US 12,135,164 B2
Indication device for a refrigerator and refrigerator
Dawei Mi, Nanjing (CN); Rong Zeng, Nanjing (CN); and Chenli Hu, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,942.
Claims priority of application No. 202122812192.4 (CN), filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152034 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 27/00 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 27/005 (2013.01) [F25D 25/025 (2013.01); F25D 2327/001 (2013.01); F25D 2400/36 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indication device for a refrigerator, the indication device comprising:
an indicator light;
a first detection unit configured to detect an object activity situation around the refrigerator;
a second detection unit configured to detect an open/closed state of at least one door body of the refrigerator; and
a processor communicatively connected to said first detection unit, said second detection unit and said indicator light, said processor configured to control said indicator light to indicate a first state or a second state according to detection results of said first detection unit and said second detection unit, said first state being different than said second state.