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US 2026/0029133 A1Published application
Appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsChan-Yong YEO, Wanglim LEE, Janghoon KIM, Myeongsu SHIN
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an appliance having an input switch that receives a knock input at the front of a main body, and a transmitting member connecting to the input switch that transfers vibration caused by the knock to a sensor disposed at the rear of the main body.
Claims20
An appliance comprising:
- a main body having an accommodation space with an access opening;
- a lamp installed on the main body and configured to illuminate the accommodation space;
- a door configured to open and close the accommodation space, the door including a transparent viewing window configured to make viewable the accommodation space when the lamp is turned on;
- a first sensing module installed on the main body and configured to detect a user's knock on applied to a front surface of the door;
- and
- a controller configured to determine the user's knock and control an operation of the lamp,
- wherein the first sensing module comprises:
- an input switch contacts with a rear surface of the door and configured to receive vibration that caused by the user's knock;
- a sensor installed at a position that spaced apart from the input switch and configured to detect the vibration;
- and
- a transmitting member disposed between the input switch and the sensor and configured to transmit the vibration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.