US 11,940,208 B2
Refrigerator, method for controlling the refrigerator, home appliance, control system of the home appliance
Yoonjung Hong, Seoul (KR); Kunwoo Lee, Seoul (KR); Heekyung Kang, Seoul (KR); and Yongbeom Ma, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,128.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0184114 (KR), filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194157 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 27/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01)
CPC F25D 27/005 (2013.01) [F25D 23/028 (2013.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01); F25D 2327/001 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space;
a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space, the door comprising a light source and a front plate configured to transmit light emitted from the light source;
an output interface disposed at the cabinet or the door and configured to output sound; and
a controller configured to:
receive, from a remote device, a specific color of the door matching a specific event, the remote device being configured to set or change the specific color matching the specific event,
store, in a non-transitory memory, the specific color that is set or changed by the remote device,
control the light source to emit the specific color based on an occurrence of the specific event,
receive a music playback command from the remote device, and
in response to receiving the music playback command from the remote device, play music through the output interface and control the light source based on the music played through the output interface,
wherein the storage space includes a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment,
wherein the door comprises:
a first door configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment, and
a second door configured to open and close the freezing compartment, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the first door and the second door to glow with different colors from each other or to change the colors of the first and second doors, respectively.