Refrigerator having user avatar display function
US7925976B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2700/08
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A refrigerator is provided having a user avatar display function which can store avatars of each user, identify users, and display the avatars corresponding to the identified users. The refrigerator includes a photographing device that photographs images of users, a storing device that stores user information for identifying the users and avatar information having avatars corresponding to the users and/or user information, a display that displays the avatars, and a controller that reads the user information, compares the user information with the images of the users photographed by the photographing device, reads the avatar information according to the comparison result, and displays the avatars of the users included in the read avatar information on the display.
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