Power-off state display apparatus of refrigerator and method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorDong-Kug Yu
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method is provided for displaying a power-off state of a refrigerator having plural chambers. When a user turns off at least one of the plurality of chambers of the refrigerator, a power-off state display apparatus of the refrigerator displays “OFF” characters on a display unit, thus confirming that a particular chamber has been turned off. The power-off state display apparatus includes a signal generating unit for generating a power-off signal when a user turns off at least one of the plurality of chambers, and a display unit for displaying the power-off state after receiving the power-off signal.
Claims21
A power-off state display apparatus for a refrigerator, comprising:
- a signal generating unit configured to generate a power-off signal at least one of a plurality of chambers of the refrigerator is turned off;
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- a display unit configured to receive the power off signal and to display a corresponding power-off state indicator.
A power-off state display apparatus for a refrigerator, comprising:
- a signal generating unit for generating a power-off signal to display a power-off state of a pertinent chamber of the refrigerator when a user turns off power of at least one of a plurality of chambers installed in the refrigerator;
- a control unit for outputting the power-off signal or a control signal to display a preset kimchi fermentation time;
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- a display unit for displaying a power-off state by receiving the power-off signal, or for displaying the preset kimchi fermentation time by receiving the control signal.
A power-off state display method of a refrigerator, comprising:
- generating a power-off signal to display a power-off state indicator of a pertinent chamber of the refrigerator when power of at least one of a plurality of chambers of refrigerator is off;
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- displaying the power-off state indicator of a display unit after receiving the power-off signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.