REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Disclosed herein are a refrigerator and method of controlling the same. Refrigerator includes a memory configured to store at least ones of characteristics of one or more goods items that are able to be stored in the refrigerator and a user's purchasing characteristics; a controller configured to display a user interface including at least one icon for at least one goods item selected based on the at least ones of the characteristics of the goods items and the user's purchasing characteristics stored in the memory, on a display unit, and to collect the user's purchase history to set a method of displaying the at least one icon for the at least one goods item; and a proximity sensor configured to measure a distance to the user, wherein the controller changes the user interface that is displayed on the display unit based on the distance to the user. 在此披露了种冰箱以及用于控制该冰箱的方法。冰箱包括：存储器，被配置成用于存储能够储存在冰箱内的个或多个货物项的至少种特征以及用户的购买特征；控制器，被配置成用于在显示单元上显示用户界面，该用户界面包括至少个图标，该至少个图标用于基于存储在存储器中的货物项的至少个特征和用户的购买特征所选择的至少个货物项，并且用于收集用户的购买历