Patent ID: 11859901
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 15:
16. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet defining a storage space;
a door configured to open and close the storage space,
wherein the door comprises:
a panel assembly defining a front surface of the door,
a first display positioned at the panel assembly, the first display being transparent for a user to see an inside of the refrigerator from an outside of the panel assembly, and
a second display being spaced apart from the first display, and

wherein the panel assembly comprises:
a see-through part disposed at a position corresponding to the first display and a door liner opening, the see-through part being configured to permit the inside of the refrigerator to be visible through the first display and the door liner opening, and
a transmission part disposed at a position corresponding to the second display and configured to transmit light of the second display; and

a control system configured to:
operate the first display to display a operating state of the refrigerator,
control the first display to permit an inside of the refrigerator to be visible through the see-through part, and
based on turning off the first display, turn on the second display to transmit light from the second display through the transmission part,

wherein the transmission part is arranged apart from the see-through part and extends along a side of the see-through part, and
wherein the second display includes a plurality of LEDs linearly arranged along a longitudinal direction of the transmission part, all of the plurality of LEDs being disposed within the transmission part.