US 11,898,788 B2
Refrigerator
Kyoung Ae Lim, Seoul (KR); Yoo Lim Baek, Seoul (KR); Mi A Oh, Seongnam-si (KR); Sae Mi Kim, Goyang-si (KR); Da Hey Yoo, Seoul (KR); Kyung Hoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Tae Hyoung Cho, Seoul (KR); Jung Hwi Eun, Suwon-si (KR); Ye Kyung Yoo, Seoul (KR); Mun Keun Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Young Bin Jung, Gwacheon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/542,708.
Application 17/542,708 is a continuation of application No. 17/329,886, filed on May 25, 2021, granted, now 11,215,392.
Application 17/329,886 is a continuation of application No. 16/406,727, filed on May 8, 2019, granted, now 11,112,164, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 16/406,727 is a continuation of application No. 15/516,574, granted, now 10,436,498, issued on Oct. 8, 2019, previously published as PCT/KR2016/009390, filed on Aug. 24, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0124702 (KR), filed on Sep. 3, 2015; and application No. 10-2015-0184542 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0090845 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 29/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 29/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 2400/361 (2013.01); F25D 2500/06 (2013.01); F25D 2600/02 (2013.01); F25D 2700/02 (2013.01); F25D 2700/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a proximity sensor;
a display;
a microphone;
a main body including at least one or more chambers;
at least one chamber door including the proximity sensor, the display and the microphone, and coupled to the main body via a hinge; and
at least one processor configured to:
based on a first predetermined condition being detected by the proximity sensor while the refrigerator is in a voice recognition deactivation state, control the display to display a first image indicating a voice recognition preparation step of a voice recognition activation state,
based on a first voice command being received by the microphone while the refrigerator is in the voice recognition activation state and the first image being displayed, control the display to display a second image indicating a voice processing step of the voice recognition activation state, and
perform a function associated with the first voice command,
wherein the first image comprises a first animation indicating that the first voice command is currently being input, and the second image comprises a second animation indicating that the first voice command is currently being processed.