CN102384621B

CN102384621B - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN102384621B
Application number: CN201010274805.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贾滨
Original assignee: BSH Electrical Appliances Jiangsu Co Ltd
Current assignee: BSH Electrical Appliances Jiangsu Co Ltd
Priority date: 2010-08-30
Filing date: 2010-08-30
Publication date: 2016-05-11
Anticipated expiration: 2030-08-30
Also published as: WO2012028551A1; CN102384621A

Abstract

The invention provides a kind of refrigerator, comprise casing (10), refrigerator doors (20) and refrigerator controller, in refrigerator, have the refrigerator cavity volume (14) that at least one is limited by casing (10) and a refrigerator doors (20), refrigerator controller comprises control module (30), the first display unit (32) and the second display unit (34). The first display unit (32) is arranged on the outer surface of casing (10) and/or refrigerator doors (20), comprises the first instruction unit (324); The second display unit (34) is arranged on the inner side of the refrigerator cavity volume (14) being limited by casing (10) and refrigerator doors (20), and/or in the part being covered each other by casing (10) and refrigerator doors (20), comprise the second operating portion (342) and the second instruction unit (344). No matter operator can understand intuitively the state of refrigerator in the situation that opening and closing refrigerator doors like this, to meet different users's custom.

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

The invention relates to a refrigerator with a display unit, in particular to a refrigerator with a display unit inside and outside a box body.

Background

In daily life, a user often needs to know the working condition of the refrigerator in real time, timely, conveniently and reliably control the working state of the refrigerator, and the working condition of the refrigerator can be observed and controlled by the display unit on the refrigerator.

Some of the currently available refrigerators have a display unit disposed on an outer surface of a refrigerator door, and some have a display unit disposed in a storage chamber. Some users may want to find the operation state of the refrigerator in time without opening the refrigerator door due to different usage habits, and some users may need to adjust the fresh food mode of the refrigerator for different stored foods in the refrigerator, the former may tend to use the display unit disposed outside the refrigerator, and the latter may tend to use the display unit disposed inside the refrigerator. Therefore, the display unit is disposed only inside or outside the refrigerator, and the requirements of various users cannot be well met.

In addition, if only one display unit is provided to the refrigerator, the reliability of the use of the refrigerator is affected upon the occurrence of a malfunction.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a refrigerator, which enables an operator to know the working state of the refrigerator under the condition of opening and closing a refrigerator door and enables the appearance of the refrigerator to be simple and attractive.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which can meet the use requirements of different users and can improve the reliability of display and control of the refrigerator.

The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a refrigerator door and a refrigerator controller, wherein at least one refrigerator cavity defined by the refrigerator body and the refrigerator door is formed in the refrigerator, and the refrigerator controller comprises a control unit, a first display unit and a second display unit. The first display unit and the second display unit are respectively electrically connected with the control unit; the first display unit is arranged on the outer surface of the refrigerator body and/or the refrigerator door and comprises a first indicating part capable of indicating the working state of the refrigerator; the second display unit is arranged on the inner side of the refrigerator cavity and/or the part covered by the refrigerator body and the refrigerator door, and comprises a second operation part capable of adjusting the working state of the refrigerator and a second indicating part capable of indicating the working state of the refrigerator.

According to an exemplary embodiment of a refrigerator of the present invention, the first display units may be respectively disposed on the refrigerator doors.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the refrigerator according to the present invention, the first indication part may indicate the temperature, the freshness keeping mode and/or the operation state by a graphic, a color and/or a text.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention, the first display unit may further include a first operating part which can adjust an operating state of the refrigerator, and the first operating part is a key or a touch key.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention, the first operating part and the second operating part may respectively assume different functions of adjusting the operation state.

According to an exemplary embodiment of a refrigerator of the present invention, the second display unit is provided on a refrigerator frame of which a cabinet is covered by a refrigerator door, or on an inner side of the refrigerator door.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention, the second operating part may employ a key or a touch key; in addition, the second indication part may indicate temperature, a fresh mode, an operation state, and/or the like.

According to the invention, the display units are arranged inside and outside the refrigerator, so that the requirements of a user can be better met, and the user can know the working state of the refrigerator or adjust the refrigerator in time no matter whether the refrigerator door is opened or not; the user can conveniently use the display unit in the refrigerator to directly select different refrigeration modes according to different articles placed in the refrigerator so as to ensure the storage quality of the articles.

In addition, the refrigerator of the present invention has only one display unit, and thus, the stability of the operation of the refrigerator can be improved. Particularly, if different display units display different contents according to design requirements, the appearance of the refrigerator can be more concise, and the refrigerator is convenient for a user to maintain and clean.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an exemplary embodiment of a refrigerator.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an exemplary embodiment of a first display unit in a refrigerator.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of another exemplary embodiment of a refrigerator.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of an exemplary embodiment of a second display unit in a refrigerator.

Description of the reference symbols

10 refrigerator 12 refrigerator frame 14 refrigerator appearance chamber

20 refrigerator door 22 refrigerator door inside 30 control unit

32 first display unit 324 first indication part 325 indicator

34 second display unit 342 first operation part 344 second indication part

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly understand the technical features, objects and effects of the present invention, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same structural parts, similar structural parts and the same functional parts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a refrigerator, which is a three-door refrigerator, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the refrigerator may be a single-door refrigerator, a double-door refrigerator, or the like.

As shown in fig. 1, the refrigerator includes a cabinet 10 and refrigerator doors 20, each of the refrigerator doors 20 and the cabinet 10 defines a refrigerator cavity 14, and a refrigerator controller (not shown) is further disposed in the refrigerator to control states of the refrigerator, such as a cooling mode, a cooling capacity, and a temperature. The refrigerator controller includes a control unit 30, a first display unit 32, and a second display unit 34, and the first display unit 32 and the second display unit 34 are electrically connectable with the control unit 30, respectively.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the first display unit 32 is disposed on an outer surface of the refrigerator door 20. However, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the first display unit 32 can be disposed on the refrigerator door 20, and the first display unit 32 can be disposed on any position of the outer surface of the box 10 according to different use requirements, and the number of the first display units 32 can be different according to design requirements, and the first display units 32 can be disposed on different positions.

Fig. 2 shows an exemplary embodiment of the first display unit 32, that is, the first display unit 32 includes a first indication part 324, and the first indication part 324 can indicate the operation state of the refrigerator, for example, in fig. 2, the operation state of each cavity (see fig. 1) of the refrigerator can be respectively indicated by three indication parts 325, and the three indication parts are arranged in the same first indication part 324. The indicator may be a light emitting element, with different light colors indicating different states of the cavity. The three indicators 325 may be arranged in different locations as desired by design.

Of course, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the states of different cavities can be displayed in different first indication portions 324 respectively according to different usage conditions, and the first indication portions 324 can also indicate the temperature, the fresh-keeping mode and/or the operation state graphically and/or by words. In addition, according to different use requirements, the first display unit 32 may further include a first operation portion (not shown), where the first operation portion may be a key or a touch key, and a user may adjust the working state of the refrigerator by operating the key or the touch key, for example, adjust the cooling temperature of each cavity (see fig. 1).

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the second display unit 34 is provided on a portion of the cabinet 10 covered by the refrigerator door 20, such as on the refrigerator frame 12. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the second display unit 34 can be disposed at any position inside the refrigerator cavity 14 (see fig. 3) defined by the box body 10 and the refrigerator door 20, for example, at any suitable position on the inner wall of the box body, or on the inner side 22 (see fig. 3) of the refrigerator door, according to different use requirements. The number of second display units 34 may also vary depending on the usage requirements.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of another exemplary embodiment of a refrigerator. The refrigerator shown in the figure is a three-door refrigerator, in which first display units 32 are respectively provided on two refrigerator doors 20 below the refrigerator. The uppermost refrigerator door 20 is opened in fig. 3 for explaining an exemplary embodiment of the second display unit 34. Although only the uppermost storage compartment of the refrigerator and the corresponding door frame of the refrigerator are schematically indicated in fig. 3, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that they may be any set of corresponding storage compartments and door frames of the refrigerator.

As shown in fig. 4, the second display unit 34 includes a second operation part 342 and a second indication part 344. In the figure, the second operation portion 342 is a key, but it is understood by those skilled in the art that the second operation portion may be a touch key. The second operation portion 342 can adjust the operating state of the refrigerator, such as the cooling mode setting, the temperature setting of the refrigerator, and the like, and the second indication portion 344 can indicate the operating state of the refrigerator, such as the temperature, the fresh-keeping mode and/or the operation state, and can also indicate the operation signal input by the operator.

The refrigerator provided by the invention can meet the habits of various users, can help the users to know the working state of the refrigerator in time under the condition that the refrigerator door is not opened, and can also help the users to more conveniently adopt different storage modes aiming at different articles by utilizing the display control unit in the refrigerator. For example, when the first display unit only has an indication part for indicating the working state of the refrigerator, all the adjustment actions for the working state of the refrigerator are realized by the second display unit, and the first display unit only indicates the working state of the refrigerator, such cooperation can make the appearance of the refrigerator extremely simple and beautiful, and usually, a user only needs to set the working state of the refrigerator on the second display unit once. For another example, when the first display unit is designed to have both the indication portion and the operation portion, the first display unit and the second display unit can be respectively provided with different functions for adjusting the working state, that is, the adjusting function of the first display unit is mainly used for adjusting the part of the working state of the refrigerator which needs to be set frequently, such as the temperature of the refrigerator, and the second operation and display unit is mainly used for adjusting the part of the working state of the refrigerator which does not need to be adjusted frequently, such as closing or opening the quick-freezing function of the refrigerator.

"exemplary" means "serving as an example, instance, or illustration" herein, and any illustration, embodiment, or steps described as "exemplary" herein should not be construed as a preferred or advantageous alternative.

It should be understood that although the description is made in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment includes only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments described herein may be combined as a whole to form other embodiments as would be understood by those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A refrigerator includes a cabinet (10), two or three refrigerator doors (20), and a refrigerator controller,

the refrigerator is provided with two or three refrigerator cavities (14) which are limited by the refrigerator body (10) and the corresponding refrigerator door (20),

characterized in that the refrigerator controller comprises:

having a control unit (30) for controlling the refrigerator;

the first display unit (32) is electrically connected with the control unit (30), the first display unit (32) is arranged on the outer surface of the refrigerator body (10) and/or the refrigerator door (20) and comprises a first indicating part (324) capable of indicating the working state of the refrigerator; and

a second display unit (34) electrically connected with the control unit (30), wherein the second display unit (34) is arranged at the inner side of the refrigerator cavity (14) and/or the part covered by the refrigerator body (10) and the refrigerator door (20) and comprises a second operation part (342) for adjusting the working state of the refrigerator and a second indication part (344) for indicating the working state of the refrigerator,

the first indicating part (324) comprises a plurality of indicating pieces, each indicating piece indicates the working state of the corresponding cavity (14), and the first display unit is not provided with an operating part for adjusting the working state of the refrigerator.

2. A refrigerator includes a cabinet (10), two or three refrigerator doors (20), and a refrigerator controller,

characterized in that, the refrigerator controller includes:

having a control unit (30) for controlling the refrigerator;

a second display unit (34) electrically connected with the control unit (30), wherein the second display unit (34) is arranged at the inner side of the refrigerator cavity (14) and/or at the part covered by the refrigerator body (10) and the refrigerator door (20) and comprises a second operation part (342) capable of adjusting the working state of the refrigerator and a second indication part (344) capable of indicating the working state of the refrigerator,

wherein,

the number of the first display units (32) is multiple, and the working states of different cavities (14) are respectively displayed by the corresponding first display units (32).

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first display units (32) are respectively provided on the refrigerator doors (20).

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first indication portion (324) indicates temperature, freshness keeping mode and/or operation state in a graphic, color and/or text.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first display unit (32) further comprises a first operating part which can adjust an operating state of the refrigerator, the first operating part being a key or a touch key.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5, wherein said first operating portion and said second operating portion (342) respectively assume different functions of adjusting an operating state.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second display unit (34) is provided on a refrigerator frame (12) of the cabinet (10) covered by the refrigerator door (20).

8. The refrigerator of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second display unit (34) is disposed on a refrigerator door inner side (22) of the refrigerator door (20).

9. The refrigerator of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second operating portion (342) is a key or a touch key.

10. The refrigerator of claim 1 or 2, wherein the indication content of the second indication part (344) comprises temperature, freshness mode and/or operation state.