KR100764287B1 - How to mark air pollution on the refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air pollution display method of a refrigerator, and a sensor for measuring air pollution inside and outside of the refrigerator is provided, and a controller for deriving control information by judging the measured value measured by the sensor with a reference value. And a control unit for storing the avatar information corresponding to the measured value, and a display for displaying the control information and the avatar information, so that the degree of air pollution inside and outside the refrigerator is displayed to the user through the display of the controller. It is to be displayed as an avatar to facilitate the recognition of the user.

Refrigerator, door, controller, air pollution, avatar

Description

Air pollution indication method of refrigerator {AIR POLLUTION INDICATION SYSTEM OF REFRIGERATOR}

1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

2 is a perspective view of a refrigerator equipped with an air pollution display device according to the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of an air pollution display device according to the present invention;

4 is a flow chart of an air pollution display device according to the present invention;

5 is a flow chart of an air pollution display device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6 to 8 are diagrams illustrating a display device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

10-refrigerator 11-freezer

12-Refrigerator 20-Door

30-Display 40-Controller

41-Storage 42-Determination

43-control unit 50-sensor

60-Control Panel 70-Display

71-Avatar 72-Warning Sign

73-Text Display 80-Alarm

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an air pollution display method of a refrigerator configured to prevent air pollution inside the refrigerator due to odor generated inside the refrigerator storage compartment, and to warn the air pollution outside the refrigerator. .

In general, a refrigerator is provided with a storage compartment such as a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment for refrigeration and freezing of food, and is generally configured to achieve the entry / exit of the food while opening / closing an opening formed in the front of the storage compartment with a door.

Accordingly, various foods are stored in the storage compartment of the refrigerator, and the foods are leaked to the outside of the container to generate an inherent smell of the food, or a chemical component is generated due to the corruption of the food. There was a case that occurred.

In addition, since the storage compartment of the refrigerator is sealed by the door, as the smell generated from the food stored in the storage compartment is filled in the storage compartment, the concentration thereof is increased, resulting in a stronger food smell.

As such, when the smell of food is filled in the refrigerator storage compartment and the air in the storage compartment is contaminated, the contaminated air is discharged to the outside with the door opening of the storage compartment, and the indoor air in which the refrigerator is installed is polluted by the user. In addition to discomfort, when the air pollution in the storage room is severe, contaminated air in the storage room may adversely affect the human body of the user who uses the storage room.

In addition, since the smell of the food is a unique characteristic of the food, there was an effort to remove the generated food smell, which is installed in the storage compartment by installing a chemical odor removing article in each storage compartment of the refrigerator. In order to remove the smell of food by contacting the chemical to chemicals by converting it into another substance that does not cause odor, the air circulates inside the storage compartment of the refrigerator and the circulated air filters the filter. It was to pass through to filter out odorous substances in the air from the filter.

However, there is a problem in that the odor removing chemical article or the filter removing action has a limitation, and thus, the smell of foods filled in the storage compartment of the refrigerator cannot be sufficiently removed.

Accordingly, in order to prevent air pollution due to food stored in the storage compartment of the refrigerator, the storage state of the food stored in the storage compartment, the outflow of the food out of the container, and the cleaning state of the inside of the refrigerator due to the outflow of food Need to be maintained.

However, as a plurality of foods are stacked in the storage compartment of the refrigerator or arranged in the front / rear, it is difficult to grasp the factors causing the food odor, and thus, such as cleaning for cleaning the inside of the storage compartment is a user. It is generally the case made by arbitrary.

Accordingly, there has been a demand for means to more easily grasp the degree of air pollution in the refrigerator storage compartment and to cope with it appropriately.

The present invention has been invented by the above-described demands, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying air pollution of a refrigerator in which a user can easily grasp the degree of contamination of the air inside the storage compartment of the refrigerator.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an air pollution display method of a refrigerator which enables the user to grasp the degree of air pollution inside the refrigerator storage room from the outside of the refrigerator, as well as more easily display the pollution information through an avatar or the like. The purpose is.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an air pollution display method of a refrigerator configured to detect a degree of contamination of external air of a refrigerator and display the same to a user.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a sensor installed inside the storage compartment and air pollution information detected by the sensor to measure the degree of air pollution inside the refrigerator storage compartment, and is set in comparison with a reference value. And a display for providing the air pollution information through a display expressed outside the refrigerator by the information derived from the controller.

Another feature of the present invention is characterized in that the sensor is installed in each storage compartment of the refrigerator to measure the air pollution for each of the storage compartment, the sensor is installed outside the refrigerator of the outside air of the refrigerator It is characterized by being able to measure the degree of contamination.

In still another aspect of the present invention, the controller includes a reference value of air pollution information, a plurality of measurement values added to or subtracted from the reference value, and a storage unit for storing the control information corresponding to the measurement value, the air pollution information and the reference value received from the sensor. And a determination unit for comparing and determining the control unit, and a control unit storing information on the avatar displayed through the display and the alarm device by the control information of the storage unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the control unit comprises avatar information for forming various types of avatars according to information input by a user using an operation unit of the controller, avatar information for displaying an operation, etc. by the control information, and the control. Characterized by including the avatar information to generate a sound by the information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the storage unit of the controller, when the air pollution received from the sensor is relatively low, the control information for driving the air purifiers provided in each storage chamber of the refrigerator, and the filter of the air purifier Characterized in that it comprises a control information for displaying the replacement indication.

Another feature of the present invention is characterized in that the control unit comprises picture information indicating the smell of food and character information for inducing cleaning of the storage compartment according to the control information.

Another feature of the present invention, by measuring the air pollution degree in the sensor and transmits the air pollution information to the controller, the controller compares the air pollution information with the reference value to derive and send the control information to the display and warning device In addition, the display and the alarm is characterized in that to show the corresponding air pollution information.

Another feature of the present invention is to measure the degree of air pollution in the sensor and transmit the air pollution information to the controller, the determination unit of the controller determines whether the air pollution information is more than the reference value when the air pollution information is more than the reference value The difference information between the corresponding air pollution information and the reference value is calculated, the control information corresponding to the calculated information is derived, and the derived information is transmitted to the display and the alarm device to obtain the difference information between the corresponding air pollution information and the reference value. It is characterized in that for driving the air purifier and the like provided in the refrigerator.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the air pollution information is determined, and when the air pollution information is greater than or equal to the reference value, the controller of the controller determines whether the avatar is in operation and corresponds to the air pollution information when the avatar is in operation. The control information may be displayed using the avatar.

Another feature of the present invention is characterized in that the controller of the controller derives and displays the avatar corresponding to the pollution degree according to the pollution information of the air pollution information.

Another feature of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises the step of displaying the air pollution information as an avatar on the display, as well as a warning display displayed on the display with the avatar.

Another feature of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises an avatar which is a diagram of the shape of the refrigerator to be displayed on the display, and a warning display for highlighting the air contaminated portion of the shape of the refrigerator.

Still another feature of the present invention includes the steps of displaying the avatar on the display, the avatar modified according to the air pollution information is displayed as a warning display, the character display and the warning sound is output together in accordance with the air pollution information Characterized in that it comprises a step.

Another feature of the invention is characterized in that the display and change of the avatar is made by the user operating the operation unit of the display device.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows a controller 40 of a refrigerator 10 according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a controller 30 of the refrigerator 10 and each storage room in the refrigerator 10 according to the present invention. 3 shows the configuration of the controller 40, the sensor 50, and the display 70 according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows the operation sequence of the display device 30 according to the present invention. 5 shows another embodiment of the display device 30 according to the present invention.

According to the present invention, the degree of contamination of the air inside the storage compartment due to the smell of food filled in the storage compartment of the refrigerator 10 is measured by the display device 30, and the measurement is easy for a user outside the refrigerator 10. It was intended to inform.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the display device 30 includes a controller 40, a sensor 50, an operation unit 60, a display 70, and an alarm device 80. do.

The controller 40 is configured to include the function of a normal controller 40 to control the operation of the refrigerator 10, and the normal function of input / output of information, transmission / reception, storage and judgment functions. Is done by computer.

In addition, the controller 40 includes a storage unit 41, a determination unit 42, and a control unit 43.

The storage unit 41 is configured to store information input and received by the controller 40 and to store information such as control information and reference values for each device to be controlled by the controller 40. The information input through the operation unit 60 of the controller 40 is stored.

In addition, the storage unit 41 is connected to the input / output means or the transmission / reception means of the determination unit 42 and the control unit 43 and the controller 40 to enable communication of information.

The determination unit 42 compares the reference value stored in the storage unit 41 with the measured value measured by the sensor 50 or the like to derive the difference information, and determines the degree of the corresponding measured value according to the difference information. The controller 41 is configured to control the storage unit 41, the controller 43, the display device 30, the alarm device 80, and the like of the controller 40.

The control unit 43 is formed to control a picture displayed through the display 70 of the controller 40, and is formed to operate and display a character or the like to form various operations or shapes according to preset information. It is preferable.

In addition, the control unit 43 is preferably provided with a number of each character corresponding to the degree of air pollution measured by the sensor 50, in this embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, the smell of food It is supposed to be formed to control a character composed of a symbol of a garlic picture, a background color emphasizing this garlic picture, and a setting such as attracting attention as the garlic picture blinks.

In this case, the avatar 71 is formed of a diagrammatic information that can represent a character, such as garlic, animals, etc. through the display 70, so that the avatar 71 is displayed together with the warning display 72, the character display 73 and the warning sound. It is composed.

The warning display 72 is a shape in which the avatar 71 is flashing, a shape in which it is colored, a shape in which another shape is lit on the back of the avatar 71, and a shape in which the avatar 71 is deformed. A part of the avatar 71 may be formed in a shape that is deformed.

In addition, the avatar 71 shows the appearance of the refrigerator on the display 70 and shows the refrigerator avatar corresponding to a portion where the sensor 50 is located according to the air pollution information of the sensor 50. A portion of 71 may be configured to appear as a warning sign 72 by blinking and the like.

The character display and the warning sound is a character display is displayed on the display according to the air pollution information so that the user reads the corresponding character, the warning sound is a warning device to be described later, such as a speaker provided in the display device 30 Through 80, the warning sound corresponding to the air pollution information is configured to be output to the outside.

In addition, the operation, stop, and change of the avatar 71, the warning display 72, and the character display 73 are configured such that a user manipulates and changes the operation unit 60 of the display device 30 to be described later.

The sensor 50 is a contaminant such as carbon-containing gas, sulfur oxides (SOX), nitrogen oxides (NOX), ozone (O ₃ ), methane (CH ₄ ), nitrogen dioxide (NO ₂ ), and aldehydes among air components. The sensor 50 is configured to measure the contained concentration.

In addition, in this embodiment, the sensor 50 is formed to further measure the odor component of the food accommodated in the storage compartment of the refrigerator 10, that is, the molecular component of the food and the components of the decay caused by the decay of the food. In addition, the pollutant concentration (ppb) of the unit space is measured.

The reference value of the concentration of the pollutant, that is, the air pollution degree is usually set to about 40 ppb, it is preferable to set to about 40 ppb ~ 50 ppb in the nature of the sealed storage chamber.

In addition, the sensor 50 includes a refrigerator 50 sensor 50 and a freezer compartment 11 sensor 50 installed in each of the refrigerator compartment 12 and the freezer compartment 11 provided in the refrigerator 10. The refrigerator compartment 12 sensor 50 and the freezer compartment 11 sensor 50 may be installed on the inner wall of each of the storage compartments and may be connected to the controller 40 through a wire or the like. .

In addition, the sensor 50 is configured to include an external sensor 50, the external sensor 50 is installed on one side of the front of the door 20, the controller 40 of the refrigerator 10, the It is formed to measure the degree of air pollution outside the refrigerator 10, and is connected to the controller 40 and the information communication through a wire or the like.

The operation unit 60 is formed on the front of the controller 40 to allow the user to derive, store and input information of the controller 40. In the present embodiment, the operation unit 60 is the controller ( 40 is configured of an electrostatic switch attached to the front of the circuit board, the electrostatic switch is formed to operate by detecting the static electricity existing in the human body of the user, a plurality of electrostatic switches on the front of the circuit board of the controller 40 A glass plate is attached to the front of the electrostatic switch, and the user is in contact with the front surface of the glass plate.

In addition, the glass plate may be further formed with a printing unit for displaying the position and description of the electrostatic switch and the display 70 to be described later.

The display 70 is installed at the front center of the circuit board of the controller 40 and configured to display information of the controller 40 to the outside. In the present embodiment, the display 70 includes a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (LCD); It is preferable that the display 70 is configured to have a relatively high resolution and brightness, such as a liquid crystal display, and the avatar controlled by the controller 43 is clearly displayed.

The alarm device 80 is composed of a sound generating device such as a speaker installed in the controller 40, the sound to the outside of the refrigerator 10 by the control of the controller 40 and the control of the control unit 43. Sound is generated according to the flashing or motion of the avatar.

Next, the operation of the air pollution display device and the air pollution display method of the air pollution display device configured as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, the air pollution display device 30 of the present invention is operated at the same time as the operation of the user or the operation of the refrigerator 10, the display device 30 is operated, and the display device 30 is operated. Sensor 50 is activated.

Here, the sensor 50 measures the concentration of pollutants in the air inside each storage compartment of the refrigerator 10, such as the refrigerating chamber 12 and the freezing chamber 11 of the refrigerator 10. (S11)

In addition, the external sensor 50 attached to the front of the door 20 of the refrigerator 10 is operated simultaneously with the operation of the refrigerating chamber 12, the sensor 50 and the freezing chamber 11 sensor 50, the refrigerator 10 Measure the pollutant concentration in the outside air.

Information on the pollutant concentration in the air measured by the sensor 50 is transmitted to the controller 40 connected to the sensor 50 via a wire.

At this time, at the same time as the operation of the display device 30, the reference value stored in the storage unit 41 of the controller 40 is derived from the determination unit 42 and compared with the measurement value received later.

The air pollution concentration information received through the receiving means of the controller 40 is determined by the determination unit 42 compared with the reference value (S13).

When the measured value for the pollutant concentration information is greater than or equal to the reference value, the determination unit 42 derives the difference information between the measured value and the reference value, and controls the control information corresponding to the information derived by the difference between the reference value and the measured value. Derived from the storage unit 41 (S14).

Here, when the difference between the reference value and the measured value is small, the determination unit 42 derives the replacement information of the deodorant of the refrigerator 10 or the replacement information of the air purifier filter of the refrigerator 10 to correspond to the reference value, and the reference value. When the difference between the measured value and the large, it is preferable that the determination unit 42 to derive a predetermined cleaning information, such as the refrigerator 10 to correspond to this.

The controller 40 which derives the control information according to the difference between the reference value and the measured value operates the display 70 and the alarm device 80 according to the derived control information.

When the derived control information is the refrigerator 10 cleaning information, the controller 40 displays the text information 'Please clean the refrigerator compartment 12 or the freezer compartment 11' from the controller 40 to the display device 30. ) Is displayed on the outside of the refrigerator 10, and a warning sound is generated through the alarm device 80 so that the user can easily know the air pollution situation inside the refrigerator 10.

Here, the character information, such as 'please clean the refrigerator compartment 12' can be displayed while being lit on the display 70, of course, can be displayed while moving in any direction.

In addition, the warning display and the warning sound inside the storage compartment until the user stops by operating the operation unit 60 of the controller 40 or until the user opens the door 20 of the refrigerator 10 storage compartment. It is desirable to display continuously.

In addition, when the measurement value of the contamination level in the air outside the refrigerator 10 by the external sensor 50 is higher than the reference value, the indoor air is contaminated by the control operation of the controller 40 in the display 70. . Please ventilate "or" Gas leaked. 'Please ventilate.'

In addition, when the controller 43 is provided in the controller 40, an avatar selected from various avatars is displayed on the display 70 by a user's selective manipulation, and the control information of the controller 40 is externally displayed. Displaying the air pollution information by using the measurement, by measuring the concentration of pollutants in the air outside the refrigerating chamber 12, the freezing chamber 11 and the refrigerator 10 in the sensor 50 is measured Is transmitted to the controller 40. (S11)

The controller 40 receiving the measured value of the sensor 50 compares the measured value with a reference value stored in the storage 41 and derives control information according to the difference between the measured value and the reference value when the measured value is greater than or equal to the reference value. (S12) (S13)

The determination unit 42 determining the contamination level of the measurement value determines whether the avatar of the controller 40 is in operation, and if the avatar is displayed and operating on the display 70, the determination unit 42 corresponds to the control information corresponding to the measurement value. Derived air pollution avatar information and warning sound information to be displayed to the outside through the display 70 and the alarm device 80. (S24) (S25) (S26)

In the present embodiment, the display of the avatar derives the avatar information corresponding to the measured value greater than or equal to the reference value from the controller 43 and displays it on the display 70, wherein the avatar is driven by the user or the refrigerator 10. It may be a predetermined character shape at the time, of course, as shown in Figure 1 to display the shape of the garlic or the like to display the smell of food, or by the method of blinking the garlic shape.

In addition, it is preferable to display the avatar on the display 70 and to display the character information (please clean the refrigerator compartment) according to the control information corresponding to the measured value above the reference value.

In addition, by generating an alarm sound through the alarm device 80 together with the display of the avatar, it is possible to more effectively warn the user of the air pollution of the storage compartment of the refrigerator 10 and the outside of the refrigerator 10.

In addition, when the determination unit 42 determines that the display 70 is not operated, the display unit 70 determines only the character information indicating the degree of air pollution through the display 70. Of course it can be displayed through.

In addition, the avatar 71 is composed of a character picture displayed on the display 70, as shown in Figure 6, in the present embodiment to show the shape of the garlic.

In addition, the avatar 71 is configured to include a warning display 72, the warning display 72 is the avatar 71 to improve the recognition of the avatar 71 and the character display 73, etc. Or a portion of the avatar 71 that is lit from the back of the display 70 or a portion of the avatar 71.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the avatar 71 may characterize and display the shape of the refrigerator. The avatar 71 of the refrigerator shape may include a three-dimensional shape of the refrigerator illustrated on the display 70. .

In addition, the warning display 72 of the refrigerator avatar 71 is displayed in such a manner that a part of the refrigerator is turned on, and the refrigerator avatar 71 displays the positions of the respective storage compartments and the corresponding storage compartments according to the air pollution information. ), The point corresponding to the air pollution information is lit.

Also, as shown in FIG. 8, the avatar 71 characterizes the shape of the animal and displays it on the display 70. When the air pollution information is received, the avatar 71 of the animal shape operates. That is, it is preferable that the warning display 72 is configured as a part of the animal shape blinks or moves.

In addition to the display of the avatar 71 and the warning display 72, the display 70 may also display a text display 73 for displaying text information. It can be configured to operate the alarm device 80, such as a speaker provided to generate a warning sound to the outside.

Therefore, when food is leaked from the inside of the refrigerating chamber 12 or the freezing chamber 11 of the refrigerator 10 or the smell of food is generated inside the refrigerating chamber 12 or the freezing chamber 11, the refrigerating chamber 12 or The internal air pollution of the refrigerating compartment 12 or the freezing compartment 11 is measured by the sensor 50 continuously measuring the mixed concentration of contaminants in the internal air of the freezing compartment 11, and the measured value is measured by the sensor 50. Is sent to a controller 40 connected to 50.

The measured value transmitted to the controller 40 is determined by comparison with the reference value stored in the storage unit 41 in the determination unit 42 of the controller 40 to determine whether the measured value is greater than or equal to the reference value. The control information corresponding to the measured value is derived from the storage unit 41.

When control information is derived from the storage unit 41, the controller 40 and the display 70 are controlled by the control information, and text information and / or an alarm sound from the alarm device 80 is displayed on the display 70. Is displayed to indicate that the internal air of the refrigerating chamber 12 and the freezing chamber 11 is contaminated above the reference value.

The user who recognizes the text information opens the operation unit 60 of the controller 40 or the refrigerator 20 of the refrigerator 10 or the door 20 of the freezer 11 according to the text information, and the controller According to the manipulation of the 40 or the opening of the door 20, the operation information of the user is transmitted from the operation unit 60 and the opening / closing detection sensor 50 of the door 20 to the controller 40. The text information and the alarm sound are stopped, and the user cleans the interior of the refrigerating compartment 12 and the freezing compartment 11 to prevent air pollution due to food smell.

In addition, when the sensor 50 is installed outside the refrigerator 10 to measure air pollution information outside the refrigerator 10, the degree of contamination of air outside the refrigerator 10 and leakage of gas, etc. This is detected and displayed to the outside through the display 70 of the controller 40, the user can easily recognize the degree of contamination and gas leakage of the outside air of the refrigerator (10).

In addition, when the avatar is used, if the measured value transmitted from the sensor 50 to the controller 40 is greater than or equal to a reference value and the avatar is detected to operate on the display 70, the avatar set according to the measured value is the avatar. Derived from the controller 40 and displayed on the display 70, the corresponding sound is generated through the alarm device 80 to allow the user to display the avatar displayed on the display 70 of the controller 40 Through this, it is possible to easily recognize the degree of air pollution inside and outside the refrigerator 10.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes are within the scope of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, the degree of air pollution inside the refrigerator storage compartment can be easily recognized by the user, thereby creating a more comfortable user environment, thereby improving the commercialization of the refrigerator.

Another effect of the present invention, it is possible to warn the user of the degree of air pollution and gas leakage outside the refrigerator has the effect of improving the commerciality of the refrigerator.

Another effect of the present invention is to use the avatar to more easily represent the air pollution information, as well as to achieve a clear cognitive effect of the air pollution information through various highlighting effects.

Claims (5)

Generating a measurement by measuring a degree of air pollution inside and outside the refrigerator; Comparing the measured value with a reference value preset in the controller; And deriving predetermined control information according to the degree of the measured value, and displaying air pollution information corresponding to the measured value as an avatar to the user through a display and an alarm device according to the control information. Air pollution labeling method The method of claim 1, And displaying the warning message to display the air pollution information as an avatar on the display and to improve the awareness with the avatar. The method according to claim 1 or 2, An avatar which shows the shape of the refrigerator to be displayed on the display; And a warning display for emphasizing a portion corresponding to the air pollution information in the avatar of the refrigerator shape. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Displaying the avatar on a display; Changing the avatar according to the air pollution information and displaying the warning display; The air pollution display method of the refrigerator characterized in that it comprises the step of outputting a letter display and a warning sound according to the air pollution information. The method of claim 1, The display and the change of the avatar is the air pollution display method of the refrigerator, characterized in that the user is made by operating the operation unit of the display device.

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