KR20150140554A - Food material management system in Refrigerator. - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for managing foods in a refrigerator. A barcode or a QR code attached to a package of the foods is read by a reader or a smartphone. RFid/NFC/Bluetooth smart tags with a sensing function are attached to a bottom side, a tray, and a container box in the refrigerator. The system for managing foods in a refrigerator automatically finds an appropriate location for the foods by comparing the barcode, the QR code, and smart tag information, obtains information of the barcode and the QR code and information from the smart tag every time a user consumes and stores the foods, and automatically notifies the user of an estimated date for purchasing food.

Description

[0001] Food material management system in a refrigerator [0002]

(1D, 2D, 3D) and a QR code reader are installed on the refrigerator itself, and the bar code, the QR code and the bar code printed on the receipt, Eg, smart pad), bar code, QR code reading function, and stores the food material information in the app.

Attach the sensing RFid / NFC / Bluetooth smart tag to the storage location inside the refrigerator

Get information from smart tags and store them in your app.

The data stored in the app will automatically tell you where to store your food materials and when to buy them. Food material management system that automatically notifies food material storage location and purchase date.

When I use the refrigerator, I wonder what position is contained in the container box in the refrigerator, the upper and lower storage spaces on the upper and lower sides, and the like.

Especially, I bought food materials, and I wonder which containers should be put in the box and which storage space should be kept.

I would like to know how much food remains in the container box, the left and right storage spaces, and how much remains.

And I want to know when to buy again.

It is necessary to solve these questions automatically.

It tells you whether a container box or storage space in a container or storage space in a refrigerator is suitable for storing food material in a container or storage space.

The structure of the inside of the refrigerator is displayed on the screen of the smart device or the smartphone installed in the refrigerator, so that the position of the food material remains regardless of the position without opening the refrigerator door.

I want to automatically know when to buy consumed food materials at the same time

When using a container box to store food materials, you need to know the container box number, the location of the container box, and the weight of the food ingredients in the food box

When storing the food materials in the storage space inside the refrigerator, you should know the storage space location.

RFid / NFC / Bluetooth smartphone with weight sensing function (weighing sensor), contact detection function (touch sensor), position sensing function (position sensor, gyro sensor, direction sensor, geomagnetic sensor) on the bottom of the refrigerator Attach the tag.

Attach smart tag to fit inside refrigerator

Place a smart tag on the bottom of the refrigerator's bottom left, right, top and bottom storage compartments that will contain the container and food materials.

Or attach a smart tag to the container and the base of the food material.

Or attach a smart tag to the bottom of the container box

When food materials are stored in container boxes or food materials are stored in left and right storage spaces, smart tags measure the weight and send information to smart devices and smart phones installed in the refrigerator. Receive the information and store the weight and container number in the program or app. Store the container box location number, container box size, volume, position number of right and left storage space, storage space size, and volume data.

When the smart tag is attached to the bottom of the refrigerator, the position number of the container box and the storage space according to the layout of the refrigerator is fixed. The location number of container box or storage space is variable when smart tag is attached to container box or storage space food container and container box itself It is convenient because food material can be placed freely in container box or left and right storage space in refrigerator .

When storing a variety of different food items in one large container case, separate the container case with a partition and attach a smart tag to each separate bottom surface of the container case

Read the barcode and QR code printed on the receipt attached to or printed on the food material package with the barcode installed on the refrigerator, QR code reader or barcode, QR code-enabled smartphone and store it in the app

The information obtained from the smart tag is compared with the information obtained from the bar code and QR code.

Food materials should be stored in container or storage space. Smart tag information is compared with bar code and QR code information to find available container box number, container box location number, and storage space location number

Barcode, QR code, purchase date, expiration date, net weight of food material on the date of purchase, weight data from smart tag, date of consumption, etc. are stored in chronological order Make consumption history information

It uses the consumption history information to calculate the expected purchase date and automatically informs the shopping purchase list on the same day

The location and number of the inside of the refrigerator are listed on the screen of the smart device or the smartphone. If the location number is clicked, the location of the layout flickers or colors are displayed differently so as to easily identify where the layout is located.

If you press the position number, you can see the name of the food material and the net weight of the current food material.

When storing the food materials in the refrigerator, it is convenient to automatically store the container box or the top, bottom, left and right storage spaces to store the food materials without hesitation.

You can see where the food is located without opening the refrigerator door and it will help you to shop by automatically informing you the date of purchase

Figure 1 Overview of the food material management system
Fig. 2 Diagram of food material management system
Fig. 3 Flow chart of food material management system
Fig. 4 Food material management system data table
a. Food Material Table Data
b Smart tag information table data
c Food name table data
d Consumption history information table data
e Date of purchase table data
f shopping purchase list table data
g Location information table data
Figure 5 Placement and coordinate diagram of the inside of the refrigerator
Fig. 6 Food material name screen
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1 is a schematic diagram of a food material management system.

(1D, 2D, 3D) and QR code printed on the receipt attached to or printed on the purchased food material package, bar code (1D, 2D, 3D) attached to the refrigerator, QR code reader or bar code 3D) and QR code reading function.

Food material bar code, QR code includes manufacturing date, expiration date, food material name, total weight of food materials (including packaging weight), net weight of food materials, storage method (refrigeration / Contains volume (horizontal, vertical, height) data

Food materials refers to eating and drinking in everyday life such as meat, fish, fish, vegetables, cans, and bottles.

The receipt barcode and the QR code contain the date of purchase, the name of the food material, the number, and the price data.

If you keep a receipt, you can automatically enter the date of purchase from the receipt, but if it is lost, you can not enter it automatically. You can also enter it manually.

And because most of the food materials purchased on that day are stored on the same day, the date of measuring the weight on the smart tag is regarded as the purchase date.

The total weight of the food material is the sum of the packing weight and the net food weight

The RFid / NFC / Bluetooth smart tag with weight measurement sensing function (touch sensor), position sensing function (position sensor, gyro sensor, direction sensor, geomagnetic sensor) A smart tag is placed on the bottom of the refrigerator and a storage space for the upper and lower right,

Or Smart Tag on the food container and food container that will be stored in the upper, lower, right, and left compartments

In this case, if you put several different foods in one large container box, make a container box divider, divide it into box divider, and attach a smart tag to the bottom of the divided container box.

When a storage space inside the refrigerator is large, smart tags are attached to the bottom of the storage space in advance

Smart tags are attached to each pedestal to support food materials, and they are placed in a space

Alternatively, attach a smart tag to the bottom of the container box.

The smart tag includes container number, container box location number, container container size (width, height, height), container container volume (width, height, height), location number of storage space, ), The volume of the storage space (horizontal, vertical, and height), and the total weight of the food material (including packaging weight).

In the inside of the refrigerator of FIG. 5, there are five layers and a freezer room at the center for the container box.

And the storage space is seen spreading up and down right and left.

On the screen, such a layout drawing is displayed in 2D and 3D.

A smart tag is attached to the bottom of the refrigerator, the container case base, the storage compartment, the storage compartment floor, and the bottom of the container box.

5 is a layout diagram and a coordinate diagram of a refrigerator.

As shown in Fig. 5, the center of the refrigerator is located in the xyz coordinate with the center left axis as x = 0 and y = 0 z = 0 axis.

Fig. 2 is a step diagram of the food material management system.

The location information is obtained from the smart tag, and the container number, container box number, and storage space number are stored in the location information table in the app together with the location information

When the smart tag is attached to the bottom of the container case, the container case base, and the storage space base, the storage position varies in a layout of the inside of the refrigerator. When the smart tag is attached to the bottom of the refrigerator, the position of the arrangement diagram inside the refrigerator is fixed.

To facilitate identification, pressing a location number on the screen will blink or appear in a different color on the refrigerator layout.

The smart tag has an A / D converter function that converts an analog signal to a digital signal.

Smart devices (eg smart pads) and smartphones installed in the refrigerator have a D / A converter function that converts digital signals into analog signals.

3 is a flow chart of a food material management system.

Step S10 is a step of reading a bar code or a QR code printed on a receipt or printed on a food material package. After the program (or an app) is driven, the bar code of the smart device of the refrigerator, the QR code reader, Stored in the material table and displayed on the screen (S410)

In step S20, information is received from all the smart tags in the refrigerator in the smart tag information obtaining step and stored in the tag information table (S420)

In step S30, a storage method (refrigeration / freezing) is determined among the food material table data by a storage method (refrigeration / freezing) selection step (S430)

In step S40, the barcode and QR code information obtained is compared with the obtained smart tag information to select a container box or a storage space, and it is determined whether to store the container box or the storage space in the container box or in the storage space (S440)

The app will list where the container material for the food material will fit or store in one of the compartments, or specify one

Describes the storage of food materials in container boxes

Food material table Data in packing Standard size (width, height, height), packing size (width, height, height) (Height, height, height), and comparing the total weight of the food material when the food material data was first purchased, the net weight of the food material, and the total weight of the food material in the container box, Box number, container box position) on the screen.

Select one of the container boxes listed.

Boxes listed may be empty or contain food material.

There are two cases where a container box containing food ingredients is displayed on the screen.

One is when the food items to be stored are the same as the currently stored food items.

After comparing the size, volume, and weight, it is the case that the food material name, which is the data of the food material table, is compared with the food material name in the current container box and then stored in the same container.

Another is a case where the food container is divided into cubicles and the food material is divided into cubicles and the food material is in one of the spaces and the other is empty (S450)

Describes the case where the food material is stored in the left and right upper and lower storage spaces.

(Horizontal, vertical, height) of the data in the food material table. Packing size (horizontal, vertical, height) (Horizontal, vertical, height), compares the data of the storage space position number

It automatically displays the storage space location numbers on the screen automatically.

At this time, it shows the layout of the inside of the refrigerator which shows the position number.

The left and right upper and lower storage spaces show the position numbers on the screen in the upper and lower positions only when the storage space is empty or when there is a free space for storing the same food material in the storage space (S460)

Step S50 is a step of measuring the weight of the food material. The food material newly purchased or the food material stored after consuming is obtained from the smart tag and stored again in the app

The weight of the food material in the container case and the weight of the food material in the storage space are stored in the smart material device or smart phone's food material name table (container box, storage space) through the smart tag (S470)

Each time you take out the food material you want to consume, you can easily identify the container box and storage space by flickering the container number, the storage number, and the location number in the refrigerator layout

It is checked whether the net food weight is "0" g (S480)

In other words, it consumed all the food materials.

If the value is "0 ", data related to the food material name is initialized (S490)

Step S60 is a step of creating a consumption history of the food material

Each time the food material is consumed, the net food material weight and the total food material weight are stored in the food material name table, and the consumption history information table is created and stored together with the consumed date (S500)

Step S70 is a food material purchase scheduled date calculation step.

Automatically informs you when to buy your current food ingredients.

That is, when the food material is consumed at step S60, the consumed date, the total weight of the food material at the time of first purchase, the net weight of the food material at the time of first purchase, the net net weight of the current food material, And stores it in the scheduled date table.

Knowing the net weight of the food material recorded between the date and the date of consumption, ie knowing the consumption weight within the consumption period.

The consumption period is calculated with respect to the net weight of the food material when the consumed weight within this period is initially purchased as the average value consumed per day.

The expected purchase date varies depending on the consumption amount of the consumption period (S510)

The present invention uses weight as a unit of measurement of food material.

In this way, all food ingredients can be predicted for purchase.

Automatically informs the date of purchase

It can be displayed on the screen or informed by text or voice.

Step S80 is a shopping purchase list creation step in which the purchasing due date is the same

In step S70, it is possible to purchase the food materials predicted to be purchased on the same day on the same day (S520)

This notification message can be displayed on the screen or by text (or voice).

When a purchase decision is made on the expected purchase date, it disappears from the shopping purchase list.

If you do not make a purchase decision on the expected purchase date, the purchase date will remain on the purchase list until the purchase decision button is pressed,

The food material name screen shown in Fig. 6 is constructed using the table data shown in Figs. 4-b, c, and g.

If you press 1 food material name, it shows the current net weight of food materials, storage location

Blinks the whole number one column differently from the other numbers, or displays it in a different color or brighter.

At this time, the refrigerator interior layout screen of FIG. 5 also appears.

It also causes the storage location to flicker, display in a different color from other storage locations, or appear brighter.

This way, you can easily find the food material you are looking for.

Find food ingredients and keep them in the same place

Until the food is found, consumed and stored again, the number 1 cell is kept in the above state constantly, unlike the other numbered cells, and the storage position of the screen in the refrigerator remains the same as above.

Save it again and press the food name again to return to the original state.

화면과 냉장고 내부 배치도 화면을 원래 상태로 돌린다.4-c, e-table values or figures 4-b, c, g table data values (position information) are received when the sensor value (weight information) of the weight measuring sensor or the sensor value The program automatically changes the food

Place the screen and the inside of the refrigerator back to the original state.

The position number of the screen in the refrigerator is made to correspond to the position number table of FIG. 7 (for example, 8 in FIG. 7 and 8 in FIG. 5)

In the case of the smart device screen of the refrigerator, an access sensor and a distance measuring sensor are installed for power saving, and the screen is displayed only when approaching within a certain distance.

Claims (12)

The refrigerator is equipped with information on the RFid / NFC / Bluetooth smart tag with weighing sensing function (weighing sensor), touch detection sensing function (touch sensing sensor), position sensing function (position sensor, gyro sensor, direction sensor, geomagnetic sensor) Bottom side, container case base, left and right storage compartments, left and right storage space bottom, side of the bottom of the container
Bar codes (1D, 2D, 3D), QR codes (1D, 2D, 3D) attached to the refrigerator, bar code (1D, 2D, 3D) printed on the receipt, , And reads it with a smart phone having a function of reading a QR code.
A food material management system for automatically notifying a food material storage location and a purchase scheduled date by using acquired smart tag information, bar code, and QR code information
Reading the barcode attached to the purchased food material or printed, the barcode printed on the QR code and the receipt, and the QR code;
Acquiring smart tag information when the application is running;
Setting a storage method (refrigeration / freezing) as information obtained by scanning a bar code and a QR code attached to the food material package;
Comparing information obtained by scanning the bar code and QR code with information obtained from the smart tag to determine a container box in the refrigerator and a right and left storage space in the refrigerator;
Acquiring information from the smart tag every time food material is consumed and stored and storing the consumption history in chronological order;
Calculating a purchase due date by combining the stored consumption history information alone or consumption history information with information obtained from the bar code and the QR code;
Calculating a purchase scheduled date and creating a shopping purchase list having the same purchase date;
The barcode and QR code information includes information such as food material name, total weight of food materials (including packing weight), net weight of food materials, storage method (refrigeration / freezing), food material size (width, Height, height), date of purchase, price, number, etc.
The smart tag information includes container number, container box position number, container box size (horizontal, vertical, height), container box volume (horizontal, vertical and height), left and right upper and lower storage space position numbers in the refrigerator, Height, height) Container volume (width, height, height) Total weight of food material (including packaging weight)
A food material management system that finds the position of the container box or storage space in the refrigerator, creates a consumption history of the food material, calculates the date of purchase, and automatically notifies the storage location of the food material in the refrigerator and the date of purchase The method of claim 1, wherein
The food material storage location in the refrigerator for collecting information on the consumption history by organizing the total weight of the food material on the day of consumption and the net weight of the food material on the day of consumption by acquiring information from the smart tag every time the food material is consumed and stored And a system that automatically notifies the date of purchase The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
Each time food material is consumed and stored, consumption history information is stored and the daily average consumption weight is calculated by the net food material weights between the date and the date of consumption
Food material management system that automatically calculates the food material storage location in the refrigerator and the date of purchase by calculating the expected purchase date by proportionally applying the daily average consumption weight to the net weight of the food material at the time of the first purchase The method of claim 1, wherein
Container box number in the refrigerator and a food material management system that automatically notifies the storage location of the food material in the refrigerator and the date of purchase, attaching the smart tag to the bottom of the container box to find the container number. The method of claim 1, wherein
A food material management system that automatically notifies the storage location of the food material in the refrigerator and the date of purchase, attaching a smart tag to the bottom of the refrigerator to find the container number in the refrigerator The method of claim 1, wherein
Container box number in the refrigerator, container box number, left and right top and bottom storage space location number, container box, storage space with smart tag attached to the shelf, system The method of claim 1, wherein
A food material management system that automatically displays the storage location of the food material and the date of purchase, attaching a smart tag to the bottom of the storage space to find the location number of the upper and lower storage spaces in the refrigerator The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 3
A food material management system that automatically notifies the storage location of the food material in the refrigerator and the date of purchase, which generates the shopping purchase list to be purchased on the same day by calculating the purchase date using the consumption history information The method of claim 1, wherein
A food material management system for displaying a shopping purchase list by changing a scheduled purchase date every day until a purchase decision button is pressed unless the purchase is made on a scheduled purchase date Weigh the food materials stored in the refrigerator

Smart tags with weighing sensors;
A smart tag with a contact detection sensor for locating food material storage inside the refrigerator;
A smart tag with a position sensor for locating food material storage inside the refrigerator;
And a smart tag that controls the sensor function and attaches the smart tag having the sensor value to the bottom surface of the refrigerator, the bottom surface of the storage space, the bottom surface of the container case, the container case base, and the storage space base, Food Material Management System To find the stored food material, press the food material name on the food material name screen displayed on the screen of the smart device or the smartphone to blink the position of the pressed food material name box (serial number, food material name, current net weight, storage position) A food material management system that facilitates identification by displaying it in a different color or by making it look brighter The method of claim 11, wherein
If you want to keep food in the same place when you consume the food materials and keep it in the same place, you can keep the status of the above paragraph 11 until you return it to the original place, Food material management system that automatically obtains weight information and location information from tags and automatically detects the location of the food material storage location and the scheduled purchase date,

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