KR100806356B1 - Cup holder and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cup holder, and more particularly, to a cup holder for storing and storing a beverage container, a cup, and the like, comprising: a housing having one or more accommodation spaces for accommodating the container; A support member installed on the side wall of the housing to support and hold the side of the container housed in the accommodation space to move and hold the container housed in the respective accommodation space according to its size; A holding part including a driving part for moving the support member; A seating detecting unit for checking whether the container is inserted into the receiving space; A movement detecting unit for detecting whether the support member is in contact with the container housed in the accommodation space; Disclosed is a cup holder including a control unit for controlling the cup holder in response to a signal of the seat detecting unit and the movement detecting unit.

Description

Cup Holder and Method for Controlling the Same}

1 is a perspective view showing a cup holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the cup holder of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a partial perspective view illustrating a holding part of the cup holder of FIG. 1.

4 is a cross-sectional view of the cup holder of FIG. 1.

5 is a control block diagram of the cup holder of FIG.

6A and 6B are operation diagrams showing an operating state of the cup holder of FIG.

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100: housing S: receiving space

210: driving unit 220: moving member

230: support member

The present invention relates to a cup holder, and more particularly to a cup holder for storing and storing beverage containers, cups and the like.

The cup holder is a device or tool for storing and storing a cup such as a beverage container, a paper cup, a mug, etc., and is installed near a seat of a car, a bus, an airplane, or the like so that a user can store the cup, or is also used as a portable device. Recently, various functions have been added to the cup holder, such as the addition of a cold and hot function in the cup holder.

However, when the cup holder is installed in a vehicle or the like and shakes, the cups stored in the cup holder are shaken, and there is a problem that the contents contained in the cups can be poured out.

In addition, since the cup holder is accommodated in a variety of shapes and sizes of containers, paper cups, mugs, and the like, there is a problem in that the cup holder cannot be stored without shaking in accordance with the shape and size of the container or cup to be stored.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a cup holder and a control method thereof capable of accommodating a container or cup having various shapes and sizes without shaking in order to solve the problems of the present invention as described above.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cup holder and a control method thereof that can be accommodated without shaking in correspondence with a container or cup having various shapes and sizes.

The present invention has been created to achieve the object of the present invention as described above, the present invention comprises a housing formed with at least one receiving space for accommodating the container; Disclosed is a cup holder, characterized in that it comprises a holding unit which is installed on the side wall of the housing to move and hold the container accommodated in the respective receiving space according to the size.

The cup holder may further include a seating detecting unit for detecting whether the container is accommodated in the accommodation space so that the holding unit can hold the container accommodated in the accommodation space. The seating sensing unit may be installed on the bottom of the housing, and the seating sensing unit may be configured as a pressure sensor.

The holding portion and the support member for supporting the side of the container accommodated in the receiving space; It may be configured to include a drive for moving the support member.

It further comprises a movement detecting unit for detecting the contact between the support member and the container housed in the receiving space in order to stop the support member when the support member and the container housed in the receiving space. Can be.

The cup holder may include an operation unit for holding or releasing the holding of the container accommodated in the accommodation space by the support member of the holding unit by a user's manipulation.

The support member may be rotatably coupled with the drive unit. A sidewall of the housing may further include a receiving groove recessed inwardly corresponding to the support member.

The present invention also includes a housing in which one or more receiving spaces for receiving a container are formed; A support member installed on the side wall of the housing to support and hold the side of the container housed in the accommodation space to move and hold the container housed in the respective accommodation space according to its size; A holding part including a driving part for moving the support member; A seating detecting unit for checking whether the container is inserted into the receiving space; A movement detecting unit for detecting whether the support member is in contact with the container housed in the accommodation space; Disclosed is a cup holder including a control unit for controlling the cup holder in response to a signal of the seat detecting unit and the movement detecting unit.

Hereinafter, the cup holder according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a cup holder according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the cup holder of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a partial perspective view showing a holding portion of the cup holder of Figure 1, Figure 4 is the cup of Figure 1 5 is a control block diagram of the cup holder of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 6A and 6B are operation diagrams showing an operating state of the cup holder of FIG. 1.

The cup holder according to the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 to 6b, the housing 100 is formed with a receiving space (S) for accommodating the container 20; It is configured to include a holding unit which is installed on the side wall 110 of the housing 100 to move and hold the container 20 accommodated in the receiving space (S) according to the size.

The housing 100 may have various shapes and structures according to the design, design, function, and the like of the cup holder, and may be installed in a console box of an automobile, and as shown in FIG. 1, the armrest 1 of the seat It can be configured as part of the back, and the structure and shape of the cup holder 10 is not limited to this embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the housing 100 has an accommodation space S for accommodating the container 20, and may have various materials such as metal and plastic.

The housing 100 is configured to form a main body of the cup holder, or as shown in Figure 2, is coupled to the structure to be installed by a fastening member such as a screw (11).

In addition, the cup holder may further include a specific function such as cooling or heating the container 20 accommodated in the accommodation space S, and components for performing the specific function may be additionally installed in the housing 100. Can be.

The holding part support member 230 for supporting the side of the container 20 accommodated in the receiving space (S); A moving member 220 coupled to the end of the support member 230 and installed through the through hole 111 formed in the side wall 110 of the housing 100 to move the support member 230; It is connected to the moving member 220 is configured to include a drive unit 230 for moving the support member 230.

The drive unit 210 is connected to the moving member 220 as a device for generating a driving force for moving the support member 230, a solenoid, a linear motor (linear motor), a rotary motor and the like can be used, the housing ( 100) is installed outside. In this case, when the support member 230 is linearly moved, the movable member 220 also needs to be linearly moved. Therefore, when the driving unit 210 is a rotating motor, a motion conversion for converting rotational motion into a linear motion such as a worm gear and a ball screw. The device is additionally installed.

On the other hand, the driving unit 210 may be any configuration that can move the moving member 230 to the support member 220 to be described later to secure the container 20, of course, by the control of the controller 300 to be described later Works.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the driving unit 210 may be fixedly installed to the fixing bracket 150 installed at the outside of the housing 100.

The moving member 220 is connected to the driving unit 210 to move the support member 230 to the side wall of the container 20 by the driving of the driving unit 210 to move to support the container 20, At its end, the support member 230 is installed.

The moving member 220 may be configured in various ways according to the moving form of the support member 230, and may be configured as part of the driving unit 210.

The support member 230 is configured to support the side of the container 20 accommodated in the receiving space (S) while preventing the container 20 from shaking.

The support member 230 may be configured to have various shapes and sizes, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, most of the vessels 20 to support the concave curved surface considering that the outer circumferential surface thereof is curved. The branch may be composed of a plate-like member.

In addition, the support member 230 may be made of a soft material such as rubber to gently support the container 20, or a surface of the support member 230 may be made of a soft material such as rubber.

On the other hand, when the user receives the container 20 in the accommodation space (S), it is necessary to prevent the support member 230 from interfering with the pulling or withdrawal.

Therefore, the support member 230 is preferably rotatably coupled to the end of the moving member 220, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the container 20 in a state in which the container 20 is not received The side in contact with the side of the side is installed to face upward, the elastic member 224 may be additionally installed so that the container 20 can be restored to its original state in the drawn state.

That is, coupling bosses 221 and 231 for hinge coupling are formed at the end of the movable member 220 and the rear surface of the support member 230, respectively, and the coupling bosses 221 and 231 are coupling pins 222. Coupled by, the support member 230 is rotatably coupled to the moving member 220.

At this time, the elastic member 224 may be composed of a coil spring that is fitted to the coupling pin 222 while applying an elastic force to rotate the support member 230 to the upper side. In addition, the movable member 220 is further provided with a rotation preventing jaw 225 for preventing the support member 230 from being rotated by a predetermined angle or more when rotated upward.

In addition, when the support member 230 is moved toward the inner surface of the housing 100, it is necessary to form a smooth surface with the surface of the support member 230, the inner surface of the housing 100 as shown in FIG. The receiving groove 130 recessed inwardly by the thickness of the supporting member 230 may be further formed.

Meanwhile, since the support member 230 is installed to prevent the container 20 from shaking, it is preferable that a plurality of support members are installed as shown in FIG. 4, and a moving member for moving the support member 230. 220 is also preferably composed of a plurality. At this time, the driving unit 210 for driving the moving member 220 is also preferably composed of a plurality, but may be configured as one.

The cup holder according to the present invention having the above configuration needs to be configured to be operated by automatic or manual operation, as shown in FIG. 5, and includes a control unit 300 for driving the driving unit 210. It is configured by.

In addition, the controller 300 may include a control unit 310, a seating detecting unit 320 for confirming the presence or absence of the container 20, and a support member of the holding unit so as to manually or automatically control the holding unit of the cup holder by the user. It may be configured to include a movement detecting unit 330 for detecting the movement of the 230.

The operation unit 310 is installed on the outside of the housing 100 for the user to operate the holding unit, such as holding or releasing the holding of the container 20 introduced into the holding space (S), or initialization of the holding unit. It consists of one or more operation panels 311 provided with buttons.

The seating detecting unit 320 detects the presence or absence of the container 20 in the receiving space (S) and transmits a signal to the control unit 300, the control unit 300 is configured to control the operation of the cup holder.

The seating detecting unit 320 is a configuration for detecting whether the container 20 is inserted into the accommodation space (S), a pressure sensor, an ultrasonic sensor or the like can be used, and is installed in the housing 100 or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the seating detecting unit 320 may include one or more pressure sensors 321 installed on the bottom surface 120 of the housing 100.

The movement detecting unit 330 controls the driving unit 210 to control the driving unit 210 so that the support member 230 can stably support the container 20, the moving distance of the support member 230 or the support member 230 ) And detects the contact between the container 20 and the like, and transmits the signal to the controller 300, and a pressure sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an optical sensor, or the like may be used.

The movement detecting unit 330 may be installed at various positions such as an inner wall of the housing 100, and may be installed at the support member 230 as shown in FIG. 2.

Meanwhile, the movement detecting unit 330 may simultaneously perform the function of the seating detecting unit 320 to confirm the presence or absence of the container 20 according to the sensor used. At this time, a separate seating detection unit is not necessary.

Referring to the operation of the cup holder having the configuration as described above in detail.

When there is no container 20 in the receiving space S of the cup holder, as shown in FIG. 6A, the holding part is in an initialization state.

The initializing state of the holding unit may be set in various ways. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 6A, the supporting member 230 is in contact with the inner surface of the housing 100.

When the user inserts the container 20 into the accommodation space S, the seating detecting unit 320 detects whether the container 20 is inserted and transmits the signal to the control unit 300.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the control unit 300 drives the driving unit 210 of the holding unit to move the support member 230 to hold the container 20 by the reception signal of the seating detecting unit 320. That is, the controller 300 drives the driving unit 210 to move the support member 230 to a position for supporting the container 20.

At this time, of course, the user inserts the container 20 into the accommodation space S without sensing the presence or absence of the container 20 of the seating detecting unit 320, and then operates the operating unit 310 to drive the driving unit 210 of the holding unit. The member 230 may be moved to hold the container 20.

On the other hand, the holding member 230 of the holding portion is to support the container 20 by pressing, in the case of the container 20 of the weak member such as a paper cup there is a risk of deformation or breakage.

Therefore, the movement detecting unit 330 detects the movement of the supporting member 230 such as the distance between the supporting member 230 and the container 20, and stops the driving unit 210 when it contacts or approaches the container 20. The movement of the support member 230 is stopped. At this time, the position at which the support member 230 is stopped becomes a support position for supporting the container 20.

And when the user withdraws the container 20 in the receiving space (S), the support member 230 is continuously positioned in the support position, when the user retracts the container 20, the support member 230 is a container ( Positioned to fit the size of 20) it is possible to hold the container 20 without a separate movement.

At this time, if the size of the container drawn into the receiving space (S) is different, the user operates the operation unit 310 to initialize the holding unit to move the support member 230 to the initial position after the container 20 to the receiving space (S) The support member 230 may be repositioned to fit in the container 20 having a different size by retracting it.

Meanwhile, in the cup holder according to the present invention, when the user withdraws the container 20 from the accommodation space S, the seating detecting unit 320 detects that the container 20 is absent and transmits the signal to the control unit 300. The controller 300 may be configured to initialize the holding unit.

In addition, after the user releases the holding part by operating the operation part 310, the container 20 may be withdrawn from the accommodation space S. FIG. In addition, the seating detection unit 320 is installed on the bottom surface when the container 20 is dropped from the bottom by transmitting a signal to the control unit 300 to automatically release the holding of the holding part after receiving the container 20 (S) Can be withdrawn.

Meanwhile, a control method of the cup holder having the above configuration is as follows.

First step: When the container 20 is drawn into the receiving space (S), the seating detection unit 320 transmits the signal to the control unit 300.

Second step: When receiving the signal that the container 20 is inserted into the receiving space (S) from the seating detection unit 320, the control unit 300 operates the drive unit 210 to move the support member 230.

Third step: The movement detecting unit 330 transmits the signal to the control unit 300 when the support member 230 moves and contacts the container 20.

The fourth step: When receiving the signal that the support member 320 is in contact with the container 20 from the movement detecting unit 330, the control unit 300 controls the drive unit 210 to stop the support member 320.

On the other hand, the control method of the cup holder comprises the steps 4-1, after the fourth step, the control unit receives the initialization signal by the user's operation; When the control unit receives the initialization signal, the control unit may further include a step 4-2 of moving the support member to the initial position.

Cup holder according to the present invention has the advantage that can be stored stably without shaking the container having a variety of shapes and sizes.

In addition, the cup holder according to the present invention has an advantage that can be configured to hold the container by automatically checking whether the container is inserted without the user's operation has the advantage of promoting the convenience of the user.

In addition, the cup holder according to the present invention has the advantage of supporting the container of various sizes by maintaining the state corresponding to the size of the container after moving the support member according to the size of the container once the container is inserted.

Claims (12)

A housing in which at least one accommodation space for housing the container is formed; A holding part installed at a side wall of the housing to move and hold a container accommodated in each receiving space according to its size; The holding portion and the support member for supporting the side of the container accommodated in the receiving space; It is connected to the support member and comprises a drive for moving the support member, In order to stop the support member when the support member is in contact with the container housed in the receiving space, the contact member is detected in contact with the container housed in the receiving space. Cup holder, characterized in that any one of the movement detection unit is installed in the support member. The method of claim 1, And a seat detecting unit for detecting whether the container is accommodated in the accommodation space so that the holding unit can hold the container accommodated in the accommodation space. The method of claim 2, The seat detecting unit is a cup holder, characterized in that installed on the bottom of the housing. The method of claim 3, wherein The seat detecting unit is a cup holder, characterized in that the pressure sensor. The method of claim 1, The support member is a cup holder, characterized in that rotatably coupled with the drive. delete The method of claim 1, And a control unit configured to hold or release the holding of the container housed in the accommodation space by the support member by the user's manipulation. A housing in which at least one accommodation space for housing the container is formed; A holding part installed at a side wall of the housing to move and hold a container accommodated in each receiving space according to its size; The holding portion and the support member for supporting the side of the container accommodated in the receiving space; It is connected to the support member and comprises a drive for moving the support member, The support member is a cup holder, characterized in that rotatably coupled with the drive. The method according to claim 1 or 8, And a receiving groove recessed inwardly corresponding to the support member on the sidewall of the housing. A housing in which at least one accommodation space for housing the container is formed; A support member installed on the side wall of the housing to support and hold the side of the container housed in the accommodation space to move and hold the container housed in the respective accommodation space according to its size; A holding part including a driving part for moving the support member; A seating detecting unit for checking whether the container is inserted into the receiving space; A movement detecting unit installed on the supporting member to detect contact between the supporting member and a container housed in the accommodation space, the movement detecting unit being one of a pressure sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, and an optical sensor; And a control unit for controlling the cup holder according to the signals of the seat detecting unit and the movement detecting unit. In the control method of the cup holder according to claim 10, A first step of transmitting, by the seat detecting unit, the signal to the control unit when the container is inserted into the receiving space; Receiving a signal indicating that the container is retracted into the accommodation space from the seating detecting unit, the control unit operating the driving unit to move the support member; A third step of transmitting, by the movement detecting unit, the signal to the control unit when the support member moves and contacts the container; And a fourth step of controlling the driving unit to stop the supporting member when receiving a signal indicating that the supporting member is in contact with the container from the movement detecting unit. The method of claim 11, 4-1, after the fourth step, the control unit receiving an initialization signal by a user's operation; And a fourth step of controlling the driving unit to move the support member to an initial position when the controller receives the initialization signal.

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