Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a cooking plate having a visual representation distinguishing a plurality of areas on a top surface of the cooking plate, a plurality of heaters configured to supply heat to the plurality of areas and a controller configured to receive information about a cooking object including a plurality of pieces of food having different cooking conditions, based on the information about the cooking object, determine a first heating intensity to be used to heat the first piece of the food, and a second heating intensity to be used to heat the second piece of the food, control the plurality of heaters to supply heat of the first heating intensity to the first area, and control the plurality of heaters to supply heat of the second heating intensity to the second area.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a rotating plate rotatably installed at a bottom of an inside of the cooking chamber and including a plurality of areas formed on a top surface thereof, and a first heating portion installed in the cooking chamber and configured to supply heat to a first area of the plurality of areas when the first area is moved to a heating position by the rotating plate being rotatably driven.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus including an enamel coating layer having an improved cleaning efficiency and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking compartment configured to accommodate a cooking object, a door configured to open and close the cooking compartment, and an enamel coating layer provided on a surface of the cooking compartment. The enamel coating layer includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, 5% or less (excluding 0%) of a silicon dioxide (SiO2), 10% to 20% of an aluminum oxide (Al2O3), 10% to 20% of a phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5), 5% to 15% of a rare earth oxide, and 5% to 10% of a ferric oxide (Fe2O3).

Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance which includes a concentration sensor for detecting a concentration of a reference substance in which proportional amounts of ingredients change in accordance with progress in cooking an object to be heated; a control unit for determining a cooked state of the object to be heated based on the detected concentration of the reference substance; and a communication unit for transmitting, to an external device which is connected to a home network, information which indicates the cooked state of the object to be heated.

Abstract: A user equipment is provided. The user equipment includes a user interface, a transceiver and a processor. The user interface may receive an input of a food model including at least one of a shape, an ingredient, or a color of a food in accordance with a touch input of a user. The transceiver may transmit information of the food model to a cooking apparatus capable of shaping and heating the food. The processor may transmit the information of the food model to the cooking apparatus via the transceiver to allow the cooking apparatus to shape the food according to the food model. Further, the user interface may display an automatic cooking button, a draw button, a cooking method button, and an output button.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine. The washing machine includes a main body having a laundry inlet on a front surface portion of the main body, a tub provided inside the main body for storing washing water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a pulsator provided inside the drum and configured to be rotated separately from the drum, and a driving device configured to provide power to the drum and the pulsator, wherein no extra structure is mounted on the inner surface of the drum.

Abstract: A cooking system is provided. The cooking system includes a user equipment and one or more cooking apparatuses. The user equipment may include a user interface configured to receive an input of a food model including at least one of a shape, an ingredient, or a color of a food in accordance with a touch input of a user, a first transceiver configured to transmit information on the food model to the one or more cooking apparatuses, and a first processor configured to transmit information of the food model to the plurality of cooking apparatuses via the first transceiver. Each of the one or more cooking apparatuses may include a second transceiver configured to receive information on the food model from the user equipment, a food shaping device configured to discharge food ingredients, a food heating device, and a second processor.

Abstract: A cartridge assembly, a cartridge device, a food forming module, and a cooking apparatus capable of using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to form and cook food are provided. The cooking apparatus includes a main body, a cooking compartment is provided in the main body, and a cartridge assembly is installed in the cooking compartment to be capable of linear motion and rotational motion. The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge body having cartridge mounts formed therein, cartridge cases are mounted on the cartridge mounts, and cartridges are disposed in the cartridge cases and include food ingredients that are accommodated therein.

Abstract: A washing machine including a bubble generator. The washing machine includes a detergent box configured to store a detergent, a detergent box housing configured to accommodate the detergent box therein and a bubble generator to generate bubbles to be supplied and configured to mix water supplied to the detergent box with air.

Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a main body, a first drying tub having a rotary drum provided rotatably inside the main body, and a second drying tub provided separately from the first drying tub inside the main body. A first supply flow path is provided to supply air to the first drying tub and a second supply flow path branches from the first supply flow path to supply air to the second drying tub. A first discharge flow path is provided to discharge air from the first drying tub, and a second discharge flow path is provided to discharge the air of the second drying tub through the first drying tub. The user can selectively apply a rotating method having a rapid drying speed and a non-rotating method capable of minimizing damage to clothes according to the characteristics of clothes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus capable of cooking a plurality of cooking materials using a heat transfer regulator having a plurality of regions in which a reflectance against heat generated by a heater is variable, and a controlling method thereof. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a cooking apparatus includes at least one heater and a heat transfer regulator provided to face the at least one heater and provided with a plurality of regions each having a different reflectance against heat generated by the at least one heater.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine. The washing machine includes a main body having a laundry inlet on a front surface portion of the main body, a tub provided inside the main body for storing washing water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a pulsator provided inside the drum and configured to be rotated separately from the drum, and a driving device configured to provide power to the drum and the pulsator, wherein no extra structure is mounted on the inner surface of the drum.

Abstract: Provided is a cooking apparatus including a first heating unit that has a first hole and generates heat using a first heat source, a second heating unit that is arranged to be stacked on the first heating unit, has a second hole formed at a position corresponding to the first hole, and generates heat using a second heat source, and a temperature detection unit that is arranged to protrude to the outside of the second hole while being arranged in the first hole of the first heating unit and the second hole of the second heating unit, and detects a temperature of a cooking vessel when the cooking vessel is brought into contact with the temperature detection unit. The output of each of the first heating unit and the second heating unit is controlled at levels of multiple stages by detecting a temperature of a lower portion of the cooking vessel, and food is cooked at an optimum temperature, thereby improving the taste of the food resulting in improved user satisfaction.

Abstract: This disclosure is related to a refrigerator and a method of controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a dispenser passage, a water supplier for supplying sterilizing water or rinsing water to the dispenser passage, a drain for draining the sterilizing water or the rinsing water that is supplied to the dispenser passage, and a controller for performing a sterilization cycle and controlling the water supplier and the drain to perform a rinsing cycle after completing the sterilization cycle, wherein the sterilization cycle is a cycle of keeping the sterilizing water in the dispenser passage and then draining the sterilizing water, and the rinsing cycle is a cycle of supplying the rinsing water to the dispenser passage and draining the rinsing water therefrom.

Abstract: A method performed by an apparatus for inducing a sound sleep to induce a sound sleep of an object who is sleeping includes: determining a first wake-up time of the object based on schedule information of the object; receiving bio-information of the object; determining a sleep state of the object from the bio-information of the object; changing the first wake-up time to a second wake-up time by taking into account the sleep state of the object; and outputting a wake-up alarm signal at the second wake-up time.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an inner cabinet for a refrigerator formed of a ceramic material and a refrigerator including the same. One aspect of an inner cabinet for a refrigerator, the inner cabinet includes a ceramic material comprising at least one of silicon oxide and aluminum oxide as a main component, wherein the ceramic material has a ratio of an area occupied by pores per unit surface area in the range of 0.1 to 10%.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oven. The oven includes a case having a cooking chamber therein, a door unit connected to the case, configured to open or close the cooking chamber, and having a transparent portion configured to enable a user to see the inside of the cooking chamber, a handle protruding from the door unit to the outside, and a camera module configured to photograph the inside of the cooking chamber, and disposed to be biased toward one end of the handle from the center in longitudinal direction of the handle.

Abstract: A household electric appliance in which a door key is operated in association with an opening/closing operation of a door and is drawn into an inside of the door in the door opening operation is provided. The household electric appliance includes a main body having a space therein, a door coupled to the main body to be rotatable about a first rotation axis to open and close, respectively, the space, and a door key coupled to one of the main body and the door, the door key rotatable about a second rotation axis, so that a rotation of the door about the first rotation axis causes the door key to rotate about the second rotation axis.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus including an enamel coating layer having an improved cleaning efficiency and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking compartment configured to accommodate a cooking object, a door configured to open and close the cooking compartment, and an enamel coating layer provided on a surface of the cooking compartment. The enamel coating layer includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, 5% or less (excluding 0%) of a silicon dioxide (SiO2), 10% to 20% of an aluminum oxide (Al2O3), 10% to 20% of a phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5), 5% to 15% of a rare earth oxide, and 5% to 10% of a ferric oxide (Fe2O3).

Abstract: This disclosure is related to a refrigerator and a method of controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a dispenser passage, a water supplier for supplying sterilizing water or rinsing water to the dispenser passage, a drain for draining the sterilizing water or the rinsing water that is supplied to the dispenser passage, and a controller for performing a sterilization cycle and controlling the water supplier and the drain to perform a rinsing cycle after completing the sterilization cycle, wherein the sterilization cycle is a cycle of keeping the sterilizing water in the dispenser passage and then draining the sterilizing water, and the rinsing cycle is a cycle of supplying the rinsing water to the dispenser passage and draining the rinsing water therefrom.