Refrigerator having user avatar display function

A refrigerator having a user avatar display function, the refrigerator comprising:

• a storage device that stores avatar information including a plurality of avatars corresponding to a plurality of users;
• a display that displays the avatars;
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• a controller that reads and selectively displays one of the stored plurality of avatars on the display that corresponds to a current user currently accessing the refrigerator, wherein the controller modifies features of the avatar corresponding to the current user based on additional user-related information and displays the modified avatar on the display when the avatar is modified, wherein the controller automatically modifies characteristics of the avatar corresponding to the current user to generate the modified avatar, and wherein the modified characteristics provide an indication to the current user of an effect on the current user of the additional user-related information.

A refrigerator having a user avatar display function, the refrigerator comprising:

• a photographing device that photographs images of users for storage and an image of a current user currently accessing the refrigerator, wherein the images comprise at least one of iris images, fingerprint images, or body shapes;
• a storage device that stores user information for identifying the users based on the images photographed by the photographing device and avatar information having avatars corresponding to at least one of the users or user information;
• a display that displays the avatars;
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• a controller that reads and compares the user information with the images of the users photographed by the photographing device to identify the current user, reads the avatar information corresponding to the identified current user, automatically modifies features of the avatar corresponding to the current user based on additionally read user-related information, wherein the modified features provide an indication to the current user of an effect on the current user of the additionally read user-related information, and displays the modified avatar on the display when the avatar is modified.