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Describe embodiments of the invention below in detail, the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical from start to finish or similar label is represented identical or similar elements or the element with identical or similar functions.Below by the embodiment that is described with reference to the drawings is exemplary, only is used to explain the present invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 1, be the lighting system structure figure of the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention.This illuminator comprises lamp assembly 100, checkout gear 200 and the control device 300 that links to each other with checkout gear 200 with lamp assembly 100 respectively, and wherein, lamp assembly 100 comprises a plurality of LED lamps of arranging in a predefined manner.Whether checkout gear 200 is used to detect refrigerator doors and is unlocked or closes.Control device 300 is controlled each LED lamp in the lamp assembly 100 according to the testing result of checkout gear 200, lightening each LED lamp gradually when refrigerator doors is unlocked, and extinguishes each LED lamp gradually when refrigerator doors is closed.Like this, each LED lamp is slowly lighted under the control of control device 300 or is extinguished, thereby produces the effect of starlight in the similar night sky, particularly brings the sensation of starry sky to the user who uses refrigerator evening, strengthens user's use experience.
In one embodiment of the invention, lamp assembly 100 comprises lamp socket 110, is installed in the lamp plate 120 on the lamp socket 110, and lamp plate 120 comprises a plurality of LED lamps that are positioned on the lamp plate 120 and arrange in a predefined manner and the lampshade 130 that cooperates installation with lamp socket 110.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 2, be the lamp assembly scheme of installation of the embodiment of the invention.Preferably lamp socket 110 is installed in the top of refrigerating chamber, those skilled in the art also can be installed to lamp socket 110 other positions of refrigerating chamber certainly, and these all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.
Preferably, a plurality of LED lamps in the lamp assembly 100 are arranged in the starlight mode of the imitative night sky.As shown in Figure 3, be the schematic diagram that a plurality of LED lamps 140 of the embodiment of the invention are arranged in the starlight mode of the imitative night sky, a plurality of in the figure LED lamps are arranged in the shape of similar stars.In one embodiment of the invention, on lampshade 130, be provided with a plurality of leaded light grooves, thereby make the light of LED lamp to scatter and staggered to periphery is irregular by the leaded light groove.Certainly arrangement mode shown in Figure 3 only is schematically, and those skilled in the art also can make amendment or change it.
In said lighting system, for a plurality of LED lamps of arranging in a predefined manner on lamp plate 120, control device 300 can be regulated the dutycycle of each LED lamp by PWM, by controlling the ON time of each LED lamp, thereby the electric current of each LED lamp is precisely controlled.If certain LED lamp dutycycle is 100% o'clock (i.e. the free all conductings of this lamp of institute), the electric current of this LED lamp of flowing through this moment is 20mA, and this LED is the brightest state; If dutycycle is 50%, the electric current of this LED lamp of then flowing through is 10mA; Equally, if dutycycle is 0%, then electric current is 0mA, and this moment, this LED lamp did not work.Therefore the luminosity of LED lamp is closely bound up with the electric current of flowing through as can be seen, thereby can realize the accurate control to each road brightness.
In embodiments of the present invention, control device 300 carries out PWM control for the highlighted LED lamp of several random arrangements to each LED lamp, each LED lamp slowly brightens by it, reach the brightest after slowly deepening again, until extinguishing, simultaneously each LED lamp light with extinguish asynchronous fully, at each constantly, the lamp that has is very bright, and the lamp brightness that has is moderate, and the lamp brightness that has is dark partially, and each LED lamp brightness constantly changes, thereby realizes the effect of starry sky illumination.
Certainly in other embodiments of the invention, control device 300 can also be controlled the brightness of described a plurality of LED lamps in a synchronous manner, thereby produces whole brightening gradually or the whole technique effect of deepening gradually.
Therefore, the illuminator by Fig. 1 makes the light of refrigerator finish under the control of control device 300 by bright deepening or by gradually changing of secretly brightening, and perceptual image is to breathe.In the present invention, carry out the characteristic that eye is satisfied in light modulation, control the bright dark degree of LED lamp in the preferred embodiment by the dutycycle size of control PWM ripple.
And, in the above-described embodiments, if checkout gear 200 judges that refrigerator doors is in opening always, then the variation of each LED lamp of control device 300 Sustainable Control is to cause the effect of starry sky illumination, for example control device 300 is opened whole LED lamps step by step, and each LED lamp of the size of the dutycycle by PWM ripple control brightening gradually, and reach the brightest after control section LED lamp deepening gradually again, thereby guarantee that the open period in refrigerator doors has partial L ED to keep illuminating state all the time, thereby and brightness progressively change the effect that produces similar starry sky.
In specific embodiments of the invention, control device 300 comprises controller and led driver.Controller generates control signal to a plurality of LED lamps according to the testing result of checkout gear 200.Led driver is used for regulating according to the control signal of controller the dutycycle of the pulse width modulation (PWM) of each LED lamp of input.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is the 16 passage constant current sink formula LED driving chip of TLC59116 that led driver adopts the model of TI company of Texas Instrument, it is the single-chip microcomputer of S3F9488 that controller adopts the model of Samsung, as shown in Figure 4, be the illuminator drive part schematic diagram of the embodiment of the invention, the input SDA of TLC59116 is connected with the output of single-chip microcomputer S3F9488 with SCL.Certainly also need to prove at this; these concrete models are preferred version of the present invention; those skilled in the art also can select the chip of the chip of other models or other types to realize the structure of illuminator shown in Figure 1, and these all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.
Wherein the TLC59116 of TI company is the 16 channel LEDs driving chip of the total line traffic control of I2C, and each LED output all has 8 bit resolutions (256 color range), fixed frequency, the independent PWM controller (operating frequency is 97kHz) of self and can regulate dutycycle (0% to 99.6%).Single-chip microcomputer just can be set to specific brightness value by each LED lamp by independent PWM controller like this.
Certainly this led driver also can adopt 8 bit resolutions (256 color range) combined type PWM controller, and single-chip microcomputer can carry out Synchronization Control to all LED lamps by combined type PWM controller, promptly adopts identical value to lighten or dim all LED.This combined type PWM controller had both had the fixed frequency of 190Hz, but had the regulating frequency (regulating once every 10.73 seconds) that is low to moderate 24Hz again and can regulate dutycycle (0% to 99.6%).
By single-chip microcomputer LED is driven the control of chip like this, particularly realize that by the PWM pulsewidth modulation LED shows different brightness degrees, thus thereby it is gradually bright and gradually go out at closing time when the brightness degree further by control LED lamp makes that the refrigerating chamber lamp opens the door.
For example, if the output pin to certain LED lamp is 0 (exporting 0 o'clock LED-backlit plate here lights) in the cycle of certain length always, then this moment, the LED lamp was the brightest; On the contrary, if export 1 always, then the LED lamp is the darkest (just not working).If this internal pin output in cycle be impulse wave (10101010......), then the brightness of LED lamp just has only half when the brightest, but this impulse wave frequency need be than higher, otherwise will cause the flicker of LED lamp.Therefore, in an embodiment of the present invention, just can regulate the time of TLC59116 pin output high-low level by the dutycycle of the program in the single-chip microcomputer at switch chamber door time control system conversion PWM, thus realization LED lamp gradually bright or gradually go out.For example, after refrigerator doors was unlocked, the dutycycle that single-chip microcomputer is transferred big PWM ripple gradually according to predetermined step-length to lighten the LED lamp, reached the maximum of setting until dutycycle; Equally, also can turn the dutycycle of PWM ripple gradually down,, reach the minimum of a value of setting until dutycycle to dim the LED lamp according to predetermined step-length.
Although illustrated and described embodiments of the invention, for the ordinary skill in the art, be appreciated that without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention and can carry out multiple variation, modification, replacement and modification that scope of the present invention is by claims and be equal to and limit to these embodiment.