CN101551188A - Refrigerator and control method thereof - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator is provided with a switch, a temperature sensor, an indicator light and a controller, wherein the switch is linked with the action of a door of the refrigerator; the temperature sensor is used for detecting the actual temperature inside the refrigerator; and the controller is provided with determined temperature and controls the shining state of the indicator according to the signals coming from the switch and the temperature sensor. When the door of the refrigerator is opened and the actual temperature is higher than the determined temperature, the controller changes the shining state of the indicator light so that a user can know the change of the actual temperature inside the refrigerator and is urged to close the door of the refrigerator in time so as to achieve the aim of reducing energy consumption.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator machine and control method thereof, can reduce energy consumption to urge the user to close door of refrigerator as early as possible to user prompt refrigerator temperature inside when the user opens door of refrigerator.
Background technology
In refrigerator in the past, owing to after opening door of refrigerator, the user to cause the interior temperature rising of refrigerator thereby will to consume more electric weight in order freezing once more because the long period closes it, causes the waste of the energy.
Summary of the invention
Refrigerator of the present invention in order to address the above problem, has it: with the switch of the action interlock of the door of described refrigerator; Detect the temperature sensor of the actual temperature in the refrigerator; Indicator lamp; Be provided with design temperature, and according to controller from the illuminating state of the described indicator lamp of signal controlling of described switch and described temperature sensor, under the situation that the door of described refrigerator is opened, when described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, described controller changes the illuminating state of described indicator lamp and controls.Thereby, can detect temperature in the refrigerator by temperature sensor, and in the user reminding refrigerator temperature variations, thereby urge the user to close door of refrigerator as early as possible.
In addition, refrigerator of the present invention, preferred described indicator lamp are the LED of changeable colour, and when described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, described controller is controlled described indicator lamp and changed color.In addition, more preferably described controller has successively a plurality of described design temperature that raises, and whenever described actual temperature is increased in a plurality of described design temperatures one when above, described controller is controlled described indicator lamp and changed a color.Utilize the change of color can cause that the user notes, thereby the user is reminded.
Perhaps, be preferably refrigerator, described indicator lamp is a storehouse intraoral illumination lamp, and when described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, described controller is controlled described indicator lamp and changed brightness.In addition, more preferably described controller has successively a plurality of described design temperature that raises, and whenever described actual temperature is increased in a plurality of described design temperatures one when above, controls described indicator lamp by described controller and changes a brightness.Utilize the change of brightness can cause that the user notes, thereby the user is reminded.
And, the invention provides a kind of control method of refrigerator, described refrigerator has, with the switch of the action interlock of the door of described refrigerator; Detect the temperature sensor of the actual temperature in the refrigerator; Indicator lamp; Be provided with design temperature, and according to controller from the illuminating state of the described indicator lamp of signal controlling of described switch and described temperature sensor, whether described controller carries out the control of following steps, according to being opened from the described door of refrigerator of the signal detection of described switch; For under the situation about opening, be increased to described design temperature when above when detecting described actual temperature at the door that detects described refrigerator, described controller changes the illuminating state of described indicator lamp and controls.Thereby, can detect temperature in the refrigerator by temperature sensor, and in the user reminding refrigerator temperature variations, thereby urge the user to close door of refrigerator as early as possible.
In addition, the control method of refrigerator of the present invention, preferred described indicator lamp is the LED of changeable colour, when described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, controls described indicator lamp by described controller and changes color.And, a plurality of described design temperature that raises successively more preferably is set in described controller, whenever described actual temperature is increased in a plurality of described design temperatures one when above, control described indicator lamp by described controller and change a color.Utilize the change of color can cause that the user notes, thereby the user is reminded.
In addition, the control method of refrigerator of the present invention, also being preferably described indicator lamp is storehouse intraoral illumination lamp, when described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, controls described indicator lamp by described controller and changes brightness.In addition, a plurality of described design temperature that raises successively is set in described controller more preferably,, controls described indicator lamp by described controller and change a brightness whenever described actual temperature is increased in a plurality of described design temperatures one when above.Utilize the change of brightness can cause that the user notes, thereby the user is reminded.
According to by the temperature in the detected refrigerator of temperature sensor, change the brightness or the color of indicator lamp, thereby can remind the user, make the user in time close door of refrigerator, thereby reach the purpose that cuts down the consumption of energy.
Purpose of the present invention and effect and implementation method can be understood the explanation of the specific embodiment in conjunction with the drawings better.
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Fig. 1 is the formation block diagram of the control circuit of first embodiment of refrigerator of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is the control flow chart of first embodiment of refrigerator of the present invention,
Fig. 3 is the control flow chart of second embodiment of refrigerator of the present invention,
Fig. 4 is the formation block diagram of the control circuit of the 3rd embodiment of refrigerator of the present invention,
Fig. 5 is the control flow chart of the 3rd embodiment of refrigerator of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
Below, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings the specific embodiment of the present invention is elaborated.And omit its explanation for constituting identical part in the explanation with refrigerator in the past once.
First embodiment
Fig. 1 is the formation block diagram of control circuit in the refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 is the basic control flow chart of refrigerator in the first embodiment of the invention.As shown in the figure, refrigerator of the present invention comprise controller 10, the sense switch 20 that opens the door, temperature sensor 30 and changeable colour LED 40.
This sense switch 20 that opens the door links with refrigerator doors, and the sense switch 20 that opens the door when refrigerator doors is opened is connected, and sends signal to controller 10.Because this sense switch 20 that opens the door can use mechanical switch, also can use electromagnetic induction switch, because it constitutes and constitutes identically, so omit its detailed description in refrigerator in the past.This changeable colour LED 40 can be by controller 40 its colors of lighting of control.And this changeable colour LED is provided with the position without limits, can be arranged on the indoor any position or the refrigerator doors of refrigerator, perhaps can be arranged on a plurality of positions such as the indoor and refrigerator doors edge of refrigerator, as long as it is arranged on the position that the user discovers easily when opening refrigerator doors.
After the sense switch 20 that opens the door when door of refrigerator is opened is connected (S201), the actual temperature that controller 10 detects from temperature sensor 30, and compare (S202) with design temperature, reaching design temperature when above (S203), the color of lighting by 10 couples of changeable colour LED40 of controller is controlled, to change the color of changeable colour LED40.
As the color of lighting of LED, be preferably from visually not eye-catching color to visually eye-catching change color, for example, from the light blue redness that becomes.
By changing the color of changeable colour LED, can make the user understand the interior temperature variations of refrigerator, so that remind the user in time to close door of refrigerator, thus energy efficient.
But the present invention is not limited to the foregoing description, can carry out various deformation on the basis of the foregoing description, below, the second embodiment of the present invention is described.
With different being of above-mentioned first embodiment, in above-mentioned first embodiment, only made changeable colour LED40 color change once, but, in bigger range of temperature, can not point out, therefore, use changeable colour LED40 in the present embodiment the user, this changeable colour LED40 can carry out the multiple color of control break by control part 10, for example can show colors such as light blue, blue, white, pink, redness.And, a plurality of design temperatures that raise gradually are set in controller 10, open behind the door of refrigerator along with the rising of actual temperature in the refrigerator, can reach each design temperature.
In the present embodiment,, therefore omit, only its control procedure is described because the block diagram and first embodiment of its formation are basic identical.
The sense switch 20 of opening the door when opening door of refrigerator is connected, and this moment, controller 10 was selected first design temperatures (S301), and this first design temperature can be minimum in all design temperature.Judge whether door of refrigerator closes (S302), when judging that door of refrigerator is closed, the control of finishing control device 10.When door of refrigerator still is in when opening, actual temperature and current design temperature are compared (S303), and reach current design temperature when above in actual temperature, the color of lighting by 10 couples of changeable colour LED40 of controller is controlled, change the color of a changeable colour LED40, and select next design temperature (S304), and the comparison of actual temperature and Current Temperatures is carried out in circulation, when actual temperature reaches the color that Current Temperatures changes a changeable colour LED40 when above, and select next design temperature, close up to door of refrigerator and make sense switch 20 disconnections of opening the door.
In the present embodiment, owing to, in the time of therefore can making the user open door of refrigerator, grasp temperature variations in the refrigerator at any time along with the variation of actual temperature in the refrigerator changes the color that LED lights successively.As the color of lighting of LED, be preferably from visually not eye-catching color to visually eye-catching change color, for example, become redness from light blue at last to blue, white, pink, thereby urge the user in time to close door of refrigerator, with energy efficient.
And, example as control procedure, the present invention is not limited to the foregoing description, for example, be to remind the user in the above-described embodiments by changing the changeable colour led color, also can remind the user as the flicker frequency of the LED of indicator lamp by change, and, also can be as following the 3rd embodiment, use storehouse intraoral illumination lamp 41 in the refrigerator in the past as indicator lamp, below the third embodiment of the present invention is elaborated.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of third embodiment of the invention.Fig. 5 is the control flow chart of third embodiment of the invention.Identical with above-mentioned second embodiment in the present embodiment, just changeable colour LED40 is replaced by storehouse intraoral illumination lamp.
The sense switch 20 of opening the door when opening door of refrigerator is connected, and this moment, controller 10 was selected first design temperatures (S301), and this first design temperature can be minimum in all design temperature.Judge whether door of refrigerator closes (S302), when judging that door of refrigerator is closed, the control of finishing control device 10.When door of refrigerator still is in when opening, actual temperature and current design temperature are compared (S303), and reach current design temperature when above in actual temperature, control by 10 pairs of storehouses of controller intraoral illumination lamp 41, change the brightness of a storehouse intraoral illumination lamp 41, and select next design temperature (S304), and the comparison of actual temperature and Current Temperatures is carried out in circulation, when actual temperature reaches the brightness that Current Temperatures changes a storehouse intraoral illumination lamp 41 when above, and select next design temperature, close up to door of refrigerator and make sense switch 20 disconnections of opening the door.
In the present embodiment, whenever reaching the brightness that a design temperature changes a storehouse intraoral illumination lamp, can be the brightness that reduces storehouse intraoral illumination lamp 41 in the present embodiment, can realize to the voltage of storehouse intraoral illumination lamp 41 supplies by changing controller 10.And can be that storehouse intraoral illumination lamp 41 brightness are increased, brightness is reduced.The brightest gradually be decreased to of the brightness that also can make storehouse intraoral illumination lamp 41 when opening door of refrigerator extinguished, in the case, by reducing fixed time interval, and the luminance difference when reducing at every turn to change brightness evenly reduces up to the effect of extinguishing and be implemented in the time increase lighting brightness of visually opening along with door of refrigerator.Thereby make the user grasp the interior actual temperature change situation of refrigerator, in time close the purpose that door of refrigerator reaches energy efficient to urge the user.
In above each embodiment, connect along with opening of door of refrigerator as the sense switch 20 of opening the door, can certainly be set at and disconnect along with opening of door of refrigerator, and, also can be the switching that only when at every turn opening door of refrigerator, opens and closes, and controller 10 be controlled according to the change action that this sense switch 20 that opens the door switches.As the idiographic flow of control, only be illustration in the present invention, can design different control flows based on identical design, therefore can not limit the present invention with this.
In the above-described embodiments, use fixing temperature value as design temperature, still, as the present invention, also can be set to by (each) design temperature, the actual temperature in the moment that is opened with door of refrigerator has the temperature of the temperature difference of regulation.Thereby after can detecting door of refrigerator and opening, the variations in temperature degree of the reality in the refrigerator can more effectively be reminded the user.The temperature difference of this regulation does not have certain limitation, can be according to the number of colors of indicator lamp, and the quantity of brightness grade when changing control and determining flexibly.
In addition, accompanying drawing and the concrete embodiment of being not limited to of the present invention, those skilled in the art can be out of shape and change the present invention as required under the situation that does not depart from connotation of the present invention and scope.These distortion and variation all fall within the scope of the present invention.
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1. refrigerator is characterized in that having:
Switch with the action interlock of the door of described refrigerator;
Detect the temperature sensor of the actual temperature in the refrigerator;
Indicator lamp;
Be provided with design temperature, and according to the controller from the illuminating state of the described indicator lamp of signal controlling of described switch and described temperature sensor,
Under the door situation about opening of described refrigerator, when described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, described controller changes the illuminating state of described indicator lamp and controls.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described indicator lamp is the LED of changeable colour,
When described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, described controller is controlled described indicator lamp and is changed color.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that:
Described controller has a plurality of described design temperature that raises successively,
Whenever described actual temperature is increased in a plurality of described design temperatures one when above, described controller is controlled described indicator lamp and is changed a color.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described indicator lamp is a storehouse intraoral illumination lamp,
When described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, described controller is controlled described indicator lamp and is changed brightness.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that:
Described controller has a plurality of described design temperature that raises successively,
Whenever described actual temperature is increased in a plurality of described design temperatures one when above, control described indicator lamp by described controller and change a brightness.
6. as the described refrigerator of claim 1～5, it is characterized in that:
Described design temperature is, the actual temperature in the moment that is opened with door of refrigerator has the temperature of set point of temperature difference.
7. the control method of a refrigerator is characterized in that:
Described refrigerator has,
Switch with the action interlock of the door of described refrigerator;
Detect the temperature sensor of the actual temperature in the refrigerator;
Indicator lamp;
Be provided with design temperature, and according to the controller from the illuminating state of the described indicator lamp of signal controlling of described switch and described temperature sensor,
Described controller carries out the control of following steps,
According to whether being opened from the described door of refrigerator of the signal detection of described switch;
For under the situation about opening, be increased to described design temperature when above when detecting described actual temperature at the door that detects described refrigerator, described controller changes the illuminating state of described indicator lamp and controls.
8. the control method of refrigerator as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that:
Described indicator lamp is the LED of changeable colour,
When described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, control described indicator lamp by described controller and change color.
9. the control method of refrigerator as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that:
The a plurality of described design temperature that raises successively is set in described controller,
Whenever described actual temperature is increased in a plurality of described design temperatures one when above, control described indicator lamp by described controller and change a color.
10. the control method of refrigerator as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that:
Described indicator lamp is a storehouse intraoral illumination lamp,
When described actual temperature is increased to described design temperature when above, control described indicator lamp by described controller and change brightness.
11. the control method of refrigerator as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that:
The a plurality of described design temperature that raises successively is set in described controller,
Whenever described actual temperature is increased in a plurality of described design temperatures one when above, control described indicator lamp by described controller and change a brightness.
12., it is characterized in that as the described refrigerator of claim 7～11:
Described design temperature is, the actual temperature in the moment that is opened with door of refrigerator has the temperature of set point of temperature difference.
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