CN112595017A

CN112595017A - Display panel, refrigerator door and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN112595017A
Application number: CN202011454185.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 莫银双; 吴俊�; 宋志忠; 张富龙
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2020-12-10
Filing date: 2020-12-10
Publication date: 2021-04-02
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-10
Also published as: CN112595017B

Abstract

The invention provides a display panel, a refrigerator door and a refrigerator, wherein the display panel comprises an imaging component and a projection component, the projection component comprises a projection body, the projection body is made of transparent materials, the imaging component comprises a mounting substrate and an imaging component arranged on the mounting substrate, and when an image formed by the imaging component can be projected onto the projection body. According to the invention, the transparent projection assembly is provided, and the image formed by the imaging assembly can be projected onto the projection assembly, so that a user can observe the projected image in multiple directions, and the projection assembly has a simple structure and low cost.

Description

Display panel, refrigerator door and refrigerator

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a display panel, a refrigerator door and a refrigerator.

Background

The refrigerator is an indispensable household appliance in daily life of people, and along with the continuous development of refrigerator technology, the functions and control of the refrigerator are more and more diversified and intelligent. The running state of refrigerator among the prior art shows generally to realize through the display screen that sets up on the door body, and traditional display screen adopts LED to show mostly, and some high-end intelligent refrigerators then set up the touch-sensitive screen on the cold-stored door body and show refrigerator running information and control the state. The LED display has the characteristics of low cost and strong reliability, is widely applied in the market at present, but with the diversification and intelligent development of the functions of the refrigerator, the single LED display cannot meet the diversified display requirements of part of refrigerators. The touch screen has strong display performance, but the cost is high, and the touch screen is only used in most high-end refrigerators at present. Against this background, many refrigerator manufacturers are continually seeking other methods of refrigerator display.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a display panel, a refrigerator door, and a refrigerator, which have a transparent projection module, and an image formed by an imaging module can be projected onto the projection module, so that a user can observe the projected image in multiple directions, and the display panel, the refrigerator door, and the refrigerator have simple structures and low costs.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display panel, which includes an imaging assembly and a projection assembly, wherein the projection assembly includes a projection body, the projection body is made of a transparent material, the imaging assembly includes a mounting substrate and an imaging component on the mounting substrate, and an image formed by the imaging component can be projected onto the projection body.

Preferably, the projection body is in a frustum shape, the projection body at least comprises a first side surface and a second side surface which are arranged oppositely, the imaging components at least comprise two imaging components, and the two imaging components are respectively arranged corresponding to the first side surface and the second side surface one by one.

Preferably, the small-area bottom surface of the frustum pyramid is connected with the mounting substrate; and/or the frustum pyramid is in the shape of a quadrangular frustum pyramid.

Preferably, the imaging component includes a housing, the housing has an accommodating cavity and an opening, a plurality of LED lamps are disposed on a cavity bottom wall of the accommodating cavity, a backlight image mask is disposed on the opening, and a light-transmitting area with a preset shape is configured on the backlight image mask.

Preferably, be equipped with a plurality of division boards on the chamber bottom wall that holds the chamber, it is a plurality of the division board will hold the chamber and separate for a plurality of sub-chamber that holds, it is regional to have a plurality of, a plurality of light transmission is regional with a plurality of sub-chamber that holds setting of one-to-one respectively.

The invention also provides a refrigerator door, which comprises a door panel body, wherein the door panel body is provided with a transparent area and a non-transparent area positioned at the edge position of the transparent area, the refrigerator door also comprises the display panel, and the projection assembly is positioned in the transparent area.

Preferably, the imaging assembly is within the opaque region.

Preferably, the non-transparent area is configured with a control key, and the control key can control the on-off of an LED lamp arranged on the display panel.

The invention also provides a refrigerator which comprises the refrigerator door.

According to the display panel, the refrigerator door and the refrigerator provided by the invention, the projection body is made of the transparent material, so that when the image formed by the imaging component is projected on the projection body, a user can observe the formed image through all angles, the mode is particularly suitable for being used as the display component of the door of the transparent refrigerator, the formed image can be seen from the inner side of the refrigerator door after the user opens the door of the transparent refrigerator, and the formed image can be seen from the outer side of the refrigerator door after the user closes the door of the transparent refrigerator.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the imaging assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a display panel according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a control flow diagram of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

The reference numerals are represented as:

1. an imaging assembly; 11. a mounting substrate; 12. an imaging component; 121. a housing; 122. an LED lamp; 124. a partition plate; 2. a projection assembly; 21. a first side surface; 22. a third side; 100. a door panel body; 101. a transparent region; 102. a non-transparent region; 103. and (6) control keys.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 5 in combination, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a display panel is provided, which includes an imaging assembly 1 and a projection assembly 2, where the projection assembly 2 includes a projection body made of a transparent material, the imaging assembly 1 includes a mounting substrate 11 and an imaging component 12 on the mounting substrate 11, and an image formed by the imaging component 12 can be projected onto the projection body. In the technical scheme, the projection body is made of transparent materials, when the image formed by the imaging part 12 is projected on the projection body, a user can observe the formed image through all angles, the mode is particularly suitable for being used as a display part of a door of a transparent refrigerator, the formed image can be seen from the inner side of the refrigerator door after the user opens the door of the transparent refrigerator, and the formed image can be seen from the outer side of the refrigerator door after the user closes the door of the transparent refrigerator. Such as an acrylic material or a PC material.

In some embodiments, the projection body is in a frustum shape, the projection body at least includes a first side surface 21 and a second side surface which are oppositely arranged, the imaging components 12 include at least two, the two imaging components 12 are respectively arranged corresponding to the first side surface 21 and the second side surface one by one, specifically, when the display panel is assembled in the transparent region 101 of the refrigerator door, the first side surface 21 and the second side surface respectively correspond to the outer side and the inner side of the refrigerator (in a state that the refrigerator door is closed), so when the refrigerator door is closed, a user can observe the formed image through the first side surface 21, and when the refrigerator door is opened, the user can observe the formed image through the second side surface, thereby improving the use experience of the user.

Further, the small area bottom surface of the truncated pyramid shape is connected to the mounting substrate 11, and the large area bottom surface of the truncated pyramid shape is far from the mounting substrate 11, so that the imaging part 12 can be disposed around and closer to the small area bottom surface, thereby making the structure of the display panel more compact. Furthermore, the frustum is a frustum pyramid, correspondingly, the projection body further includes a third side 22 and a fourth side which are oppositely disposed, the third side 22 and the fourth side are respectively disposed adjacent to the first side 21 and the second side, the four imaging components 12 are correspondingly disposed, and the four imaging components 12 are respectively disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the first side 21, the second side, the third side 22 and the fourth side, so that projected images can be formed on the four sides, observation of the formed images by a user at more angles can be satisfied, and a holographic projection is objectively formed.

As a specific embodiment of the imaging component 12, the imaging component 12 includes a housing 121, the housing 121 has a receiving cavity and an opening, the bottom wall of the receiving cavity is provided with a plurality of LED lamps 122, the opening is provided with a backlight image mask (not shown), and the backlight image mask is configured with a light transmission area with a preset shape, specifically, for example, the preset shape of the light transmission area may be a compartment selection feedback word such as "cold storage", "freezing", "temperature change", or a compartment selection feedback word such as "strong cold", "middle cold", "slight cold", or a function selection feedback word such as "intelligent", "quick cold", "quick freezing", "ice sand", "fresh meat", "fish meat", or a locked or unlocked pattern. In the technical scheme, the plurality of LED lamps 122 are used as background light sources, the backlight image mask is used as an imaging carrier, and when the LED lamps 122 below the corresponding backlight image mask are powered on, light emitted by the LED lamps is projected onto the projection body through the light-transmitting area, so that images corresponding to the preset shapes are formed, image feedback of various preset shapes is realized, and the structure is simpler and has low cost.

Further, it is equipped with a plurality of division boards 124 on the chamber bottom wall that holds the chamber, it is a plurality of division board 124 will hold the chamber and separate for a plurality of subs and hold the chamber, the printing opacity is regional to have a plurality ofly, and is a plurality of the printing opacity is regional and a plurality of the setting that the chamber one-to-one respectively holds in the subs. In this technical scheme, a plurality of light transmission areas correspond corresponding LED lamp 122 respectively, and correspond the regional image facial mask in a poor light of the light transmission of different preset shapes respectively, and the different selection that forms the image is realized through the bright of the LED that controls corresponding sub-holding intracavity this moment, and then with the image projection that forms to the side of corresponding projection body on. It is understood that the turning on and off of the LED lamp 122 is controlled by a control board (also called a display board control component) electrically connected thereto, and in some embodiments, the control board is configured with corresponding control keys 103, and the control of the LED lamp 122 in different sub-receiving cavities is finally realized by touching or pressing the control keys 103 by a user.

In some embodiments, a plurality of imaging assemblies 1 share a common fixed plate, that is, a plurality of imaging assemblies 1 are simultaneously mounted on the same fixed plate, and the projection assemblies 2 are respectively provided for each of the imaging assemblies 1, so that display items of the display panel can be enriched.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a refrigerator door, including a door body 100, the door body 100 has a transparent region 101 and a non-transparent region 102 at an edge of the transparent region 101, and further including the display panel as described above, the projection assembly 2 is located in the transparent region 101, so that a user can see an article inside through the refrigerator door even when the refrigerator door is closed, thereby preventing a situation that a cold loss occurs due to an internal object needing to be confirmed by frequently opening a door in the prior art, the projection assembly 2 is located in the transparent region 101 and does not encroach on the transparent region of the transparent region 101, and meanwhile, the confirmation display of related information can be realized through the transparent region 101. Preferably, the imaging assembly 1 is located in the non-transparent region 102, and the imaging assembly 1 does not block the light of the transparent region 101. The control key 103 is also preferably assembled at the non-transparent region 102.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator door, and the refrigerator door is the refrigerator door.

An example of one specific application is as follows: the refrigerator is provided with three compartments of cold storage, temperature change and freezing, the control logic is carousel display, when the cold storage compartment is selected, in the three compartments (namely the sub-containing cavities) of the compartment image, the LED lamp of the compartment corresponding to the cold storage image is fully on, the full on is defined as a selected function, the LED lamp of the temperature change image and the freezing image is half on, the half on is defined as unselected, the other function information control logic is analogized by the same way, wherein the imaging control logic of the touch function of determining/unlocking is on and off, the LED lamp is controlled to be on when locked, and the LED lamp is controlled to be off when unlocked.

It is readily understood by a person skilled in the art that the advantageous ways described above can be freely combined, superimposed without conflict.

The present invention is not limited to the above preferred embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention. The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these improvements and modifications should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A display panel comprising an imaging module (1) and a projection module (2), wherein the projection module (2) comprises a projection body made of a transparent material, the imaging module (1) comprises a mounting substrate (11) and an imaging component (12) on the mounting substrate (11), and an image formed by the imaging component (12) can be projected onto the projection body.

2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the projection body is shaped as a frustum of a prism, the projection body includes at least a first side surface (21) and a second side surface which are opposite to each other, the image forming members (12) include at least two, and the two image forming members (12) are respectively disposed corresponding to the first side surface (21) and the second side surface.

3. The display panel according to claim 2, wherein the small-area bottom surface of the truncated pyramid shape is connected to the mounting substrate (11); and/or the frustum pyramid is in the shape of a quadrangular frustum pyramid.

4. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the imaging member (12) includes a housing (121), the housing (121) has a receiving cavity and an opening, a plurality of LED lamps (122) are disposed on a cavity bottom wall of the receiving cavity, and a backlight image mask is disposed on the opening, and a light-transmitting area of a predetermined shape is configured on the backlight image mask.

5. The display panel according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of partition plates (124) are provided on a bottom wall of the accommodating chamber, the plurality of partition plates (124) partition the accommodating chamber into a plurality of sub-accommodating chambers, the plurality of light-transmitting regions are provided, and the plurality of light-transmitting regions and the plurality of sub-accommodating chambers are respectively provided in one-to-one correspondence.

6. A refrigerator door comprising a door body (100), wherein the door body (100) has a transparent region (101) and a non-transparent region (102) at an edge of the transparent region (101), and further comprising a display panel according to any one of claims 1 to 5, and the projection assembly (2) is located in the transparent region (101).

7. The refrigerator door according to claim 6, wherein the imaging assembly (1) is within the non-transparent region (102).

8. The refrigerator door according to claim 7, wherein the non-transparent region (102) is configured with a control key (103), and the control key (103) can control the on/off of an LED lamp provided on the display panel.

9. A refrigerator comprising a refrigerator door, characterized in that the refrigerator door is a refrigerator door according to any one of claims 6 to 8.