ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,332, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Home appliance and refrigerator" was invented by Yoonjung Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Heekyung Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Yongbeom Ma (Seoul, South Korea) and Kunwoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A home appliance includes a cabinet having a space, a door configured to open and close the space and including a light source, an illuminance sensor provided in the cabinet or the door and configured to detect illuminance, a user detection sensor provided in the cabinet or the door and configured to detect user proximity, and a control...