REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a timer for measuring an interval of one hour after power is supplied to the refrigerator, a door opening/closing sensor for sensing opening and closing of a door, a storage unit for storing information whether door is opened in a sector defined as one hour by the timer and at least 7 sector units each having 24 consecutive sectors, and a control unit for predicting a refrigerator use pattern in 24 sectors by overlapping 7 sector units, performing a normal operation mode to maintain a storage compartment at a first desired temperature in a sector in which door opening is predicted, and performing a power-saving operation mode to maintain the storage compartment at a second desired temperature higher than the first desired temperature in a sector in which door opening is not predicted.

主权项

1. A method for controlling a refrigerator comprising:
measuring by a timer a plurality of time unit intervals; sensing a door opening/closing by a door/closing sensor; storing in a storage unit information corresponding to a number of door opening/closing for each time unit interval during the plurality of time unit intervals measured by the timer; and dividing by a control unit the stored information into a plurality of units and combining the plurality of units into one unit by overlapping the plurality of units, wherein a time zone in which door opening/closing does not occur is determined by the control unit by checking the time unit intervals in the one unit, and a controlling the refrigerator temperature is maintained higher than a temperature set by a user in the time zone in which door opening/closing does not occur.