KR20040083784A - The managing system and its process for the an article in custody of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for managing contents in a refrigerator are provided to store contents and places receiving the contents in a large-scaled refrigerator to a database. CONSTITUTION: A system for managing contents in a refrigerator includes a front display part(400) provided at a side of a door, and a plurality of receiving cases(200) mounted in freezing and refrigerating compartments with inner displays(3) and microphones(4a) attached to respective front surfaces thereof. A recognition unit(300) is provided in the refrigerator to move laterally. The recognition unit has a conveying die(9) mounted with cameras(6), flashes(7) and information recognition sensors(8) at each height where each door pocket(5) is mounted.

Description

The managing system and its process for the an article in custody of refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator that can efficiently manage the storage of food and beverages, and more particularly, it can be easily found when the database of the type of storage and the storage date and storage location at the same time as the storage of the storage. The present invention relates to a storage management system and method of the refrigerator, which can confirm the contents of the storage housed in the refrigerator by wireless communication from the outside, and which can easily manage the expiration date.

Refrigerators are gradually larger and tend to be stored in refrigerators for a long time due to mass purchase at discount stores. In addition, the refrigerator has a storage function for food and beverage as well as an internet connection display on the front for convenience of users, and the exterior is gradually being upgraded.

As a result of this trend, once a product is purchased, the storage period of the large refrigerator is increased, thereby managing the expiration date, and if necessary, the necessity of knowing exactly which box of the large refrigerator is stored in the refrigerator is necessary. Will be.

Therefore, the conventional refrigerator has been developed a method for directly inputting the type of the object to be stored in the touch panel attached to the front, but it is not possible to manage the storage of food and beverages stored by the expiration date, the size of the refrigerator Not only do not know where the storage of many refrigerators of the old refrigerator, and when purchasing food and beverages at a discount store, etc. can not determine whether there is an item to be purchased in the refrigerator now has a problem of repurchasing the same kind of goods.

An object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, the storage management system of the refrigerator that can be stored in the database to correspond to the storage box and the contents name respectively stored when the purchased food and beverage in a large refrigerator, and The present invention provides a storage management method of a refrigerator that recognizes food and beverage through the above system and corresponds to the storage box, and easily displays the storage box when looking for it.

1 is a perspective view of the inventor of the refrigerator

2 is a perspective view of the storage box

Figure 3 is a detailed view of the internal display installed in the front of the storage box

4 is a front view of the storage box showing the recognition device;

5 is an installation state diagram of the removable recognition device of the storage box

Figure 6 is another embodiment of the removable recognition device of the storage box

Figure 7 is an illustration of a recognition device for recognizing the storage stored in the door pocket

8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the present invention.

9 is an external display state diagram

10 is a state diagram of the receiving groove and the date output unit

11 is a flow chart of the method according to the invention.

12 is a view showing another embodiment of a mobile recognition device for a storage box

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

3: internal display 4a, 4b: microphone 5: door pocket

6: camera 7: flash 8: information decoding sensor

9: transfer tray 11: receiving groove 12: external display

13 control unit 14 refrigerator wall 15 guide groove

16: ON / OFF switch 17: Box change switch 18: Speaker

19: voice input switch 20: clock 21: external communication means

22: database 23: storage 24: central processing unit

25: timer 26: storage groove and date output unit

27: storage image output unit 28: refrigerator / freezer display unit

29: storage box identification symbol 30: storage groove identification number

31: storage days counting part 32: expiration date display part

100: refrigerator 200: holder 300: recognition device

400: front display

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the storage management system of the present invention refrigerator and a method thereof will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator 100 of the present invention. According to this, the front display unit 400 is installed on one side of the front door, the internal display 3 and the microphone 4a are attached to the front of each of the plurality of storage boxes 200 installed in the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment, and the door pocket 5 Recognition device 300 consisting of a camera (6), a flash (7) and a transfer table (9) in which the information decoding sensor (8) is installed for each installation height of the) is installed to move from side to side in the refrigerator (100). The entire refrigerator 100 is configured.

2 is a perspective view of the holder 200. According to this, the storage box 200 is divided into a plurality of rows and rows to form a plurality of storage grooves 11, and the inside displaying an identification number corresponding one-to-one with the storage groove 11. When the display 3 and the storage are to be found, a microphone 4a for receiving a voice of the storage name is installed at the front. The number of partitioned columns and rows is the same as that of the output screen of the external display 12, which will be described later.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the internal display 3 installed on the front surface of the storage box 200 of FIG. 2. The identification number corresponding to the one-to-one corresponding to each of the storage grooves 11 partitioned in each holder 200 is configured to be turned on. In other words, when the stored object is voice input, the control unit 13 turns on the receiving groove 11 containing the stored object.

4 is a front view of the storage box 200 showing the recognition device 300 for recognizing a storage stored in the storage box 200. At the bottom of each storage groove 11 of the storage box 200, the camera 6 scanning the storage, the flash 7 serving as an illumination, and the information of the product information chip attached to the storage are decoded. The information decoding sensor 8 is provided.

5 is an installation state diagram of the mobile recognition device 300 of the holder 200. A set consisting of a camera 6, a flash 7, and an information reading sensor 8 is installed on the transfer tray 9 that slides on the upper side of the storage box 200 and the number of the receiving grooves 11 positioned in one row. It is. Since the storage box 200 is composed of three rows and two columns of storage grooves 11, two sets are required.

6 is another exemplary view of the mobile recognition device 300 of the holder 200. A guide groove 15 is formed in the refrigerator wall 14, and the transfer tray 9 to which the camera 6, the flash 7, and the information readout sensor 8 are attached to the guide groove 15 is slid. It is.

7 is an exemplary view of a recognition device 300 for recognizing a stored object stored in the door pocket (5). As shown in FIG. 1, the upper and lower portions of the transfer table 9 are guided to be transferred from the inside of the refrigerator 100, respectively, and when not in operation, the upper and lower portions of the transfer table 9 are located inside the door side of the refrigerator 100, and the door pocket (5) The camera 6, the flash 7, and the information readout sensor 8 are installed for each position of the height, and the recognition device 300 for the movable door pocket is constructed.

8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. The present invention, the external display 12 for displaying the location information and the storage date of the storage for each storage box 200, the ON / OFF switch 16 for turning off and on the external display 12, and the external display for each storage box 200 A storage box change switch 17 for changing and outputting the screen of (12), a microphone 4b for recording and storing a management voice (for example, "What is this?"), And the input of the management voice. A speaker 18 for output, a voice input switch 19 for inputting a management voice through the microphone 4b, a clock 20 for displaying a current time and date, and the like. A front display unit 400; A plurality of holders 200 having an inner display 3 showing all of the plurality of compartments 11 on the front and a microphone 4a for voice input; The camera 6 which scans the storage stored in the storage box 200 and the door pocket 5 and recognizes the type thereof, the flash 7 serving as an illumination when the camera 6 is scanned, and the package of the storage Transfer table 9 provided with an information decoding sensor 8 for reading a product information chip that stores attached product information, and the camera 6, flash 7 and information decoding sensor 8 installed above. Recognition device 300 consisting of; An external communication means 21 including a transmission / reception antenna capable of communicating with an external cellular phone and the like; A database 22 for storing product information of various foods and beverages with the image, and updating the scanned image and the input name by specifying the case of a new kind of the archive; A control unit 13 including a timer 25 for calculating a storage period and a date, a storage unit 23 for storing necessary data according to the operation, and a central processing unit 24 for performing arithmetic operations such as processing. );

The interaction between the front display unit 400 and the control unit 13 is that voice information input through the microphone 4b is stored in the storage device 23 or the database 22, and the stored voice information is again stored in the speaker. And the time and date by the timer 25 are displayed externally through the clock 20, and the ON / OFF switch 16 and the voice input switch 19 are controlled by the control unit 13. Become; The internal display (3) of each holder (200) is illuminated with an identifier indicating the respective receiving groove (11) by the command of the control unit (13); The transfer table 9 of the recognition device 300 is automatically transferred under the control of the control unit 13 so that the camera 6 scans the storage, and the scanned image and the information reading sensor 8 The read information is compared with the data of the database 22 by the central processing unit 24 to match the matching data image, and in the absence of the matching data, voice recorded in the storage unit 23 "What is this? Are you sure? " The external communication means 21 transmits data requested by the mobile phone by connecting the mobile phone connected from the outside to the storage device 23 and the database 22 of the control unit 13.

FIG. 9 is a detailed view of the external display 12 of the front display unit 400 of FIG. 8. One full screen represents one storage box 200, which is partitioned like the structure of the storage box 200, and each one partition represents each storage groove 11 of the storage box 200, and each partition is a storage groove. And a date output section 26 and a storage image output section 27, the entire screen is changed by the box change switch 17. That is, the external display 12 outputs the whole other storage box 200 by the storage box change switch 17.

10 is a detailed view of the receiving groove and the date output unit 26 of FIG. The refrigerator / freezer compartment display unit 28 which indicates whether the displayed screen is the storage compartment 200 installed in the refrigerating compartment or the freezer compartment, the storage box identifier 29 which indicates the number of compartments 200 of the refrigerating compartment or the freezer compartment, and A storage groove identification number 30 indicating which storage groove 11 of the storage box 200 designated by the above, a storage days counting unit 31 indicating an elapsed days in which the storage groove 11 is stored, and The expiration date display portion 32 which displays the expiration date read by the product information chip of the stock is shown.

11 is a flowchart of the method according to the invention.

12 illustrates another embodiment of the mobile recognition device 300 of the holder 200. That is, a set of a recognition device 300 composed of a camera 6, a flash 7, and an information decoding sensor 8 is attached to the bottom of the front part of all the storage boxes 200 installed in the refrigerator 100. have. Therefore, when storing the object in the storage box 200 of the refrigerator 100, the recognition device 300 installed in the lower portion of the front portion of the storage box 200 installed above scans the storage. Of course, in this case, the holder 200 installed on the uppermost side may adopt the recognition apparatus 300 of the other method described above.

The storage management method of the refrigerator according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 11.

First, the user operates the voice input switch 19 to record the management voice with the microphone 4b. For example, record "What is this?" The voice for management is stored in the storage device 23 or the database 22, and when the scanned object cannot be specified, it is sent out and waits for the user's input.

Storage such as food and beverage purchased by the user is stored in the storage groove 11 of the plurality of holders (200). Each of the commodities that are stored may be attached with a commodity information chip that contains the commodity information. At this time, the information decoding sensor 8 decodes the commodity information.

The product information chip contains the name of the product, the date of manufacture, and the expiration date.It can contain more information than the amount of information in the bar code, and can also contain images of the product. In the present invention, it is also applicable to the case where the product information chip is put into practical use, and the information obtained from the product information chip is updated in the database 22.

Recognition device 300 is operated when all the objects are stored, the recognition device 300 can be implemented in a fixed and mobile as seen in the description of the drawings. First, in the fixed type as shown in FIG. 4, a recognition device 300 is installed at the lower portion of each storage groove 11, and the camera 6, the flash 7, and the information decoding sensor 8 constitute one set. do. The information decoding sensor 8 is as described above, and the camera 6 scans the color, shape, size, etc. of the stored object, and compares the scanned data with that of the database 22.

Therefore, if 60 to 70% of the scanned data is the same, it is recognized as the same. If it is determined that there is no same thing as the above in the database 22, the management voice is transmitted to the speaker 18. The management voice here is the content " what is this? &Quot; input in the previous step, and the user inputs the name of the object through the microphone 4b as a response. When the name of the stored object is input, the data of the voiced name and the image data scanned by the camera 6 are stored in the database 22, and the database 22 is updated by adding new additional items.

That is, the contents of the database 22 simultaneously contain image data for specifying the archive, name data of voice and text, and accumulate voice name data to which the user responds and image data scanned by the camera 6. As it continues to be updated, the type of archives that are not recognized over time is significantly reduced.

In the case of the mobile recognition device 300 as illustrated in FIG. 12, the recognition device is installed at the bottom of the front portion of the storage box 200 installed on the upper side when the storage container is placed in the storage groove 11 and the storage box 200 is pushed in and closed. Scan the archive by 300 to recognize it.

In the case of the mobile recognition apparatus 300 of FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, all the objects are stored in the storage box 200 and the door is closed.

The above recognition step will be described in detail. When the door is closed, power is supplied to the external display 12, because the external display 12 is set to be powered on when there is an unrecognized storage. When power is supplied to the external display 12, all storage items are sequentially displayed by the storage box 200 or the door pocket 5, and the storage groove 11 or the door pocket 5 having an unrecognized image is designated. "What is this?" This method can be applied to a variety of methods, such as blinking the portion of the receiving groove 11 to ask. The user inputs a name such as "kimchi" by voice while viewing the scanned image of the camera 6 output to the external display 12 and which storage groove 11 of which storage box 200 is stored. Done. Then, the controller 13 recognizes the scanned image as the input name and stores the scanned image in the database 22.

As described above, if all of the items stored in one storage box 200 are recognized, another storage box 200 is output to the external display 12 to repeat the above process.

Scanning of the object is performed by the operation of the recognition device 300, the method can be divided into fixed and removable. The fixed type is to install and use the camera 6, the flash 7 and the information decoding sensor 8 in all the storage grooves 11, the movable type is one recognition device 300 on the top of one holder 200 As it moves by installing the storage of the receiving groove 11 is to sequentially scan. That is, the method of movement is possible in the manner of Figures 5, 6 and 12, etc., in the case of Figure 5 is placed on the upper portion of the storage box 200 to scan while moving, in the case of Figure 6 guide wall in the refrigerator wall 14 It can be implemented by sliding the feed table (9) in the guide groove to form a sliding, in the case of Figure 12 recognizes the object stored in the lower holder 200 by the recognition device 300 of the upper side You can do it.

In addition, the storage scan of the door pocket 5 is scanned while the transport table 9 vertically placed as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7 is transferred horizontally. In addition, the transfer table 9 is installed at the height of the door pocket 5, the camera 6, the flash 7 and the information reading sensor 8 is able to scan the storage of all the door pocket.

After the recognition of all the storage in the above process, as shown in Figures 9 and 10, the display screen of the external display 12, what is stored in any storage groove 11 of any storage box 200, the number of days of storage and distribution The deadline will be displayed.

Here, the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment are classified into a refrigerating / freezing compartment display unit 28, which can be divided into letters and figures. The differentiation of the plurality of storage boxes 200 installed therein is referred to as the storage box identification symbol 29, and may be represented by a figure of a figure or an installation position. As described above, the specific storage box 200, and any storage groove 11 of the specified storage box 200 can be provided by the storage groove identification number 30, and each storage groove 11 corresponding to one-to-one. There is an identification number. In addition, the expiration date is displayed on the expiration date display part 32. The information recorded on the product information chip may be extracted and displayed, or the user may input it through a touch panel.

And, the container containing the storage is preferably transparent and standardized, but enough to have a transparency enough to confirm the contents.

After all the above steps are specified and stored in the database 22, the user can search through the external display 12, if the user wants to find the required storage, the method is the respective storage box 200 And inputting the name of the object to be searched for such as "kimchi" through the microphone 4a, the control unit 13 displays the storage box 200 corresponding thereto and simultaneously displays the storage groove 11. You can specify it in a variety of ways, including making it flash.

In addition, when the door is opened and the name of the object to be searched for, such as "kimchi", is installed toward the microphone 4a and is installed at the front of the storage box 200, the internal display 3 of the storage groove 11 of the corresponding storage box 200 is opened. ) Lights up.

In addition, in the present invention, by having an external communication means 21, the user can access the refrigerator 100 by a mobile phone or the like at an external discount store so as to check the entire list stored in the refrigerator 100. In this case, it is possible to solve the problem of purchasing goods in duplicate.

As described above, the present invention enables efficient storage of food and beverage in the refrigerator 100 to be enlarged.

As described above, the present invention enables the storage of the refrigerator 100 to be efficiently managed by one-to-one correspondence between the storage boxes and the contents stored one-to-one when the purchased food and beverage is stored in the large refrigerator 100. Accumulated in the base and updated when new materials are introduced, it is more convenient to identify all the objects as the usage period passes, and the position of the object to be searched for is turned on by turning on the storage groove stored in the front of the storage box. By displaying, the use and management of the large refrigerator 100 are effective.

Claims (8)

An external display 12 for displaying an image of an object stored in the storage box 200 and a storage period, an ON / OFF switch 16 for turning the external display 12 on and off, and a plurality of storage boxes 200. A storage box change switch 17 for selectively outputting the sound to the external display 12 sequentially, a microphone 4b for inputting management voice and a voice input switch 19, and a speaker 18 for transmitting voice. A front display unit 400 installed on one side of a front side of the refrigerator 100 including; Microphones 4a for receiving voice and internal displays 3 partitioned so as to indicate each of the plurality of storage grooves 11 are installed in the front of the plurality of storage boxes 200 installed in the refrigerator 100. and; Recognition apparatus 300 for scanning the storage stored in the receiving groove 11 of the holder 200; A database 22 containing information including image data of the archive and updated with new information; External communication means 21 for enabling communication with an external communication device; And a control unit (13) for controlling the front display unit (400), the storage box (200), the recognition device (300), the database (22), and the external communication means (21). The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the recognition device 300 includes a camera 6 for scanning an object and a flash 7 serving as an illumination when scanning, and installed in each storage groove 11. Archive Management System. The apparatus 300 of claim 1, wherein the recognition apparatus 300 includes a camera 6 for scanning an object, a flash 7 serving as an illumination when scanning, and a transfer table 9 on which the camera 6 and the flash 7 are installed. Storage system of the refrigerator is configured to include a) configured to transfer from the upper side of the storage box (200). According to claim 1, Recognizing device 300 is a carriage (9) installed vertically to be transported to the left and right, the camera 6 and the flash (installed for each height of the door pocket 5 in the carriage 9) 7) storage management system of the refrigerator configured to include, to recognize the storage stored in the door pocket (5). The storage apparatus of claim 1, wherein the recognition device 300 is installed at an outer lower portion of each of the first accommodating grooves 11 from the front portion of the storage box 200, and scans the storage stored in the storage box 200 installed below. A storage management system of a refrigerator, comprising a camera (6) and a flash (7) serving as illumination during scanning. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the recognition apparatus 300 stores the refrigerator including an information decoding sensor 8 for storing product information and extracting contents of the product information chip attached to the product. Water management system. 2. The external display (12) according to claim 1, wherein the external display (12) is partitioned like the configuration of the receiving groove (11) of the holder (200), each partition having a receiving groove and a date output unit (26) and a storage image output unit (27). Storage management system of the refrigerator consisting of). Scan the storage stored in the storage box 200 with the camera 6 to recognize the storage in comparison with the contents stored in the database 22, or the information decoding sensor 8 extracts the information embedded in the product information chip. Recognizing the storage; If there is no information on the archive corresponding to the database 22, displaying the scanned image to the user and asking the name by voice, and thus the user inputting the name of the archive by voice; Storing and updating the scanned image and the voice input name in a database (22); Storing the goods in the storage device 23 by correspondingly storing each storage groove 11 of the storage box 200 and the storage information stored therein in a one-to-one correspondence; Inputting a product name to be searched through the microphone 4a; Finding the storage including the step of lighting the position indicating the receiving groove 11 in the internal display (3) installed in the front of the storage box 200 is stored storage to find; How to care for your refrigerator.