Patent ID: 8640471

Claim:
A control method for a refrigerator including a compressor, a fridge evaporator and a freezer evaporator connected in parallel to an outlet of the compressor, and a valve member selectively opening and closing a refrigerant passage to allow refrigerants to flow to any one side of the fridge evaporator and the freezer evaporator, the method comprising: actuating the compressor; opening a refrigerant passage at the fridge evaporator by operating the valve member at the same time when or just after the compressor is actuated; determining an operation time of a freezer fan as a function of a fridge valve opening time of a previous cooling cycle; at the same time when or just after the refrigerant passage at the fridge evaporator is opened, controlling the freezer fan to actuate and operate for the determined operation time of the freezer fan; and actuating the fridge fan at a predetermined time after an opening time of the refrigerant passage at the fridge evaporator.