20120045540 | Fermented food refrigerator and control method thereof - A control method includes measuring acidity of a fermented food and judging a ripening degree of the fermented food according to the measured acidity, determining whether or not measurement of salinity of the fermented food is performed through the judged ripening degree, and measuring salinity of the fermented food, and adjusting a storage temperature of the fermented food by lowering the storage temperature, if the measured salinity is higher than reference salinity, and raising the storage temperature, if the measured salinity is lower than the reference salinity. The storage temperature of the fermented food is set according to the measured ripening degree or salinity of the fermented food, and thus the storage temperature is set to the optimum temperature proper for the current state of the fermented food. | 02-23-2012 |
20130067937 | INDICATING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a refrigerator capable of varying a storage condition for food in accordance with a state of the food, thereby storing the food in a fresher state for a prolonged period of time. The refrigerator includes an indicating device to measure a state of food. The indicating device is provided to be portable, separately from a refrigerator body. The indicating device includes a measurement terminal, which come into contact with food, only when contact is needed. The refrigerator also includes an input unit to receive data about a state of food, a determination unit to determine a storage condition for the food, based on the input food state data, and a controller to control driving of the cooling device, based on the determined food storage condition. The indicating device includes a measurement unit to obtain food state data, and a display to display the food state data. | 03-21-2013 |