REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

摘要

Provided are a refrigerator and a control method thereof, capable of counting opening and closing times of a door of the refrigerator and analyzing the pattern to perform defrosting at a time when a user less frequently uses the refrigerator. To this end, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator includes: an evaporator; a defrosting heater installed near the evaporator; an input unit arranged to set a learning defrost function of the defrosting heater; a door opening and closing sensor sensing an opening and closing of the door of the refrigerator when setting the learning defrost function by the input unit; a memory storing sensed data about the opening and closing of the door; and a control unit counting the opening and closing times of the door based on the stored data, analyzing the pattern, determining a time to defrost based on the analysis, and controlling the defrosting heater.