connected to the left side of the case 110.

In this embodiment, the case 110 may include a storage room such as a refrigerating compartment 120 provided on the right side and a freezing compartment 130 provided on the left side. For example, the case 110 is described as being a two-door type in which the refrigerator compartment 120 and the freezer compartment 130 are opened and closed by two doors. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the case 110 may be a three-door type in which one freezer compartment is opened and closed by a sliding-type door.

The refrigerator compartment door 122 may be provided with a refrigerator compartment door knob 124 so that the user can open and close the refrigerator compartment door 122. The freezing compartment door 121 may be provided with a freezing compartment door knob 123 so that the user can open the freezing compartment door 121.

Referring to FIG. 2, the hinge portions 112 and 114 may be rotatably connected to the refrigerator compartment door 122 and the freezer compartment door 121 of the refrigerator 1. The hinge unit may include a hinge unit 114 for connecting the freezing compartment door 121 to the case 110 and a hinge unit 112 for connecting the refrigerator compartment door 122 to the case 110. The hinge portion 114 to which the freezing compartment door 121 is connected may be formed in the same structure as the hinge portion 112 to which the refrigerating compartment door 122 is connected. The hinge portion 112, which is connected to the refrigerating compartment door 122, ) Will be described below.

A dispenser 125 can be provided on the front surface of the freezing compartment door 121 so that the user can take out ice or drinking water. A control panel 140 is provided on the upper side of the dispenser 125 to control the operation of the refrigerator 1 and output the state of the refrigerator 1 through the display unit 141 or sound output means on the screen and / .

The control panel 140 may be a light emitting device such as an LED, an LCD, or an organic EL. The control panel 140 may include a display unit 141, an audio output unit, and an input unit 142.

The display unit 141 can visually display the state information or the failure information of the refrigerator 1. The display unit 141 may be a touch screen for recognizing a touch input. The input unit 142 can receive various operation commands from the user. For example, the input unit 142 may include a mechanical button or an electrostatic / static pressure touch button. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

The display unit 141 can display information processed by the refrigerator 1. [ For example, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) that can indicate the operation state of the refrigerator or the position or state of the product such as food stored in the refrigerator can be displayed.

When the display unit 141 is a touch screen having a mutual layer structure including a touch pad, the display unit 141 can be used as an input device capable of recognizing information by a user's touch in addition to an output function.

When the display unit 141 is a touch screen, it may include a touch screen panel, a touch screen panel controller, and the like. The touch screen panel is a transparent panel attached to the outside, and may be connected to an input / output control unit (not shown) for controlling input / output, but is not limited thereto. The touch screen panel waits for an input to be generated, and if there is a touch input, it can send the corresponding signals to the touch screen panel controller.

The touch screen panel controller processes the received signals and transmits corresponding data to an input / output control unit (not shown) so as to determine whether the input / output control unit has a touch input and which area of the touch screen has been touched have.

The display unit 141 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display display).

In another embodiment, the display portion 141 may include e-paper. Electronic paper (e-paper) is a kind of reflective display, and can have excellent visual characteristics such as high resolution, wide viewing angle and bright white background like existing paper and ink.

The sound output means may be a device capable of outputting sound such as a buzzer or a speaker.

The refrigerator (1) can achieve a circulation cycle in which the refrigerant circulates along the refrigerant pipe, and is compressed, expanded, evaporated, and condensed. The refrigerator (1) can perform refrigeration or freezing by performing heat exchange with ambient air by phase change of the refrigerant during the circulation cycle. The refrigerator 1 functions as a compressor (not shown) for compressing refrigerant, an expansion valve (not shown) for expanding the refrigerant, a heat exchanger (not shown) serving as an evaporator for evaporating the refrigerant, and a condenser for condensing the refrigerant A heat exchanger (not shown) may be provided.

The refrigerator 1 includes a refrigerating compartment fan 184 for blowing the cooled air to the refrigerating compartment 120, a freezing compartment fan 186 for blowing the cooled air to the freezing compartment 130, various components of the refrigerator 1 And a sensing unit (not shown) that senses an operating state of the display unit.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the refrigerator 1 includes an input unit 142, a display unit 141, an input / output control unit 143, a memory 172, a sensing unit 190, an acoustic output unit 182, a compressor 183, A refrigerator compartment fan 184, a freezer compartment fan 186, a defrost heater 188, a condenser fan 189, and a controller 160 for controlling overall operation of the refrigerator.

The sensing unit 190 may include a refrigerating room temperature sensor 191 for sensing the temperature of the refrigerating compartment 120 and a freezing compartment temperature sensor 192 for sensing the temperature of the freezing compartment 130. The sensing unit 190 may further include a defrost sensor 193, a refrigerating compartment fan motor sensor 194, a freezing compartment fan motor sensor 195, and a condenser fan motor sensor 196.

The defrost sensor 193 can detect the temperature of the evaporator surface to determine whether the defrost operation is performed or not. The refrigerator compartment fan motor sensor 194 may sense whether the refrigerator compartment fan 184 is operating normally. The freezer compartment fan motor sensor 195 may sense whether the freezer compartment fan 186 is operating normally. The condenser fan motor sensor 196 can sense whether the condenser fan 189 for discharging the heat generated from the condenser to the outside during the heat exchange with the refrigerant is operating normally.

The control unit 160 may analyze the operation state of the refrigerator 1 based on information collected through various sensors constituting the sensing unit 190. The input / output control unit 143 can control the state information analyzed by the control unit 160 to be displayed through the display unit 141.

The input / output control unit 143 may mediate between the control unit 160 and the input unit 142 and the display unit 141 provided in the control panel 140. The input / output control unit 143 can transmit various control commands inputted by the user through the input unit 142 to the control unit 160.

The input / output control unit 143 may display an image such as a symbol, a character, and / or an icon through the display unit 141 in response to the input control command. When the information sensed by the sensing unit 190 is received through the control unit 160, the input / output control unit 143 may display the status information based on the information through the display unit 141. [

The input / output control unit 143 can recognize the product information of a product including food or the like and the management information necessary for managing the product including food or the like. Product information may include the type of food or the name of the food in the food category (vegetable, meat, fruit, aquatic, dairy, cereal, etc. category). The management information necessary for the management of the product may be, for example, a place where the product is located inside the refrigerator 10, a storage period of the product, or the like, but is not limited thereto.

The management information necessary for the management of food may include storage period information or food management object information. The storage period information may include at least one of an archive start date, an archive end date, a reference storage period, a storage location, the number of foods, a weight, and a storage method. The food control object information may be storage location management, storage period management, storage amount management, storage method management, and the like.

The storage period management object may include at least one of the storage period from the storage start date to the present day, the storage remaining period from the current date to the storage end date (shelf life date), the storage end date,

The input / output control unit 143 performs management based on the recognized product information and management information. Whether or not the reference storage period is reached may be whether it is within the reference storage period from the reference date or whether the reference storage period has been exceeded from the reference date.

The product information and the management information may be input on the display unit 141 or inputted via text or voice through a separate input unit, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The input unit 142 may include at least one input means for inputting a predetermined signal or data to the refrigerator 1 by a user's operation. For example, the input unit 142 may include an operation unit 144 for receiving various control commands for the operation of the refrigerator 1 and a selection unit 145 for receiving a diagnosis mode entry command for diagnosis of the refrigerator 1 But the input means may be different according to various embodiments.

The selection unit 145 may include at least one input means. The selection unit 145 may apply a signal output command to the control unit 160 so that a signal including the product information is output through the sound output unit 182 when the diagnosis execution command is input.

The selecting unit 145 may be constituted by predetermined input means separately from the operating unit 144, but is not limited thereto.

The operation unit 144 may be configured to perform the role of the selection unit 145 when there is a specific pressing pattern such as being continuously pressed for a predetermined time or repeatedly pressed within a predetermined time, but is not limited thereto.

In the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the input unit 142 is provided with a lock button for performing a key-lock function so that the user can lock the operation unit 144, The freezer temperature setting button for setting the temperature may be provided, but is not limited thereto.

The memory 172 stores product information. As described above, the product information may include accumulated operation information sensed through the sensing unit 190 for a predetermined period of time during operation of the refrigerator 1. [

For example, the product information of a refrigerator may include at least one of a product ID, configuration information, operation information, and error-detecting information.

The setting information may be information input from the user for setting the function of the refrigerator 1. [ For example, the setting information may include a set temperature, whether a function is set, whether various components are included, and the like.

The set temperature may include, but is not limited to, a freezer room set temperature, a freezer room target temperature, a cold room setting temperature or a target room temperature. Whether the function is set may include, but is not limited to, quick freezing, fast freezing, special refrigeration, test mode, air purifying mode or exhibition mode. Whether or not the component is provided may be whether or not the dispenser is provided so that water or ice can be taken out to the refrigerator to be diagnosed, but the present invention is not limited thereto and various embodiments may be provided.

The operation information may be information on the operation state of the refrigerator 1. [ For example, the operation information may include a driving time of a fan or a compressor, a door opening time, a door opening time, various time information, temperature information, and the like.

For example, the driving time of the fan may be the driving time of the refrigerator compartment fan or the refrigerating compartment fan accumulated during the set period. The number of door openings may be the number of door openings of the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment accumulated during the set period. The door opening time may be the opening time of the freezer compartment door or the refrigerator compartment door accumulated during the setting period. The driving time of the fan or the compressor may be the driving time of the refrigerator compartment fan or the freezer compartment fan accumulated during the set period and the cumulative driving time of the compressor during the set period.

The various time information may include time information about how long the product information accumulated in the current memory 172 is accumulated for a certain period of time, the most recently performed freezing room defrosting time and / or the defrosting room defrosting time .

The temperature information may include an average temperature, a maximum temperature and / or a minimum temperature sensed by the freezer temperature sensor, the refrigerating compartment temperature sensor, the outdoor air temperature sensor, the freezer compartment defrost sensor, or the refrigerating compartment defrost sensor during the set period. Operational information may include the most recent freezer defrost cycle before the diagnosis.

The malfunction information may be information regarding whether or not the various components or functions of the refrigerator operate normally. For example, the malfunction information may include information on whether the sensors such as the freezer compartment temperature sensor 192, the refrigerating compartment temperature sensor 191, the outdoor air temperature sensor 199, the freezer compartment defrost sensor or the refrigerating compartment defrost sensor, Information on whether or not the drive apparatus is normally driven, and the like.

The malfunctioning information may include information on whether the water is normally supplied to the ice maker or whether a water pad or an ice pad provided on the dispenser 125 Information on whether or not it is operating, and the like. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

The control unit 160 may control the flow of data input to or output from the refrigerator. The control unit 160 may generate a control command according to the data input from the sensing unit 190. The control unit 160 may perform various functions according to the input of the input unit 142 or may output a control signal to output a result, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The controller 160 may store the management information including the product name of the product that is being stored in the refrigerator or the product to be stored in the refrigerator, the product information including the product type, the storage location of the product, or the storage period of the product.

The control unit 160 may display a plurality of products stored in the storage room on the display unit. The control unit 160 may display the position where the selected product is stored when any one of the plurality of displayed products is selected. The control unit 160 may display the shape of the storage room on the display unit and display the position of the product on the display unit. For example, the control unit 160 may divide the storage room into a plurality of areas in which the product can be stored, and blink the area where the selected product is located. In another embodiment, the control unit 160 may display the storage room model on the display unit and place an icon corresponding to the product in the area where the product stored in the storage room is located.

The memory 172 may store a plurality of recipe information, which is a method of making a plurality of dishes. The recipe information may include products necessary to make a dish.

The control unit 160 can display a plurality of dishes on the display unit. When any one of the plurality of dishes is selected by the user, the controller 160 may display the position of the product required to make the selected dish. The control unit 160 may display the recipe information, which is a method of making the selected dish, on the display unit.

The control unit 160 may display the products necessary for the selected cooking. The control unit 160 can display a product stored in a storage room of a product and an unarchived product separately.

FIG. 4 to FIG. 10 are diagrams illustrating display changes of a display unit of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the controller may receive a product to be stored in the refrigerator. The display unit 300 may display a food addition window 340 for adding a product, but is not limited to the display form. The display unit may display a selection window 310 for selecting whether to add or remove food to the refrigerator and a position setting window 320 for inputting a storage box at a specific position of the storage room.

For example, the selection window 310 may display buttons for food insertion, food deletion, food selection, and food addition. When the user intends to input food into the storage room of the refrigerator, he or she clicks or touches the food addition button 330 of the selection window 310, selects the food to be stored in the refrigerator from the position setting window 320, An icon corresponding to the food can be placed at a position where the food is stored. The location setting window 320 can be displayed as a second area that is distinguished from the first area and the first area that displays the storage room of the refrigerator as a picture and displays products stored in the storage room. In the second area, products can be displayed by frequency or category.

When the type and position of the product to be added to the storage room are input, the refrigerator can store the information in the memory. The refrigerator may then indicate the location of the stored product if the user wishes to. The refrigerator can provide information to the user about the type and location of the product initially input.

5 to 7, the display unit 400 is distinguished from the first area 420 and the first area 420, which display the storage room 410 of the refrigerator, and displays the products stored in the storage room The second area 430 can be displayed.

The display unit 400 may display the storage room 410 by dividing the storage room 410 into a plurality of zones 415 and 417. The display unit 400 displays a storage room 410 divided into a plurality of zones 415 and 417, and can display a zone in which a product desired by the user is stored. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the display unit 400 may blink the area where the product that the user wants to find is stored.

The display unit 400 may display a list of the products stored in the storage room of the refrigerator in the second area 430. The second area 430 displays a plurality of products stored in the storage room, and scrolls up and down to identify a number of products.

The user may select any of a plurality of buttons 440 for a plurality of products displayed in the second area 430. [ For example, the display unit 400 may display a plurality of buttons 440 including the name of the product, and a button that the user touches or clicks may indicate to the user that the button is selected 442. When the user clicks one of the products for which the user wants to know the location and touches or clicks the OK button 450, the first area 420 may blink the location where the selected product is stored, as shown in FIG. have.

When the user clicks a plurality of products to be located and touches or clicks the OK button 450, as shown in FIG. 7, the location where the selected product is stored is blinked, It can be displayed as a character or a picture.

The second region 430 may display the selected product. The second area 430 may display the product that is currently in the storage room.

For example, if the user wishes to grasp the position of the potato and the apple, the first area 420 blinks the position 415 where the potato is stored, and displays the potato as a character or a picture thereon. The location 417 is blinked, and the apples are displayed as a letter or a picture thereon to indicate which products are stored in the respective areas. However, the embodiment in which the product is displayed may vary, so it is not limited to the above embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8, the display unit 400 may display recipe information, which is a method of cooking required by the user. The display unit 400 may display a plurality of buttons corresponding to a plurality of dishes that can be selected by the user.

When the user clicks or touches a button to select any one of the dishes and clicks or touches the OK button, the display unit 400 can display the products required for the selected cooking in the second area 430. The second region 430 may indicate the kind of the required material and its amount, but is not limited thereto.

The display unit 400 may display the positions of the products required for the selected cooking in the first region 420. For example, the position of each product in the storage room may be divided into zones and blinked, and a product stored in each zone may be displayed in letters or pictures, but the display method is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 9, the display unit 400 may display products necessary for cooking selected by the user. The display unit 400 can display the products stored in the storage room and the products 434 that are not stored in the storage room among the products necessary for cooking selected by the user.

For example, the second region 430 may separately display the foodstuff being stored in the storage room and the product 434 not stored in the storage room. The refrigerator may display the unarchived product 434 separately so that the user can easily identify what additional product the user needs.

Referring to FIG. 10, when the user selects one of the plurality of zones, the display unit 400 may display the product stored in the selected zone.

The display unit 400 may display the storage room of the refrigerator into a plurality of areas. The display unit 400 may blink the area where the product is stored among the plurality of areas of the storage room. When the display unit 400 is a touch screen, it is possible to detect whether the user has selected one of the plurality of zones.

When the user selects one of the plurality of zones, the display unit 400 may display a list of the products stored in the selected zone in the second zone 430. When the user selects one of the plurality of zones, the display unit 400 can distinguish the selected zone from the non-selected zone. For example, the selected area of the refrigerator of the refrigerator displayed in the first area 420 may blink.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, a method of operating a refrigerator according to an exemplary embodiment includes inputting at least one product to be added to a storage room (S510), storing a location and a type of at least one product in a memory (S520) (S530). The storage room is divided into a plurality of areas where the product can be stored, and when one of the displayed products is selected (S540), a step S550 of displaying the area where the selected product is located is performed .

The user can input a product to be stored in the storage room of the refrigerator (S510). The refrigerator may include a button or touch screen for inputting the product. The user can input the location of the product in the refrigerator. The refrigerator may store the position of the storage room for storing the product (S520).

The refrigerator may include a display unit for displaying various information. The refrigerator can display the products stored in the storage room with the display unit (S530).

The user can select one or more stored products displayed by the refrigerator (S540). If the user selects one or more products (S540), the refrigerator may display the position of the selected product (S550). For example, the display unit of the refrigerator may divide the storage room of the refrigerator into a plurality of areas, and may display the area where the selected product is stored.

The refrigerator can store recipe information, which is a way of cooking. The refrigerator can display recipe information when the user needs it. The refrigerator may display a plurality of dishes storing the recipe information (S560), so that the user can select the dishes. The user may select a dish to which the recipe information is to be confirmed among the plurality of dishes (S570).

If the user selects cooking, the refrigerator may display the products necessary for cooking (S580). For example, a refrigerator can distinguish between a product stored in a refrigerator and a product stored in a refrigerator among the products required for a selected dish.

The refrigerator can display the recipe information of the dish displayed by the user (S590). The refrigerator can display the type and quantity of products needed for cooking on the display unit, and display the cooking method.

The present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, as all the constituent elements constituting the embodiment of the present invention have been described as being combined or combined in one operation. Within the scope of the present invention, depending on the embodiment, all of the components may operate selectively in combination with one or more.

All of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, but a part or all of the components may be selectively combined to provide a computer having a program module that performs some or all of the functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware May be implemented as a program.

A plurality of codes and code segments constituting a computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As the storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, or the like may be included.

It is to be understood that the terms "comprises", "comprising", or "having" as used in the foregoing description mean that the constituent element can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary, But should be construed as further including other elements.

All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined.

Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but to limit the scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

1: Refrigerator 110: Case
121: Freezer door 122: Refrigerator door
123: Freezer door handle 124: Refrigerator door handle
125: dispenser 140: control panel
141: Display section 142: Input section

Claims (16)

A case including a storage room for storing the product at a low temperature therein;
A memory for storing information including a position and a type of a product stored in the storage room;
A display unit for displaying a plurality of products stored in the storage room and dividing the storage room into a plurality of areas for storing the product when the user selects one of the plurality of products; Lt; / RTI >
The display unit may include a first area for displaying the storage room as an image,
A second area that is distinguished from the first area and displays a product stored in the storage room,
And displays the products stored in the storage room in the second area by frequency or category. The method according to claim 1,
The memory stores a plurality of recipe information which is a method of making a plurality of dishes,
The recipe information includes a product necessary for making the dish. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the display unit displays the plurality of dishes,
When any one of the plurality of dishes is selected,
And displaying the position of the product necessary for making the selected dish. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the display unit displays recipe information of the selected dish. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the refrigerator is a refrigerator which displays products other than the products stored in the storage room among the products necessary for making the selected dish. delete The method according to claim 1,
When the product displayed in the second area is selected,
And flashes an area where the selected product of the storage room displayed in the first area is located. 8. The method of claim 7,
In the area where the selected product is located,
And displays an icon corresponding to the selected product. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the display unit divides the storage room into a plurality of zones,
When any one of the plurality of zones is selected,
Wherein the second area displays a product disposed in a selected area. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein each of the areas where the storage room is divided corresponds to the inner shape of the case. Inputting one or more products to be added to the storage room;
Storing the location and type of the one or more products in a memory;
Displaying the one or more products;
Dividing the storage room into a plurality of areas where the product can be stored and displaying the one or more products in a second area of the display area;
Displaying the products displayed in the second area by frequency or category; And
And displaying the zone in which the selected product is located if any of the displayed products is selected in the second zone. 12. The method of claim 11,
The memory stores a plurality of recipe information which is a method of making a plurality of dishes,
And displaying the plurality of dishes. 13. The method of claim 12,
When any one of the plurality of dishes is selected,
And displaying a product required to make the selected dish. 14. The method of claim 13,
In the step of displaying the necessary product,
And displaying a product other than a product stored in the storage room among the products necessary for making the selected dish. 14. The method of claim 13,
In the step of displaying the products necessary for making the dish,
And blinks the area where the product is located in the storage room. 14. The method of claim 13,
And displaying recipe information that is a method of making the selected dish.

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