CN110942710B - Display device for displaying refrigerator and display method thereof - Google Patents

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CN110942710B
CN110942710B CN201811109321.XA CN201811109321A CN110942710B CN 110942710 B CN110942710 B CN 110942710B CN 201811109321 A CN201811109321 A CN 201811109321A CN 110942710 B CN110942710 B CN 110942710B
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The invention relates to a display device for displaying a refrigerator and a display method thereof. The display device comprises: the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a cabinet body and a cabinet body, wherein a display drawer used for simulating a drawer in the refrigerator is arranged in the refrigerator body and can be arranged in the refrigerator body in a push-and-pull mode; a push-pull device configured to controllably push the display drawer in the closed position out a preset distance and/or to controllably pull the display drawer back into its closed position; and the main display screen is configured to controllably and synchronously display the virtual animation which is the same as the motion of pushing out and pulling back the display drawer, and controllably display the virtual animation in which a plurality of articles sequentially drop in the display drawer after the display drawer is pushed out so as to simulate the effect of putting the plurality of articles into the drawer of the refrigerator, and the type of the articles displayed on the main display screen is suitable for the function of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer. The display structure and the display mode combining virtuality and reality are more vivid and lifelike, and the understanding of consumers on the displayed refrigerator drawers is deepened.

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Display device for displaying refrigerator and display method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to a display technology of a refrigeration and freezing device, in particular to a display device for displaying a refrigerator and a display method thereof.
Background
In order to facilitate consumers to know the functions of the refrigerator (especially new products), manufacturers usually display the refrigerator in places such as exhibitions, pubs, malls, and the like. In the prior art, an actual refrigerator product is usually directly displayed or a structure for displaying functions of the actual refrigerator product is integrated on the actual refrigerator product, such as an advertising lamp box and an advertising screen which are arranged on a refrigerator door body or a simulated air supply device which is arranged in a refrigerator body. It is conceivable that the direct display of the actual refrigerator product does not allow consumers to understand the functions, characteristics, etc. of the refrigerator, and thus does not allow a real display function. The integration of the display device on the actual refrigerator product not only increases the complexity of the refrigerator structure and the manufacturing and assembling difficulty, but also has limited content of the product display due to the structural layout, so that consumers cannot comprehensively know the refrigerator. Meanwhile, after the display function of the product is finished, a consumer does not need to display related structures, so that the display structure is redundant, and the display structure becomes a space-occupied furnishing.
Disclosure of Invention
It is an object of a first aspect of the present invention to overcome at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a display device capable of displaying a corresponding refrigerator product drawer in a comprehensive manner.
Another object of the first aspect of the present invention is to display the display device in a virtual-real combined display mode combining a physical structure and a virtual picture, so as to deepen the understanding of consumers on the functions, principles, characteristics, effects, etc. of the drawer of the refrigerator displayed by the display device.
An object of a second aspect of the present invention is to provide a display method for displaying a display apparatus of a refrigerator.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display apparatus for displaying a refrigerator, comprising:
the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a cabinet body and a cabinet body, wherein a display drawer used for simulating a drawer in the refrigerator is arranged in the refrigerator body, and the display drawer is arranged in the refrigerator body in a push-and-pull manner;
a push-pull device configured to controllably push the display drawer in a closed position out a preset distance and/or to controllably pull the display drawer back into its closed position, the preset distance being less than or equal to a maximum distance that the display drawer can be pulled out; and
and the main display screen is configured to controllably and synchronously display the virtual animation which is the same as the motion of pushing out and pulling back the display drawer, and controllably display the virtual animation in which a plurality of articles sequentially drop in the display drawer after the display drawer is pushed out so as to simulate the effect of placing the plurality of articles in the drawer of the refrigerator, wherein the type of the articles displayed on the main display screen is suitable for the function of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer.
Optionally, the display device further comprises:
a prompting device configured to controllably issue a prompt message indicating that the display drawer is about to start being displayed before the display drawer starts being displayed; and is
The push-pull device is configured to controllably push the display drawer out of a preset distance after the prompt message is sent out, and controllably pull the display drawer back to a closed position after a virtual animation that a plurality of objects fall in the display drawer in sequence is displayed on the main display screen.
Optionally, the number of the display drawers is two, and the display drawers are respectively a dry display drawer for simulating a dry drawer of the refrigerator and a moisturizing display drawer for simulating a moisturizing drawer of the refrigerator; and is
Said push-pull means being one in number to controllably push one of said dry display drawer and said moisturizing display drawer out of and/or back into a closed position; or, the number of the push-pull devices is two, so as to respectively push out and/or pull back the dry display drawer and the moisturizing display drawer to the closed position in a controlled manner.
Optionally, the dry display drawer and the moisture preservation display drawer are arranged in the box body side by side along the transverse direction, and the main display screen is arranged on the front side of one of the display drawers; wherein
The length and the push-pull stroke of the display drawer at the rear side of the main display screen in the front-back direction are respectively smaller than the length and the push-pull stroke of the other display drawer in the front-back direction, so that the dry display drawer and the moisturizing display drawer can be controlled to simulate the push-pull and article placing effects of corresponding drawers of a refrigerator.
Optionally, the main display is further configured to controllably transition to a transparent state after the display drawer is pulled back to a closed position.
Optionally, the display device further comprises:
the door body is connected to the front side of the box body and used for opening and/or closing the first front side opening of the box body;
and the auxiliary display screen is arranged on the inner side of the door body and is configured to controllably display information for representing the technical characteristics, technical principles and/or effect comparative analysis of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer after the prompt information is sent out.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a display method of any one of the above display devices, comprising:
pushing the display drawer at the closed position out by a preset distance by using a push-pull device of the display device, and synchronously displaying a virtual animation with the same action as that of pushing the display drawer out on a main display screen of the display device;
displaying virtual animation that a plurality of articles sequentially drop in the display drawer on the main display screen to simulate the effect of placing the plurality of articles in the drawer of the refrigerator, wherein the types of the articles displayed on the main display screen are suitable for the functions of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer; and
and utilizing the push-pull device to pull the display drawer to the closed position of the display drawer, and synchronously displaying the virtual animation on the main display screen, wherein the virtual animation is the same as the movement of the display drawer which is pulled to the closed position of the display drawer.
Optionally, before the display drawer in the closed position is pushed out by a preset distance by the push-pull device, the display method further comprises:
and sending out prompt information for indicating that the display drawer is about to start to be displayed.
Optionally, the prompt message comprises a sound signal and/or a light signal.
Optionally, the display apparatus further includes an auxiliary display screen, and the display method further includes:
and after the prompt information is sent out, displaying information for representing the technical characteristics, technical principles and/or effect contrastive analysis of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer on the auxiliary display screen.
The display device of the invention is an independent device which can simulate a corresponding refrigerator and does not depend on actual refrigerator products, so that a complex refrigeration system of the refrigerator and other structures irrelevant to display can be omitted. Meanwhile, the display device is provided with a display drawer specially used for simulating a corresponding refrigerator drawer, and the functions, technical principles, technical characteristics and/or effect comparative analysis and the like of the drawer of the simulated refrigerator product can be displayed more comprehensively.
Furthermore, the invention utilizes the combination of the physical structure of the push-pull device and the like and the virtual picture displayed by the main display screen to display the display drawer, which is not only beneficial for consumers to know the specific structure of the drawer of the displayed refrigerator product, but also can convey information about the function, technical principle, technical characteristics and/or effect comparative analysis and the like of the drawer of the displayed refrigerator product to the consumers in a more vivid and lifelike manner, thereby deepening the understanding of the consumers on the aspects of the function, principle, characteristics, effect and the like of the drawer of the refrigerator displayed by the display device.
The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a display apparatus for displaying a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 2 and 3 are schematic exploded views of a display device according to one embodiment of the present invention in different orientations;
FIG. 4 is a schematic enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic partial block diagram of a display device according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a presentation method of a presentation device according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a method according to a further embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a presentation method according to another further embodiment of the present invention.
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The present invention first provides a display device for displaying a refrigerator. Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a display apparatus for displaying a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the display apparatus 1 for displaying a refrigerator of the present invention includes a cabinet 10, a display drawer 12 for simulating a drawer in a refrigerator is provided in the cabinet 10, and the display drawer 12 is slidably provided in the cabinet 10. The display device 1 has an external shape and an internal space similar to those of the refrigerator product displayed by the display device and the refrigerator body 10, so as to better simulate the refrigerator product. The display device 1 is not dependent on the actual refrigerator product, so that the complex refrigeration system of the refrigerator and other structures unrelated to the display can be omitted. Meanwhile, the display device 1 is provided with the display drawer 12 specially used for simulating the corresponding refrigerator drawer, so that the functions, technical principles, technical characteristics and/or effect comparative analysis and the like of the drawer area of the simulated refrigerator product can be more comprehensively displayed.
Fig. 2 and 3 are schematic exploded views of the display device according to an embodiment of the present invention in different orientations, and fig. 4 is a schematic enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 3. Further, the display device 1 of the present invention further includes a push-pull device 50 and a main display 30. The push-pull device 50 is configured to controllably push the display drawer 12 in the closed position out a predetermined distance less than or equal to the maximum distance the display drawer 12 can be pulled out and/or to controllably pull the display drawer 12 back into its closed position. The primary display 30 is configured to controllably and simultaneously display the same virtual animation as the display drawer 12 is pushed out and pulled back, and to controllably display the virtual animation of multiple items falling sequentially within the display drawer 12 after the display drawer 12 is pushed out, to simulate the effect of placing multiple items into the drawer of a refrigerator. Therefore, the invention displays the display drawer 12 by combining the physical structure of the push-pull device 50 and the like with the virtual picture displayed by the main display screen 30, which is not only beneficial for consumers to know the specific structure of the drawer of the displayed refrigerator product, but also can convey information about the function, technical principle, technical characteristics and/or effect comparative analysis and the like of the drawer of the displayed refrigerator product to the consumers in a more vivid and lifelike manner, thereby deepening the understanding of the consumers on the aspects of the function, principle, characteristics, effect and the like of the drawer of the refrigerator displayed by the display device 1.
The type of the object displayed on the main display 30 is adapted to the function of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer 12 to indicate the type of the object that can be stored in the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer 12, so that the function of the corresponding refrigerator drawer is more clear to consumers. For example, if the function of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer 12 is dry, that is, the dry drawer of the simulated refrigerator, the multiple items displayed on the main display 30 and sequentially dropped in the display drawer 12 may be tea leaves, herbs, dry goods, and other items requiring dry storage environment, so as to indicate the types of the items that can be stored in the refrigerator dry drawer simulated by the display drawer 12. For another example, if the function of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer 12 is to preserve moisture, that is, to simulate the moisture preservation drawer of a refrigerator, the multiple items displayed on the main display 30 and sequentially falling in the display drawer 12 may be fruits, vegetables and other items requiring a moisture preservation storage environment, so as to indicate the types of the items that can be stored in the refrigerator moisture preservation drawer simulated by the display drawer 12.
In one particular embodiment, display drawer 12 rests on a median shelf 19 within display 1. The push-pull device 50 is a sliding block slidably disposed on the middle partition plate along the front-back direction, a groove is formed at the bottom of the display drawer 12, and the sliding block is clamped in the groove, so that the display drawer 12 is connected with the sliding block, and the display drawer 12 can move along with the sliding of the sliding block. Specifically, the upper surface of the middle partition plate 19 is provided with a sliding groove 191 extending in the front-rear direction, and a slider serving as the push-pull device 50 slides along the sliding groove 191 to guide the push-pull operation of the display drawer 12.
Figure 5 is a schematic partial block diagram of a display device according to one embodiment of the present invention. In some embodiments of the present invention, the display device 1 further comprises a prompting device 60, wherein the prompting device 60 is configured to issue a prompt message for indicating that the display drawer 12 is about to be displayed in a controlled manner before the display drawer 12 is displayed, so as to prompt the consumer, attract the attention of the consumer and make the consumer conscious and ready. Specifically, the prompting device 60 may be a buzzer or other device capable of emitting a sound signal, and the prompting device 60 may also be an LED lamp or other device capable of emitting a light signal.
Further, the push-pull device 50 is configured to controllably push the display drawer 12 out of the predetermined distance to simulate the effect of the refrigerator drawer being pulled out, to controllably pull the display drawer 12 back to the closed position to simulate the effect of the refrigerator drawer being pushed back to the closed position after a virtual animation of a plurality of items falling sequentially within the display drawer 12 is displayed on the main display 30.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the number of display drawers 12 may be two, a dry display drawer for simulating a dry drawer of a refrigerator and a moisturized display drawer for simulating a moisturized drawer of a refrigerator. In some embodiments, the number of push-pulls 50 may be one to controllably push one of the dry display drawer and the moisturized display drawer out of and/or back into the closed position. In other embodiments, the push-pull device 50 may be two in number to controllably push out and/or pull back the dry and moisturized display drawers to a closed position, respectively.
When the functions of more than two display drawers 12 are different, the display drawers 12 are sequentially displayed in sequence. For example, during display, the dry display drawer may be displayed first and then the moisturized display drawer, or the moisturized display drawer may be displayed first and then the dry display drawer. When the dry display drawer is displayed, the primary display 30 or other display that may be present (e.g., the secondary display 40, mentioned below) displays information relating to the refrigerator dry drawer that the dry display drawer simulates. When the moisturized display drawer is displayed, the main display 30 or other display (e.g., the auxiliary display 40, mentioned below) that may be present displays information relating to the refrigerator moisturized drawer that the moisturized display drawer simulates.
Further, a dry display drawer and a wet display drawer may be laterally disposed side by side in the cabinet 10, and the main display 30 is disposed at a front side of one of the display drawers. The length and the push-pull stroke in the front-back direction of the display drawer 12 at the rear side of the main display 30 are respectively smaller than the length and the push-pull stroke in the front-back direction of the other display drawer, so that the dry display drawer and the moisturizing display drawer can controllably simulate the push-pull and article placing effects of the corresponding drawers of the refrigerator.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the display drawer 12 on the left side is a dry display drawer, the display drawer 12 on the right side is a wet display drawer, and the main display 30 may be disposed on the front side of the dry display drawer (in other embodiments, the main display 30 may also be disposed on the front side of the wet display drawer). Due to the shielding of the main display screen 30, the length and the push-pull stroke of the dry display drawer at the rear side of the main display screen 30 in the front-rear direction are respectively smaller than the length and the push-pull stroke of the moisturizing display drawer at the right side in the front-rear direction, so that the dry display drawer can demonstrate the front-rear push-pull effect.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the primary display 30 is further configured to controllably transition to a transparent state after the display drawer 12 is pulled back to the closed position to display the structure of the display drawer obscured by the primary display 30 through the primary display 30.
In some embodiments, display 1 further includes door 90 and secondary display 40. The door 90 is connected to the front side of the cabinet 10 to open and/or close the first front opening 15 of the cabinet, and the door 90 is used for simulating a door of a refrigerator displayed by the display device 1. The auxiliary display screen 40 is disposed on the inner side of the door body 90, and is configured to controllably display information for representing technical characteristics, technical principles and/or effect contrastive analysis of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer 12 after the prompt information of the prompt device 60 is sent out. For example, when the display drawer being displayed is a dry display drawer, the information displayed on the auxiliary display 40 may be, for example, a drying principle, an inside and outside humidity contrast, and the like. When the display drawer 12 being displayed is a moisturizing display drawer, the information displayed on the auxiliary display 40 may be, for example, a moisturizing principle, a moisturizing degree, a moisture transmittance, and the like.
The regional display mode of the invention can more intuitively and comprehensively display all information related to the display drawer 12, and is convenient for consumers to combine the contents displayed by different screens so as to better understand the performance, principle, characteristics and the like of corresponding refrigerator products.
The number of door bodies 90 may vary depending on the refrigerator displayed by display device 1. For example, in some embodiments of the present invention, the number of the door bodies 90 is two, and the two door bodies 90 are arranged side by side and are opposite to each other in the transverse direction. At this time, the number of the auxiliary display screens 40 may be two, and the two auxiliary display screens 40 are respectively disposed at the inner sides of the two door bodies 90 to respectively display different contents.
In some embodiments of the present invention, a refrigerated display zone 11 is defined within the cabinet 10 for simulating a freezer zone of a refrigerator, the refrigerated display zone 11 having a supply air outlet 111 for delivering an air flow into its storage space. The display device 1 further comprises an atomizing device 20, wherein the atomizing device 20 is configured to controllably atomize the humidifying fluid therein into visible gaseous water mist, and the visible gaseous water mist is delivered to the storage space of the refrigerated display area 11 through the air supply outlet 111 so as to simulate the air supply effect of the refrigerated area of the refrigerator. The main display 30 is also configured to controllably and simultaneously display a virtual animation similar to the gaseous water mist flowing to the storage space of the refrigerated display zone 11 through the air blowing opening 111. That is, the present invention utilizes the combination of the physical structures of the atomizing device 20 and the air supply opening 111 and the virtual image displayed by the main display 30 to display the refrigeration display area 11, which is not only beneficial for consumers to understand the specific structure of the refrigeration area of the displayed refrigerator product, but also can convey information about the function, technical principle, technical characteristics and/or effect comparative analysis of the refrigeration area of the displayed refrigerator product to the consumers in a more vivid and vivid manner, thereby deepening the understanding of the consumers on the functions, principles, characteristics and effects of the refrigeration area of the refrigerator displayed by the display device 1.
In some embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of horizontal partition boards 112 may be disposed in the refrigerated display area 11 at intervals to partition the storage space therein into a plurality of storage sections 113, and the rear wall 11a of the box body corresponding to each storage section 113 is provided with an air supply opening 111 to allow the atomizing device 20 to supply visible gaseous water mist to each storage section 113. The shelf 112 is used to simulate a rack in the product cold storage area of a refrigerator for holding items. The atomizing device 20 may be disposed inside the cabinet 10 and hidden between the rear back panel of the cabinet housing 14 and the rear wall 11a of the refrigerated display zone 11.
Further, the display apparatus 1 further comprises a detection module 81 and a controller 82. The detection module 81 is used for detecting whether articles are put in each layer of storage area 113. The controller 82 is configured to control the atomizing device 20 to deliver the gaseous water mist into any layer of the storage area 113 after an article is placed in the storage area, and control the main display 30 to synchronously display a corresponding virtual animation. Therefore, the display device 1 vividly displays that the cold storage area of the corresponding refrigerator product has the function of hierarchically and independently and precisely controlling air supply in a mode of combining the actual visible running process demonstration and the running process demonstration of the virtual animation, so as to accurately convey the information that the displayed refrigerator product has better fresh-keeping effect due to concentrated air supply cold quantity and high cooling speed to consumers, and deepen the impression and understanding of the consumers.
The detection module 81 may be a temperature sensor, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, or another suitable sensor capable of detecting whether an object is placed in the storage area 113.
The first front opening 15 may be opposite both the refrigerated display area 11 and the display drawer 12. The auxiliary display 40 is also configured to controllably display information indicative of the technical characteristics, technical principles and/or comparative analysis of the refrigeration zone of the refrigerator simulated by the refrigerated display 11. Specifically, the information displayed on the auxiliary display screen 40 may be, for example, the air duct structure, the air supply process, the air supply principle of the corresponding refrigerator cold storage area, the refrigeration effect comparative analysis with other types of refrigerators, the fresh-keeping effect comparative analysis, the food nutrient component comparative analysis, and the like.
Further, the auxiliary display 40 is configured to controllably display the bottle seat pictures corresponding to the bottle seat positions of the refrigerator displayed by the display device 1 after the display in the refrigerated display area 11 is completed, that is, the number, position and size of the displayed bottle seat pictures are all matched with the actual bottle seats of the corresponding refrigerator, so that the consumers can know the related structures in the refrigerator door body.
In some embodiments of the present invention, a refrigerated display area 13 for simulating a freezer area of a refrigerator is also defined within the housing 10, and the housing 10 has a second front opening 16 corresponding to the front and rear of the refrigerated display area 13. The display device 1 further includes a freezing display screen 70, the freezing display screen 70 is disposed at the front side of the box body 10 and covers the second front opening 16, and is configured to controllably display a virtual animation, in which a door body of a freezing area of a refrigerator simulated by the freezing display area 13 is switched from a closed state to an open state, and then the virtual animation is transformed into a transparent state to display an internal structure of the freezing display area 13, and then the virtual animation is matched with a structure and/or preset articles in the freezing display area 13 to display information for representing technical characteristics, technical principles and/or comparative analysis of effects of the freezing area of the refrigerator simulated by the freezing display area 13.
That is, the present invention utilizes the combination of the physical structure of the freezing display area 13 and/or the preset articles and the virtual picture displayed by the freezing display screen 70 to display the freezing display area 13, which is not only beneficial for the consumer to understand the specific structure of the freezing area of the displayed refrigerator product, but also can convey information about the function, technical principle, technical characteristics and/or effect comparative analysis of the freezing area of the displayed refrigerator product to the consumer in a more vivid and vivid manner, thereby deepening the understanding of the consumer in the aspects of the function, principle, characteristics and effect of the freezing area of the refrigerator displayed by the display device 1. For example, when one of the characteristics of the freezing area of the refrigerator simulated by the freezing display area 13 is to obtain a better fresh-keeping effect by using a fan shielding technology, part of the information displayed by the freezing display screen 13 may be the principle of the fan shielding technology, demonstration of the freezing process of food, the influence of other processes (such as defrosting) on the temperature of the freezing area, and the like.
The invention also provides a display method of any one of the display devices, and fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of the display method of the display device according to one embodiment of the invention. The display method comprises the following steps:
pushing the display drawer 12 in the closed position out by a preset distance by using the push-pull device 50 of the display device 1, and synchronously displaying a virtual animation on the main display 30 of the display device 1, wherein the virtual animation is the same as the pushed-out action of the display drawer 12;
displaying a virtual animation that a plurality of articles sequentially drop into the display drawer 12 on the main display screen 30 to simulate the effect of putting the plurality of articles into the drawer of the refrigerator, wherein the types of the articles displayed on the main display screen 30 are suitable for the functions of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer 12; and
the display drawer 12 is pulled back to its closed position using the push-pull mechanism 50 and the same virtual animation is displayed on the primary display 30 as the display drawer 12 is pulled back to its closed position.
The invention utilizes the combination of the entity structure of the push-pull device 50 and the like and the virtual picture displayed by the main display screen 30 to display the display drawer 12, which is not only beneficial for consumers to know the concrete structure of the drawer of the displayed refrigerator product, but also can convey information about the function, technical principle, technical characteristics and/or effect comparative analysis and the like of the drawer of the displayed refrigerator product to the consumers in a more vivid and lifelike mode, thereby deepening the understanding of the consumers on the aspects of the function, principle, characteristics, effect and the like of the drawer of the refrigerator displayed by the display device 1.
Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a presentation method according to a further embodiment of the present invention. In some embodiments, before pushing the display drawer 12 in the closed position out of the preset distance using the push-pull device 50, the display method of the present invention further comprises:
a prompt is issued to indicate that the display drawer 12 is about to be displayed to prompt the consumer, draw the attention of the consumer, and also to provide the consumer with confidence.
In particular, the prompt message may comprise a sound signal and/or a light signal. For example, it may be a short, single audible alert tone, a continuous or intermittent alert tone, a flashing light signal, a continuously lit or flashing light signal, or the like.
In some embodiments, the display apparatus 1 further comprises an auxiliary display 40, and the display method of the present invention further comprises:
after the prompt message is sent, the information for showing the technical characteristics, technical principles and/or effects of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer 12 is displayed on the auxiliary display screen 40, so that the consumer can clearly show the functions, principles, characteristics and effects of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the drawer 12. For example, when the display drawer being displayed is a dry display drawer, the information displayed on the auxiliary display 40 may be, for example, a drying principle, an inside and outside humidity contrast, and the like. When the display drawer 12 being displayed is a moisturizing display drawer, the information displayed on the auxiliary display 40 may be, for example, a moisturizing principle, a moisturizing degree, a moisture transmittance, and the like.
Fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a presentation method according to another further embodiment of the present invention. For display 1 having a refrigerated display zone 11, the method of displaying of the present invention further comprises displaying the refrigerated display zone 11. The operation of displaying the refrigerated display zone includes:
receiving a trigger signal for indicating the start of displaying the refrigerated display zone of the display device 1; and
visible gaseous water mist for simulating the air supply effect of the refrigerator cold storage area is conveyed into the storage space of the cold storage display area 11 through the air supply outlet 111 of the cold storage display area 11, and simultaneously, virtual animation with the same effect as that of the visible gaseous water mist flowing to the storage space of the cold storage display area 11 through the air supply outlet 111 is synchronously displayed on the main display screen 30 of the display device 1.
The trigger signal may include one or more of the following signals:
an external trigger signal generated by the detected touch of the main display 30;
the detected external trigger signal generated by the articles put in the refrigerated display area 11;
and detecting no time signal of the external trigger signal within the preset time.
That is, the display of the refrigerated display area 11 can be started by touching the main display 30 or by an external triggering method such as placing an object in the storage space thereof, so as to interact with a consumer, or by an internal triggering method without receiving an external triggering signal within a preset time. The external trigger signal may be a temperature change signal, a weight change signal, an infrared signal, an electrical signal, or other suitable signal.
Further, the operation of displaying the refrigerated display area further comprises:
detecting whether articles are put in each layer of storage area 113;
if yes, visible gaseous water mist is conveyed into the layer of storage area 113 where the articles are placed, and the main display 30 is controlled to display the same virtual animation.
In some embodiments of the present invention, display 1 further comprises a secondary display 40, and the operation of the present invention to display a refrigerated display further comprises:
at the same time as, after or before the gaseous water mist is delivered into the storage space of the refrigerated display area 11, information is displayed on the auxiliary display 40 for indicating the technical characteristics, technical principles and/or comparative analysis of the effect of the refrigerated area of the refrigerator simulated in the refrigerated display area 11. The information can be, for example, the air duct structure, the air supply process and the air supply principle of the corresponding refrigerator cold storage area, the refrigeration effect comparative analysis, the preservation effect comparative analysis, the food nutrient component comparative analysis and the like of other types of refrigerators.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the display device 1 further includes a door 90 connected to the front side of the cabinet 10 for opening and/or closing the front opening 15 of the cabinet 10, the auxiliary display 40 is disposed inside the door 90, and the main display 30 is disposed at the front opening 15 and covers a partial area of the front opening 15. At this time, the operation of the display and refrigeration display space of the present invention further includes: after the air blowing effect of the refrigerated display area 11 is displayed, a bottle seat picture corresponding to the bottle seat position of the refrigerator displayed by the display device 1 is displayed on the auxiliary display 40, and the main display 30 is changed into a transparent state so as to display the internal structure of the refrigerated display area 11 covered by the main display 30 through the main display 30.
For display devices having a frozen display area 13, the method of displaying of the present invention further comprises displaying the frozen display area 13. The operation of displaying the refrigerated display zone 13 may include:
displaying a virtual animation, in which a door body of a refrigerator freezing area simulated by the freezing display area 13 of the display device 1 is switched from a closed state to an open state, on a freezing display screen 70 of the display device 1;
transforming the frozen display screen 70 into a transparent state to display the internal structure of the frozen display area 13; and
information representing the technical features, technical principles and/or comparative analysis of the effect of the freezer display 13 on the freezer display 70 is displayed in cooperation with the structure and/or the pre-set items in the freezer display 13.
For a display device having a refrigerated display zone 11, a display drawer 12 and a frozen display zone 13, the display method of the present invention further comprises:
when the display device 1 receives the external trigger signal, the display device 1 is controlled to enter an interactive display mode. In the interactive display mode, the cold storage display area 11, the display drawer 12 and the freezing display area 13 are sequentially displayed in a manner of combining the physical structure of the display device 1 with the virtual picture displayed on the display screen. When the display device 1 receives the internal trigger signal, the display device 1 is controlled to enter an automatic display mode. In the automatic display mode, the refrigerated display region 11 and the display drawer 12 can be displayed in sequence, and the frozen display region 13 can be displayed simultaneously.
When the display device 1 receives an external trigger signal and is in the process of displaying the cold storage display area 11, a picture showing that a door body of a refrigerator freezing area simulated by the freezing display area 13 is in a closed state is displayed on the freezing display screen 70.
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that, in the embodiments of the present invention, terms such as "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", "lateral", "front", "rear", and the like used for indicating the orientation or the positional relationship are used with reference to the actual use state of the display device 1, and these terms are only used for convenience of description and understanding of the technical solution of the present invention, and do not indicate or imply that the device or the component referred to must have a specific orientation, and thus, should not be interpreted as limiting the present invention.
Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly determined or derived from the disclosure of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.

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1. A display device for displaying a refrigerator, comprising:
the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a cabinet body and a cabinet body, wherein a display drawer used for simulating a drawer in the refrigerator is arranged in the refrigerator body, and the display drawer is arranged in the refrigerator body in a push-and-pull manner;
a push-pull device configured to controllably push the display drawer in a closed position out a preset distance and/or to controllably pull the display drawer back into its closed position, the preset distance being less than or equal to a maximum distance that the display drawer can be pulled out; and
and the main display screen is configured to controllably and synchronously display the virtual animation which is the same as the motion of pushing out and pulling back the display drawer, and controllably display the virtual animation in which a plurality of articles sequentially drop in the display drawer after the display drawer is pushed out so as to simulate the effect of placing the plurality of articles in the drawer of the refrigerator, wherein the type of the articles displayed on the main display screen is suitable for the function of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer.
2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a prompting device configured to controllably issue a prompt message indicating that the display drawer is about to start being displayed before the display drawer starts being displayed; and is
The push-pull device is configured to controllably push the display drawer out of a preset distance after the prompt message is sent out, and controllably pull the display drawer back to a closed position after a virtual animation that a plurality of objects fall in the display drawer in sequence is displayed on the main display screen.
3. Display device as claimed in claim 1,
the number of the display drawers is two, and the display drawers are respectively a dry display drawer for simulating a dry drawer of the refrigerator and a moisturizing display drawer for simulating a moisturizing drawer of the refrigerator; and is
Said push-pull means being one in number to controllably push one of said dry display drawer and said moisturizing display drawer out of and/or back into a closed position; or, the number of the push-pull devices is two, so as to respectively push out and/or pull back the dry display drawer and the moisturizing display drawer to the closed position in a controlled manner.
4. Display device as claimed in claim 3,
the dry display drawer and the moisturizing display drawer are arranged in the box body side by side along the transverse direction, and the main display screen is arranged on the front side of one display drawer; wherein
The length and the push-pull stroke of the display drawer at the rear side of the main display screen in the front-back direction are respectively smaller than the length and the push-pull stroke of the other display drawer in the front-back direction, so that the dry display drawer and the moisturizing display drawer can be controlled to simulate the push-pull and article placing effects of corresponding drawers of a refrigerator.
5. Display device as claimed in claim 4,
the main display screen is also configured to controllably transition to a transparent state after the display drawer is pulled back to a closed position.
6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:
the door body is connected to the front side of the box body and used for opening and/or closing the first front side opening of the box body;
and the auxiliary display screen is arranged on the inner side of the door body and is configured to controllably display information for representing the technical characteristics, technical principles and/or effect comparative analysis of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer after the prompt information is sent out.
7. A display method of a display device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising:
pushing the display drawer at the closed position out by a preset distance by using a push-pull device of the display device, and synchronously displaying a virtual animation with the same action as that of pushing the display drawer out on a main display screen of the display device;
displaying virtual animation that a plurality of articles sequentially drop in the display drawer on the main display screen to simulate the effect of placing the plurality of articles in the drawer of the refrigerator, wherein the types of the articles displayed on the main display screen are suitable for the functions of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer; and
and utilizing the push-pull device to pull the display drawer to the closed position of the display drawer, and synchronously displaying the virtual animation on the main display screen, wherein the virtual animation is the same as the movement of the display drawer which is pulled to the closed position of the display drawer.
8. The display method of claim 7, wherein before pushing the display drawer in the closed position out a predetermined distance using the push-pull device, the display method further comprises:
and sending out prompt information for indicating that the display drawer is about to start to be displayed.
9. The demonstration method according to claim 8,
the prompt message comprises a sound signal and/or a light signal.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the display device further comprises a secondary display screen, the method further comprising:
and after the prompt information is sent out, displaying information for representing the technical characteristics, technical principles and/or effect contrastive analysis of the refrigerator drawer simulated by the display drawer on the auxiliary display screen.
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