Refrigerator and controlling method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKitae Park
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Abstract
A refrigerator and a controlling method thereof are provided. The refrigerator includes a main body including first and second doors, a first motor for opening the first door and a second motor for opening the second door, and a processor configured to, based on a user command for opening the door being obtained, start driving the first motor to open the first door, and after a first time from the time when the first motor has started being driven, start driving the second motor to open the second door.
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body comprising a first door and a second door;
- a first motor for opening the first door and a second motor for opening the second door;
- memory storing one or more computer programs;
- and
- one or more processors communicatively coupled to the first motor, the second motor, and the memory
- wherein the memory store one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the refrigerator to:
- based on a user command for opening the first door and the second door being obtained, start driving the first motor to open the first door, and
- after a first time from the time when the first motor has started being driven and while first motor continues to be driven, start driving the second motor to open the second door, and
- wherein the first time is a time during which a magnitude of an inrush current applied to the first motor by starting the driving of the first motor becomes a value less than a threshold value.
A method for controlling a refrigerator comprising a main body comprising a first door and a second door, a first motor for opening the first door and a second motor for opening the second door, the method comprising:
- based on a user command for opening the first door and the second door being obtained, starting, by the refrigerator, driving the first motor to open the first door;
- and
- after a first time from the time when the first motor has started being driven and while first motor continues to be driven, starting, by the refrigerator, driving the second motor to open the second door,
- wherein the first time is a time during which a magnitude of an inrush current applied to the first motor by starting the driving of the first motor becomes a value less than a threshold value.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a refrigerator comprising a main body comprising a first door and a second door, a first motor for opening the first door and a second motor for opening the second door, the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the refrigerator to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- based on a user command for opening the first door and the second door being obtained, starting, by the refrigerator, driving the first motor to open the first door;
- and
- after a first time from the time when the first motor has started being driven and while first motor continues to be driven, starting, by the refrigerator, driving the second motor to open the second door,
- wherein the first time is a time during which a magnitude of an inrush current applied to the first motor by starting the driving of the first motor becomes a value less than a threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.