CN106257189B

CN106257189B - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN106257189B
Application number: CN201610007196.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 薮上裕也
Original assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products and Services Corp
Current assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products and Services Corp
Priority date: 2015-06-17
Filing date: 2016-01-06
Publication date: 2019-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 2036-01-06
Also published as: TWI630360B; CN106257189A; TW201700931A; JP2017009131A

Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of refrigerator, the complicated operation of operating personnel carries out when can be avoided previous necessary assembling refrigerator selection and installation circuit substrate corresponding with the color of front panel, can at least adjust the brightness of display unit automatically according to the color in front panel portion.Refrigerator (1) includes the operation pan portion (200) for being set to door (7) and the display unit (20) including having the operation portion (21) of the electrostatic capacitance sensor (81,82) for issuing operation instruction to main body (1A) and for showing display content by shining, the front surface of covering operation pan portion (200) and the front panel (7A) of half transmitting light, the control unit (100) of the movement of display unit (20) is controlled according to the output from electrostatic capacitance sensor (81,82)；Control unit (100) is based on the basic value (111S, 112S, 113S) of the output of the electrostatic capacitance sensor according to obtained from the difference of the color of front panel (7A) (81,82), at least sets the brightness of display unit (20) corresponding with the color of front panel (7A).

Description

Refrigerator

Technical field

Embodiments of the present invention are related to a kind of refrigerator.

Background technique

In the past, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, operation pan portion is provided on the front panel of the door of main body, the behaviour Operation portion and display unit corresponding with the operation portion are included as pan portion.The display mode of the operation pan portion that is, the brightness of display Or color, position, size etc. can be changed according to the hobby of ambient enviroment or user.Operation pan portion is included as light source LED (light emitting diode), the electrostatic capacitance sensors such as Operation switch.

On the other hand, in order to improve the aesthetics in refrigerator design, being configured in the front surface of refrigerator main body has The front panel of translucency as glass plate.In this case, the configuration of operation pan portion is in the inside of the front panel.

Citation

Patent document

Patent document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2015-21704 bulletin

Summary of the invention

Printing is carried out or to glass plate with half transmitting state with half transmitting state by the transparency glass plate to front panel Coating includes the coating of metal component, and front panel is painted to such as white, dark brown or silver color.As described above, operation panel Portion is configured at the inside of the front panel of the half transmitting state, therefore, is configured at brightness, the electrostatic electricity of the light-emitting component of operation pan portion The sensitivity for holding sensor is affected because of the difference of the light transmission of front panel color, to change.

Therefore, the brightness and electrostatic capacitance in order to adjust light-emitting component according to the difference of the color of front panel sense The sensitivity of device needs to prepare a variety of circuit substrates out according to the color of front panel, and a variety of circuit substrates are according to front panel Each color has adjusted the brightness of light-emitting component and the sensitivity of electrostatic capacitance sensor.In the assembly site of refrigerator, for root The adjustment circuit substrate according to the difference of the color of front panel changes the resistance value for being set to the bleeder circuit of circuit substrate, thus root The brightness of light-emitting component, the sensitivity of electrostatic capacitance sensor are had adjusted according to the difference of the color of front panel.

As a result, in the assembly site of refrigerator, operating personnel needs to carry out following operation: preparing to change bleeder circuit out A variety of circuit substrates of resistance value, and the circuit substrate is installed on door.Therefore, operating personnel needs to select installation and front panel The corresponding correct circuit substrate of each color, the job management of assembly site are complex.

The present invention is to complete in view of the above problems, it is intended that providing a kind of following refrigerators, is not needed according to preceding The color of panel prepares the circuit substrate correspondingly adjusted with the color of front panel out, and it is required to can be avoided previous institute Assembling refrigerator when the selection that carries out of operating personnel the complex job of corresponding with the color of front panel circuit substrate is installed, at least The brightness of display unit can be automatically adjusted according to the color of front panel.

The refrigerator of embodiment of the present invention includes main body；Door, the door seal block up the front surface opening portion of the main body；Operation Pan portion, the operation pan portion are set to the door, comprising: there is the electrostatic capacitance for issuing operation instruction to the main body to sense The operation portion of device and for shown by shining display display content display unit；Front panel, the front panel cover the behaviour Make the front surface of pan portion and half transmitting light；And control unit, the control unit pass through the output from the electrostatic capacitance sensor To control the movement of the display unit；The control unit is based on the electrostatic capacitance according to obtained from the color of the front panel The basic value of the output of sensor sets the brightness of the display unit corresponding with the color of the front panel.

In addition, the refrigerator of embodiment of the present invention includes main body；Door, the door seal block up the front surface opening portion of the main body； Pan portion is operated, which is set to the door, comprising: there is the electrostatic capacitance for issuing operation instruction to the main body The operation portion of sensor and for shown by shining display content display unit；Half transmitting front panel, before the half transmitting Plate covers the front surface and half transmitting light of the operation pan portion；And control unit, the control unit is by coming from the electrostatic capacitance Sensor exports to control the movement of the display unit；The control unit is based on according to obtained from the color of the front panel The basic value of the output of the electrostatic capacitance sensor sets the display unit corresponding with the color of the front panel Brightness, and the control unit is based on the described defeated of the electrostatic capacitance sensor according to obtained from the color of the front panel The variation of basic value out, setting is for judging the connection of the electrostatic capacitance sensor corresponding with the color of the front panel State/off-state threshold value.

According to it is above-mentioned these composition, do not need to prepare according to the color of front panel out with the color of front panel correspondingly into Gone the circuit substrate of adjustment, can be avoided it is previous necessary to assembling refrigerator when the selection installation that carries out of operating personnel and front The complex job of the corresponding circuit substrate of the color of plate at least can automatically adjust the bright of display unit according to the color of front panel Degree.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 is the main view for indicating the refrigerator entirety of embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the longitdinal cross-section diagram of refrigerator shown in FIG. 1.

Fig. 3 is the section in Fig. 1 of the operation pan portion for the inner surface for indicating front panel and being configured at the front panel at line A-A Figure.

Fig. 4 is the main view obtained from front panel shown in Fig. 3 from arrow T.

Fig. 5 is the electrostatic capacitance sensor indicated when the color of front panel is such as white WT, dark brown BW and silver color SL Detection output signal value waveform W1, W2, W3.

Symbol description

1 refrigerator, lA main body, the front surface opening 2P portion, 7,7A front panels, the inner surface of 7N front panel, 8,20 Display unit, 21 operation portions, 60 display boards, the circuit substrate of 61 display units, 70A, 70B LED (example of light-emitting component), 80 behaviour Make the circuit substrate, 81,82 electrostatic capacitance sensors, 100 control units, 200 operation pan portions in portion

Specific embodiment

In the following, being described with reference to the mode (hereinafter referred to as embodiment) implemented.

Fig. 1 is the main view for indicating the refrigerator entirety of embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 2 is that the longitudinal direction of refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 is cut Face figure.

Fig. 1 and refrigerator shown in Fig. 21 have main body 1A.The main body 1A of the refrigerator 1 includes left side face 17, right side face 18, upper surface portion 19, bottom surface sections 15, back part 16.Main body 1A has the outer container being made of outside side plate and is made of inside side plate Interior case.Heat-insulated material is configured between the outer container and interior case, therefore, main body 1A has thermal insulation.In the inside shape of main body 1A At there is multiple storerooms.

As illustrated by Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, as storeroom, it is disposed with refrigerating chamber 2, vegetable compartment 3 from top to bottom, Left and right, which is arranged side by side, under the vegetable compartment 3 ice-making compartment 4 and small freezing chamber 5, and lowest part is provided with main freezing chamber 6.

In the front surface of Fig. 1 and refrigerating chamber shown in Fig. 22, it is provided with and the front surface opening portion 2P of refrigerating chamber 2 is opened Offside door 7, the offside door 8 closed.Offside door 7, offside door 8 are double-open type door, and offside door 7 is installed into its left part by not scheming The hinge that shows and can rotate.Equally, offside door 8 is installed into its right part and can be rotated by hinge (not shown).

As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, it in vegetable compartment 3, ice-making compartment 4, small freezing chamber 5, the respective front surface of main freezing chamber 6, is provided with The push-pull door 9,10,11,12 that respective front surface opening portion is opened and closed.Offside door 7, offside door 8 and push-pull door 9,10, 11,12 have thermal insulation and heat-insulated material is arranged in inside.

As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, in the respective front surface (appearance of offside door 7, offside door 8 and push-pull door 9,10,11,12 Face), preferred disposition front panel 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A.Front panel 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A are preferably: being had The semi-transmissive glass plate of light.

The front panel 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A are to the inner surface of such as transparency glass plate in half transmitting state Mode printed obtained from.Alternatively, front panel 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A are in such as transparency glass plate Surface applies obtained from the coating containing metal component in a manner of in half transmitting state.

Front panel 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A is painted to random color, such as white, dark brown or silver color as a result, Deng front panel 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A half transmitting light.

But front panel 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A can also replace such as transparency glass plate and use transparent propene Plastic plate as plate.

Next, referring to the refrigerating chamber 2 of clear ice case 1, vegetable compartment 3, ice-making compartment 4, small freezing chamber 5, main freezing chamber for Fig. 2 An example of 6 structure.

As shown in Fig. 2, the back position in the main freezing chamber 6 of main body 1A is provided with Machine Room 22, in the Machine Room 22 It is provided with compressor 23 etc..

As shown in Fig. 2, in the back position of main body 1A, and in the rear side of vegetable compartment 3, configured with storeroom pressure fan 30, Storeroom cooler 31, air supply duct 32.In addition, in the back position of main body 1A, and in ice-making compartment (storeroom) 4, small freezing The rear side of room (storeroom) 5 and main freezing chamber 6 is configured with freezing chamber pressure fan 40, freezing chamber cooler 41, air supply duct 42. Storeroom cooler 31 and freezing chamber cooler 41 are cooled by the refrigerant come from the supply of compressor 23.

As shown in Fig. 2, being accommodated with tank 3M, the 3N up and down that can be packed into and take out in vegetable compartment 3.In small freezing chamber 5 are accommodated with the tank 5M that can be packed into and take out.The storage up and down that can be packed into and take out is accommodated in main freezing chamber 6 to hold Device 6M, 6N.

As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, for example, being provided with door opener 51,52 in the portion the upper surface of main body 1A 19.Door opener 51, 52 can be used the actuator such as electromagnetic solenoid.Once drive door opener 51, with can push open offside door 7 by it It opens.Equally, once driving door opener 52, opens it with that can push offside door 8 open.

Next, referring to Fig.1, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 be illustrated operation pan portion 200.

Fig. 3 is the operation pan portion 200 for the inner surface 7N for showing front panel 7A as an example and being configured at front panel 7A Sectional view in Fig. 1 at line A-A.Fig. 4 is the main view obtained from front panel 7A shown in Fig. 3 from arrow T.

As shown in figure 3, being provided with inside colored portion 99 in advance in the side inner surface 7N of the front panel 7A of offside door 7.This is interior Feeling of high class in design of the side colored portion 99 in order to further increase refrigerator 1, as described above, being in transparency glass plate Printing layer obtained from surface is printed in a manner of in half transmitting state.Or inside colored portion 99 is in order to further increase Feeling of high class in the design of refrigerator 1, as described above, be to the inner surface of transparency glass plate in a manner of in half transmitting state Apply overlay obtained from the coating containing metal component.

As shown in figures 1 and 3, as an example, it is set in the inside colored portion 99 of the inner surface 7N of the front panel 7A of offside door 7 It is equipped with operation pan portion 200.The operation pan portion 200 has display unit 20 and operation portion 21.Control unit 100 and display unit 20 and operation Portion 21 is electrically connected.In Fig. 1, the display unit 20 and operation portion 21 that operate pan portion 200 are configured at the front panel 7A of offside door 7 Inner surface 7N, therefore be represented by dotted lines in offside door 7.

Fig. 3 and display unit shown in Fig. 4 20 according to the instruction of control unit 100, make light-emitting component bright light being illuminated and Preset various display contents (display project) is shown to user.As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, for example, display unit 20 has The display board 60 and circuit substrate 61 of display content is presented.The display board 60 that display content is presented is such as transparent acrylic panel Plastic plate.As shown in figure 4, having preset " left-hand door is opened " 60A and " left-hand door is opened " 60B in display board 60 as display content.

As shown in figure 3, display board 60 is configured to be tightly engaged into the inside colored portion 99 of the inner surface 7N of front panel 7A.Electricity Base board 61 is configured at the rear side of display board 60.As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, it is equipped on circuit substrate 61 as light-emitting component Such as LED70A, 70B.LED70A, 70B are electrically connected with control unit 100.

LED70A, 70B bright light according to the instruction of control unit 100, thus, it is possible to " left-hand door is opened " 60A and " left-hand door is opened " 60B is illuminated from back respectively.I.e., according to the instruction of control unit 100, so that when LED70A bright light, LED70A is from back pair Display content " left-hand door is opened " 60A is illuminated, and shows display content " left-hand door is opened " to user's bright light through front panel 7A 60A。

Equally, according to the instruction of control unit 100, so that when LED70B bright light, from back to display content " left-hand door is opened " 60B It is illuminated, display content " left-hand door is opened " 60B is shown to user's bright light through front panel 7A.

Even semi-transmissive front panel 7A as a result, user also being capable of display of the visual identification as display board 60 " left-hand door is opened " 60A and " left-hand door is opened " 60B of content.

On the other hand, Fig. 3 and operation portion shown in Fig. 4 21 make such as finger contact front panel 7A's by using person Surface 7M and to control unit 100 provide detection output signal, the various operating functions of refrigerator 1 can be inputted.Operation portion 21 is with tight The mode that contiguity is closed is configured at the lower position of such as display unit 20, and is the inner surface 7N of front panel 7A.Operation portion 21 has There is circuit substrate 80, multiple electrostatic capacitance sensors 81,82 are configured on the circuit substrate 80.Electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 It is electrically connected with control unit 100.

As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, the electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 of operation portion 21 is configured at the inner surface 7N of front panel 7A Inside colored portion 99.In order to which user is easy to confirm the position of electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 from the surface side 7M of front panel 7A Set and connection operation carried out to electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, the surface 7M of plate 7A in front, with Electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 corresponding positions are marked by printing or adhering advertisment paper material etc. provided with operation instruction respectively 91、92。

Operation instruction label 91,92 refers to when user carries out connection operation to electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 with finger The position that the surface 7M of the bright 7A of plate in front should be touched." left side is opened specifically, for example having on operation instruction label 91 The display of door ", there is a display of " open offside door " on operation instruction label 92, and the illustration is omitted in Fig. 4.

As a result, by user with finger touch operation instruction label 91 on Fig. 3 and front panel 7A shown in Fig. 4 or 92, Fig. 3 and electrostatic capacitance sensor shown in Fig. 4 81 or electrostatic capacitance sensor 82 can send and grasp to control unit 100 Make the relevant detection output signal of function.Therefore, user can touch without hesitation on the surface 7M of front panel 7A just True position can input on refrigerator 1 control unit 100 by carrying out connection operation respectively to electrostatic capacitance sensor 81 and 82 Operating function.

It can be in the following ways as the electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82: oscillating circuit is applied to be arranged for example Detection circuit in control unit 100 so that started according to the variation of the electrostatic capacitance of some terminal (electrode) of oscillating circuit or Person stops oscillation, to detect as the object close to electrode such as the finger of user.

In addition, as shown in figure 3, control unit 100 is electrically connected to such as door opener 51,52.User touches Fig. 3 with finger When electrostatic capacitance sensor 81 detects finger with operation instruction label 91 shown in Fig. 4, electrostatic capacitance sensor 81 is from disconnected Open state becomes on-state.Therefore, detection output signal R1 shown in Fig. 4 is sent to control unit by electrostatic capacitance sensor 81 100.As a result, the split door gear 51 of control unit 100 export it is shown in Fig. 4 open gate control signal P1, drive door opener 51.Driving When door opener 51, such as push rod highlights, and can push offside door 7 open and open it.

Equally, user touches Fig. 3 and operation instruction label 92 shown in Fig. 4 and electrostatic capacitance sensor 82 is examined with finger When measuring finger, electrostatic capacitance sensor 82 becomes on-state from off-state.Therefore, electrostatic capacitance sensor 82 is by Fig. 4 Shown in detection output signal R2 be sent to control unit 100.The split door gear 52 of control unit 100 exports shown in Fig. 4 open as a result, Thus gate control signal P2 drives door opener 52.When driving door opener 52, such as push rod highlights, and can push the right side open Side door 8 and open it.These door openers 51,52 are an example of the control object controlled by control unit 100 in refrigerator 1.

Control unit 100 is defeated based on the electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 according to obtained from the difference of the color of front panel 7A Basic value out sets the brightness of LED70A, 70B of display unit 20 corresponding with the color of front panel 7A.Further, it preferably controls Basic value of the portion 100 processed based on the output of electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 according to obtained from the difference of the color of front panel 7A Variation, setting for judge electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 corresponding with the color of front panel 7A on/off threshold Value.

Next, referring to Fig.1~Fig. 5 is come the setting example of operation pan portion 200 when illustrating to assemble above-mentioned refrigerator 1.

Fig. 5 is shown: the color of semi-transmissive front panel 7A shown in Fig. 3 is such as white WT, dark brown BW and silver color SL In the case where electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 detection output signal value waveform W1, W2, W3 example.Although control unit 100 Waveform W1, W2, W3 of these detection output signal values can be obtained from both electrostatic capacitance sensors 81,82, however, it is possible to To be obtained from an electrostatic capacitance sensor.

As shown in figure 5, the waveform W3 for the waveform W1 of white WT, the waveform W2 of dark brown BW and silver color SL any one In the case of, it is off-state with electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 in the case that electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 is on-state The case where compare, become the waveform portion 111,112,113 of rectangle.

Detection output signal value 111S, 112S of square waveform part 111,112,113 under for on-state, 113S and the position for having left specified value, have been set separately the white threshold value SH1 being represented by dotted lines, dark brown threshold value SH2, silver color threshold Value SH3.

Control unit 100 shown in Fig. 4 can be in the range of square waveform part 111,112,113, will

White threshold value SH1 shown in fig. 5, dark brown threshold value SH2, silver color threshold value SH3 are set in relative to detection output signal Basic value 111S, 112S, 113S of value have the position of the allowance of specified value, such as 10% or so allowance.If making to detect defeated The basic value 111S of signal value is level value 1 out, then the basic value 112S for detecting input signal values is level value 2, detection input The basic value 113S of signal value is level value 3, is value different from each other.

At the scene for assembling refrigerator 1 shown in FIG. 1, the front-surface side of operating personnel's offside door 7 shown in Fig. 1 will be semi-transparent The front panel 7A of bright property is installed on the frame material of such as offside door 7.The inner surface 7N of plate 7A is provided with inside in advance in front Colored portion 99.

When installing front panel 7A, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, matched using bonding agents such as such as adhesive tapes by pan portion 200 is operated It is placed in the inside colored portion 99 of the inner surface 7N of front panel 7A.Display unit 20 and operation portion 21 are fixed on semi-transmissive as a result, 99 side of inside colored portion of the inner surface 7N of front panel 7A.

As front panel 7A to be used according to job instruction when assembled, from such as white WT, dark brown BW and silver color SL In arbitrarily select one kind.

The electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 of operation portion 21 is configured at the side inner surface 7N of semi-transmissive front panel 7A, such as Shown in Fig. 5, from electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 be sent to control unit 100 detection output signal value basic value 111S, The level value of 112S, 113S are different according to the difference of the color of front panel 7A.

Operating personnel makes the close such as electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 of a part of dummy's human body, as a result, control unit 100 The basic value for judging the detection output signal value that control unit 100 is sent to from electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 is inspection shown in fig. 5 Survey which of basic value 111S, 112S, 113S of output signal value.

If i.e., control unit 100 obtains the basic value 111S of detection output signal value, it is judged as the color of front panel 7A For white WT.Equally, if control unit 100 obtains the basic value 112S of detection output signal value, it is judged as front panel 7A's Color is dark brown BW.If control unit 100 obtains the basic value 113S of detection output signal value, it is judged as the face of front panel 7A Color is silver color SL.

Control unit 100 changes output to the current value of Fig. 3 and LED70A, 70B of display unit shown in Fig. 4 20, root as a result, Brightness when shining according to LED70A, 70B that the color of front panel 7A sets display unit 20 automatically.For example, if front panel 7A Color is white WT, then control unit 100 minimizes the luminous quantity of LED70A, 70B, if it is dark brown, make LED70A, The luminous quantity of 70B if it is silver color, then makes the luminous quantity of LED70A, 70B further be more than white more than white.

In this way, can unify what user observed through front panel 7A regardless of the color of front panel 7A The brightness of LED70A, 70B.

As described above, before control unit 100 is as shown in figure 5, obtaining the basic value 111S of detection output signal value and being judged as The color of panel 7A is white BW, or obtains detecting the basic value 112S of output signal value and being judged as the color of front panel 7A For dark brown BW, or when obtaining the basic value 113S of detection output signal value and being judged as that the color of front panel 7A is silver color SL, The color for determining front panel 7A is white BW, dark brown BW or silver color SL.

Therefore, control unit 100 in front plate 7A color be white WT when, will judgement in this case electrostatic capacitance sensing Device 81,82 is to turn on state or the threshold value of off-state is automatically set to white threshold value SH1.

Equally, control unit 100 in front plate 7A color be dark brown BW when, will judgement in this case electrostatic capacitance sensing Device 81,82 is automatically set to dark brown threshold value SH2 for the threshold value of on-state or off-state.

In addition, control unit 100 in front plate 7A color be silver color SL when, will judgement in this case electrostatic capacitance sensing Device 81,82 is automatically set to silver color threshold value SH3 for the threshold value of on-state or off-state.

As a result, control unit 100 can it is different from the color of front panel 7A correspondingly adjust electrostatic capacitance sensors 81, 82 sensitivity.

The color of front panel 7A is judged by control unit 100, it can be according to the color that is, white WT of front panel 7A, dark brown B or silver color SL at least automatically carries out the adjustment of the brightness of LED70A, 70B of display unit 20, further preferably, can be certainly The adjustment of the sensitivity of electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 is carried out dynamicly.Therefore, though the color of panel 7A be redefined for it is more Kind, the various colors (color) of front panel 7A can be corresponded to as long as preparing a kind of circuit substrate out.

Therefore, in embodiments of the present invention, do not need to be changed necessary to preparing in the past according to the color of front panel 7A A variety of circuit substrates of the resistance value of bleeder circuit are become.Also, it when operating personnel assembles refrigerator, does not need from a variety of circuit bases Circuit substrate corresponding with the color of front panel is installed in selection in plate.Therefore, the setup error of circuit substrate can be eliminated, is reduced The management complexity of refrigerator assembly site.

In addition, it is previous, need for for example white front panel of door to be replaced with the feelings of dark brown front panel in repairing etc. Under condition, with the replacement of front panel 7A, circuit substrate is also required to replace.

But the refrigerator 1 of embodiment according to the present invention, when to place under repair equal, even if needing offside door 7 Such as the front panel 7A of white is changed to dark brown front panel 7A, need not also carry out the replacement of circuit substrate 61,80.Therefore, energy The brightness of enough LED70A, 70B that display unit 20 is at least set according to new dark brown front panel 7A, and then can also be according to electrostatic electricity The variation for holding the basic value of the output of sensor 81,82 is correspondingly set with the color of front panel 7A for judging electrostatic electricity Hold on-state/off-state threshold value corresponding with the color of front panel of sensor 81,82.

It is assembled after factory here, simpling illustrate refrigerator 1, user uses the use example in the case where refrigerator 1.

User touches operation instruction label 91 shown in Fig. 4 with finger, when electrostatic capacitance sensor 81 detects finger, Electrostatic capacitance sensor 81 becomes on-state from off-state.Therefore, electrostatic capacitance sensor 81 will test output signal R1 It is sent to control unit 100.Control unit 100 opens gate control signal P1 to door opener 51 shown in Fig. 3 output as a result, thus drives Dynamic door opener 51.When driving door opener 51, such as push rod highlights, and can push offside door 7 open and open it.

Equally, user touches operation instruction label 92 shown in Fig. 4 with finger, and the detection of electrostatic capacitance sensor 82 is sold When finger, electrostatic capacitance sensor 82 becomes on-state from off-state.Therefore, electrostatic capacitance sensor 82 will test output letter Number R2 is sent to control unit 100.Control unit 100 opens gate control signal P2 to door opener 52 shown in Fig. 3 output as a result, by This driving door opener 52.When driving door opener 52, such as push rod highlights, and can push offside door 8 open and open it.

As described above, the refrigerator 1 of embodiment of the present invention includes main body 1A, the front surface of closure main body is opened The offside door 7 of oral area is set to offside door 7 and including having the electrostatic capacitance sensor for issuing operation instruction to main body 1A 81, the operation pan portion 200 of 82 operation portion 21 and the display unit 20 for showing display content by shining, covering operation panel The front surface and the front panel 7A of half transmitting light in portion 200 control display by the output from electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 The control unit 100 of the movement in portion 20.The control unit 100 is based on the electrostatic capacitance according to obtained from the difference of the color of front panel 7A Basic value 111S, 112S, 113S of the output of sensor 81,82 set display unit 20 corresponding with the color of front panel 7A Brightness.

Previous necessary each color pair with front panel out is not needed to prepare according to the color (color) of front panel as a result, The circuit substrate of the sensitivity of the brightness for having adjusted display unit and electrostatic capacitance sensor answered, can be according to the color of front panel At least automatically adjust the brightness of display unit.Therefore, operating personnel carries out when can be avoided previous necessary assembling refrigerator Select complex job as circuit substrate corresponding with the color of front panel.When can be avoided previous necessary assembling refrigerator Complex job as the selection circuit substrate corresponding with the color of front panel that operating personnel carries out, can be according to front panel Color automatically adjusts the brightness of display unit.

In addition, the refrigerator 1 of embodiment of the present invention includes the left side of main body 1A, the front surface opening portion for blocking main body 1A Door 7 is set to offside door 7 and the behaviour including having the electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 for issuing operation instruction to main body 1A Before making the operation pan portion 200 in portion 21 and the display unit 20 for showing display content by shining, covering operation pan portion 200 The half transmitting front panel 7A of surface and half transmitting light, display unit is controlled by the output from electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 The control unit 100 of 20 movement.The control unit 100 is passed based on the electrostatic capacitance according to obtained from the difference of the color of front panel 7A Basic value 111S, 112S, 113S of the output of sensor 81,82 set the bright of display unit 20 corresponding with the color of front panel 7A Degree, also, control unit 100 is based on the defeated of the electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 according to obtained from the difference of the color of front panel 7A The variation of basic value 111S, 112S, 113S out, setting is for judging electrostatic capacitance sensing corresponding with the color of front panel 7A On-state/off-state threshold value SH1, SH2, SH3 of device 81,82.

In the past necessary out have adjusted and front panel portion is not needed to prepare according to the color (color) of front panel as a result, The circuit substrate of the sensitivity of the brightness and electrostatic capacitance sensor of the corresponding display unit of each color, can be according to the face of front panel Color at least automatically adjusts the brightness of display unit.Further, it is possible to be automatically set corresponding with the color of front panel 7A for judging Electrostatic capacitance sensor 81,82 on-state/off-state threshold value SH1, SH2, SH3.Therefore, it can be avoided previous institute Complex job as the selection circuit substrate corresponding with the color of front panel that operating personnel carries out when required assembling refrigerator. The selection circuit substrate corresponding with the color of front panel that operating personnel carries out when can be avoided previous necessary assembling refrigerator Such complex job can automatically adjust the brightness of display unit according to the color in front panel portion.

Display unit 20 include: display board 60 with prespecified display content, be equipped with as to display board 60 into The circuit substrate 61 of light emitting diode 70A, 70B of the light-emitting component of row illumination, even if operation portion 21, which has, is equipped with electrostatic electricity The circuit substrate 80 for holding sensor 81,82, does not need the difference of the color (color) according to front panel 7A yet, prepares a variety of electricity out Base board 61,80.

Embodiments of the present invention are illustrated above, still, what which provided only as example, and It is not intended to limit the range of invention.These new embodiments can be implemented in a manner of various other, not depart from invention In the range of purport, various omissions, displacement, change can be carried out.These embodiments and modifications thereof are also contained in the model of invention It encloses in purport, and is contained in invention and its equivalent range documented by claims.

According to the embodiments of the present invention of diagram, the inner surface of front panel 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A have inside Colored portion 99.The inside colored portion 99 on such as glass plate with half transmitting state by being printed, or on a glass The coating containing metal component is applied with half transmitting state, is painted to random color, for example white or dark brown or silver color Deng still, the semi-transmissive color of inside colored portion 99 is also possible to the color other than these colors.

According to the embodiments of the present invention of diagram, as the light-emitting component for being configured at display unit, such as LED has been used (light emitting diode), but it is also possible to use the light-emitting component of the other forms other than LED.

The circuit substrate 61 of display unit 20 shown in Fig. 3 and the circuit substrate 80 of operation portion 21 can be fabricated to 1 substrate.

The structure of refrigerator 1 shown in FIG. 1 is an example, can use arbitrary structures.Although for example, ice shown in FIG. 1 The refrigerating chamber of case 1 has the door split around, and still, refrigerating chamber also can have 1 door of single open-type.Refrigerator The configuration structure of each storeroom can be selected arbitrarily.Operation pan portion 200 is not limited to the interior table for the front panel 7A configured in offside door 7 The case where face 7N also can be only fitted to the inner surface of the front panel 8A of offside door 8, can also configure the front panel at other Inner surface.

Claims

1. a kind of refrigerator, comprising:

Main body,

Door, the door seal block up the front surface opening portion of the main body,

Pan portion is operated, which is set to the door, comprising: there is the electrostatic for issuing operation instruction to the main body The operation portion of capacitance sensor and for shown by shining display content display unit,

Front panel, the front panel cover the front surface and half transmitting light of the operation pan portion, and

Control unit, the control unit control the movement of the display unit by the output from the electrostatic capacitance sensor；

The control unit is basic based on the output of the electrostatic capacitance sensor according to obtained from the color of the front panel Value sets the brightness of the display unit corresponding with the color of the front panel.

2. a kind of refrigerator, comprising:

Main body,

Pan portion is operated, which is set to the door, comprising: there is the electrostatic capacitance for issuing operation to the main body The operation portion of sensor and for shown by shining display content display unit,

Half transmitting front panel, the half transmitting front panel cover the front surface and half transmitting light of the operation pan portion, and

Control unit, the control unit control the movement of the display unit according to the output from the electrostatic capacitance sensor；

The control unit is basic based on the output of the electrostatic capacitance sensor according to obtained from the color of the front panel Value sets the brightness of the display unit corresponding with the color of the front panel,

Also, the control unit is described defeated based on the electrostatic capacitance sensor according to obtained from the color of the front panel The variation of basic value out, setting is for judging the connection of the electrostatic capacitance sensor corresponding with the color of the front panel State/off-state threshold value.

3. refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that

The display unit includes: with the predetermined display board for showing content and to be equipped with as to display board progress The circuit substrate of the light emitting diode of the light-emitting component of illumination,

The operation portion has the circuit substrate for being equipped with the electrostatic capacitance sensor.