A refrigerator for supplying a proper amount of water and a control method thereof. The refrigerator is optimally operated in ice-making and ice-separating modes based on the amount of water supplied for making ice cubes, and a control method thereof. The method includes the steps of (a) determining
A refrigerator for supplying a proper amount of water and a control method thereof. The refrigerator is optimally operated in ice-making and ice-separating modes based on the amount of water supplied for making ice cubes, and a control method thereof. The method includes the steps of (a) determining whether or not a proper amount of water is supplied to an ice cube tray in an earlier water supply mode; (b) maintaining the amount of the supplied water in the earlier water supply mode to the amount of the supplied water in a present water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode, and resetting the amount of the supplied water in the present water supply mode by increasing the amount of the supplied water in the earlier water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode; and (c) supplying the water according to the amount of the supplied water in the present water supply mode.
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1. A method for controlling a refrigerator comprising the steps of:(a) determining whether or not a proper amount of water is supplied to an ice cube tray in an earlier water supply mode;(b) maintaining the amount of the supplied water in the earlier water supply mode to the amount of the supplied w
1. A method for controlling a refrigerator comprising the steps of:(a) determining whether or not a proper amount of water is supplied to an ice cube tray in an earlier water supply mode;(b) maintaining the amount of the supplied water in the earlier water supply mode to the amount of the supplied water in a present water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode, and resetting the amount of the supplied water in the present water supply mode by increasing the amount of the supplied water in the earlier water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode; and(c) supplying the water according to the amount of the supplied water in the present water supply mode.2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the supplied water is less than the proper amount in case that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode, and the increase of the amount of the supplied water increases a predetermined water supply frequency.3. The method according to claim 2, wherein whether or not the supplied water is less than the proper amount is determined by whether or not the water supply is recognized in the water supply mode.4. The method according to claim 3, wherein whether or not the water supply is recognized in the water supply mode is determined by whether or not a difference between temperatures of the ice cube tray at the starting of each water supply and after a designated time from the starting of the water supply is larger than a predetermined value.5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the water supply frequency is at least one, and the water supply time of each water supply frequency is differently set.6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the water supply frequency is set to be less than a designated value.7. A method for controlling a refrigerator comprising the steps of:(a) determining whether or not a proper amount of water is supplied to an ice cube tray in an earlier water supply mode;(b) maintaining the frequency of the supplied water in the earlier water supply mode to the frequency of the supplied water in a present water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode, and resetting the frequency of the supplied water in the present water supply mode by increasing the frequency of the supplied water in the earlier water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode; and(c) supplying the water according to the frequency of the supplied water in the present water supply mode.8. The method according to claim 7, wherein whether or not the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray is determined by whether or not the water supply is recognized in the water supply mode.9. The method according to claim 8, wherein it is determined that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in case that the water supply is not recognized in the water supply mode.10. The method according to claim 8, wherein whether or not the water supply is recognized in the water supply mode is determined by whether or not a difference between temperatures of the ice cube tray at the starting of each water supply and after a designated time from the starting of the water supply is larger than a predetermined value.11. The method according to claim 7, wherein:it is determined whether or not the water supply is recognized in each water supply; andthe water supply mode is terminated, in case that the water supply is recognized, although all of the water supply frequency is not completed.12. A method for controlling a refrigerator comprising the steps of:(a) determining whether or not a proper amount of water is supplied to an ice cube tray in an earlier water supply mode;(b) maintaining the water supply time of the earlier water supply mode to the water supply time of a present water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode, and resetting the water supply time of the present water supply mode by increasing the water supply time of the earlier water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode; and(c) supplying the water according to the water supply time of the present water supply mode.13. A method for controlling a refrigerator comprising the steps of:(a) determining whether or not a proper amount of water is supplied to an ice cube tray in an earlier water supply mode;(b) differently setting an ice-making time according to whether or not the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode; and(c) performing an ice-making mode during the set ice-making time.14. The method according to claim 13, wherein whether or not the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray is determined by whether or not the water supply is recognized in the water supply mode.15. The method according to claim 14, wherein it is determined that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in case that the water supply is not recognized in the water supply mode.16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the ice-separating time is differently set according to whether or not the water supply is recognized and the outdoor temperature.17. The method according to claim 14, wherein the ice-separating time is differently set according to whether or not the water supply is recognized and the frequency of the water supply mode.18. A method for controlling a refrigerator comprising the steps of:(a) determining whether or not a proper amount of water is supplied to an ice cube tray in an earlier water supply mode;(b) differently setting the frequency of separating ice from the ice cube tray according to whether or not the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode; and(c) performing ice-separating modes equal to the set frequency of separating the ice from the ice cube tray.19. The method according to claim 18, whether or not the proper amount of the water is supplied to the ice cube tray is determined by whether or not the water supply is recognized in the water supply mode.20. The method according to claim 19, wherein it is determined that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in case that the water supply is not recognized in the water supply mode.21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the frequency of separating the ice from the ice cube tray in case that the water supply is not recognized is set to be larger than the frequency of separating the ice from the ice cube tray in case that the water supply is recognized.22. A refrigerator comprising:an ice cube tray;a water supply pipe for supplying water to the ice cube tray;a water supply valve installed at a designated position for regulating the flow of the water supplied to the ice cube tray;a water supply information storing unit for storing information regarding the water supply; anda control unit for resetting the amount of the supplied water in a present water supply mode by increasing the amount of the supplied water in an earlier water supply mode in case that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode.23. The refrigerator according to claim 22, wherein the water supply information storing unit includes information regarding a water supply frequency in the water supply mode, whether or not the water supply is recognized, and a water supply time according to the water supply frequency.24. The refrigerator according to claim 22, wherein the supplied water is less than the proper amount in case that the proper amount of the water is not supplied to the ice cube tray in the earlier water supply mode, and the increase of the amount of the supplied water increases a predetermined water supply frequency.
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