CN205425605U

CN205425605U - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN205425605U
Application number: CN201521033041.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陶祥亮; 刘皓; 郭爱生
Original assignee: Sichuan Changhong Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sichuan Changhong Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-12-11
Filing date: 2015-12-11
Publication date: 2016-08-03
Anticipated expiration: 2025-12-11

Abstract

The utility model discloses a refrigerator for solve refrigerator lacks technical problem's of intelligent management to(for) the egg of wherein preserving, refrigerator includes: the refrigerator main part, egg storage device sets up in the refrigerator main part, egg storage device includes the egg frame, be provided with a M egg slot on the egg frame, every egg slot's among the M egg slot bottom all is provided with the sensor, and a M sensor is used for respectively detecting the resting period of egg in the M egg slot, M is the positive integer, the treater, with a M sensor is connected, is used for the basis resting period, confirm the quantity and/or the new freshness of egg.

Description

A kind of refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of electronic technology, especially, relate to a refrigerator.

Background

With the continuous development of society, smart homes are becoming an inevitable development trend of family life, and the intelligence of refrigerators serving as indispensable household appliances of family life is also imperative.

Meanwhile, eggs, as a nutrient, are almost essential food for each family, and after purchasing eggs, a user generally stores the eggs in a refrigerator for preservation. Because only from the outward appearance, it is difficult to discern whether the egg is rotten, often the user just can discover whether it is rotten when beating the egg, often appears a bad egg (being rotten egg) and is related to the condition of several good eggs (being not rotten egg), causes the waste, perhaps, when the user gets home when wanting to fry the egg next work, but finds that the egg quantity in the refrigerator is not enough or has not had the egg.

As can be seen, in the prior art, the refrigerator lacks intelligent management of eggs stored therein, which may result in food waste or affect the health of the user.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a refrigerator for solving the technical problem that the refrigerator lacks intelligent management to eggs stored in the refrigerator.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, including:

a refrigerator main body;

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, an egg storage device and a control device, wherein the refrigerator body is internally provided with the refrigerator body, the egg storage device comprises an egg rack, M egg grooves are formed in the egg rack, a sensor is arranged at the bottom of each egg groove in the M egg grooves, the M sensors are respectively used for detecting the storage time of eggs in the M egg grooves, and M is a positive integer;

and the processor is connected with the M sensors and used for determining the number and/or freshness of the eggs according to the storage time.

Optionally, the depth of each egg groove is a first depth, and the first depth is at least equal to or greater than one third of the height of an egg.

Optionally, the M egg grooves at least include a first egg groove and a second egg groove, the width of the first egg groove is a first width, and the width of the second egg groove is a second width, so as to accommodate eggs of two sizes.

Optionally, a flexible ring is arranged at the inner ring of the notch of a part of or all of the M egg grooves, and the flexible ring can deform according to the extrusion of external force.

Optionally, if the sensor is a pressure sensor, a sponge layer is flatly laid in the groove wall of each egg groove.

Optionally, the egg storage device further comprises M indicator lights, which are all connected to the processor;

wherein the M indicator lights are respectively arranged at the positions corresponding to the M egg tanks; each of the M indicator lights provides at least two different colors of light.

Optionally, the egg storage device further comprises an upper cover, wherein M upper cover grooves corresponding to the M egg grooves are formed in the inner side of the upper cover; one side of the upper cover is hinged with one side of the egg rack; the other side of upper cover is provided with the buckle, the opposite side of egg frame is provided with can lock the locking structure of buckle.

Optionally, a handle is arranged on the outer surface of the upper cover away from the M upper cover grooves, and the handle can be folded and placed on the outer surface.

Optionally, the egg storage device further includes:

and the data transmission interface is used for carrying out information transmission with the second electronic equipment and/or carrying out cascade connection with other egg storage devices.

Optionally, the refrigerator further comprises an information output module and/or a communication module, which are connected to the processor; wherein,

the information output module is used for outputting the information of the number and/or freshness of the eggs determined by the processor;

the communication module is used for sending the information of the number and/or freshness of the eggs determined by the processor to a preset electronic device or a food management cloud platform.

In this application, the refrigerator includes the refrigerator main part, egg storage device and treater, wherein, egg storage device includes the egg frame, be provided with M egg groove on the egg frame, the bottom in every egg groove in M egg groove all is provided with the sensor, M sensor is used for detecting the latency of M egg inslot egg respectively, and the treater can confirm quantity and/or the new freshness of the egg of storage in the egg storage device according to latency, that is to say, through set up the egg storage device who is connected with the treater in the refrigerator, can carry out real-time control to the egg in the refrigerator, and then reach the purpose that can carry out intelligent management to the egg of storage in the refrigerator.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only the embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In addition, the term "and/or" herein is only one kind of association relationship describing an associated object, and means that there may be three kinds of relationships, for example, a and/or B, which 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.

In order to better understand the technical solution, the technical solution will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator 100, where the refrigerator 100 includes:

a refrigerator main body 1;

the egg storage device 2 is arranged in the refrigerator main body 1, the egg storage device 2 comprises an egg rack 21, M egg grooves 22 are formed in the egg rack 21, a sensor 23 is arranged at the bottom of each egg groove 22 in the M egg grooves 22, and the M sensors 23 are respectively used for detecting the storage time of eggs in the M egg grooves 22;

the processor 3 is connected with the M sensors 23 and used for determining the number and/or freshness of the eggs according to the storage time.

Wherein, M is a positive integer, for example, 1, 10, 25, etc., and specifically, the size of the egg storage device 2 may be determined according to the size of the refrigerator main body 1, so as to determine the value of M.

Alternatively, the sensor 23 may be a photoelectric photo sensor or a pressure sensor, or also another type of sensor. The M sensors 23 may be the same type of sensor, for example, the M sensors 23 may each be a pressure sensor or each be a photosensor, or the M sensors 23 may include different types of sensors.

When the sensor 23 is a photoelectric sensor, when eggs are put into the egg groove 22, the eggs can shield light rays from the upper side, or when the eggs are taken out from the egg groove 22, the photoelectric sensors can detect the change of the light rays, further, the processor 3 can judge whether the eggs are taken away or put into the egg groove according to the change of the light rays detected by the photoelectric sensors, and meanwhile, the time that the eggs are taken away or put into the egg groove can be determined.

When the sensor 23 is a pressure sensor, when an egg is placed in the egg tank 22, or when the egg is removed from the egg tank 22, the pressure sensor can detect the change of the pressure, further, the processor 3 can judge whether the egg is removed or placed according to the change of the pressure detected by the pressure sensor, and can also determine the time when the egg is removed or placed.

By arranging the sensor 23 at the bottom of the egg tank 22, the time for taking away or putting in the egg tank 22 can be detected more accurately, and the accuracy of judgment is improved.

In addition, the processor 3 can determine the number of eggs stored in the egg storage device 2 according to the time when the eggs are taken out of or put in the egg slot 22, and meanwhile, the processor 3 can determine the freshness of the eggs according to the storage time of the eggs. For example, eggs stored for more than 20 days are identified as spoiled eggs, eggs stored for a period in the range of 13-18 days are identified as about to spoil, eggs stored for less than 5 days are identified as fresh eggs, and so on.

The processor 3 may be a general-purpose Central Processing Unit (CPU), or may be an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or may be one or more integrated circuits for controlling program execution.

Further, the refrigerator 100 may further include a memory, and the number of the memory may be one or more. The memory may include a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk memory, or the like.

The specific arrangement of the M egg slots 22 on the egg rack 21 is not limited, and may be, for example, arranged in a row, or arranged in a rectangle, etc.

Optionally, the processor 3 and the M sensors 23 may be directly electrically connected through a connection wire, or the processor 3 may be electrically connected to the M sensors 23 through the egg storage device 2. In addition, the connecting wires for electrical connection may be provided inside the refrigerator main body 1, so the connecting wires are not shown in fig. 1.

Optionally, each egg pocket 22 of the M egg pockets 22 has a first depth, and the first depth may be at least equal to or greater than one third of the height of an egg, so that when an egg is placed in an egg pocket 22, the egg is prevented from rolling out from the edge of the egg pocket 22 and being broken. Wherein the egg height is set according to empirical values, such as average values of the heights of regular eggs, etc.

Optionally, the M egg slots 22 may at least include a first egg slot 22 and a second egg slot 22, wherein the width of the first egg slot 22 is a first width, and the width of the second egg slot is a second width different from the first width, that is, the M egg slots 22 may at least include egg slots 22 with two slot widths, so that eggs with different sizes can be stored conveniently. Of course, the difference between the first width and the second width may be small because, in general, the actual size of the eggs does not differ much even if the eggs are of different kinds or varieties.

Optionally, the inner ring of the notch of the partial egg groove 22 or the whole egg groove 22 in the M egg grooves 22 is provided with a flexible ring, and the flexible ring can deform according to the extrusion of external force, so that eggs of different sizes can be conveniently placed, and meanwhile, the flexible ring can play the roles of fixing and buffering the external force on the eggs, so that the safety of the eggs can be guaranteed as much as possible.

Optionally, when sensor 23 specifically is pressure sensor, can set up the sponge layer in the cell wall tiling of egg groove 22, through the compressible characteristic of warping of sponge layer, on the one hand can play the cushioning effect in order to avoid the egg cracked to external force, simultaneously, also can be when the user places the egg to egg groove 22, because exert oneself the egg that leads to cracked, in addition, can also play the effect that reduces egg groove 22 space to the less small-size egg of holding.

Optionally, the egg storage device 2 may further include M indicator lights, for example, LEDs or other types, which are all connected to the processor 3, and the M indicator lights may be disposed corresponding to the M egg tanks 22, for example, one indicator light may be disposed at the edge of the notch of each egg tank 22, and light of different colors may be displayed by the indicator lights to indicate the freshness of the eggs in the egg tank 22, for example, when the indicator light displays green light, it indicates that the eggs in the corresponding egg tank 22 are fresh eggs, when the indicator light displays yellow light, it indicates that the eggs in the corresponding egg tank 22 are eggs to be rotted, and when the indicator light displays red light, it indicates that the eggs in the corresponding egg tank 22 are rotted. In particular, what color the indicator light shows can be controlled by the processor 3.

Optionally, the egg storage device 2 may further include an upper cover, wherein M upper cover grooves corresponding to the M egg grooves 22 are formed in the inner side of the upper cover, and when the upper cover is covered on the egg rack, the protruding portions of the eggs placed in the egg grooves 22 may be accommodated in the upper cover grooves, so as to fix the eggs.

One side of upper cover is connected with the one side of egg frame 21 is articulated, and the opposite side of upper cover is provided with the buckle, and the opposite side of egg frame 21 is provided with and can locks the locking structure of buckle, through buckle and locking structure's combination, can combine upper cover and egg frame 21 together, be equivalent to cover an upper cover for egg frame, can play airtight protection's effect to the egg of the storage in the egg storage device 2 like this, also can be convenient for 2 exclusive uses of egg storage device, for example the user can directly carry egg storage device 2 and go out the use.

Optionally, the outer surface of keeping away from M upper cover recesses in the upper cover is provided with the handle, and the handle can be folded and place in the surface, and the purpose of setting up the handle is for the convenience of the user carries egg storage device 2.

Optionally, the egg storage device 2 may further include a data transmission interface for performing information transmission with a second electronic device and/or cascading with other egg storage devices.

In order to store a large number of eggs simultaneously, a plurality of egg storage devices 2 may be disposed in the refrigerator 100, and the plurality of egg storage devices 2 may be connected through a data transmission interface to implement cascade connection of the plurality of egg storage devices 2, and through the data transmission interface, not only physical connection between the plurality of egg storage devices 2 but also communication connection between the plurality of egg storage devices 2 may be implemented.

Optionally, the refrigerator 100 may further include an information output module and/or a communication module, both connected to the processor 3; wherein,

the information output module is used for outputting the information of the number and/or freshness of the eggs determined by the processor 3. For example, the information output module may be a display module, such as a liquid crystal display screen disposed outside the refrigerator 100, and then the information related to the number and/or freshness of the eggs stored in the refrigerator 100 may be displayed on the display module, or the information output module may be an audio output module, such as a speaker disposed outside the refrigerator 100, and when it is determined that the eggs in the refrigerator 100 are rotten, a voice prompt may be provided to the user through the audio output module, for example, the output voice is "the eggs are rotten", and so on.

And the communication module is used for sending the information of the number and/or freshness of the eggs determined by the processor 3 to a preset electronic device or a food management cloud platform.

The predetermined electronic device may be, for example, a mobile phone, a PAD, an intelligent wearable device, or other portable terminal device, and by sending information on the number and/or freshness of eggs to the predetermined electronic device, the user may remotely know the information on the eggs in the refrigerator 100 even if the user is not at home, so that it is possible to avoid that the user can ensure that there are a sufficient number of eggs in the eggs when the user returns to home and wants to eat the fried eggs, and equivalently, a prompt of whether to purchase the user can be given.

In addition, the refrigerator 100 may form an intelligent home system with other home appliances (e.g., an intelligent air conditioner and an intelligent television), and by sending information related to eggs to the food management cloud platform, timely sharing of information may be achieved, and the intelligence of the home system may be enhanced.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:

a refrigerator main body;

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein each egg flat has a first depth that is at least equal to or greater than one-third of an egg height.

3. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the M egg grooves include at least a first egg groove and a second egg groove, the first egg groove having a first width and the second egg groove having a second width for accommodating two sizes of eggs.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a flexible ring is disposed at an inner ring of a notch of a part of or all of the M egg grooves, and the flexible ring can be deformed according to extrusion of an external force.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein if the sensor is a pressure sensor, a sponge layer is laid in the wall of each egg tank.

6. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the egg storage device further comprises M indicator lights, each connected to the processor;

7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the egg storage device further comprises an upper cover, the inner side of the upper cover is provided with M upper cover grooves corresponding to the M egg grooves; one side of the upper cover is hinged with one side of the egg rack; the other side of upper cover is provided with the buckle, the opposite side of egg frame is provided with can lock the locking structure of buckle.

8. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein a handle is provided in the outer surface of the upper cover away from the M upper cover grooves, the handle being foldable to be placed on the outer surface.

9. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the egg storage device further comprises a data transfer interface for transferring information with a second electronic device and/or cascading with other egg storage devices.

10. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising an information output module and/or a communication module, both connected to the processor; wherein,