Refrigerator and energy-saving control method and apparatus therefor

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements acts comprising:

• detecting and determining that an ice storage bin of an ice machine in a refrigerator is full of ices;
• controlling the ice machine to stop making ices, and obtaining a state of at least one of an ice discharge motor and a position switch for the ice storage bin, the ice discharge motor configured to discharge ices to a user of the refrigerator;
• and
• determining that an ice-detection-with-heating action is required for the ice machine according to the state of the ice discharge motor, including:
• determining that the ice discharge motor acts;
• acquiring a time period during which the ice discharge motor acts and a quantity of actions of the ice discharge motor within a preset time period;
• and
• determining that the ice-detection-with-heating action is required for the ice machine based on at least one of the time period during which the ice discharge motor acts or the quantity of actions of the ice discharge motor within the preset time period meets a respective threshold.

A refrigerator comprising an ice machine and an energy-saving control apparatus, the ice machine including an ice discharge motor, an ice storage bin and a position switch for the ice storage bin, the ice discharge motor configured to discharge ices to a user of the refrigerator, and the energy-saving control apparatus including a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor enable the processor to implement modules including:

• a detecting module, configured to detect and determine that the ice storage bin is full of ices;
• an acquiring module, configured to control the ice machine to stop making ices in response to that the ice storage bin is full of ices, and to acquire a state of at least one of the ice discharge motor and the position switch for the ice storage bin;
• and
• a determining module, configured to determine that an ice-detection-with-heating action is required for the ice machine based on the state of the ice discharge motor, including:
• determining that the ice discharge motor acts;
• acquiring a time period during which the ice discharge motor acts and a quantity of actions of the ice discharge motor within a preset time period;
• and
• determining that the ice-detection-with-heating action is required for the ice machine based on at least one of the time period during which the ice discharge motor acts or the quantity of actions of the ice discharge motor within the preset time period meets a respective threshold.