CN113758089A

CN113758089A - Food storage device, refrigerator, food monitoring method and device

Info

Publication number: CN113758089A
Application number: CN202111120232.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王剑; 张玉琢; 李志影
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-24
Filing date: 2021-09-24
Publication date: 2021-12-07

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a food storage device, a refrigerator, a food monitoring method and a device, wherein the food storage device comprises: the food storage box comprises a box body, a plurality of storage grooves and a plurality of storage grooves, wherein the storage grooves are used for storing food monomers; the photoelectric sensors are arranged in the accommodating grooves and are used for being in different states when food is placed in the accommodating grooves and food monomers are not placed in the accommodating grooves; the control chip is electrically connected with the photoelectric sensors and used for acquiring the states of the photoelectric sensors and determining the object placing states of the accommodating grooves according to the states of the photoelectric sensors; and the prompt component is electrically connected with the control chip and used for generating first prompt information according to the instruction of the control chip, wherein the first prompt information is used for representing the object placing state of each accommodating groove.

Description

Food storage device, refrigerator, food monitoring method and device

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of food storage, in particular to a food storage device, a refrigerator, a food monitoring method and a food monitoring device.

Background

With the improvement of living standard, people pay more and more attention to food health management. The food can lose nutrient components due to long storage time, cannot meet the nutrient requirement when being eaten, even influences the health of human bodies, and has the symptoms of belly-pulling, belly pain and the like. At present, food can be placed in a refrigerator for fresh-keeping storage, so that the storage time of the food is prolonged, but the storage time of the food can be determined only by the subjective of a user, which is very inaccurate, so that the food is easy to deteriorate, and even the human health is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a food storage device, a refrigerator, a food monitoring method and a device, so as to solve the drawbacks in the related art.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a food storage device comprising:

the food storage box comprises a box body, a plurality of storage grooves and a plurality of storage grooves, wherein the storage grooves are used for storing food monomers;

the photoelectric sensors are arranged in the accommodating grooves and used for being in different states when food monomers are placed in the accommodating grooves and food monomers are not placed in the accommodating grooves;

the control chip is electrically connected with the photoelectric sensors and used for acquiring the states of the photoelectric sensors and determining the object placing states of the accommodating grooves according to the states of the photoelectric sensors, wherein the object placing states comprise a food placing single body and a food not placing single body;

and the prompt component is electrically connected with the control chip and used for generating first prompt information according to the instruction of the control chip, wherein the first prompt information is used for representing the object placing state of each accommodating groove.

In one embodiment, the control chip is further configured to determine an order of placing the plurality of accommodating tanks according to the states of the plurality of photoelectric sensors, where the order of placing the food units is an order of placing the food units in different accommodating tanks in a state of placing the food units;

the first prompt message is also used for identifying the preset number of accommodating grooves for placing the food monomers at the earliest time.

In one embodiment, the photoelectric sensor is arranged at the bottom or the side wall of the accommodating groove; the light change when placing food monomer in the holding tank and not placing food monomer can trigger photoelectric sensor switches different states.

In one embodiment, the photoelectric sensor is used for being in a cut-off state when food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove and being in a conducting state when no food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove; or the like, or, alternatively,

photoelectric sensor is used for being the on-state when placing food monomer in the holding tank be the off-state when not placing food monomer in the holding tank.

In one embodiment, the photoelectric sensor is configured to be in a state smaller than a preset brightness threshold when food monomers are placed in the accommodating tank, and to be in a state larger than or equal to the preset brightness threshold when no food monomers are placed in the accommodating tank.

In one embodiment, the storage device further comprises a communication module electrically connected with the control chip and configured to send second prompt information to a terminal device according to an instruction of the control chip, where the second prompt information is used to represent the storage states and the storage sequence of the plurality of storage slots.

In one embodiment, the prompt component comprises a buzzer and/or a plurality of prompt lamp modules arranged on the box body, the plurality of prompt lamp modules and the plurality of accommodating grooves are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the prompt lamp modules comprise at least one prompt lamp.

In one embodiment, the control chip further comprises a clock unit, and the control chip is configured to acquire time from the clock unit when the photoelectric sensor is switched from a state where no food monomer is placed to a state where the food monomer is placed, determine the acquired time as the corresponding placement time of the receiving tank, and determine a placement sequence according to the placement time of different receiving tanks.

In one embodiment, the control chip further comprises a timing unit for starting timing when the photoelectric sensor is switched from a state where no food monomer is placed to a state where the food monomer is placed;

the control chip is used for determining the storage sequence of the plurality of accommodating grooves according to the timing result of each accommodating groove in the state of accommodating food monomers.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a refrigerator including the food storage device according to the first aspect.

In one embodiment, the storage device further comprises a display screen electrically connected with the control chip, wherein the display screen is used for displaying third prompt information according to an instruction of the control chip, and the third prompt information is used for representing the storage states and the storage sequence of the plurality of accommodating grooves.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a food monitoring method, the method comprising:

acquiring the state of each photoelectric sensor, wherein the photoelectric sensors are in different states when food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove and when the food monomers are not placed in the accommodating groove;

determining the storage states of the plurality of accommodating tanks according to the state of each photoelectric sensor, wherein the storage states comprise a single food storage tank and a single food non-storage tank;

and controlling the prompt component to generate first prompt information according to the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves, wherein the first prompt information is used for representing the object placing state of each accommodating groove.

In one embodiment, further comprising:

determining the placing sequence of the plurality of accommodating tanks according to the states of the plurality of photoelectric sensors, wherein the placing sequence is the sequence of food monomers which are placed in different accommodating tanks in the state of placing the food monomers;

In one embodiment, further comprising:

and controlling a communication module to send second prompt information to the terminal equipment according to the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves, wherein the second prompt information is used for representing the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves.

In one embodiment, further comprising:

and controlling a display screen of the refrigerator to display third prompt information according to the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves, wherein the third prompt information is used for representing the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves.

In one embodiment, the determining the placement states and the placement orders of the plurality of receiving grooves according to the state of each photoelectric sensor includes:

responding to the photoelectric sensor, switching from a state of not placing food monomers to a state of placing food monomers, determining that the corresponding state of the accommodating groove is the state of placing food monomers, acquiring time from a clock unit, determining the acquired time as the corresponding accommodating time of the accommodating groove, and determining an accommodating sequence according to the different accommodating time of the accommodating groove.

responding to the photoelectric sensor, switching from a state of not placing food monomers to a state of placing food monomers, determining that the corresponding state of the containing tank is the state of placing food monomers, controlling a timing unit to start timing, and determining the placing sequence of the containing tanks according to the timing result of each containing tank in the state of placing food monomers.

In one embodiment, further comprising:

responding to the number of the storage slots which are not used for storing food monomers and is larger than a preset number threshold value, and executing at least one of the following operations:

controlling the prompt component to generate fourth prompt information;

sending a fifth prompt message to the terminal equipment;

controlling the display screen to display a sixth prompt message;

wherein the fourth prompt message, the fifth prompt message and the sixth prompt message are all used for representing that the food monomer is in short supply.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a food monitoring device, the device comprising:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the state of each photoelectric sensor, wherein the photoelectric sensors are in different states when food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove and food monomers are not placed in the accommodating groove;

the determining module is used for determining the accommodating states of the accommodating grooves according to the state of each photoelectric sensor, wherein the accommodating states comprise a single food accommodating body and a single food not accommodating body;

the first prompt module is used for controlling the prompt component to generate first prompt information according to the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves, wherein the first prompt information is used for representing each object placing state of the accommodating groove.

In one embodiment, the determining module is further configured to:

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a sending module configured to:

In one embodiment, the display module is further included for:

In one embodiment, the determining module is specifically configured to:

In one embodiment, the system further comprises a second prompting module for:

controlling the prompt component to generate fourth prompt information;

sending a fifth prompt message to the terminal equipment;

controlling the display screen to display a sixth prompt message;

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device comprising a memory for storing computer instructions executable on a processor, the processor being configured to perform the method of food monitoring according to the third aspect when executing the computer instructions.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the method of the third aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

the utility model provides a food storage device, through set up photoelectric sensor in every holding tank at the box body, can place food monomer in the holding tank and trigger photoelectric sensor's different states when not placing food monomer, and through setting up the control chip who is connected with the photoelectric sensor electricity, can acquire a plurality of photoelectric sensor's state, and confirm putting the thing state of a plurality of holding tanks according to these photoelectric sensor's state, and control chip can also control the suggestion subassembly and generate first suggestion information, thereby can indicate putting the thing state of every holding tank of user, thereby be convenient for the user confirms the free storage condition of food in the holding tank, and then can formulate the edible plan, avoid food rotten.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram of a food storage device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a food storage device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a food monitoring method shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a food monitoring method shown in another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a food monitoring device according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of an electronic device shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

In view of the above, in a first aspect, at least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a food storage device, referring to fig. 1, which shows a circuit structure diagram in the food storage device, referring to fig. 2, which shows a schematic structural diagram of the food storage device (the food unit in the schematic diagram takes an egg 106 as an example), including: a box body 105, wherein the box body 105 is provided with a plurality of accommodating grooves 101, and the accommodating grooves 101 are used for accommodating food monomers; the photoelectric sensors 102 are in one-to-one correspondence with the accommodating grooves 101, and the photoelectric sensors 102 are arranged in the accommodating grooves 101 and are used for being in different states when food monomers are placed in the accommodating grooves 101 and food monomers are not placed in the accommodating grooves; the control chip 103 is electrically connected with the plurality of photoelectric sensors 102, and is configured to acquire states of the plurality of photoelectric sensors 102 and determine an article placing state of each accommodating tank 101 according to the states of the plurality of photoelectric sensors 102, where the article placing state includes a single food placed on the accommodating tank and a single food not placed on the accommodating tank; and the prompt component 104 is electrically connected with the control chip 103 and is used for generating first prompt information according to the instruction of the control chip 103, wherein the first prompt information is used for representing the object placing state of each accommodating groove 101.

The food storage device can be a separate device or a device integrated in the refrigerator. When the refrigerator is integrated in the refrigerator, the refrigerator can be arranged on the inner wall of the refrigerator door and supplies power to the device.

The shape of the receiving groove 101 may match the shape of the food units, such as the receiving groove 101 shown in fig. 2 for receiving the eggs 106, and the shape matches the shape of the eggs 106. The plurality of receiving grooves 101 may be distributed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, or may be distributed in a plurality of rings.

The photoelectric sensor 102 is arranged at the bottom or on the side wall of the accommodating groove 101; the light change when placing food monomer and not placing food monomer in the holding tank 101 can trigger photoelectric sensor switches different states. For example, the photoelectric sensor is used for being in an off state when food monomers are placed in the accommodating tank, and being in an on state when no food monomers are placed in the accommodating tank; for another example, the photoelectric sensor is used for being in a conducting state when food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove, and being in a stopping state when no food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove; for another example, the photoelectric sensor is configured to be in a state smaller than a preset brightness threshold when the food monomers are placed in the accommodating tank, and in a state larger than or equal to the preset brightness threshold when the food monomers are not placed in the accommodating tank. Photoelectric sensor 102 can set up bottom and the lateral wall at holding tank 101, photoelectric sensor 102's sense terminal can be towards the inside of holding tank 101, when food monomer is not put into, photoelectric sensor 102 switches on, control chip 103 detectable electric current, light has been sheltered from after food monomer puts into holding tank 101, photoelectric sensor is because of not having light, be in the off-state, control chip 103 detects not current signal, and then control chip 103 can be according to whether detecting current signal and judging whether have food monomer in the holding tank 101. The photoelectric sensor 102 switches states by sensing light, accuracy and reliability are higher, and the problems that a traditional capacitive touch key is seriously influenced by water and oil and has low accuracy are solved, and a mechanical key is not closed, dust cannot be prevented from being accumulated, and the mechanical key is damaged due to the influence of air humidity in a refrigerator.

Wherein, a photoelectric sensor 102 is arranged in each accommodating groove 101, and each photoelectric sensor 102 is connected with the control chip 103. The control chip 103 may be an MCU (micro controller Unit), the control chip 103 may record an identifier of each of the photosensors 102 in advance, and the identifier of the photosensor 102 is associated with an identifier of the accommodating groove 101, for example, the identifier of the accommodating groove 101 may be directly used as the identifier of the photosensor 102, and the identifier of the accommodating groove 101 may be coordinates, numbers, and the like. In this way, the control chip 103 can accurately correspond to the accommodating groove 101 where the photoelectric sensor 102 is located after determining the placement state and the placement order according to the state of the photoelectric sensor 102.

The control chip 103 is further configured to determine an order of placing the plurality of accommodating tanks 101 according to the states of the plurality of photoelectric sensors 102, where the order of placing the food units is an order of placing the food units in different accommodating tanks 101 in a state of placing the food units; the first prompt message is also used to identify the preset number of accommodating grooves 101 in which the food monomers are placed earliest.

In one example, the indication component 104 includes a buzzer and/or a plurality of indication lamp modules disposed on the box body 105, the plurality of indication lamp modules and the plurality of accommodating grooves 101 are disposed in a one-to-one correspondence manner, wherein the indication lamp modules include at least one indication lamp. Every warning light module group can be used for showing first prompt message, promptly can mark the holding tank 101 of the earliest preset quantity of putting into food monomer to be convenient for the user priority use earliest food monomer of placing (be the storage time longest). Of course, it can be understood that the first prompt message may also identify the gradient of the placement order of each placement groove on the basis of identifying the preset number of the first placement grooves 101, for example, a batch of the preset number of the first placement grooves 101 for placing the food monomers in the middle of the time, and a batch of the preset number of the later placement grooves 101 for placing the food monomers in the later time.

When the storage device is arranged in the refrigerator, the buzzer can prompt a user under the condition that the refrigerator door is not opened; buzzing can be performed when the refrigerator door is opened, and buzzing is stopped when the refrigerator door is closed, so that electric energy waste and noise interference are avoided.

The warning light module is an LED lamp, and this LED etc. can send the light of different colours, and the light of different colours can represent the difference and put the thing state and the different order of putting. For example, when no food monomers are placed in a certain accommodating tank 101, the LED lamp corresponding to the accommodating tank 101 does not emit light, food monomers are placed in a certain accommodating tank 101 and the placing order of the food monomers in all the accommodating tanks 101 is arranged at a front position (i.e., the placing time is earlier and the storage time is longer), the LED lamp corresponding to the accommodating tank 101 emits red light, food monomers are placed in a certain accommodating tank 101 and the placing order of the food monomers in all the accommodating tanks 101 is arranged at a middle position, the LED lamp corresponding to the accommodating tank 101 emits yellow light, food monomers are placed in a certain accommodating tank 101 and the placing order of the food monomers in all the accommodating tanks 101 is arranged at a rear position, and the LED lamp corresponding to the accommodating tank 101 emits green light. Alternatively, in order to indicate that the deterioration is more noticeable, food monomers may be placed in a certain receiving tank 101 and placed in a forward order in all the receiving tanks 101, and the LED lamps 1041 corresponding to the receiving tanks 101 may blink.

The warning light module is a plurality of LED lamps, and the LED lamp of different quantity is luminous can represent the difference and put the thing state and the different order of putting. For example, the indication lamp module is three LED lamps, when no food monomer is placed in a certain receiving groove 101, the LED lamps corresponding to the receiving groove 101 do not emit light at all, the food monomer is placed in a certain receiving groove 101 and the placing order thereof in all the receiving grooves 101 is arranged at an earlier position (i.e., the placing time is earlier and the storage time is longer), one of the LED lamps corresponding to the receiving groove 101 emits light, the food monomer is placed in a certain receiving groove 101 and the placing order thereof in all the receiving grooves 101 is arranged at a middle position, two of the LED lamps corresponding to the receiving groove 101 emit light, the food monomer is placed in a certain receiving groove 101 and the placing order thereof in all the receiving grooves 101 is arranged at a later position, and three of the LED lamps corresponding to the receiving groove 101 emit light.

It should be noted that the above three orders, i.e., the placement order is divided in advance at an earlier position, a middle position, and a later position, and the number of each order may be set in advance; and the number of sequences is not limited to the three, and more or less can be divided. As an example, it will be understood that the cartridge body includes 30 receiving grooves, which are divided into three orders, each of which includes 10 receiving grooves, or two orders, each of which includes 15 receiving grooves, or two orders, each of which includes 10 receiving grooves in an earlier order and 20 receiving grooves in a later order.

The food storage device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can trigger different states of the photoelectric sensor 102 when a single food is placed in the accommodating groove 101 and when the single food is not placed in the accommodating groove 101 by arranging the photoelectric sensor 102 in each accommodating groove 101 of the box body 105, and can acquire the states of the photoelectric sensors 102 by arranging the control chip 103 electrically connected with the photoelectric sensor 102, and determine the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves 101 according to the states of the photoelectric sensors 102, and the control chip 103 can also control the prompt component 104 to generate the first prompt information, so as to prompt a user about the object placing states and the object placing sequence of each accommodating groove 101, thereby facilitating the user to confirm the storage sequence of the single food in the accommodating grooves 101, and the determined sequence is accurate, so as to accurately judge the quality of the food and formulate an eating plan, for example, foods stored in an earlier order are preferably used to prevent the foods from deteriorating.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the food storage device further includes a communication module electrically connected to the control chip 103, and is configured to send second prompt information to a terminal device according to an instruction of the control chip 103, where the second prompt information is used to represent the placement state and the placement sequence of the plurality of accommodating grooves 101.

The communication module can be a wireless network module or a Bluetooth module. The terminal device may be pre-installed with an application program corresponding to the apparatus, and the user may check the placement state and the placement order of each receiving groove 101 by logging in the application program. For example, the number of the accommodating grooves 101 in a state where the food monomers are placed, the order of placement of each accommodating groove 101 in all the accommodating grooves 101, and the like may be displayed. The state of the accommodating groove 101 is checked through terminal equipment such as a mobile phone, the display of the state of the accommodating groove 101 by the terminal equipment is more specific, for example, the storage sequence of each accommodating groove 101 can be completely displayed, and various messages such as food deterioration notification and food shortage notification can be pushed.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the control chip 103 further includes a clock unit, and the control chip 103 is configured to acquire time from the clock unit when the photoelectric sensor 102 is switched from a state where no food unit is placed to a state where the food unit is placed, determine the acquired time as the corresponding placement time of the accommodating groove 101, and determine a placement sequence according to the placement time of different accommodating grooves 101. Can record the interior accurate time of putting into food monomer of every holding tank 101 through the clock unit to the thing order of putting of each holding tank 101 of confirmation that can be accurate, the user of being convenient for preferentially uses the storage time longer, and food rotten easily promptly avoids food rotten.

For example, when the photoelectric sensor is switched from the on state to the off state, the state of the accommodating tank 101 is switched from the state in which no food monomer is placed to the state in which the food monomer is placed, and then the time is acquired to the clock unit, and the acquired time is determined as the placing time of the corresponding accommodating tank; alternatively, when the photoelectric sensor is switched from the off state to the on state, the state of the accommodating tank 101 is switched from the state in which no food unit is placed to the state in which the food unit is placed, and then the time is acquired to the clock unit, and the acquired time is determined as the placement time of the corresponding accommodating tank.

Or, photoelectric sensor is less than the state of predetermineeing the luminance threshold value when being used for placing food monomer in holding tank 101 be more than or equal to the state of predetermineeing the luminance threshold value when not placing food monomer in holding tank 101. The control chip 103 is in a state smaller than a preset brightness threshold when detecting that the food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove, can convert the optical signal into a digital signal, and the controller receives the digital signal to acquire time from the clock unit.

In another embodiment, a photoelectric sensor may be used, wherein the photoelectric sensor is turned off when the food monomers are placed in the holding tank, and is turned on when the food monomers are not placed in the holding tank; when the food monomer is not put in, the photoelectric sensor is conducted, and the control chip 103 can detect the current; the food monomer has sheltered from light after putting into holding tank 101, and photoelectric sensor is in the off-state because of not having light, and control chip 103 detects and does not have the current signal, and then control chip 103 can judge whether have the food monomer in the holding tank 101 according to whether detecting the current signal, and then obtains the time to the clock unit. It should be noted that, the receiving tank 101 may be set to be in a conducting state when food monomers are placed in the receiving tank, and to be in a blocking state when food monomers are not placed in the receiving tank 101, as long as the control chip 103 can detect that eggs are placed, and then obtain time from the clock unit.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the control chip 103 further includes a timing unit, configured to start timing when the photoelectric sensor switches from a state in which no food monomer is placed to a state in which a food monomer is placed; the control chip is used for determining the placing sequence of the plurality of accommodating grooves 101 according to the timing result of each accommodating groove 101 in the state of placing the food monomers.

For example, when the photoelectric sensor is switched from the on state to the off state, the state of the accommodating tank 101 is switched from the state without placing the food monomers to the state with placing the food monomers, and then the timing unit starts timing to determine the duration of the accommodating tank 101 for placing the food monomers, i.e. the storage time of the food monomers; or, when the photoelectric sensor is switched from the off state to the on state, the state of the accommodating tank 101 is switched from the state without placing the food monomers to the state with placing the food monomers, and then the timing unit starts timing to determine the duration of the accommodating tank 101 in placing the food monomers, i.e. the storage time of the food monomers.

Or, photoelectric sensor is less than the state of predetermineeing the luminance threshold value when being used for placing food monomer in holding tank 101 be more than or equal to the state of predetermineeing the luminance threshold value when not placing food monomer in holding tank 101. The control chip 103 is less than the state of predetermineeing the luminance threshold value when detecting to place food monomer in the holding tank, can turn into digital signal with light signal, and the controller receives this digital signal and triggers the timing to confirm that the difference puts the thing order of putting the thing groove.

In another embodiment, a photoelectric sensor may be used, wherein the photoelectric sensor is turned off when the food monomers are placed in the holding tank, and is turned on when the food monomers are not placed in the holding tank; when the food monomer is not put in, the photoelectric sensor is conducted, the control chip 103 can detect the current, and the timer does not work; light has been sheltered from after the holding tank 101 is put into to the food monomer, and photoelectric sensor is in the off-state because of not having light, and control chip 103 detects not have the current signal, and then control chip 103 can judge whether have the food monomer in the holding tank 101 according to whether detecting the current signal, and then starts the time-recorder timing, detects the egg storage time, and then confirms to put the thing order. It should be noted that, the food container can be further configured to be in a conducting state when food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove 101, and be in a stopping state when no food monomers are placed in the accommodating groove 101, as long as the control chip 103 can detect that eggs are placed, and then the timer is started to calculate the egg storage time.

In a second aspect, at least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a refrigerator including the food storage device according to the first aspect.

The storage device comprises a control chip, a display screen and a storage device, wherein the display screen is electrically connected with the control chip and used for displaying third prompt information according to an instruction of the control chip, and the third prompt information is used for representing the storage state and the storage sequence of each storage tank. The storage state and the storage sequence of the storage tanks are displayed through the display screen of the refrigerator, so that the refrigerator is more convenient, the refrigerator door is prevented from being opened to check the prompt assembly inside, the preservation condition of the refrigerator is favorably maintained, and the food in the refrigerator is further stored; in addition, the display screen of the refrigerator can also display more and more specific information, so that the information obtained by the user is more comprehensive, for example, the storage sequence of each accommodating groove can be completely displayed.

In a second aspect, at least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a food monitoring method, please refer to fig. 3, which illustrates a flow of the method, including steps S301 to S303.

The method may be applied to the food storage device of the first aspect or the refrigerator of the second aspect, and in particular, may be applied to the control chip.

In step S301, acquiring a state of each photoelectric sensor, wherein the photoelectric sensors are in different states when food monomers are placed in the accommodating tank and when food monomers are not placed in the accommodating tank;

in step S302, determining a placement state of the plurality of accommodating tanks according to a state of each photoelectric sensor, wherein the placement state includes a single food placed and a single food not placed;

in step S303, the prompting component is controlled to generate first prompting information according to the placement states and the placement orders of the plurality of accommodating tanks, where the first prompting information is used to represent the placement state of each of the accommodating tanks.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure further include:

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: and controlling the communication module to send second prompt information to the terminal equipment according to the object placing state and the object placing sequence of each accommodating groove, wherein the second prompt information is used for representing the object placing state and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: according to the object placing state and the object placing sequence of each accommodating groove, a display screen of the refrigerator is controlled to display third prompt information, wherein the third prompt information is used for representing the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the determining the placement state and the placement order of the plurality of receiving slots according to the state of each of the photoelectric sensors includes:

The details of the above steps have been described in the description of the food storage device of the first aspect, and will not be repeated here.

Additionally, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: responding to the number of the storage slots which are not used for storing food monomers and is larger than a preset number threshold value, and executing at least one of the following operations: controlling the prompt component to generate fourth prompt information; sending a fifth prompt message to the terminal equipment; controlling the display screen to display a sixth prompt message; wherein the fourth prompt message, the fifth prompt message and the sixth prompt message are all used for representing that the food monomer is in short supply.

Wherein the number threshold may be preset, for example, according to the number of the accommodating grooves. Through the at least one mode, the user can be prompted to purchase food in time, food shortage is avoided, eating inconvenience is avoided, especially through the mode that the user is prompted through the terminal device, the habit that the user uses the terminal device frequently can be utilized, and the user is prevented from ignoring messages.

Referring to fig. 4, an embodiment of a food monitoring method according to the present disclosure is shown, in which the food to be monitored is eggs. Initializing after the method starts, then detecting by a photoelectric sensor, when detecting that no egg exists in a disconnected state, continuing initialization, when detecting that an egg exists in a closed state, acquiring time from a clock unit, then determining the first N eggs placed according to the time of placing the eggs in different accommodating tanks, lighting corresponding LED lamps, controlling a WiFi module to send information to a mobile phone, so that a mobile phone APP displays the article placing states and the article placing sequences of the accommodating tanks, and simultaneously controlling a refrigerator screen to display the article placing states and the article placing sequences of the accommodating tanks. The monitoring method provided by the embodiment can more visually know the remaining number of the eggs and the putting sequence of each egg, and a user can reasonably plan the eating and purchasing plan of the eggs to avoid waste and realize better human-computer interaction.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a food monitoring device, referring to fig. 5, which shows a schematic structural diagram of the device, the device includes:

an obtaining module 501, configured to obtain a state of each photoelectric sensor, where the photoelectric sensors are in different states when food monomers are placed in the accommodating tank and food monomers are not placed in the accommodating tank;

a determining module 502, configured to determine, according to a state of each of the photoelectric sensors, a placement state of the plurality of accommodating tanks, where the placement state includes a single food placed in the accommodating tanks and a single food not placed in the accommodating tanks;

the first prompt module 503 is configured to control the prompt component to generate first prompt information according to the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the plurality of accommodating tanks, where the first prompt information is used to represent each object placing state of the accommodating tanks.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the determining module is further configured to:

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus further comprises a sending module configured to:

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a display module is further included for:

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the determining module is specifically configured to:

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a second prompting module is further included for:

controlling the prompt component to generate fourth prompt information;

sending a fifth prompt message to the terminal equipment;

controlling the display screen to display a sixth prompt message;

With regard to the apparatus in the above-mentioned embodiments, the specific manner in which the respective modules perform operations has been described in detail in the embodiments of the storage apparatus of the first aspect, the refrigerator of the second aspect, and the food monitoring method of the third aspect, and will not be elaborated herein.

According to a fifth aspect of the disclosed embodiment, please refer to fig. 6, which schematically illustrates a block diagram of an electronic device. For example, the apparatus 600 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 6, apparatus 600 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 602, memory 604, power component 606, multimedia component 608, audio component 610, input/output (I/O) interface 612, sensor component 614, and communication component 616.

The processing component 602 generally controls overall operation of the device 600, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing elements 602 may include one or more processors 620 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 602 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 602 and other components. For example, the processing component 602 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 608 and the processing component 602.

The memory 604 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 600. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 600, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 604 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power component 606 provides power to the various components of device 600. Power components 606 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for device 600.

The multimedia component 608 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 600 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect an object order and pressure related to the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 608 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 600 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 610 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 610 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 600 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the memory 604 or transmitted via the communication component 616. In some embodiments, audio component 610 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 612 provides an interface between the processing component 602 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 614 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the apparatus 600. For example, the sensor component 614 may detect an open/closed state of the device 600, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the device 600, the sensor component 614 may also detect a change in position of the device 600 or a component of the device 600, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 600, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 600, and a change in temperature of the device 600. The sensor assembly 614 may also include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 614 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 614 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 616 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 600 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The apparatus 600 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, 4G or 5G or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 616 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 616 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 600 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the power supply method of the electronic devices.

The sixth aspect of the present disclosure also provides, in an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as the memory 604 including instructions, executable by the processor 620 of the apparatus 600 to perform the method for powering the electronic device. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A food storage device, comprising:

2. The food storage device of claim 1, wherein the control chip is further configured to determine an order of placing the plurality of receiving tanks according to the states of the plurality of photoelectric sensors, wherein the order of placing the food units is an order of placing the food units in different receiving tanks in a state of placing the food units;

3. The food storage device of claim 2, wherein the photoelectric sensor is disposed at a bottom or a side wall of the accommodating groove; the light change when placing food monomer in the holding tank and not placing food monomer can trigger photoelectric sensor switches different states.

4. The food storage device of claim 2 or 3, wherein the photoelectric sensor is configured to be in an off state when the single food is placed in the accommodating tank and in an on state when the single food is not placed in the accommodating tank; or the like, or, alternatively,

5. The food storage device as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein the photoelectric sensor is configured to be less than a preset brightness threshold when the single food is placed in the accommodating tank, and to be greater than or equal to the preset brightness threshold when the single food is not placed in the accommodating tank.

6. The food storage device of claim 2, further comprising a communication module electrically connected to the control chip, and configured to send second prompt information to a terminal device according to an instruction of the control chip, where the second prompt information is used to represent placement states and placement sequences of the plurality of accommodating tanks.

7. The food storage device of claim 2, wherein the indication assembly comprises a buzzer and/or a plurality of indication lamp modules arranged on the box body, the indication lamp modules are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the accommodating grooves, and the indication lamp modules comprise at least one indication lamp.

8. The food storage device of claim 2, wherein the control chip further comprises a clock unit, and the control chip is configured to acquire time from the clock unit when the photoelectric sensor is switched from a state where no food unit is placed to a state where the food unit is placed, determine the acquired time as the corresponding placement time of the receiving tank, and determine the placement order according to the placement time of different receiving tanks.

9. The food storage device of claim 2, wherein the control chip further comprises a timing unit for starting timing when the photoelectric sensor is switched from a state where no food monomer is placed to a state where the food monomer is placed;

10. A refrigerator comprising the food storage device of any one of claims 1 to 9.

11. The refrigerator of claim 10, further comprising a display screen electrically connected to the control chip, wherein the display screen is configured to display third prompt information according to an instruction of the control chip, and wherein the third prompt information is configured to represent a placement state and a placement sequence of the plurality of receiving slots.

12. A food monitoring method, the method comprising:

according to the object placing states and the object placing sequence of the accommodating grooves, a prompt component is controlled to generate first prompt information, wherein the first prompt information is used for representing the object placing states of the accommodating grooves.

13. The food monitoring method of claim 12, further comprising:

14. The food monitoring method of claim 13, further comprising:

15. The food monitoring method of claim 13, further comprising:

16. The food monitoring method of claim 13, wherein determining the placement status and the placement order of the plurality of receiving slots according to the status of each of the plurality of photo sensors comprises:

17. The food monitoring method of claim 13, wherein determining the placement status and the placement order of the plurality of receiving slots according to the status of each of the plurality of photo sensors comprises:

18. The food monitoring method of claim 13, further comprising:

controlling the prompt component to generate fourth prompt information;

sending a fifth prompt message to the terminal equipment;

controlling a display screen to display sixth prompt information;

19. A food monitoring device, the device comprising:

20. The food monitoring device of claim 19, wherein the determination module is further configured to:

21. The food monitoring device of claim 20, further comprising a transmitting module to:

22. The food monitoring device of claim 20, further comprising a display module to:

23. The food monitoring device of claim 20, wherein the determination module is specifically configured to:

24. The food monitoring device of claim 20, wherein the determination module is specifically configured to:

25. The food monitoring device of claim 20, further comprising a second prompting module to:

controlling the prompt component to generate fourth prompt information;

sending a fifth prompt message to the terminal equipment;

controlling a display screen to display sixth prompt information;

26. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises a memory for storing computer instructions executable on a processor, the processor being configured to base the food monitoring method according to any of claims 12 to 18 when executing the computer instructions.

27. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method of any one of claims 12 to 18.