KR101864003B1 - Volume output refrigerator - Google Patents

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KR101864003B1
KR101864003B1 KR1020160023754A KR20160023754A KR101864003B1 KR 101864003 B1 KR101864003 B1 KR 101864003B1 KR 1020160023754 A KR1020160023754 A KR 1020160023754A KR 20160023754 A KR20160023754 A KR 20160023754A KR 101864003 B1 KR101864003 B1 KR 101864003B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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The present invention provides a refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body (100) having a refrigerated space for storing food at a preset temperature and opening or closing an inlet; A volume measuring unit 110 for measuring the volume of the food stored in the refrigerator body 100; A display unit 120 for outputting data measured through the volume measuring unit 110; In this case,
The volumetric output refrigerator of the present invention measures the volume of food in the refrigerator and shows the user how much volume is being used by the display. It is necessary to determine how much food can be stored before storage, There is a remarkable effect of preventing the waste of space in advance by confirming to the user whether or not to waste.

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[0001] The present invention relates to a volume output refrigerator,

The present invention relates to a volumetric output refrigerator, and more particularly, to a volumetric refrigerator which measures the volume of an object in a refrigerator and displays the volume of the object through a display. And a volumetric output refrigerator which prevents waste of space in advance by confirming to the user whether or not the space consumed by unnecessary food is wasted.

Generally, existing refrigerators manage temperature, internal food names, and use period.

In order to insert food or other objects into the refrigerator, it is necessary to open the refrigerator to check whether there is space left in the refrigerator.

According to a conventional refrigerator temperature display device of the registered utility model registration No. 20-0341554, a refrigerator provided with an interior lamp that lights up when a door is opened and closed, wherein the interior lamp is provided inside, and the light emitted from the interior lamp is constant And a slit formed on a specific portion of the slit so that the light emitted from the interior light can be straightened only in a predetermined direction, A front surface of a temperature display box in which a plurality of letters of a transparent color for emitting light using a rainbow color dispersed by the prism are formed at regular intervals, the prism being kept at a predetermined distance from the blocking film to disperse in rainbow colors, And a temperature indicator formed on the front surface of the temperature indicating box, Right it is indicated as the temperature of the display device consisting of a refrigerator, including the temperature control in the bar so as to be movable.

According to another conventional art, an RFID chip attached to a surface of a food and storing information on the food is provided in a front door of a refrigerator according to a content display device and method of a refrigerator of Patent Registration No. 10-0722490 A key operating unit provided at the lower end of the screen output unit to set and set the internal temperature of the refrigerator and to select and operate the stored food information and the circulation period information display for each cell in the refrigerator; An RFID scanner for transmitting a specific frequency to the RFID chip by magnetizing the RFID chip so as to read the information of the RFID chip by each space on the partition of the refrigerator and the refrigerator; A data storage unit for storing food information read from the RFID chip attached to an outer surface of each food; If a screen output signal is applied through the key operation unit in a state that the detailed food information is read from the RFID chip on the surface of the food to be stored through the RFID scanner and stored in the data storage unit, When a selection signal for a specific food is applied to the list, detailed information of the food is displayed on the screen in accordance with the selection signal. When the expiration date order output signal is applied, the corresponding list is recombined And a control unit for extracting the food list and outputting the list to the display unit.

However, in the conventional structure as described above, since the user can not show the degree of volume used by the food in the inner space of the body, it is not possible to check how much the inner space remains before opening the other food in order to store the other food. There was a drawback to doing.

Therefore, the volume of the food in the refrigerator is measured through the volume-output refrigerator of the present invention, and the display shows how much volume the user is using. Thus, it is possible to determine how much food can be stored before storage, And to provide a volumetric output refrigerator that prevents the user from wasting space in advance by confirming to the user that the space used is wasted.

The present invention provides a refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body (100) having a refrigerated space for storing food at a preset temperature and opening or closing an inlet; A volume measuring unit 110 for measuring the volume of the food stored in the refrigerator body 100; A display unit 120 for outputting data measured through the volume measuring unit 110; .

The volumetric output refrigerator of the present invention measures the volume of food in the refrigerator and shows the user how much volume is being used by the display. It is necessary to determine how much food can be stored before storage, There is a remarkable effect of preventing the waste of space in advance by confirming to the user whether or not to waste.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
2 is a schematic view of a smartphone of a volume output refrigerator of the present invention
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of smartphone transmission of the volume output refrigerator of the present invention

The present invention provides a refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body (100) having a refrigerated space for storing food at a preset temperature and opening or closing an inlet; A volume measuring unit 110 for measuring the volume of the food stored in the refrigerator body 100; A display unit 120 for outputting data measured through the volume measuring unit 110; .

In addition, the display unit 120 is installed on the outer surface of the refrigerator body 100.

The volume measuring unit 110 may measure the total volume, the volume of the food, or the volume of the remaining free space inside the refrigerator body 100.

In addition, the display unit 120 may output intuitively the volume through a text or image whose color is changed so as to correspond to the volume of the food.

In addition, a wireless communication unit is provided inside the refrigerator body 100 to allow the smartphone 200 to check the status of the foodstuffs contained in the refrigerator body 100; The food stored in the refrigerator body 100 may include a barcode detector 140 for detecting a barcode on the outside of the refrigerator body 100 by attaching a barcode thereto. Is further provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.

2 is a schematic view of a smartphone of a volume output refrigerator of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a smartphone transmission of a volume output refrigerator of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body (100) having a refrigerated space for storing food at a preset temperature and opening or closing an inlet; A volume measuring unit 110 for measuring the volume of the food stored in the refrigerator body 100; A display unit 120 for outputting data measured through the volume measuring unit 110; .

The display unit 120 is installed on the outer surface of the refrigerator body 100.

In addition, the volume measuring unit 110 can measure the total volume, the volume of the food, or the volume of the remaining free space inside the refrigerator body 100.

The volume measuring unit 110 includes at least two image sensors for capturing an image of an image and taking an image of the inside of the image, and calculating the volume of the internal food by a control unit. The volume measured through the volume measuring unit 110 may be output through the display unit 120 installed in the refrigerator body 100.

In an embodiment, the volume measuring unit 110 is installed on the upper surface of the compartment of the refrigerator body 100 for each of the chambers of the refrigerator body 100, and detects the volume of the compartment in the downward direction. In order to detect the volume of the food, the volume is calculated in the control unit through the height of the food and the width of the food, which are measured using the position difference of the two sensors.

The volume measuring unit 110 can measure the volume of food in the inner space more accurately as the number of image sensors increases.

In addition, the display unit 120 may output intuitively the volume through a text or image whose color is changed so as to correspond to the volume of the food.

The display unit 120 displays the total volume and the volume of food in units and percentages.

As an example, if the total volume is 1000 cm 3 and the volume of the food is 400 3 , the 'current volume' / 'total volume' (current volume / total volume * 100% / 1000 (40%) 'value can be used to confirm how much intumescent storable volume remains.

If the percentage exceeds 80%, the text of the text is displayed in red by the control unit.

In the method of displaying the volume through the image, the entire image in the refrigerator is displayed on the display unit 120, and the color of the image of the corresponding position in the entire image is changed when the corresponding position is bulky.

By way of example, it displays the entire area of 1000cm 3 input from the control unit in a square column with a green image, and a square of the image in the image represented by the compartment so as to correspond to a 200cm 3 food in the refrigerator body left end of the left end The green image is changed to red by the control unit at the corresponding position so that the user can intuitively determine the degree of storage.

In addition, a wireless communication unit is provided inside the refrigerator body 100 to allow the smartphone 200 to check the status of the foodstuffs contained in the refrigerator body 100; The food stored in the refrigerator body 100 may include a barcode detector 140 for detecting a barcode on the outside of the refrigerator body 100 by attaching a barcode thereto. Is installed.

When the barcode detecting unit 140 takes a barcode attached to the food, an arrival date corresponding to the barcode is transmitted to the server 300, and the data transmitted to the server 300 is displayed on the food material status screen 210, and the state of the internal food material can be confirmed by the smartphone 200 on the food material status screen 210. And the status of foodstuffs is the date of receipt, item, shelf life, or expiration date of each food.

The smartphone 200 is automatically classified into categories according to the name of the registered foodstuffs status, the check list screen 220 is output as a check list, the check list is selected on the check list screen 220, , A recipe screen 230 showing a food recipe that can be manufactured through the selected material is displayed, and in particular, the text corresponding to the selected cooking material is displayed to be highlighted.

The method of emphasizing the text is to output the text of the material by color reversing the text to white and the background to black.

Therefore, the volume output refrigerator of the present invention measures the volume of the food in the refrigerator and shows how much volume the user is using through the display. It is necessary to determine how much food can be stored before storage, It is possible to prevent the waste of the space in advance.

100: Refrigerator body
110: volume measuring unit
120:
140: Barcode detection unit
200: Smartphone
210: Food Material Status Screen
220: Checklist screen
230: Recipe screen
300: server

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A refrigerator body (100) having a refrigeration space for storing food at a predetermined temperature and opening or closing an inlet; A volume measuring unit 110 for measuring the volume of the food stored in the refrigerator body 100; A display unit 120 for outputting data measured through the volume measuring unit 110; Wherein the refrigerator includes:
The display unit 120 is installed on the outer surface of the refrigerator body 100,
The volume measuring unit 110 can measure the total volume, the volume of the food, or the volume of the remaining free space inside the refrigerator body 100,
The volume measuring unit 110 includes two or more image sensors for measuring an internal food volume by capturing an image of an image and calculating an internal image by a control unit. The volume measured through the volume measuring unit 110 And a display unit 120 installed in the refrigerator body 100. An image sensor is installed on the upper surface of the compartment for each of the cells of the refrigerator body 100 to sense the downward direction, The volume is calculated in the control unit through the height of the food and the area of the food measured using the position difference of the two sensors to detect the volume of one food,
The display unit 120 may output intuitively the volume through a text or image whose color is changed so as to correspond to the volume of the food.
When the entire image of the refrigerator is displayed on the display unit 120 and a volume is formed at the corresponding position, the color of the image of the corresponding position in the entire image is changed.
The display unit 120 displays the total volume and the volume of the food in units and percentages. When the percentage exceeds a predetermined percentage, the display unit 120 displays an indication that the space is insufficient, The text will appear in the specified color,
A wireless communication unit for inspecting the state of the foodstuffs of the food put into the refrigerator body 100 by the smartphone 200; The food stored in the refrigerator body 100 may include a barcode detector 140 for detecting a barcode on the outside of the refrigerator body 100 by attaching a barcode thereto. As shown in FIG.
When the barcode detecting unit 140 takes a barcode attached to the food, an arrival date corresponding to the barcode is transmitted to the server 300, and the data transmitted to the server 300 is displayed on the food material status screen 210, and the status of the internal food ingredients can be confirmed by the smartphone 200 on the food material status screen 210. The food material status is the date of receipt of the food, the item, the expiration date, or the expiration date,
The smartphone 200 is automatically classified into categories according to the name of the registered foodstuffs status, and the check list screen 220 is output as a check list. After selecting a check list on the check list screen 220, A recipe screen 230 is displayed showing a food recipe that can be manufactured through the selected material and the text corresponding to the selected cooking material is displayed to be highlighted,
Wherein the text is emphasized by inverting the color of the text of the material and the background color to an opposite color,
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