Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a simple and convenient method for managing food material information in a refrigerator.
A further object of the present invention is to reduce the management cost of food information in a refrigerator.
Particularly, the invention provides a method for managing information of food materials in a refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator comprises a preset number of storage compartments, the food materials are pasted or clamped with Bluetooth tags corresponding to food material names, and the method for managing the information of the food materials in the refrigerator comprises the following steps: receiving data sent by a Bluetooth tag; analyzing the data to acquire information of the picked and placed food materials and a storage chamber for picking and placing the food materials in the refrigerator; and managing the food material information of the storage chamber according to the information of the taken and placed food materials.
Optionally, after the step of managing the food material information of the storage compartment according to the information of the picked and placed food materials, the method further includes: and displaying the managed food material information by using a display screen arranged on the refrigerator door body.
Optionally, the bluetooth tag is provided with buttons corresponding to a preset number of storage compartments, and further includes, before the step of receiving data sent by the bluetooth tag: and acquiring the management trigger operation of the user by using the button of the Bluetooth tag so as to send data according to the management trigger operation.
Optionally, the step of acquiring the management trigger operation of the user by using the button of the bluetooth tag includes: an operation of a user pressing a button or an operation of a pop-up button is acquired.
Optionally, the step of acquiring information of the picked and placed food material and the storage compartment in the refrigerator for picking and placing food material operation when the user presses the button includes: the method comprises the steps of determining the name and the number of the food material to be placed in and the storage chamber into which the food material is placed according to data, and managing the food material information of the storage chamber according to the information of the food material to be placed and placed, and comprises the following steps: increasing the record of the food materials to be put in, establishing and starting a timer thread of the food materials to be put in, and outputting prompt information that the food materials to be put in are due by using a display screen when the remaining time of the timer thread of the food materials to be put in is less than a preset value, wherein the timing time of the timer thread is determined according to the names of the food materials to be put in.
Optionally, the step of acquiring information of the picked and placed food material and the storage compartment in the refrigerator for picking and placing food material operation when the user pops up the button includes: the method comprises the steps of determining the name and the number of the taken-out food material and the storage chamber from which the food material is taken out according to the data, and managing the food material information of the storage chamber according to the information of the taken-out and taken-out food material, wherein the steps comprise: and deleting the record of the taken food material and the timer thread.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for managing information of food materials in a refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator includes a preset number of storage compartments, a bluetooth tag corresponding to a name of the food material is attached to or clipped to the food material, and the device for managing information of food materials in the refrigerator includes: the data receiving module is configured to receive data sent by the Bluetooth tag; the data analysis module is configured to analyze data so as to acquire information of the picked and placed food materials and a storage chamber for picking and placing the food materials in the refrigerator; and the information management module is configured to manage the food material information of the storage chamber according to the information of the taken and placed food materials.
Optionally, be provided with the button that corresponds the storing room of preset quantity on the bluetooth label to the management that obtains the user and press the button or bounce the button triggers the operation, and data analysis module includes: the first analysis submodule is configured to determine the name and the number of the placed food material and the storage chamber in which the food material is placed according to the data under the condition that the user presses the button; and a second analysis submodule configured to determine, in a case where the user pops up the button, the name and number of the taken-out food material and the storage compartment from which the food material is taken out, based on the data.
Optionally, the refrigerator further includes a display screen to display the managed food material information, and the information management module includes: the first management submodule is configured to increase the record of the put-in food materials under the condition that a user presses a button, establish and start a timer thread of the put-in food materials, and output prompt information that the put-in food materials are due by using a display screen when the remaining time of the timer thread of the put-in food materials is less than a preset value, wherein the timing time of the timer thread is determined according to the names of the put-in food materials; and a second management submodule configured to delete the record of the taken-out food material and the timer thread in the case where the user pops up the button.
According to the method and the device for managing the food material information in the refrigerator, disclosed by the invention, the data is analyzed by receiving the data sent by the Bluetooth tag so as to obtain the information of the taken and placed food materials and the storage chamber for taking and placing the food materials in the refrigerator, and the food material information in the storage chamber is managed according to the information of the taken and placed food materials, so that the storage condition in the refrigerator can be timely and accurately recorded, a user can timely know the articles to be purchased, cold quantity leakage caused by frequently opening and closing a refrigerator door body is avoided, the articles are prevented from being deteriorated due to overlong storage time caused by forgetting the stored articles, waste is avoided, the management of the food information in the refrigerator can be realized without adding a plurality of devices, and the cost is effectively reduced.
Further, according to the method and the device for managing the information of the food materials in the refrigerator, buttons corresponding to the storage compartments with the preset number are arranged on the Bluetooth tag, the button of the Bluetooth tag is used for acquiring the management trigger operation of the user, the food materials are determined to be put in or taken out according to different conditions that the user presses or bounces the button, and the specific information of the food materials is determined according to the received data sent by the Bluetooth tag, so that the food materials are accurately managed, the intelligent degree of the refrigerator is improved, and the use experience of the user is improved.
The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator 100 to which a management apparatus for food material information in the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and as shown in the figure, the refrigerator 100 may generally include: a box body 10 and a door body 20.
Wherein, a storage compartment is defined inside the case body 10. The number and structure of the storage compartments can be configured as required, and fig. 1 shows the case of a first compartment 11, a second compartment 12 and a third compartment 13 which are arranged in sequence from top to bottom; the compartments are configured into a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, a temperature changing compartment or a fresh-keeping compartment according to different purposes. Each storage compartment can be divided into a plurality of storage areas by a partition plate, and the articles are stored by racks or drawers.
The door body 20 is pivotally connected to the front side of the refrigerator body 10, so that a user can open and close the storage compartment of the refrigerator; the door bodies can be arranged corresponding to the storage chambers, namely, each storage chamber is provided with one or more door bodies correspondingly. The number of the storage compartments and the door bodies and the functions of the storage compartments can be actually selected according to specific conditions.
Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the bluetooth tag 30 corresponding to the refrigerator 100 shown in fig. 1. The bluetooth tag 30 is correspondingly arranged according to the name of the food material, and when the food material is put into the refrigerator, the bluetooth tag 30 corresponding to the name of the food material can be selected to be clamped or attached to the food material. Specifically, the food packaging bag can be pasted on the food packaging bag through the sticky surface on the Bluetooth label. In a preferred embodiment, the bluetooth tag can be made into a small clip and then clamped on the food material or the packaging bag, so that the recycling effect is realized.
As shown in fig. 2, there are three buttons on the bluetooth tag 30 that is made as a clip or a patch: a first button 31, a second button 32 and a third button 33, which correspond to the first compartment 11, the second compartment 12 and the third compartment 13, respectively. In other alternative embodiments, if the number of the storage compartments of the refrigerator is two, the number of the corresponding buttons of the bluetooth tag may be two. In a word, the number of the buttons on the Bluetooth label can be correspondingly arranged according to the storage compartment of the refrigerator.
When the food material is put into different storage compartments of the refrigerator 100, the button on the bluetooth tag 30 corresponding to the storage compartment may be pressed. For example, when the food material is put into the first compartment 11, the first button 31 on the bluetooth tag 30 can be pressed; when the food material is placed in the second compartment 12, the second button 32 on the bluetooth tag 30 can be pressed; when the food material is placed in the third compartment 13, the third button 33 of the bluetooth tag 30 can be pressed. Similarly, when the food material is taken out of the different storage compartments of the refrigerator 100, the button of the bluetooth tag 30 clipped on the food material can be popped up. For example, when the food material is taken out from the first compartment 11, the first button 31 on the bluetooth tag 30 may be popped up; when the food material is taken out from the second chamber 12, the second button 32 on the bluetooth tag 30 can be popped up; when the food is taken out of the third compartment 13, the third button 33 of the bluetooth tag 30 may be popped up.
Button presses of the bluetooth tag indicate on, and pops up indicate off. When the button bounces, the Bluetooth tag is in a power-off state, and is powered on and started when pressed down, so that power is saved. The bluetooth label can install button cell and supply power, because bluetooth label consumption is very low, consequently a battery can last the very long of live time, avoids frequently changing the battery, saves user's time and energy, also effective reduce cost. The low-power consumption bluetooth label can be direct with support the intelligent display screen or the bluetooth communication module communication more than bluetooth 4.0, need not increase a large amount of extra equipment, just can acquire the information of eating the material through the data that the bluetooth label sent, realizes quick accurate instant messaging.
Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a management apparatus 40 for food material information in a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the management apparatus 40 for food material information in a refrigerator may generally include: a data receiving module 41, a data analyzing module 42, and an information managing module 43. As shown in fig. 1, the refrigerator 100 includes a first compartment 11, a second compartment 12, and a third compartment 13, and bluetooth tags 30 corresponding to names of food materials are attached to or clamped in the food materials. The bluetooth tag 30 is correspondingly arranged according to the name of the food material, and when the food material is put into the refrigerator, the bluetooth tag 30 corresponding to the name of the food material can be selected to be clamped or attached to the food material. Specifically, the food packaging bag can be pasted on the food packaging bag through the sticky surface on the Bluetooth label. In a preferred embodiment, the bluetooth tag can be made into a small clip and then clamped on the food material or the packaging bag, so that the recycling effect is realized.
Among the above modules, the data receiving module 41 may be configured to receive data transmitted by the bluetooth tag 30. The data analysis module 42 may be configured to analyze data to obtain information of the picked and placed food materials and a storage compartment of the refrigerator for picking and placing food materials. The information management module 43 may be configured to manage the food material information of the storage compartment according to the information of the picked and placed food materials.
The information of the picked and placed food materials may include: name, number, time put in, etc. The process of managing the food material information of the storage chamber may be to add a record of the put-in food material or delete a record of the taken-out food material.
The management device 40 for the food material information in the refrigerator of the embodiment can timely and accurately record the storage condition inside the refrigerator, so that a user can timely know articles to be purchased, the cold quantity leakage caused by frequently opening and closing a refrigerator door body is avoided, and the articles forgotten to be stored cause the storage time of the articles to be too long and deteriorate, thereby causing waste, realizing the management of the food information in the refrigerator without adding a plurality of devices, and effectively reducing the cost.
Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a management apparatus 40 for food material information in a refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention. On the basis of the above embodiment, the data parsing module 42 may include: a first parsing submodule 421 and a second parsing submodule 422; the information management module 43 may include: a first management submodule 431 and a second management submodule 432. Wherein, the bluetooth tag 30 is shown in fig. 2, and is provided with three buttons corresponding to three storage compartments of the refrigerator 100 of fig. 1: a first button 31, a second button 32 and a third button 33 to obtain a management trigger operation of the user pressing the button or popping up the button.
The first parsing submodule 421 may be configured to determine the name and number of the inserted food material and the storage compartment into which the food material is inserted according to the data in case that the user presses the button. The second parsing sub-module 422 may be configured to determine the name, number of the extracted food material and the storage compartment from which the food material is extracted, according to the data, in case the user pops up the button. That is, in the case where the user presses the button, the bluetooth tag 30 transmits a piece of data, and can determine information of the food material put therein; in the case where the user pops up the button, the bluetooth tag 30 transmits a piece of data, and can determine the information of the taken-out food material.
The refrigerator 100 to which the management apparatus 40 for food material information in a refrigerator of the present embodiment is applied may further include a display screen 21 to display the managed food material information.
The first management submodule 431 may be configured to, in a case where the user presses the button, add a record of the inserted food material, establish and start a timer thread of the inserted food material, and output a prompt message that the inserted food material expires using the display screen 21 when a remaining time period of the timer thread of the inserted food material is less than a preset value, where the counted time period of the timer thread is determined according to a name of the inserted food material. The second managing submodule 432 may be configured to delete the record of the retrieved food material and the timer thread in case the user pops up the button.
The timing duration of the timer thread is determined according to the name of the food materials to be put into, for example, the timing duration of the cucumber can be 2 days; the timing time of the chicken can be 3 days; the timing time of the milk can be 7 days; the chocolate timing period may be 3 months. The timing length may be determined by querying a pre-stored shelf life database. In the quality guarantee period database, the quality guarantee period data corresponding to the food materials with different names are stored. Corresponding to different food materials, when the button of the bluetooth tag 30 is pressed, the timing duration of the timer thread established and started is also different. For example, when a user puts milk into the first compartment 11 of the refrigerator 100, the bluetooth tag 30 may be clamped or attached to the milk, and the first button 31 corresponding to the first compartment 11 is pressed, so that a timer thread may be added to the milk, and countdown is started from 7 days, and when the remaining time of the timer thread is less than a preset value (e.g., 1 day), a prompt message indicating that the milk is due may be output, so that the user may eat the milk in time, and waste caused by expiration of the milk is avoided. Wherein the prompting information can be output by means of audio or flashing of an indicator light by means of the display screen 21. In some alternative embodiments, the timing duration of different food materials can be obtained according to tests on the food materials, so as to ensure that the food materials can maintain higher eating quality in the refrigerator within the timing duration.
In a preferred embodiment, the display screen 21 of the refrigerator 100 may be a smart display screen, that is, the smart display screen may be connected to the bluetooth tag via bluetooth and receive data sent by the bluetooth tag. After the user presses or bounces the button on the Bluetooth label, the Bluetooth label is connected with the intelligent display screen, and data are sent. It should be noted that, the bluetooth tag is disconnected from the smart display screen after sending data. The low-power-consumption Bluetooth tag does not set the concurrency upper limit in theory, but generally can be connected with 7 low-power-consumption Bluetooth tags at most simultaneously according to the resources occupied by the low-power-consumption Bluetooth tags in an actual system. In this embodiment, the bluetooth tag is connected to the bluetooth host computer for little data communication only when the food material is put in or taken out, and then is disconnected. According to the actual scene, when the user puts in or takes out the food material, only 1 bluetooth low energy tag is in communication at the same time actually, that is to say, the concurrence is 1. This provides convenience again for using bluetooth low energy tag to carry out food material management. In addition, the low-power-consumption Bluetooth tag is connected rapidly in a broadcasting mode, and in the embodiment, pairing can be performed in an automatic pairing mode through a program, so that manual operation is avoided.
The management device 40 for the food material information in the refrigerator of the embodiment utilizes the button of the bluetooth tag 30 to acquire the management trigger operation of the user, determines that the food material is put in or taken out according to different conditions of the button pressed or bounced by the user, and determines the specific information of the food material according to the received data sent by the bluetooth tag 30, so that the food material is accurately managed, the intelligent degree of the refrigerator is improved, and the use experience of the user is improved.
The embodiment also provides a management method of the food material information in the refrigerator. The method can be executed by the management device 40 for the food material information in the refrigerator of any embodiment to simply, conveniently and accurately manage the food material information in the refrigerator. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a method for managing food material information in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the invention, and the method for managing food material information in the refrigerator comprises the following steps:
step S502, receiving data sent by the Bluetooth tag 30;
step S504, analyzing the data to obtain information of the picked and placed food materials and a storage chamber for picking and placing the food materials in the refrigerator;
step S506, managing the food material information of the storage chamber according to the information of the taken and placed food materials.
Wherein, the food material is pasted or clamped with a Bluetooth tag 30 corresponding to the name of the food material. The Bluetooth tags are correspondingly arranged according to the names of the food materials, and when the food materials are placed in the refrigerator, the Bluetooth tags corresponding to the names of the food materials can be selected to be clamped or attached to the food materials. Specifically, the food packaging bag can be pasted on the food packaging bag through the sticky surface on the Bluetooth label. In a preferred embodiment, the bluetooth tag can be made into a small clip and then clamped on the food material or the packaging bag, so that the recycling effect is realized.
The information of the picked and placed food material in step S504 may include: name, number, time put in, etc.
The process of managing the food material information of the storage compartment in step S506 may be to add a record of the put-in food material or delete a record of the taken-out food material.
In addition, after the food material information of the storage compartment is managed, the managed food material information can be displayed by using the display screen 21 arranged on the door body 20 of the refrigerator 100, so that a user can visually check the food material information in the refrigerator, and the accuracy of food material information management is improved. Furthermore, the managed food material information can be synchronously stored in the cloud server so as to be communicated with the mobile terminal, and a user can conveniently inquire the food material condition in the refrigerator at any time at the mobile terminal.
According to the method for managing the food material information in the refrigerator, the management of the food material information in the refrigerator is simply and conveniently realized by utilizing the Bluetooth tag 30, the storage condition in the refrigerator can be timely and accurately recorded, a user can conveniently and timely know articles to be purchased, cold quantity leakage caused by frequent opening and closing of a refrigerator door body is avoided, and the articles stored by forgetting are prevented from being too long and deteriorating, so that waste is caused, the management of the food information in the refrigerator can be realized without adding a plurality of devices, and the cost is effectively reduced.
Fig. 6 is a detailed flowchart of a method for managing food material information in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the invention, and the detailed flowchart illustrates a specific process for managing the food material information in the refrigerator when food material is put into the refrigerator. The method for managing the food material information in the refrigerator sequentially comprises the following steps:
step S602, acquiring a management trigger operation of a user pressing a button of the Bluetooth tag 30 to send data according to the management trigger operation;
step S604, receiving data sent by the Bluetooth tag 30;
step S606, analyzing the data to determine the name and number of the food material and the storage compartment;
step S608, increasing records of the food materials to be put in, and establishing and starting a timer thread of the food materials to be put in;
step S610, displaying the managed food material information by using the display screen 21 disposed on the refrigerator door 20, and outputting a prompt message indicating that the inserted food material is due when the remaining time of the timer thread of the inserted food material is less than a preset value.
In the above step, the storage compartment into which the food material is put is determined in step S606, and a button corresponding to the storage compartment of the refrigerator, which is provided on the bluetooth tag 30, may be used. For example, there are three buttons on the bluetooth tag 30: a first button 31, a second button 32, and a third button 33, which correspond to the first compartment 11, the second compartment 12, and the third compartment 13 of the refrigerator 100, respectively. When the food material is put into the first compartment 11, the first button 31 on the bluetooth tag 30 can be pressed; when the food material is placed in the second compartment 12, the second button 32 on the bluetooth tag 30 can be pressed; when the food material is placed in the third compartment 13, the third button 33 of the bluetooth tag 30 can be pressed.
It is noted that in addition to determining the name of the food material, the number of the food material is also determined. Since the same food material may be put into the same storage chamber at different times, the putting date of the food material cannot be distinguished only according to the name and the position of the food material, and thus the number of the food material needs to be determined to distinguish the same food material put into the same storage chamber at different times. For example, the chocolate placed first in the first compartment 11 is numbered 1, and then the chocolate placed in the first compartment 11 is numbered 2. Different timer threads are established and started for different numbered chocolates, so that the eating date of the chocolate can be managed more accurately, and the situation that a user confuses chocolates put in at different times is avoided.
The prompt message of the food expiration in step S610 may be output in the form of audio or blinking of an indicator light using the display screen 21.
According to the method for managing the food material information in the refrigerator, the button of the Bluetooth tag 30 is used for acquiring the management trigger operation of the user, the food material is determined to be put in according to the condition that the user presses the button, and the specific information of the food material is determined according to the received data sent by the Bluetooth tag 30, so that the food material is accurately managed, the intelligent degree of the refrigerator is improved, and the use experience of the user is improved.
Fig. 7 is a detailed flowchart of a method for managing food material information in a refrigerator according to another embodiment of the invention, which illustrates a specific flow of managing the food material information in the refrigerator when the food material is taken out of the refrigerator. The method for managing the food material information in the refrigerator sequentially comprises the following steps:
step S702, acquiring a management trigger operation of a button of the user for bouncing up the Bluetooth tag 30 so as to send data according to the management trigger operation;
step S704, receiving data sent by the Bluetooth tag 30;
step S706, analyzing the data to determine the name and number of the taken-out food material and the taken-out storage compartment;
step S708, deleting the record of the taken-out food material and the timer thread;
in step S710, the managed food material information is displayed on the display screen 21 provided on the refrigerator door 20.
After the managed food material information is displayed in step S710, the managed food material information can be synchronously stored in the cloud server so as to communicate with the mobile terminal, which is convenient for a user to query the food material condition in the refrigerator at any time at the mobile terminal.
According to the method for managing the food material information in the refrigerator, the button of the Bluetooth tag 30 is used for acquiring the management trigger operation of the user, the food material is determined to be taken out according to the condition that the button is bounced by the user, and the specific information of the food material is determined according to the received data sent by the Bluetooth tag 30, so that the food material is accurately managed, the intelligent degree of the refrigerator is improved, and the use experience of the user is improved.
Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly determined or derived from the disclosure of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.