Refrigerator and method for controlling the same

摘要

The present invention relates to refrigerators, and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a body, a door rotatably coupled to the body, a storage space in the body for storing goods therein, a camera unit mounted in the storage space for sensing an infrared ray from the stored goods to visualize a surface temperature distribution of the stored goods, a memory unit for storing the surface temperature distribution of the stored goods visualized thus by the camera unit therein, and a control unit for determining whether the stored goods are damaged or not with reference to a difference of the surface temperature distributions of the stored goods stored in the memory unit.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a body; a door rotatably coupled to the body; a storage space in the body in which goods are stored therein; a camera mounted in the storage space to sense an infrared ray from the stored goods to visualize a surface temperature distribution of the stored goods; a memory to store the surface temperature distribution of the stored goods visualized by the camera therein; a display disposed on an outside of the door to make the surface temperature distribution of the stored goods visualized by the camera to be an image and displaying the image to a user; a heat source that supplies heat to the stored goods; and a control to determine whether the stored goods are damaged or not with reference to a difference between the present surface temperature distributions and the prior surface temperature distributions of the stored goods stored in the memory, wherein the camera senses an infrared ray from the stored goods having the heat applied thereto from the heat source, and wherein the display informs the user whether the stored goods are damaged or not determined by the control.