CN217817627U - Refrigerator with a door - Google Patents

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CN217817627U
CN217817627U CN202221332078.XU CN202221332078U CN217817627U CN 217817627 U CN217817627 U CN 217817627U CN 202221332078 U CN202221332078 U CN 202221332078U CN 217817627 U CN217817627 U CN 217817627U
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The application discloses a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body, a refrigerator door, a light-emitting device, a wireless communication module and a control unit, wherein the refrigerator body comprises a refrigerator body and a refrigerator door; the control unit is connected with the light-emitting device and the wireless communication module and used for controlling the light-emitting device to be turned on or turned off according to a control instruction sent by the external communication equipment; the refrigerator of this application embodiment, accessible external communication equipment (for example cell-phone) and the wireless communication module wireless connection of refrigerator, send control command to the control unit through external communication equipment, the control unit is luminous according to the luminous device of received control command control for the refrigerator is luminous under the dark surrounds, can play indicative function, make the position that the user can the accurate positioning refrigerator, thereby convenience of customers gets under night or dark surrounds and puts food, promote user's use and experience.

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Refrigerator with a door
Technical Field
The application belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a refrigerator.
Background
The refrigerator is an indispensable household appliance in people's daily life, and with the continuous improvement of social level, people no longer limit the refrigeration effect and the refrigerator energy consumption of refrigerator in the standard of purchasing the refrigerator, and people are more concerned about the outward appearance nature, individuality and intellectuality of refrigerator, pursue better outward appearance and use and experience.
The refrigerator is generally placed in a restaurant or a kitchen, and when a user needs to take and place food at night or in an environment with extremely dark light, the user cannot accurately determine the position of the refrigerator, which causes inconvenience to the user.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, can convenience of customers get under night or dark surrounds and put food, promotes user's use and experiences.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a refrigerator, including:
the light-emitting device is arranged on the box body and/or the box door;
the wireless communication module is used for being in wireless connection with external communication equipment; and
and the control unit is connected with the light-emitting device and the wireless communication module and is used for controlling the light-emitting device to be turned on or turned off according to a control instruction sent by the external communication equipment.
Optionally, the light emitting device is an LED strip, and the LED strip is disposed on at least one side of the refrigerator door in the height direction of the refrigerator.
Optionally, the LED light strip includes a flexible circuit board and a plurality of LED light beads of different colors, and the LED light beads are fixed on the flexible circuit board.
Optionally, the chamber door is followed refrigerator direction of height's both sides are provided with the mounting groove, just the mounting groove is followed refrigerator direction of height extends, LED lamp area inlays to be located in the mounting groove.
Optionally, the refrigerator further includes a light sensor, the light sensor is used for detecting the light intensity outside the refrigerator body, the light sensor is connected with the control unit, and the control unit is further used for controlling the light emitting device to be turned on or turned off according to the light intensity input by the light sensor.
Optionally, the light sensor is integrated with the light emitting device.
Optionally, the refrigerator further includes a power conversion module, where the power conversion module is configured to convert the commercial power into a direct current for the light-emitting device, the wireless communication module, and the control unit to use.
Optionally, the power conversion module includes:
the first conversion module is used for converting commercial power into first direct current; and
the second conversion module is connected with the first conversion module, and is used for converting the first direct current into a second direct current, wherein the voltage of the second direct current is different from that of the first direct current.
Optionally, the refrigerator further comprises a driving chip, a signal input end of the driving chip is connected with a signal output end of the control unit, and a signal output end of the driving chip is connected with the light-emitting device.
Optionally, the wireless communication module includes one of a WIFI communication module and a bluetooth communication module.
In the embodiment of the application, the refrigerator comprises a light-emitting device, a wireless communication module and a control unit; the control unit is connected with the light-emitting device and the wireless communication module and used for controlling the light-emitting device to be turned on or turned off according to a control instruction sent by the external communication equipment; when a user needs to take and place food to the refrigerator at night or in a dark environment, the control unit sends a control instruction to the control unit through the wireless connection of the external communication equipment (such as a mobile phone) and the wireless communication module of the refrigerator, the control unit controls the light-emitting device to emit light according to the received control instruction, so that the refrigerator emits light in the dark environment, an indicating function can be achieved, the user can accurately position the position of the refrigerator, and the user can take and place food conveniently at night or in the dark environment.
Moreover, the refrigerator is provided with the light-emitting device through the refrigerator body or the refrigerator door, so that the refrigerator has decoration, a user can control the light-emitting device to emit light through external communication equipment according to the requirement of the user at specific time or occasion, for example, during indoor celebration activities, so that the refrigerator and other indoor decorations are in conflict with each other, the indoor overall atmosphere is improved, and the use experience of the user is enriched.
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The technical solutions and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present application when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 2 is a schematic circuit flow diagram of a refrigerator provided in an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator according to still another embodiment of the present application.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be apparent that the described embodiments are only a few embodiments of the present application, and not all 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 application.
The refrigerator is the indispensable domestic appliance of most families, and the refrigerator is generally placed in dining room or kitchen, and when the user need open the refrigerator at night or under the extremely dark environment of light and get when putting food, the position of the unable accurate positioning refrigerator of user makes the user bump or fall down easily, influences user experience.
In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator to facilitate a user to locate the refrigerator at night or in a dark environment, and improve user experience.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in the embodiment of the present application, a refrigerator 100 includes a cabinet, a door 101, a light emitting device 10, a wireless communication module 20, and a control unit 30.
The light emitting device 10 is disposed on the box body and/or the box door 101. When the light emitting device 10 is disposed on the box body, the light emitting device 10 may be disposed on two outer sidewalls of the box body along the height direction thereof, or disposed on the top of the box body; when the light emitting device 10 is disposed on the door 101, the light emitting device 10 may be disposed on a side surface of the door 101, a front surface of the door 101, or a door handle of the door 101.
The wireless communication module 20 is used for wireless connection with an external communication device. The external communication device may be a mobile phone, a smart watch, a tablet computer, or other communication devices, and the following description will take the mobile phone as an example.
The control unit 30 is connected to the light emitting device 10 and the wireless communication module 20, and the control unit 30 is configured to control the light emitting device 10 to be turned on or off according to a control command sent by an external communication device.
Specifically, a signal input end of the control unit 30 is connected to the wireless communication module 20, a signal output end of the control unit 30 is connected to the light-emitting device 10, and an external signal received by the wireless communication module 20 is transmitted to the control unit 30 for processing.
The control unit 30 is an MCU (micro controller unit), and the control unit 30 can also be used to control the whole refrigeration program of the refrigerator 100 and the working and operation of various electric device loads.
Specifically, when a user needs to take and place food in the refrigerator 100 at night or in a dark environment, the wireless connection between the mobile phone and the refrigerator 100 is realized through the wireless communication module 20, the mobile phone sends a control instruction signal to the refrigerator 100 (corresponding control software is installed on the mobile phone), and the control unit 30 controls the light-emitting device 10 to emit light according to the received control instruction, so that the refrigerator 100 emits light in the dark environment, and can play an indicating role, so that the user can quickly and accurately position the refrigerator 100, and the user can conveniently take and place food in the night or in the dark environment.
Moreover, the light-emitting device 10 is arranged on the box body or the box door 101 of the refrigerator 100, so that the refrigerator 100 has a decorative effect, and a user can control the light-emitting device 10 to emit light through the external communication equipment at a specific time or occasion according to the requirement of the user, for example, at the time of indoor celebration activities, so that the refrigerator 100 can be in harmony with other indoor decorations, the indoor overall atmosphere is improved, and the user experience is enriched.
In the embodiment of the present application, the wireless communication module 20 includes one of a WIFI communication module and a bluetooth communication module.
Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4, in the embodiment of the present application, the light emitting device 10 is an LED strip disposed on at least one side of the refrigerator door 101 along the height direction of the refrigerator 100.
It can be understood that the light emitting device 10 employs an LED strip, and the LED strip is disposed on at least one side of the door 101 along the height direction of the refrigerator 100, so that the side of the refrigerator 100 forms a light strip, the overall appearance is relatively harmonious, and the aesthetic feeling of the structural design of the refrigerator 100 is not affected.
The refrigerator 100 may be a single-door refrigerator, a double-door refrigerator, a three-door refrigerator, a side-by-side refrigerator, a cross-shaped refrigerator, etc., and the specific number of doors and the opening form of the refrigerator 100 are not limited herein.
Preferably, in the embodiment of the present application, the LED strips are preferably disposed on two sides of the box door 101 along the height direction of the refrigerator 100, taking the side-by-side double-door refrigerator 100 in fig. 3 as an example, at this time, the refrigerator 100 has two left and right box doors 101, and the LED strips may be disposed on two sides of any box door 101 along the height direction of the refrigerator 100, or disposed on two sides of two box doors 101 along the height direction of the refrigerator 100 and deviated from each other.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the door 101 is provided with the mounting groove along the both sides of refrigerator 100 direction of height, and the mounting groove extends along refrigerator 100 direction of height, and the LED lamp area inlays and locates in the mounting groove.
So, through being provided with the mounting groove at chamber door 101 to in locating the mounting groove with LED lamp area embedding, avoid LED lamp area protrusion in chamber door 101 surface, avoid destroying the whole vision sense of chamber door 101.
In the convenient LED lamp area embedding mounting groove, in this application embodiment, the preferred flexible light strip in LED lamp area.
Specifically, the LED lamp strip comprises a flexible circuit board and a plurality of LED lamp beads with different colors, and the LED lamp beads are fixed on the flexible circuit board; wherein, a plurality of LED lamp pearl accessible COB packaging technology (chip on board packaging technology) are fixed on the flexible circuit board.
As can be understood, the LED strip has a plurality of LED beads with different colors, so that the LED strip can simultaneously present a plurality of different colors, or the LED strip can present different colors at different time periods; the specific light-emitting color of the LED lamp strip can be customized according to the needs of a user, the individual needs of the user are met, the user can control the LED lamp strip to emit light with the corresponding color according to the corresponding interior decoration style, the LED lamp strip of the refrigerator 100 has the effect of an atmosphere lamp, the attractiveness of the refrigerator 100 is improved, and meanwhile the indoor overall atmosphere effect is improved.
The LED lamp strip comprises a flexible circuit board, a lamp shade, a light source and a light source, wherein the flexible circuit board is connected with the lamp shade, the lamp shade is connected with the flexible circuit board and covers the lamp shade, the lamp shade is used for isolating the LED lamp bead from the external environment, the LED lamp bead is prevented from being exposed, and the influence of moisture on normal light emission of the LED lamp strip is avoided.
The material of the lampshade is a transparent material, so that light emitted by the LED lamp beads can be emitted through the lampshade, and the lampshade can print corresponding decorative patterns according to the requirements of users, so that the ornamental value and the individuation of the refrigerator are further improved, and the use experience of the users is enriched; simultaneously, the material of lamp shade is flexible material, and its material can be silica gel for example, and lamp shade accessible glue is connected on the flexible circuit board and is covered and establish LED lamp pearl.
In another embodiment of the present application, the refrigerator 100 further includes a light sensor 40.
It will be appreciated that the light sensor 40 is used to detect the intensity of light outside the housing. The light sensor 40 is required to be disposed outside the refrigerator 100, and may be disposed on an outer sidewall of the refrigerator body or an outer sidewall of the door 101.
The light sensor 40 is connected to the control unit 30, and specifically, referring to fig. 2, a signal input end of the control unit 30 is connected to the light sensor 40, and an output end of the control unit 30 is connected to the light emitting device 10; the control unit 30 is also used for controlling the light emitting device 10 to be turned on or off according to the intensity of the light inputted by the light sensor 40.
Specifically, in the daytime or in an environment with bright light, the light sensor 40 detects that the light intensity outside the box is strong, and sends a corresponding light intensity to the control unit 30, and the control unit 30 receives the corresponding light intensity to control the light-emitting device 10 to be kept in the closed state.
Under the environment of night or light dark, light sensor 40 detects that the outside illumination intensity of box is relatively weak (luminance is low) to send corresponding light intensity to control unit 30, control unit 30 receives corresponding light intensity and controls illuminator 10 and give out light, thereby makes refrigerator 100 give out light under the dark surrounds, can play the indicative function, makes the quick accurate position refrigerator 100's of user position, thereby convenience of customers gets under night or dark surrounds and puts food.
In this way, the refrigerator 100 according to the embodiment of the present application may control the light emitting device 10 not only through an external wireless communication device such as a mobile phone, but also through the light sensor 40 of the refrigerator 100 itself; in the former case, the user may illuminate the light emitting device 10 when the user needs to take or put food at night, and in the latter case, the light emitting device 10 may always illuminate at night or in a dark environment (when the light sensor 40 detects weak light).
Different users can select corresponding control modes according to actual needs of the users, for example, for users who are sensitive to electricity consumption, the users can intervene in the light sensor 40 through mobile phone control, at the moment, the detection signal of the light sensor 40 has no influence on the light-emitting device 10, that is, the light-emitting device 10 can only control light emission through external communication equipment, that is, the light-emitting device 10 is controlled to emit light only when the users need the light-emitting device, so that the electricity consumption of the refrigerator 100 can be reduced, and the electricity consumption cost is saved; for the user who pursues high appearance of the refrigerator 100, the user can choose not to intervene the light sensor 40, that is, the light emitting device 10 emits light all the time when the light sensor 40 detects weak ambient light, so that the light emitting device 10 has the function of an atmosphere lamp, and the overall indoor atmosphere is improved through the fusion of the light emitting device 10 and the indoor decoration.
Since the light sensor 40 needs to be disposed outside the refrigerator 100, that is, a mounting structure (e.g., a hole) is disposed on an outer surface of the door 101 to mount the light sensor 40, in order to reduce additional holes in the refrigerator, in the embodiment of the present invention, the light sensor 40 is integrally disposed with the light emitting device 10.
Specifically, light sensor 40 is fixed in on the flexible circuit board (with LED lamp pearl sharing), and one side of its sensitization is towards the lamp shade for light sensor 40 can receive the ambient light who shines into through the lamp shade and detect the outside light of box strong and weak.
In this way, by integrally disposing the light sensor 40 and the light emitting device 10, that is, by integrally disposing the light sensor 40 and the light emitting device 10, it is not necessary to additionally dispose a mounting structure on the outer surface of the door 101, so as to avoid damaging the overall visual sensation of the door 101 and avoid affecting the appearance of the refrigerator 100.
In another embodiment of the present application, the refrigerator 100 further includes a display screen, the display screen is installed on a front surface (a surface facing a user) of the door 101, and the display screen is a touch screen, so that the display screen can not only display various parameters (e.g., temperature) of the refrigerator 100, but also allow the user to control the temperature of the refrigerator 100 through the display screen; specifically, a signal output end of the display screen is connected with a signal input end of the control unit 30, and a display output end of the control unit 30 is connected with a display signal input end of the display screen.
In an embodiment of the present application, the light sensor 40 may also be integrated with the display screen, that is, the light sensor 40 is integrated with the display screen.
In the embodiment of the present application, the refrigerator 100 further includes a power conversion module, which is used for converting the commercial power into the direct current for the light-emitting device 10, the wireless communication module 20 and the control unit 30.
Specifically, the power conversion module includes a first conversion module 510 and a second conversion module 520; the first conversion module 510 is configured to convert the commercial power into a first direct current; the second conversion module 520 is connected to the first conversion module 510, and the second conversion module 520 is configured to convert the first direct current into a second direct current, where a voltage of the second direct current is different from a voltage of the first direct current.
It is understood that, since other electric devices, such as a fan, a power flap, etc., are also included in the refrigerator 100, and the rated voltages of the electric devices are different from the rated voltages of the light emitting device 10, the wireless communication module 20 and the control unit 30, by configuring the power conversion module as the first conversion module 510 and the second conversion module 520, the first conversion module 510 converts the household 220V ac power into a first dc power (12V dc power in this embodiment) suitable for the operation of the electric devices, such as the fan and the power flap, and the second conversion module 520 converts the first dc power into a second dc power (5V dc power in this embodiment) suitable for the operation of the light emitting device 10, the wireless communication module 20 and the control unit 30.
In the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 2, the refrigerator 100 further includes a driving chip 60, a signal input end of the driving chip 60 is connected to a signal output end of the control unit 30, and a signal output end of the driving chip 60 is connected to the light emitting device 10. By providing the driving chip 60 connected to the light emitting device 10, the light emitting device 10 can emit light more stably.
In this application embodiment, to the luminous user in mobile phone control LED lamp area, in order to avoid LED lamp area to give out light suddenly and make user's eye feel uncomfortable, the luminous form that can adopt the breathing lamp in LED lamp area, the control unit 30 control LED lamp area is bright gradually after giving out light promptly, makes the user accept the luminance in LED lamp area gradually when walking to refrigerator 100 from the dark surrounds, prevents that light from dazzling.
In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.
The refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above, and the principle and the implementation of the present application are explained by applying specific examples herein, and the description of the above embodiment is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

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1. The utility model provides a refrigerator, includes box and chamber door, its characterized in that, refrigerator still includes:
the light-emitting device is arranged on the box body and/or the box door;
the wireless communication module is used for being in wireless connection with external communication equipment; and
and the control unit is connected with the light-emitting device and the wireless communication module and is used for controlling the light-emitting device to be turned on or turned off according to a control instruction sent by the external communication equipment.
2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting device is an LED strip disposed on at least one side of the door in a height direction of the refrigerator.
3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the LED strip comprises a flexible circuit board and a plurality of LED beads of different colors, the LED beads being fixed on the flexible circuit board.
4. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein mounting grooves are formed in both sides of the door in a height direction of the refrigerator, the mounting grooves extend in the height direction of the refrigerator, and the LED strip is embedded in the mounting grooves.
5. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a light sensor for detecting intensity of light outside the refrigerator body, wherein the light sensor is connected to the control unit, and the control unit is further configured to control the light emitting device to be turned on or off according to the intensity of light input by the light sensor.
6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein the light sensor is integrally provided with the light emitting device.
7. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a power conversion module for converting commercial power into direct current for the light emitting device, the wireless communication module and the control unit.
8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the power conversion module comprises:
the first conversion module is used for converting commercial power into first direct current; and
the second conversion module is connected with the first conversion module, and is used for converting the first direct current into a second direct current, wherein the voltage of the second direct current is different from that of the first direct current.
9. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a driving chip, wherein a signal input terminal of the driving chip is connected with a signal output terminal of the control unit, and a signal output terminal of the driving chip is connected with the light emitting device.
10. The refrigerator of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the wireless communication module comprises one of a WIFI communication module and a Bluetooth communication module.
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