Refrigerator with interactive display and control method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJaeyoung Lee, Seungcheol Baek, Jeonghwa Yang, Eunjung Suh, Eungyeong Gwon
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body defining a storage compartment that is divided into a plurality of storage sections, and a door coupled to the main body to selectively open or close the storage compartment. The door includes a door glass having at least one transparent display area, and a door frame surrounding one or more edges of the door glass and configured to protect the door glass. The transparent display area is configured to display, based on being touched by a user, information on food stored in one or more of the plurality of storage sections that corresponds to the touched transparent display area.
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body defining a storage compartment, the storage compartment being divided into a plurality of storage sections;
- and
- a door coupled to the main body and configured to selectively open or close the storage compartment;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the refrigerator,
- wherein the door comprises:
- a display panel having at least one display area, and
- a door frame that surrounds one or more edges of the display panel and is configured to protect the display panel,
- wherein the at least one display area is configured to display, based on being touched by a user, information on food stored in one or more of the plurality of storage sections,
- wherein the control unit is further configured to:
- recognize a first type of touch input as an instruction for checking food information based on the first type of touch input being received on the display panel,
- display the food information according to the first type of touch input,
- recognize a second type of touch input as an instruction for inputting specific food information based on the second type of touch input being received on the display panel within a period of time after the first type of touch input, and
- display a food information image on a display area according to the second type of touch input.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body defining a storage compartment that is configured to store food and divided into a plurality of storage sections;
- and
- a door coupled to the main body and configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage compartment, the door comprising a door panel configured to switch between a first state and a second state different from the first state,
- wherein the door panel is configured to:
- switch from the first state to the second state in response to a first input,
- based on the door panel being in the second state and in response to a second input that is generated based on a user touching an area of the door panel within a period of time after the first input, display information about the food stored in one or more of the plurality of storage sections, and
- based on the second input not being received within the period of time after the first input, switch from the second state to the first state after the first input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.