Refrigerator and ice making method thereof
AssigneeHisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
InventorsXiaofen Long, Huimin Yao, Yuhua Guo, Yubo Lu
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Abstract
A refrigerator is provided and includes a refrigerator body, a door body, an ice making apparatus and a controller. The refrigerator body includes a storage compartment. The door body is pivotally connected to the refrigerator body to open or close the storage compartment. The ice making apparatus includes a plurality of ice makers. The controller is configured to control at least one of the plurality of ice makers to make ice according to an ice making request.
Claims18
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a refrigerator body including a storage compartment;
- a door body pivotally connected with the refrigerator body to open or close the storage compartment;
- an ice making apparatus including a plurality of ice makers;
- and
- a controller configured to control at least one of the plurality of ice makers to make ice according to an ice making request;
- wherein
- the plurality of ice makers include a first ice maker and a second ice maker, and the ice making request includes:
- an ice making request for the first ice maker and the second ice maker to cause the controller to turn on the first ice maker and the second ice maker;
- and
- after the first ice maker and the second ice maker are turned on, the controller is further configured to:
- determine a first water injection amount of the first ice maker and a second water injection amount of the second ice maker according to a preset ice making amount;
- obtain a first water injection time of the first ice maker;
- calculate a second water injection time of the second ice maker based on the first water injection amount, the second water injection amount and the first water injection time;
- and
- control water injection of the second ice maker according to the second water injection time.
An ice making method of a refrigerator, the refrigerator comprising an ice making apparatus and a controller, the ice making apparatus including a plurality of ice makers, and the ice making method of the refrigerator comprising:
- obtaining an ice making request;
- and
- controlling at least one of the plurality of ice makers to make ice according to the ice making request;
- wherein
- the plurality of ice makers include a first ice maker and a second ice maker, and the ice making request includes:
- an ice making request for the first ice maker and the second ice maker to cause the controller to turn on the first ice maker and the second ice maker;
- wherein after the first ice maker and the second ice maker are turned on, the ice making method of the refrigerator further comprises:
- determining a first water injection amount of the first ice maker and a second water injection amount of the second ice maker according to a preset ice making amount;
- obtaining a first water injection time of the first ice maker;
- calculating a second water injection time of the second ice maker based on the first water injection amount, the second water injection amount and the first water injection time;
- and
- controlling water injection of the second ice maker according to the second water injection time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.