US 12,359,869 B2
Refrigerator and method for controlling same
Kyunghun Cha, Seoul (KR); Namsoo Cho, Seoul (KR); Sunam Chae, Seoul (KR); and Jaewon Eom, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/036,267
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Nov. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/016358
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/103154, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0149427 (KR), filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408186 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 29/005 (2013.01) [F25D 2600/02 (2013.01); F25D 2700/121 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet providing a storage space;
a cooler configured to cool the storage space;
a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the storage space at a set time interval; and
a controller configured to control the cooler,
wherein:
the controller is configured to adjust an output of the cooler based on at least one of a first value that is a difference between a previous temperature of the storage space and a current temperature of the storage space, and a second value that is a difference value-between a set temperature and the current temperature of the storage space, and
the controller is configured to adjust the set time interval based on at least one of the first value or the second value.