US Patent Application 18209602. REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME simplified abstract

REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Inventors

Daewhan Kim of Suwon-si (KR)

Kookjeong Seo of Suwon-si (KR)

Wonjae Yoon of Suwon-si (KR)

REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A simplified explanation of the abstract

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18209602 Titled 'REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes a refrigerator and a method of controlling it. The refrigerator has a main body with a storage compartment and a door to open and close the compartment. It also includes a beverage provider, which can be placed on the main body or the door. The beverage provider has a water supplying unit, a storage to store the supplied water, a filter inside the storage that can hold beverage powder, and a sensor to measure the concentration of the beverage produced by mixing the powder with water. The refrigerator also has a processor that can determine the concentration of the beverage based on the sensor readings and adjust the amount of water supplied by the water supplying unit accordingly.

Original Abstract Submitted

A refrigerator and a method of controlling the same, the refrigerator including: a main body including a storage compartment; a door to open and close the storage compartment; and a beverage provider arrangeable with respect to the main body or the door. The beverage provider including: a water supplying unit; a storage to store water supplied by the water supplying unit; a filter, arrangeable inside the storage, and accommodate beverage powder so that ingredients from the beverage powder accommodated in filter are leached into the water; a sensor to obtain information related to a concentration of a beverage produced to contain the ingredients of the beverage powder in the water; and a processor configured to identify the concentration of the beverage based on the obtained information, and control the water supplying unit to supply the water in an amount which is adjusted based on the identified concentration.