US 2026/0071809 A1Published application

Refrigerator and method for controlling the same

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsChanyoung PARK, Hyunuk PARK, Duckjin SUNG, Taein EOM, Jaewan HONG

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Abstract

The disclosure relates to a refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes: a main body having a storage compartment; a door; a door moving device including a motor, a door pusher to open the door using power generated by the motor, and a door link to close the door using power generated by the motor; an angle sensor configured to detect angles of the door that indicate positions of the door and output angle information about the detected angles; and a controller configured to: recognize a state of the door based on the angle information, in response to the state of the door being recognized, recognize angle change information based on the angle information, generate a closing trigger signal based on the recognized angle change information, and control the door moving device based on the generated closing trigger signal to close the door.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A refrigerator, comprising:

a main body having a storage compartment;
a door configured to move in a first direction to open the storage compartment, and move in a second direction to close the storage compartment;
a door moving device including
a motor to generate power,
a door pusher configured to apply a repulsive force to the door to open the door using the power generated by the motor, and
a door link configured to apply an attractive force to the door to close the door using the power generated by the motor;
an angle sensor configured to detect angles of the door that indicate positions of the door, and output angle information about the detected angles;
and
a controller configured to:
recognize a state of the door based on the angle information,
in response to the state of the door being recognized as moving in the second direction, recognize angle change information of the door based on the angle information,
generate a closing trigger signal based on the recognized angle change information of the door, and
control the door moving device based on the generated closing trigger signal so that the door link applies the attractive force to the door to close the door using the power generated by the motor.

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A method for controlling a refrigerator that includes a main body having a storage compartment, a door configured to move in a first direction to open the storage compartment and move in a second direction to close the storage compartment, a door moving device that includes a motor to generate power, a door pusher configured to apply a repulsive force to the door to open the door using the power generated by the motor, and a door link configured to apply an attractive force to the door to close the door using the power generated by the motor, and an angle sensor configured to detect angles of the door that indicate positions of the door and output angle information about the detected angles, comprising:

recognizing a state of a door based on the angle information;
in response to the state of the door being recognized as moving in the second direction, recognizing angle change information of the door based on the angle information;
generating a closing trigger signal based on the recognized angle change information of the door;
and
controlling the door moving device based on the generated closing trigger signal so that the door link applies the attractive force to the door to close the door using the power generated by the motor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.