CN103797319A - Refrigeration device with graphic user interface - Google Patents
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Abstract
A refrigeration device, in particular a domestic refrigeration device, comprises at least one storage chamber (2), a cold generator (3, 4, 5) which refrigerates the storage chamber, and a user interface (8) having a graphic display element (9). The display element (9) is designed to display photos of different types of foodstuffs which are suitable for storage in the storage chamber.
Description
The present invention relates to a kind of the have refrigerating appliance of diagram form user interface, Domestic refrigerator especially.
Modern Domestic refrigerator usually has the user interface with various executive components and a diagram form display element, described display element can display text and can be shown the diagram form element that can at random programme, the icon of the function that can work by means of executive component of for example refrigerating appliance.Described diagram form display element makes user can utilize much information, and described information makes the use of refrigerating appliance easy and efficient.
In most Domestic refrigerator, the viewable side of housing (described user interface must be arranged in this side) overwhelming majority is filled up by one or more doors of (multiple) storage chamber of utensil.User interface be installed on door be not conventionally preferred because transmission of signal is expensive in user interface and between by the assembly in body its control, that be arranged on refrigerating appliance.Therefore, in most Domestic refrigerator, user interface in body narrow, higher than door on outstanding end face press strip (Stirnleiste).The size of display element is determined correspondingly little, this has damaged especially on display element with the readable of information shown in written form and has caused, user does not likely utilize this utensil that the ability of the useful information of different types of cooling thing is provided, because access too much like hard work in the above.
Task of the present invention is, realizes a kind of refrigerating appliance, can be fast in this refrigerating appliance and hand operated user interface easily.
This task is solved, its mode is, at refrigerating appliance, especially in Domestic refrigerator, the user interface that it has at least one storage chamber, makes the cooling refrigerating generator of described storage chamber and have diagram form display element, described display element is provided for, show the photo of different types of food, described food is applicable to leaving in described storage chamber.Described photo makes the user can be than promptly identify his interested food in the time that only Word message is illustrated.He must intactly read the information that is written form conventionally to understand reliably the meaning, and the in the situation that of photo, can see that sub-fraction usually just is enough to identify shown content.
If use colored photo, can improve rapidity and the reliability of identification again.
Particularly advantageously in choice menus, use photo.In the menu of word guiding, first user reads whole entries mostly, so as then to determine which be he interested that, and in the menu based on photo usually only a glance be just enough to that identification finds.Therefore, preferred multiple photo can be respectively simultaneously displayed on described display element in the mode of attaching troops to a unit mutually with the executive component of described user interface.
Such user interface can meet destination and be provided for, the information of the food that being presented at after one of described executive component is by operation attaches troops to a unit illustrates on the photo of this executive component.The longest information of preserving the duration that described information for example can give the manner of packing that meet object of user about related food, advise, or in the situation that refrigerating appliance has multiple humidity provinces or lattice, the information in the preservation place of advising about related food in this refrigerating appliance.
In addition, described user interface can be provided for, and described photo is illustrated together with described information.Like this, user can understand that shown information is relevant to what at every turn, and has also improved possibility: information is associated and remains in user's memory to the food relevant with it.
According to further configuration scheme of the present invention, described user interface can also be provided for, the information of the food that being received in after one of described executive component is by operation attaches troops to a unit illustrates on the photo of this executive component.For example, if the amount that deposits in and take out of user's specific a kind of definite food when at every turn to described refrigerating appliance access, the existing amount at that time of described food can be asked at every turn in user interface, and user can obtain the conclusion about the content of refrigerating appliance, and needn't open refrigerating appliance for this reason.
Other features and advantages of the present invention are learnt with reference to drawings clear according to the following description of embodiment.Also learnt the NM feature in the claims of embodiment by these descriptions and accompanying drawing.These features also can occur with the form different with disclosed especially combination here.Therefore the fact that, multiple such features are mentioned in identical sentence or with other context correlation does not draw such conclusion: these features only can occur with disclosed especially combination; Replace, think in principle, functionally do not have problems as long as of the present invention, in multiple such features, also can remove or slightly change indivedual features.Accompanying drawing illustrates:
The block diagram of Fig. 1 refrigerating appliance can be applied the present invention on this refrigerating appliance;
The screenshot capture of Fig. 2 shown choice menus on the display element of this refrigerating appliance;
The screenshot capture of Fig. 3 shown information select a kind of food from the menu of Fig. 2 after; With
Fig. 4 is according to the second configuration, at the screenshot capture of selecting the afterwards shown information of a kind of food from the menu of Fig. 2.
Fig. 1 is the indicative icon of refrigerating appliance, especially family expenses refrigerator or family expenses refrigeration appliance, on this refrigerating appliance, can apply the present invention.This refrigerating appliance comprise one or also comprise multiple that surround by heat insulation housing 1, for the storage chamber 2 of cooling thing and for making the cooling refrigerating generator of each storage chamber 2, this refrigerating generator comprises in known manner: for the compressor 3 of cold-producing medium; Condenser 4, in this condenser, by compressor 3 thermal insulation the cold-producing medium that compresses heat is discharged in environment and in this condensation; And evaporimeter 5, in this evaporimeter, the cold-producing medium of condensation heat absorption situation decline low-pressure and sucked by compressor 3 at the refrigerant vapour of this generation.Here, due to simplicity, evaporimeter 5 is expressed as back wall formula evaporimeter, but self-evident, and the present invention also can apply evaporimeter kind arbitrarily, especially also can apply evaporator without frost.
As illustrate schematicallyd in Fig. 1, user interface 8 comprises alphanumeric and/or diagram form display element, for example liquid crystal display 9, and multiple configuration is to the button 10 of display element 9.For better clarity, here and in following figure, button 10 separates and illustrates with display element 9 respectively, but self-evident, to tactiosensible display element in the situation that, described button also can self be made up of the region of the display plane of display element.
On display element 9, different menus can be shown, that is, set of symbols, described symbol configures respectively the function that can trigger with related button 10 is described intuitively to one of described button 10 and to user.Can from unshowned basic menu, be selected in the menu exemplarily showing in Fig. 2 by one or more in operation push-button 10.It comprises multiple photos 11 of different types of food; Here be alphabetical different vegetable.Shown in mark 12 on the different angles of menu, 13,14 show to user, by pressing adjacent respectively button 10, the menu showing before user can turn back to, can call have alphabet sequence come shown in vegetable species before vegetable species menu or have alphabet sequence come shown in the menu of vegetable species vegetable species below.By means of remaining button 10, can select one of shown vegetable species and call the information screen of attaching troops to a unit in this vegetable species.
Fig. 3 illustrates the example of such information screen.Here, mark 12,13,14 are also arranged on the angle of screen, described mark shows, can turn back to before shown menu (being the menu of Fig. 2 here) or can call alphabet sequence the information that comes vegetables or below above by operating them.The middle section of display element 9 is divided into three lattice 15,16,17.The lattice 15 on the left side illustrate the indicative icon of refrigerating appliance, can recognize the different temperatures district of refrigerating appliance and give prominence to the humidity province 18 of recommending for preserving the vegetables relevant to shown information (being fireweed) here in this diagram.Middle lattice 16 comprise and relate to the information of depositing fireweed frostlessly, for example the longest shelf-life (being 20 days here), the storage temperature (being 0 ℃ here) of recommending and to meeting the prompting (being paper bag) of packing of object here.The lattice 17 on the right may comprise the information of depositing for freezing; This region 17 in Fig. 3 is empty, and it is freezing that this fact shows that fireweed is not suitable for.
Fireweed in the choice menus of Fig. 2 shown photo also with the form of amplifying on the information screen of Fig. 3 with lattice 15,16, the mode of 17 substrate illustrates, to make user relevant with what very clear for shown data.
A kind of alternative form of information transmission may comprise, user is by means of attaching troops to a unit in being presented in the lattice 16 of adjacency in the desirable storage temperature of the button 10 elite cooling things in the different temperatures district of the refrigerating appliance shown in region 15 and the information matching therewith.Like this, user can consider the fact where necessary: for place fireweed preferred zero degree lattice no longer include space and instead fireweed must at higher temperature, be placed in common refrigeration lattice, and, corresponding compartment in elite lattice 15, in lattice 16, show the longest holding time to user, this longest holding time was drawn elite compartment in the case of being kept at that time for this reason.
According to the configuration scheme slightly changing, the information screen that can call by the menu of Fig. 2 also provides the possibility of own input message to user.This for example can for to preferred cooking method consult 23, described cooking method can be inquired, but also can be the explanation of the reserve stock to a kind of food by means of attached troops to a unit, adjacent button 10.Like this, be roughly user at the information screen shown in Fig. 4 possibility is provided: by means of adjacent to symbol 19,20,21 button 10, the nominal reserve stock of selected food is reduced or is set to zero in the time taking out, or is increased in the time replenishing one's stock.The amount unit of described increase and described minimizing (for example kilogram, liter, packaging quantity or umber) can be decided to be different and can be determined by user according to the kind of food.Like this, user can inquire the reserve stock of definite food at every turn, and needn't open refrigerating appliance for this reason, especially favourable in this refrigeration appliance at combination refrigerating appliance or freezer, and/or if a kind of reserve stock of food is low and must obtain supply, refrigerating appliance can display reminding.Reserve stock 22 can illustrate adjacent to the outstanding compartment of the indicative icon of refrigerating appliance, so that user easily finds related food.
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1. refrigerating appliance, Domestic refrigerator especially, there is at least one storage chamber (2), make the cooling refrigerating generator (3 of described storage chamber (2), 4,5) and there is the user interface (8) of diagram form display element (9), it is characterized in that, described display element (9) is provided for, and shows the photo of different types of food, and described food is applicable to leaving in described storage chamber.
2. according to the refrigerating appliance of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described photo is colored.
3. according to the refrigerating appliance of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, multiple photos can be respectively simultaneously displayed on described display element (9) in the mode of attaching troops to a unit mutually with the executive component (10) of described user interface (8).
4. according to the refrigerating appliance of claim 3, it is characterized in that, described user interface (8) is provided for, the information of the food that being presented at after one of described executive component (10) is by operation attaches troops to a unit illustrates on the photo of this executive component (10).
5. according to the refrigerating appliance of claim 4, it is characterized in that, described user interface (8) is provided for, and described photo is illustrated together with described information.
6. according to the refrigerating appliance of claim 4 or 5, it is characterized in that, described information relates to the location mode of described food.
7. according to the refrigerating appliance of one of claim 3 to 6, it is characterized in that, described user interface (8) is provided for, the information of the food that being received in after one of described executive component (10) is by operation attaches troops to a unit illustrates on the photo of this executive component (10).
8. according to the refrigerating appliance of claim 7, it is characterized in that, described information relates to the amount of the described food in described storage chamber.
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