Patent ID: 11906240
Assignee: BSH HAUSGERäTE GMBH
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F

Claim 20:
21. A method for operating a refrigerator, the refrigerator including a refrigerator body formed with a receiving chamber, a drawer movably received in the receiving chamber, the drawer being at a first location when the drawer is closed and being movable to a second location that is spaced from the first location, a first sensor mounted to move with the drawer or being fixed to a wall of the receiving chamber, the first sensor configured to detect whether the drawer reaches the second location that is spaced from the first location, a second sensor configured to detect whether the drawer is at the first location, a trigger cooperating with the first sensor and the second sensor, and a control unit, the method which comprises:
determining, with the control unit, a direction in which the drawer is being moved to the second location based on feedback of the first sensor and the second sensor;
controlling, with the control unit, a power-consuming function component, which is associated with the drawer, based on a detection result of the first sensor;
wherein after receiving, from the second sensor, a signal indicating that the drawer leaves the first location, when receiving, from the first sensor for an even number of times, a signal indicating that the drawer reaches the second location, the control unit determining that the drawer is moved to the second location along a direction in which the drawer is closed;
wherein the second location is located between the first location and a third location, and the drawer is in a maximum open state at the third location.