Patent ID: 11913705
Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 10:
11. A non-transitory storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, enable the processor to implement acts to control operation of a refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator includes an ice making evaporator, an ice making circuit coupled to the ice making evaporator, a system evaporator, and a refrigerating circuit coupled to the system evaporator, and the acts comprising:
determining whether the refrigerator is in a target control period after defrosting;
determining whether the ice making evaporator requests refrigerant;
determining whether the system evaporator requests refrigerant; and
in response to determining that the refrigerator is in the target control period after defrosting, and:
controlling a control valve to flow refrigerant to the ice making circuit no matter whether the system evaporator requests refrigerant or not;

in response to determining that the refrigerator is not in the target control period after defrosting:
(a) in response to determining that the ice making evaporator requests refrigerant and the system evaporator requests refrigerant, controlling the control valve to flow refrigerant to the refrigerating circuit and to the ice making circuit;
(b) in response to determining that the ice making evaporator requests refrigerant and the system evaporator does not request refrigerant, controlling the control valve to connect to the ice making circuit;
(c) in response to determining that the ice making evaporator does not request refrigerant and the system evaporator requests refrigerant, controlling the control valve to connect to the refrigerating circuit; and
(d) in response to determining that the ice making evaporator does not request refrigerant and the system evaporator does not request refrigerant, controlling the control valve to keep a current direction unchanged.