The specific embodiment
Utilize the food magnagementregeratorutilizing of RFID to be described in further detail below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments to the present invention:
Fig. 2 utilizes the front view and the partial enlarged drawing of the food magnagementregeratorutilizing of RFID for the present invention.Fig. 3 utilizes the pie graph of the food magnagementregeratorutilizing of RFID for the present invention.Fig. 4 is the exploded perspective view that is applicable to RFID terminal of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 2 to Figure 3, the present invention utilizes the concrete structure of the food magnagementregeratorutilizing of RFID to be: refrigerator main body 52 both sides are formed with refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, the front of refrigerator main body 52 is provided with refrigerating chamber door 54a and refrigerating-chamber door 54b separately, thereby opens and closes refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber inside are formed with several the storage portions 56 that can accommodate food, and are provided with many kind sensors 70 in each storage portion 56, and sensor 70 can detect various storage conditions.In addition, refrigerating chamber door 54a side is provided with control device.The effect that this control device plays is, when reading food managing information and storage from the storage information corresponding to the RFID terminal 62 of the food that is housed in each storage portion, sets the storage portion of the best that possesses suitable storage condition.And refrigerating chamber door 54a side also is provided with the display unit of various information that demonstration receives from control device etc.
Be provided with refrigerating circulation system in this refrigerator main body 52.This refrigerating circulation system is to be made of parts such as compressor, condensing machine, capillary, rapid steamers.In addition, circulate smoothly, on the inwall of refrigerator main body 52, also be provided with circulating cold air stream and circulating cold air fan in order to make cold air.And, flow into each storage portion 56 in order to make air via the rapid steamer periphery, be formed with circulating cold air on the inwall of refrigerator main body 52 and use the hole.And circulating cold air is provided with the air damper 90 that plays switching function with the partition wall between hole or refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber.
This control device will be regulated compressor, air damper 90 and the circulating cold air driving situation with fan according to load.Therefore, air conditioning quantity can be regulated, thereby physical quantitys such as the interior temperature of refrigerator, humidity can be regulated.
Then, the inboard of refrigerating chamber door 54a and refrigerating-chamber door 54b is provided with the outstanding frame B of door, and the outstanding frame B of door can accommodate food etc.And, for can be easily with the taking-ups such as ice cube that generate, refrigerating chamber door 54a side is provided with distributor D.In addition, in order to take out water, beverage etc. easily, be provided with door handle in refrigerating-chamber door 54b side.
The arranged outside of this refrigerating chamber door 54a has control device, makes that the operator can be easy to operate.And the outside of refrigerating chamber door 54a also is provided with display unit, thereby can allow the operator confirm the duty of refrigerator easily.
Then, because each storage portion 56 is formed on refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber inside, therefore can be stored at various food respectively in each storage portion 56.Generally speaking, storage portion can be divided into: part that can foodstuff storing and can carry out the part of food control.Each storage portion 56 of the following stated is limited to the part of carrying out food control.
At this moment, each storage portion 56 will be cut apart by various dividing plates and partition wall.And its front is provided with the automatic switch device of can be automatically or manually opening and closing.
Therefore, determine the best storage portion in each storage portion 56 according to control device after, be controlled the control of device, the automatic switch device of best storage portion 56 sides will be opened, thereby the operator can be accurately puts into best storage portion 56 to food.
And, can in each storage portion 56, be provided with to move and use dividing plate, it is mobile that direction or fore-and-aft direction move up and down with dividing plate.The effect that should move with dividing plate is, when the operator opens refrigerating chamber door 54a or refrigerating-chamber door 54b, move with dividing plate will move to can be the easiest the ad-hoc location of putting into food, and when the operator closes refrigerating chamber door 54a or refrigerating-chamber door 54b, move the relevant position that will move to best storage portion 56 with dividing plate.
Certainly, have only when determining best storage portion 56 according to control device, move the relevant position that just moves to best storage portion 56 with dividing plate.And under other situations except that above-mentioned situation, move and can move to the desirable position of operator with dividing plate, also can be as you were.
Then, for can the more detailed storage condition that determines each storage portion 56 fully, various sensors 70 can be set all in each storage portion 56.But, consider the measurement range of sensor 70, various sensors 70 also can only be arranged on the part storage portion in each storage portion 56.
At this moment, the storage condition of each storage portion 56 that can determine by various sensors 70 comprises composition ratio, vibratory output, light quantity of temperature, humidity, circulating cold air amount, air etc.In order to determine the various storage conditions of each storage portion 56, need many kind sensors such as serviceability temperature sensor, humidity sensor, flow sensor.
Then, control device is by RFID reading device 64, input unit 66, the date/moment counting device 68, microprocessor 72, storage device 74 constitutes, RFID reading device 64 reads storage information from the storage information of RFID terminal 62, input unit 66 operators can import particular command, the date/moment counting device 68 calculates date and constantly, microprocessor 72 each parts of control, thereby the storage information of waiting to be stored at the food in the refrigerator of obtaining and storing from RFID terminal 62 is shown to the operator, storage device 74 can be stored interface displayed and food managing information etc. when carrying out the food control service, and is subjected to the control of microprocessor 72.The interface is operator's dialog box.
Certainly, can on food magnagementregeratorutilizing, add the master microprocessor that setting can be carried out freezing and refrigeration control operation.Interconnect by order wire between this master microprocessor and the microprocessor 72, thereby can carry out data communication.Like this, food magnagementregeratorutilizing can carry out freezing and refrigeration control operation by microprocessor 72.And food magnagementregeratorutilizing has electric supply installation, therefore can provide required power supply to each building block.
More specifically, to wait to be stored at the storage information that food in the refrigerator or tank have by what the operator provided for what read in the RFID terminal 62 storage, RFID reading device 64 comprises frequency generating apparatus, data link and data sink.The frequency generating apparatus can generate certain frequency, when this RFID reading device 64 obtains storage information, also can obtain the identifying information of RFID terminal 62 in the lump.In addition, the operator with interior when making RFID terminal 62 near RFID reading device 64, RFID reading device 64 can read the information of RFID terminal 62 at certain distance.
At this moment, the operator reads RFID terminal 62 in order to make RFID reading device 64, and RFID reading device 64 should be installed in the operator can be near the position of easily lifting food the refrigerating chamber door 54a.For example, the position that roughly is equivalent to people's chest level.
Especially, RFID terminal 62 is provided with the RFID integrated component in the container of special use.This RFID integrated component includes storage information and identifying information.Storage information is as 4,6,8 etc., and identifying information is for the information of discerning with other RFID terminal, for example is made up of a series of numeral institute, and what for example can allow the operator is easy to read is ' 1 ', ' 2 ' etc. digital.This shelf life is exactly that foodstuff storing can intactly be stored at valid expiration date in the refrigerator in fact.In other words, shelf life is the valid expiration date that actual foodstuff storing packing goes up prompting, or any time of setting of operator.
Below, RFID terminal 62 is described in more detail.As shown in Figure 5; RFID terminal 62 is by antenna part 62a; RFID integrated circuit 62b and painting part 62c up and down; 62d constitutes; when antenna part 62a receives the radio wave of RFID reading device 64 transmissions; transmission includes the radio wave of storage information and identifying information; when RFID integrated circuit 62b receives radio wave; utilize the energy of this radio wave; storage information of having stored and identifying information are written in the radio wave; thereby transmit operation, up and down painting part 62c; 62d is coated on antenna part 62a and the RFID integrated circuit 62b and plays a protective role.
At this moment, when being arranged on the RFID terminal on the specific tank, following painting part 62d is the apparent surface that is attached to the tank of accommodating foodstuff storing, the therefore additional attachment members that is formed with, for example alite paste etc.
And, add on the RFID terminal 62 and be provided with the identification component that the operator can with the naked eye just can confirm.For instance, identification component can be formed on painting part 62c, and its form can be color or numeral, and this numeral is associated with storage information.This identification component is associated with identifying information in being stored in RFID integrated circuit 62b, thereby can distinguish mutually with other RFID terminal.For example, when the form of identification component is color, can set valid expiration date for and be 2 days for red, 4 days for blue, 6 days for yellow.Like this, the operator can judge its valid expiration date by color.In addition, the storage device 74 of food magnagementregeratorutilizing also can be stored the Data Identification sign indicating number that reads identification component by such identifying information, and then can inform the identification component of operator corresponding to identifying information by LCDs 82.
Certainly, being stored in the middle of the food in the refrigerator, mainly is the influence that is subjected to storage time as the freshness and the taste of the food of dairy produce and so on.But the selected foodstuff storing of operator nearly all goes for the food control service.
Then, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, input unit 66 functions as follows: suitable person can pass through input unit 66 input commands, comprises appending and deleting of the reading of RFID terminal, food managing information.This input unit 66 be associated by shown interface of display unit etc., and be that button by suitable number is constituted.Detailed says, owing to there is no need to import the information such as title of foodstuff storing, therefore number of buttons is about 6 as shown in Figure 2.
Then, the date/effect of moment counting device 68 is, can calculate the date and constantly when obtaining storage information and identifying information by RFID reading device 64.This microprocessor 72 sends when request, the date/date and the moment of moment counting device 68 when receiving request offer microprocessor 72.
Then, microprocessor 72 adds the food control that will the be described below service that provides in addition with all freezing/cold storage procedure of whole process control.
This microprocessor 72 will include more than one central processing unit at least.This microprocessor 72 can be a kind of device that comprises storage device 74, also can be a kind of device that only comprises the processor of central processing unit.Just, in the present invention, in order more detailed explanation to be stored in the data in the storage device 74, will be microprocessor 72 and storage device 74 separately explanations.
Especially, microprocessor 72 is connected with each sensor 70, thereby can obtain the storage condition of each storage portion 56.When setting best storage portion 56, the result that microprocessor 72 will determine according to each sensor 70, and set best storage portion 56 with reference to the storage information that is stored in the RFID terminal 62.
In addition, when foodstuff storing in the storage portion 56 of the best that sets, for the freshness that can be good at keeping foodstuff storing, taste, nutrition etc., microprocessor 72 will be controlled compressor and air damper 90 and circulating cold air with various component parts such as fans, make the best storage condition of keeping that storage portion 56 can lasting stability.This microprocessor 72 will be controlled temperature, humidity, all gases composition ratio, light quantity etc., make storage portion 56 can keep best storage condition.
Certainly, can control compressor, air damper 90 and circulating cold air with various component parts such as fans with microprocessor 72, not only so, also can with master microprocessor control compressor, air damper 90 and circulating cold air with various component parts such as fans.
And, microprocessor 72 be by RFID reading device 64, input unit 66 and from the date/food managing information that obtains the moment counting device 68 manages food.Can show the storage state of food managing information, food by display unit 80 here,, according to the alarm information of residue valid expiration date of food.
At last, storage device 74 is stored the interface that is shown to the operator in order to control the food control service that food magnagementregeratorutilizing provides at least, also stores the food managing information that is generated by microprocessor 72.This interface is to carry out food control when operation as the operator, for the dialog box of can handled easily and using.And, include foodstuff storing in the food managing information at least and be attached to the storage information of the RFID terminal 62 on the tank.In addition, food managing information also additional packets contain time on date of identifying information and storage beginning or storage fate etc.This storage fate is that actual foodstuff storing is stored at the real time in the refrigerator in fact.
Then, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, display unit 80 is to be made of LCDs 82 and light emitting diode 84, LCDs 82 display interfaces and storage information and food managing information etc., and light emitting diode 84 shows the storage portion 56 of the best that is set by control device.This display unit 80 is subjected to the control of microprocessor 72.LCDs 82 display interfaces are operator's dialog box.
More specifically, LCDs 82 is arranged on the front of refrigerating chamber door 54a.And LCDs 82 is arranged on the position that the few height of alternate position spike is set with RFID reading device 64, and LCDs 82 is arranged on and being provided with on the much the same position, position of input unit 66 simultaneously, thereby brings convenience to the operator.
At this moment, when setting best storage portion 56, when LCDs 82 will show refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber inside, also show the position of best storage portion 56.
Then, light emitting diode 84 will be provided with corresponding to each storage portion 56.Therefore, set out best storage portion 56 after, the light emitting diode 84 of best storage portion 56 sides will start, and make it possible to allow the operator know.Like this, the operator can be with food storage in this storage portion.Furthermore, in order to show the storage state that is stored at the food in the best storage portion 56, also can use dual light emitting diode with various color.
For instance, food in the storage portion 56 of the best during with the storage condition of the best storage, perhaps effective shelf life of food also not then, dual light emitting diode shows with green; But when food can not be stored with the storage condition of the best in the storage portion 56 of the best, perhaps effective shelf life of food was out-of-date, and dual light emitting diode is with red display.
It is as follows to possess the course of work of the present invention that constitutes in sum:
At first, microprocessor 72 is for the food of managing storage after working out food managing information, being stored in interface in the storage device 74 when showing by LCDs 82 about food control service, if the operator selects the food control service, microprocessor 72 will receive operator's order by input unit 66.Afterwards, microprocessor 72 makes RFID reading device 64 from foodstuff storing and from being attached to or will obtaining storage information and identifying information the RFID terminal 62 attached to tank.
At this moment, the operator approaches to foodstuff storing and the RFID terminal 62 that is attached to tank in the certain distance that RFID reading device 64 can read, and microprocessor 72 will be stored in storage information of obtaining and identifying information in the storage device 74 as food managing information.In addition, also can append one confirm step after, carry out storage operation.That is, microprocessor 72 will make storage device 74 carry out storage operation after will obtaining whether will store the order of the storage information that reads and identifying information there from the operator.
Meanwhile, microprocessor 72 make the date/moment when moment counting device 68 record RFID reading devices 64 obtain storage information and identifying information, the moment when perhaps storage information and identifying information being stored into storage device 74.And, microprocessor 72 from the date/moment that moment counting device 68 provides and storage information with/or identifying information be stored in the storage device 74 as food managing information, the date/moment that moment counting device 68 provides is the form in the date and the moment.Certainly, the moment that is provided is exactly the storage zero hour of foodstuff storing in fact.In addition, the valid expiration date of different foodstuff storings can be different.The valid expiration date of this food is according to determining corresponding to the RFID terminal 62 of foodstuff storing.
In addition, microprocessor 72 will be stored after will receiving the storage information of corresponding food by the RFID terminal 62 corresponding to food to be stored, and when obtaining composition ratio, vibratory output, the light quantity of humidity as the storage condition of the best of each food, circulating cold air amount, air by storage information, contrast mutually with the storage condition of each the storage portion 56 that measures by each sensor, and finally determine the storage portion of the best in each storage portion 56 according to result relatively.
Afterwards,, best storage portion 56 is shown by LCDs 82 or light emitting diode 84 that perhaps the mode of opening corresponding storage portion 56 by automatic switch device shows best storage portion 56 by the control of microprocessor 72.Therefore, the operator can be the food storage of correspondence in the storage portion 56 of the best.Then, microprocessor 72 will be regulated compressor, air damper, circulating cold air with various component parts such as fans, make best storage portion 56 keep best storage condition all the time.
By said process, obtain the storage information and food managing information of waiting to be stored at the food in the refrigerator after, information be stored in storage device 74 and manage.Afterwards, the operator wants to confirm to be stored at present by the RFID terminal kind time-like of the food in the food magnagementregeratorutilizing, as long as the operator selects in order to confirm the service button of present foodstuff storing by input unit 66, microprocessor 72 will read the food managing information that is stored in the storage device 74, and information is presented in the display unit 80.
This microprocessor 72 will read food managing information, and from the date/moment counting device 68 obtains present date and constantly, comprise the date and the moment, thereby calculate the storage fate of foodstuff storing, then the fate of calculating is presented on the LCDs 82.The computing formula that this storage fate is is: at present the date/constantly-storage Start Date/constantly.
And, in order to allow the operator be easy to confirm foodstuff storing for information about, microprocessor 72 will with its storage beginning the date/moment is that benchmark shows food storage information, perhaps with remaining valid expiration date the date/moment is a benchmark demonstration food managing information.Especially, microprocessor 72 be the foodstuff storing that does not comprise valid expiration date in the food managing information with storage beginning the date/moment is the benchmark demonstration.
Fig. 6 is an embodiment of food managing information.As shown in the figure, be presented at food managing information on the LCDs 82 and comprise the shelf life information that contains in the storage information of the RFID terminal 62 that is attached to foodstuff storing, identifying information, storage Start Date, valid expiration date, identifying information also claims recognition device, is omissible.At this moment, also can add the warning for foodstuff storing that provides in the warning message service shows.And, as shown in the figure, if when not surpassing the foodstuff storing of valid expiration date, by the control of microprocessor 72, as kind ' 1 ', shown in ' 2 ' like that, in the lump the fate of storage is also shown.
And microprocessor 72 is to utilize the valid expiration date of storage and the storage fate of calculating, according to operator's selection or prompting service for residue valid expiration date of foodstuff storing is provided automatically.Detailed says, in the prompting service, microprocessor 72 is calculated present residue after valid expiration date, when being in certain time limit the time, in order to transmit situation to the operator, warning information is shown by LCDs 82, perhaps show the light of other colors, and then allow the operator learn concrete condition by light emitting diode 84.Warning information comprises that the character property symbol shows, image shows, according to the alarm tone of loudspeaker.
For instance, valid expiration date by the control of microprocessor 72, sends a warning beginning when only being left 3 days.And along with remaining the fewer and feweri of valid expiration date, the concrete pattern of the warning information that shows is also different.That is, more can cause operator's attention.This warning information will be stored in the storage device 74.And, by the control of microprocessor 72, can show the warning information of not crossing the foodstuff storing of valid expiration date by LCDs 82 or light emitting diode 84.
In sum, the operator can enjoy the service for foodstuff storing by being stored at the foodstuff storing in the food magnagementregeratorutilizing that utilizes RFID or being attached to information in the RFID terminal 62 on the tank.Afterwards, when the operator need remove the continuation storage state of foodstuff storing, be necessary the information of the foodstuff storing of deletion correspondence from food managing information.
Therefore, microprocessor 72 will be by the food managing information of LCDs 82 demonstrations for the foodstuff storing in the present storage, selection according to the operator receives the foodstuff storing that the operator hits need deletion alive by input unit 66 then, and the information about foodstuff storing is deleted from storage device 74, and the information of foodstuff storing comprises that storage period information, identifying information, storage begin day, storage fate and warning information services selection and whether wait.
And, microprocessor 72 will read according to operator's operation by RFID reading device 64 and remove the RFID terminal information of adhering in the foodstuff storing of its storage state, comprise storage period information and identifying information, and can allow the operator pass through input unit 66 input storage releasing orders.Remove order when this microprocessor 72 receives storage, just can delete food managing information.Include information in this food managing information corresponding to RFID terminal 62 information.
Certainly, microprocessor 72 is presented at the food managing information for RFID terminal 62 that adheres in the at present last foodstuff storing on the LCDs 82 again through after such delete procedure.
In sum, in utilizing the refrigerator of RFID, can in storage device 74, import the best storage condition of various food such as processed food, dairy produce, vegetables, fruit, cereal.The best storage condition of vegetables and fruit can [table 1] described as follows reach [table 2] like that, stores with form.
[table 1]
Vegetable species |
Temperature |
Generate gas |
Light |
Other |
Romaine lettuce, celery, onion |
0 to 5 degree |
- |
- |
- |
Tomato, cucumber, pimento |
0 to 5 degree |
- |
- |
It is well-done to cool off tomato 20 degree |
Potato |
|
21 degree |
5 to 7 degree produce oxygen |
Shading |
- |
Root-mustard |
0 degree |
- |
- |
Stored 6 months |
Green cauliflower |
0 degree |
- |
- |
- |
[table 2]
The fruit kind |
Temperature |
Humidity |
Generate gas |
Other |
Banana |
17 to 21 degree |
85 to 95% |
- |
- |
Lemon |
11 to 13 degree |
90 to 95% |
- |
- |
The greening tomato |
18 to 22 degree |
- |
- |
Well-done 13 to the 16 degree storages of delaying |
Rubescent tomato |
13 to 18 degree |
- |
- |
The well-done normal temperature storage of delaying |
Watermelon |
13 to 21 degree |
85 to 95% |
- |
To the ethene sensitivity |
Orange |
4 to 7 degree |
90 to 95% |
Ethene |
- |
Apple |
0 to 2 degree |
90 to 95% |
Ethene |
Part kind 2 to 4 degree storages |
Grape |
0 to 2 degree |
90 to 95% |
Ethene |
- |
Strawberry |
0 to 2 degree |
90 to 95% |
Ethene |
- |
And, have a look at the best storage condition of cereal below with reference to Fig. 6 a and Fig. 6 b.Shown in Fig. 6 a, for cereal, consider this index of moisture, when temperature helps the storage of cereal when following most at 15 degree, and may occur hardly when temperature breeding owing to insect when 13 degree are following, so can store for a long time.Shown in Fig. 6 b, carbon dioxide in air content maintains at 3 to 5% o'clock, and is more favourable for long-term storage.And, when the storage humidity of storage environment 70% when above because mouldy easily, so humidity is the most suitable between maintaining 50 to 70%, in addition storage temperature be 10 spend the most suitable.
In addition, display unit 80 also includes vibrating device, when vibrating device is connected with control device, is provided with corresponding to each storage portion 56 separately, therefore can send vibration according to the control of control device, and then can point out best storage portion 56 to the operator.And, display unit 80 also includes automatic switch device, when automatic switch device is connected with control device, separately corresponding to each storage portion 56 setting to be opened/closed, therefore can open and close according to the control signal of sending by control device, and then can point out best storage portion 56 to the operator.
It is emphasized that the present invention is is reference frame with embodiments of the invention and accompanying drawing, illustrated in greater detail both sides possess the clamshell doors refrigerator of refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.But the present invention should not be confined to each embodiment and accompanying drawing.In the category of total technical conceive of the present invention, possess the technical staff of relevant knowledge of the present invention, can carry out various changes to the present invention.Therefore, the present invention should be as the criterion with claims and make an explanation.