CN112902529A

CN112902529A - Beauty refrigerator and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112902529A
Application number: CN202110267295.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冯云凌; 王铭坤; 孟庆鹏; 李江伟; 文翔
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2021-03-11
Filing date: 2021-03-11
Publication date: 2021-06-04
Also published as: CN113390216A

Abstract

The invention discloses a beauty refrigerator and a control method thereof. Wherein, this beautiful makeup refrigerator includes: the storage box is movably arranged in the box body and used for storing stored objects; a display module for displaying a storage image of each storage box and an open/close state of each storage box so as to facilitate a user to determine an operation instruction; and the interaction control module is used for receiving an operation instruction of a user and controlling the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box according to the operation instruction. According to the invention, the storage box can be selectively opened or closed according to actual needs, so that the condition that cold energy is lost due to unnecessary opening of the storage box is avoided, energy is saved, and convenience is improved.

Description

Beauty refrigerator and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigerators, in particular to a beauty refrigerator and a control method thereof.

Background

At present, a makeup refrigerator on the market is generally only a simple refrigerating space, the intellectualization and humanization of the makeup refrigerator are seriously insufficient, for example, when a user takes cosmetics in the makeup process, the user needs to frequently open and close the door, the refrigerator is not only complicated, but also the cold energy loss of the refrigerator can be caused, and the power consumption is increased, and meanwhile, the quality of other cosmetics which are not used temporarily is influenced.

Aiming at the problem that the cosmetic refrigerator in the prior art only has one refrigerating space, and the cold quantity loss is more due to frequent door opening and closing, an effective solution is not provided at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a makeup refrigerator and a control method thereof, and aims to solve the problem that the makeup refrigerator in the prior art only has one refrigerating space and cannot be used for taking out or putting in cosmetics in a targeted manner.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention provides a makeup refrigerator, which is characterized by comprising:

the box body is provided with a plurality of air inlets,

the storage box is movably arranged in the box body and used for storing stored objects;

a display module for displaying a storage image of each storage box and an open/close state of each storage box so as to facilitate a user to determine an operation instruction;

and the interaction control module is used for receiving an operation instruction of a user and controlling the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box according to the operation instruction.

Furthermore, the display module is also used for starting the mirror function and reflecting the user image under the mirror function.

Further, the beauty refrigerator also comprises:

the infrared detection module is arranged outside the box body and used for detecting whether a target object is within a preset range of the beauty refrigerator or not;

the first image acquisition module is arranged outside the box body and used for acquiring a facial image of the target object;

and the determining module is used for comparing the facial image of the target object with the facial image of the authorized user stored in the makeup refrigerator database so as to determine whether the target object is the authorized user.

Further, the interaction control module is further configured to:

the target object is kept locked when the determination module determines that the target object is an unauthorized user, and is unlocked when the determination module determines that the target object is an authorized user.

Further, the beauty refrigerator also comprises:

and the second image acquisition module is arranged in the storage box and used for acquiring the image of the storage object in the storage box and sending the image to the display module for displaying.

Further, the beauty refrigerator also comprises:

a first blocking mechanism provided at an air outlet inside each storage box, for closing the air outlet after the storage box is opened, and opening the air outlet after the storage box is closed;

the second shielding mechanism is arranged at an air return opening in each storage box and used for enabling the air return opening to be closed after the storage box is opened and enabling the air return opening to be opened after the storage box is closed.

Further, the storage box of at least two independent switches is drawer structure, set up the slide between drawer structure and the box, the slide is used for carrying out the switch of drawer structure.

Further, the beauty refrigerator also comprises:

and the opening and closing assembly is arranged at the position where the storage box is contacted with the box body and is used for controlling the storage box to move relative to the box body so as to realize opening or closing.

The invention also provides a control method, which is applied to the beauty refrigerator and comprises the following steps:

displaying a storage image of each storage box and an opening and closing state of each storage box so that a user determines an operation instruction;

and controlling the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box according to an operation instruction input by a user.

Further, before controlling the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box according to an operation instruction input by a user, the method further comprises:

judging whether a target object is in a preset range of the beauty refrigerator or not;

if the judgment result is yes, acquiring a face image of the target object;

judging whether the facial image of the target object is matched with the facial image of an authorized user;

if yes, the target object is determined to be an authorized user, and the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box are controlled according to the operation instruction input by the user.

The invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when executed by a processor, implements the above-described method.

By applying the technical scheme of the invention, the storage boxes with at least two independent switches are movably arranged in the box body, and the storage image of each storage box and the opening and closing state of each storage box are displayed through the display module, so that a user can determine an operation instruction conveniently; receive user's operating command through mutual control module to according to the switching of the corresponding storage box of this operating command control, can select the storage box of opening or closing according to actual need, avoid unnecessarily opening the storage box, lead to the condition of cold volume loss, practiced thrift the energy, improved the convenience simultaneously.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a structural view of a beauty refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention at a first viewing angle;

fig. 2 is a structural view of a beauty refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention at a first viewing angle;

fig. 3 is a structural view of a beauty refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention at a second viewing angle;

fig. 4 is a front view of a beauty refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a left side view of a beauty refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a top view of a beauty refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is an internal structural view of a storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a control method according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 9 is a flowchart of a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and "a plurality" typically includes at least two.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe image acquisition modules in embodiments of the present invention, these image acquisition modules should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish between different image acquisition modules. For example, a first image acquisition module may also be referred to as a second image acquisition module, and similarly, a second image acquisition module may also be referred to as a first image acquisition module without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present invention.

The words "if", as used herein, may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "in response to a determination" or "in response to a detection", depending on the context. Similarly, the phrases "if determined" or "if detected (a stated condition or event)" may be interpreted as "when determined" or "in response to a determination" or "when detected (a stated condition or event)" or "in response to a detection (a stated condition or event)", depending on the context.

It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that an article or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in the article or device in which the element is included.

Alternative embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example 1

The embodiment provides a cosmetic refrigerator, and fig. 1 is a structural diagram of the cosmetic refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention at a first viewing angle, as shown in fig. 1, the cosmetic refrigerator includes: the cosmetic box comprises a box body 1 and a storage box 2 with at least two independent switches, wherein the storage box 2 is movably arranged in the box body 1 and is used for storing storage materials (such as cosmetics); a display module 3 for displaying a storage image of each storage box 2 and an open/close state of each storage box so that a user can determine an operation instruction, for example, an image of stored cosmetics, for example, which storage box 2 stores therein foundation liquid, which storage box 2 stores therein lipstick, etc., and the user can select the storage box 2 to be opened according to actual needs; the storage box is characterized by further comprising an interaction control module 4, which is used for receiving operation instructions of a user and controlling the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box 2 according to the operation instructions. The display module 3 is further configured to open the mirror function, and reflect the user image under the mirror function, in this embodiment, the display module 3 is a touch screen with switchable working modes, and is disposed on the front cover 5 of the cosmetic refrigerator, so that when the refrigerator is operated, the internal information of the cosmetic refrigerator can be displayed, and after the user finishes the operation of opening or closing the storage box 2, the display module can be switched to the mirror function, and is configured to reflect the user image for making up.

In the present embodiment, the interactive control module 4 is integrated in the display module 3, i.e. inputs an operation instruction including opening or closing a certain storage box 2 through a touch area provided on the touch screen.

For example, as shown in fig. 1, 3 drawers are respectively arranged on two sides of a box body 1 of a beauty and make-up refrigerator, and a user can take cosmetics while making up opposite to a screen.

In the beauty refrigerator of the embodiment, the storage boxes 2 of at least two independent switches are movably arranged in the box body 1, and the storage image of each storage box 2 and the opening and closing state of each storage box 2 are displayed through the display module 3, so that a user can determine an operation instruction conveniently; receive user's operating command through interactive control module 4 to according to the switching of corresponding storage box 2 of this operating command control, can select to open or the storage box 2 of closing according to actual need, avoid unnecessarily opening storage box 2, lead to the condition of cold volume loss, practiced thrift the energy, improved the convenience simultaneously.

Example 2

In this embodiment, another cosmetic refrigerator is provided, and fig. 2 is a structural diagram of the cosmetic refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention at a first viewing angle, where the cosmetic refrigerator stores cosmetics and skin care products with a very high personal value, so that the safety of the cosmetic refrigerator is very important for a user, and in order to ensure the safety of the cosmetics in the cosmetic refrigerator, as shown in fig. 2, the cosmetic refrigerator further includes: the infrared detection module 9 is arranged outside the case 1 and used for detecting whether a target object is within a preset range of the beauty refrigerator, wherein the preset range means that the distance between the target object and the beauty refrigerator is smaller than a certain preset value, and the position of the infrared detection module 9 can be used as a reference point when the distance is calculated.

In order to verify the validity of a user through face recognition, that is, to judge whether a target object is an authorized user who uses cosmetics or skin care products in a beauty refrigerator to ensure the safety of the cosmetics in the beauty refrigerator, as shown in fig. 2, the beauty refrigerator is further provided with a first image acquisition module 10, which is arranged outside the box body 1 and is used for acquiring a facial image of the target object; and a determining module (not shown in the figure) for comparing the facial image of the target object with the facial image of the authorized user stored in the makeup refrigerator database to determine whether the target object is the authorized user, wherein the determining module may be a face recognition chip and may be integrated in a main board inside the makeup refrigerator. The interaction control module 4 keeps locking when the determination module determines that the target object is an unauthorized user, and unlocks when the determination module determines that the target object is an authorized user for the user to input an operation instruction for use.

Fig. 3 is a structural diagram of a beauty refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention at a second viewing angle, fig. 4 is a front view of the beauty refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 5 is a left side view of the beauty refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 6 is a top view of the beauty refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, fig. 5, and fig. 6, the beauty refrigerator further includes a rear cover 6, and the rear cover 6 is provided with a heat dissipation hole 7. The back cover is internally provided with a semiconductor refrigeration module 8 for refrigerating the beauty refrigerator.

In order to observe the condition of the cosmetics in real time, avoid accidents such as cosmetic toppling and spilling, and ensure the safety of the cosmetics, as shown in fig. 5, the beauty refrigerator further comprises: the second image capturing module 11 is disposed inside the storage box 2, and is configured to capture an image of a storage object inside the storage box 2, and send the image to the display module 3 for displaying, so that a user can observe the condition of the cosmetics in the storage box 2.

In order to facilitate opening and closing, in the present embodiment, the storage box 2 of the independent switch is a drawer structure, and a slide may be disposed between the drawer structure and the box body for opening and closing the drawer structure.

In order to realize the automatic control of the open/close state of the storage box 2, as shown in fig. 2 or 5, the beauty refrigerator further includes: and an opening and closing assembly 12 provided at a position where the storage box 2 contacts the case 1, for controlling the storage box 2 to move relative to the case, thereby achieving opening or closing. For example, the opening and closing assembly 12 may be a permanent magnet and an electromagnet respectively disposed on the storage box 2 and the box body 1, and controls the mutual attraction between the storage box 2 and the box body 1 by changing the direction of the current applied to the electromagnet, so as to close the storage box 2, or repel each other, and thus open the storage box 2. Besides, the opening and closing assembly can also be a mechanical gear which is controlled to rotate through an electric signal and is arranged on a slide way between the drawer structure and the box body, and the relative movement direction of the storage box 2 and the box body 1 is controlled by controlling the rotation direction of the mechanical gear, so that the storage box 2 is controlled to be opened or closed. The front cover 5 is internally provided with a main control board (not shown in the figure), one end of the main control board is connected with the interactive control module 4, and the other end of the main control board is connected with the opening and closing assembly 12, and the main control board is used for controlling the storage box 2 to execute corresponding operations based on control instructions of a user.

Through above-mentioned scheme, can avoid opening unnecessary storage area, reduce the waste of cold volume, even open certain storage box 2 alone, cold volume also can inevitable lose, in order to reduce scattering and disappearing of cold volume as far as possible, above-mentioned beautiful makeup refrigerator still includes: first mechanism of sheltering from sets up the air outlet in the inside of storage box 2 for it closes to make the air outlet after storage box 2 is opened, and to avoid the cold volume in the air-out wind channel to scatter and disappear, makes the air outlet open after storage box 2 closes.

Similarly, in order to avoid the heat of exterior space to get into the return air wind channel of beautiful refrigerator of making up, above-mentioned beautiful refrigerator of making up still includes that the second shelters from the mechanism, sets up the return air inlet in the inside of storage box 2 for make the return air inlet close after storage box 2 is opened, in order to avoid external heat to get into the return air wind channel, make the return air inlet open after storage box 2 closes.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal structure of the storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, in order to facilitate simultaneous control of the air outlet 21 and the air return 22, the air outlet 21 and the air return 22 may be disposed adjacent to each other, and after such arrangement, the functions of the first shielding mechanism and the second shielding mechanism may be implemented by agreeing to the shielding slider 23, and after the storage box 2 is opened, the shielding slider 23 is controlled to slide towards the air outlet 21 and the air return 22, so as to cover the air outlet 21 and the air return 22, and the air outlet 21 and the air return 22 are closed.

In order to supplement light when the user makes up, as shown in fig. 4, a light supplement lamp 13 is further disposed on the front cover 5, and is disposed at an edge of the touch screen to increase light.

The beautiful refrigerator of this embodiment, the user can be when facing to the screen makeup, and the automatic required storage box 2 of opening is got the cosmetics, has avoided need frequently to open when making up, has closed the door and has got the cosmetics, leads to the problem of cold volume loss, has practiced thrift the energy to user experience has been improved. In addition, the safety of the beauty refrigerator is improved through face recognition and camera monitoring inside the storage box 2.

Example 3

The present embodiment provides a control method applied to the beauty refrigerator in the above embodiments, and fig. 8 is a flowchart of the control method according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, the method includes:

s101, displaying the storage image of each storage box and the open/close state of each storage box, so that the user can determine the operation instruction.

The display module is a touch screen with switchable working modes and is arranged on a front cover of the makeup refrigerator, when the refrigerator is operated, images of cosmetics stored in the makeup refrigerator can be displayed, for example, foundation liquid is stored in one storage box, lipstick is stored in the other storage box, and after the operation of a user is finished, the display module can be switched to a reflection mode for reflecting images of the user for the user to make up.

And S102, controlling the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box according to an operation instruction input by a user.

The interactive control module receives an operation instruction of a user, such as an instruction for controlling the storage box to be opened or an instruction for controlling the storage box to be closed, and controls the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box according to the operation instruction.

The control method of the present embodiment is a control method for determining an operation instruction by a user by displaying a storage image of each storage box and an open/close state of each storage box; according to user input's operating command, the switching of the corresponding storage box of control can select the storage box of opening or closing according to actual need, when improving the convenience, avoids opening unnecessary storage box, the energy saving.

Example 4

In order to verify the validity of the user through face recognition, that is, to determine whether the target object is an authorized user who uses cosmetics or skin care products in the beauty refrigerator, so as to ensure the safety of the cosmetics in the beauty refrigerator, before performing step S102, the method further includes: judging whether a target object is in a preset range of the beauty refrigerator or not; if the judgment result is yes, acquiring a face image of the target object; determining whether the facial image of the target object matches the facial image of the authorized user; if yes, the target object is determined to be an authorized user, and the opening and closing of the corresponding storage box are controlled according to the operation instruction input by the user. In the embodiment, the authorized user is preset, the facial image of the authorized user is pre-recorded in the database, and the authorized user is directly called from the database when facial image recognition is carried out.

Through above-mentioned scheme, can avoid opening unnecessary storage area, reduce the waste of cold volume, even open certain storage box alone, cold volume also can inevitable be dissipated, in order to reduce losing of cold volume as far as possible, above-mentioned control method still includes: judge whether the storage box is opened, open the back at the storage box, the air outlet in this storage box of control is closed to cold volume in avoiding the air-out wind channel scatters and disappears, makes the air outlet open after the storage box is closed, carries out normal refrigeration.

Similarly, in order to prevent heat in the external space from entering the air return duct of the beauty refrigerator, the method further comprises the following steps: after the storage box is opened, the air return opening in the storage box is controlled to be closed so as to avoid external heat from entering the air return duct, and after the storage box is closed, the air return opening in the storage box is controlled to be opened to perform normal refrigeration.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, the control method includes:

s1, judging whether the target object enters the preset range of the beauty refrigerator, if not, executing the step S2; if so, step S3 is performed.

When the target object is seated in front of the beauty refrigerator, the infrared sensor senses a human body, and then the target object is judged to enter a preset range of the beauty refrigerator.

And S2, controlling the second image acquisition module to be closed.

And S3, controlling the second image acquisition module to be opened, and acquiring the facial image of the target object through the second image acquisition device.

After the target object is judged to enter the preset range of the beauty refrigerator, the light supplement lamp and the camera (namely the second image acquisition module) on the front cover are turned on, and face recognition is carried out on the target object.

S4, it is determined whether the face image of the target object matches the face image of the authorized user, and if not, step S5 is performed, and if so, step S6 is performed.

And S5, locking the interactive control module.

And S6, unlocking the interactive control module.

And S7, controlling the corresponding storage box to be opened according to the operation instruction input by the user.

If the judgment is that the user is authorized, such as the owner of the beauty refrigerator or the person allowed to use the beauty refrigerator by the owner, the interactive control module is unlocked, otherwise, the interactive control module is locked. After the interactive control module is unlocked, a user selects the drawer to be opened through the interactive control module, the drawer is automatically opened afterwards, the user takes cosmetics and skin care products, after the cosmetics are taken out, the light supplementing lamp and the camera are kept opened, the facial image of the user is displayed on the touch screen, and the user can make up for the touch screen. After finishing makeup, the drawer is closed, and the user leaves. And if the infrared sensor cannot sense the human body, the touch screen is locked again. During the locking period of the touch screen, images of the interiors of the drawers are displayed, and a user can observe the condition of cosmetics in real time.

Example 5

The present embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor implements the above-described control method.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware. With this understanding in mind, the above-described technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A beauty refrigerator, characterized in that it comprises:

the box body is provided with a plurality of air inlets,

2. The makeup refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said display module is further configured to turn on a mirror function, and reflect the user image under the mirror function.

3. The beauty refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising:

4. The cosmetic refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the interaction control module is further configured to:

5. The beauty refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising:

6. The beauty refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising:

7. The beauty refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the storage box of at least two independent switches is a drawer structure, and a slide is arranged between the drawer structure and the refrigerator body, and the slide is used for opening and closing the drawer structure.

8. The beauty refrigerator of claim 7, further comprising:

9. A control method applied to the beauty refrigerator of any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the method comprises:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein before controlling opening and closing of the respective storage boxes according to the operation instructions input by the user, the method further comprises:

if the judgment result is yes, acquiring a face image of the target object;

11. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method according to claim 9 or 10.