REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING A TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME

• US 20160239179A1
• Filed: 04/29/2016
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Ji Hea, Hwang, Jung Ah, Eun, You Sook
• Granted Patent: US 10,055,117 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/361 Interactive visual displays
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2500/06 Stock management
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2700/08 Sensors using Radio Frequency Identification [RFID]
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 29/00 Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator including a terminal and to a method for controlling same, and particularly, to a refrigerator including a terminal and to a method for controlling same which can visually provide necessary information to a user. To achieve this aim, the present invention provides a refrigerator including a terminal, comprising: a display module provided on the refrigerator; a communication unit communicating with the outside; and a control unit performing control to display various information on the display module.

Claims

1. A refrigerator comprising a terminal, the terminal comprising:

a display module provided in the refrigerator to display actual power consumption or actual electric charge at a current electric power consumer, reference power consumption or reference electric charge provided from an outside and the result of comparison between them;

a communication part to receive the reference power consumption or reference electric charge provided from the outside;

a controller connected with the display module and the communication part, to control a data value to be displayed on the display module by comparing the actual power consumption or actual electric charge at the current electric power consumer with the reference power consumption or reference electric charge control and to control the result of the comparison to be displayed on the display module via different colors.