ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,863, issued on July 15, was assigned to SHENYANG HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Liaoning, China), QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Control method for refrigerator, and computer storage medium" was invented by Zhanpeng Cui (Shandong, China), Jiaming Li (Shandong, China), Lisheng Ji (Shandong, China) and Peng Lyu (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for a refrigerator and a computer storage medium are provided. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body defining a first chamber and a door body that comprises a main door defining a secon...