Patent ID: 8646285

Claim:
A control apparatus for taking out ice of a refrigerator comprising: an input unit for inputting the amount of ice to be taken out; a taking-out unit for taking out the ice corresponding to the amount input to the input unit; a display unit for displaying the amount of ice to be taken out, which is input through the input unit; and an ice-making unit for making and storing ice after receiving water, and for detecting the stored amount of ice, wherein the input unit comprises: a taking-out amount setting button for setting the amount of ice to be taken out; and a taking-out time duration setting button for setting the time duration for taking out the ice, wherein the taking-out unit comprises: an output unit for outputting the ice to a withdrawal opening formed at the outer surface of the refrigerator body; and a sensing unit for sensing the amount of ice passing through the output unit, and wherein the amount of ice to be taken out is input through the taking-out amount setting button by the user, and then the input amount and time duration for taking out the ice and the amount of ice taken out is displayed through the display unit, wherein the ice-making unit comprises: an ice maker for making ice from water by cool air and separating the ice; an ice storing unit for storing the ice separated from the ice maker; and an ice moving unit for moving the separated ice to the ice storing unit, wherein the ice moving unit comprises a pair of detecting sensors disposed on the wall of the ice moving unit to face each other, wherein the detecting sensors comprise a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit, and the detecting sensors count a number of separated ice which pass through the ice moving unit from the ice maker to the ice storing unit, and wherein the ice storing unit comprises a plurality of level sensors disposed on a wall of the ice storing unit to face each other, so as to transmit/receive infrared signals to each other, and the level sensors measure the amount of ice stored in the ice storing unit.