CN114485020B - Defrosting control method and device and defrosting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a defrosting control method, a defrosting control device and defrosting equipment, wherein the defrosting control method comprises the following steps: acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber; transmitting the image data to a terminal device; and under the condition that a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, responding to the first temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature. According to the defrosting control method, the defrosting control device and the defrosting equipment, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting chamber can be sent to the terminal equipment according to the set configuration by acquiring the pushing time list, and when the first temperature regulating request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, the temperature of the defrosting chamber is controlled according to the first temperature regulating request, so that a user can grasp the defrosting condition in time, and the defrosting progress and the defrosting effect of the food materials can be accurately controlled by the user, so that deterioration or insufficient defrosting of the food materials is avoided.

Description

Defrosting control method and device and defrosting equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a defrosting control method and device and defrosting equipment.

Background

People need to defrost frozen food in the cooking process sometimes, namely the frozen food is taken to a higher temperature environment, so that the frozen food can be softened, and in the thawing process of the food, the external environment and thawing time length of thawing are needed to be mastered, so that the food is prevented from going bad.

At present, the method for thawing the food material mainly takes the food material out directly and thaws the food material in a room temperature environment, so that the situation that the thawing time is too short to cause insufficient thawing of the food material or the situation that the food material is spoiled and deteriorated due to too high temperature can occur, and the thawing effect of the food material is difficult to accurately control.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a defrosting control method, a defrosting control device and defrosting equipment, which are used for solving the defects that in the prior art, food materials are directly taken out and are defrosted in a room temperature environment, so that insufficient defrosting of the food materials is caused by too short defrosting time or the food materials are spoiled and deteriorated due to too high temperature, and the defrosting effect of the food materials is difficult to control accurately.

The invention provides a defrosting control method, which is applied to a refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator comprises a defrosting chamber, and the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber;

transmitting the image data to a terminal device;

and under the condition that a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, responding to the first temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the camera is arranged in the defrosting chamber, and the setting configuration comprises a first pushing moment;

the obtaining the image data of the food material in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber comprises:

when the first pushing moment is reached, starting the camera to shoot the image data, and acquiring the temperature of a thawing chamber;

the transmitting the image data to the terminal device includes: and sending the image data and the thawing chamber temperature to the terminal equipment.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after the image data is sent to the terminal equipment, the method further comprises the following steps:

Determining a food material category and a current thawing state of the food material based on the image data;

determining a first thawing temperature of the thawing chamber based on the food material category and the current thawing state;

pushing the first defrosting temperature to the terminal equipment.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the setting configuration further comprises a second pushing moment; after the step of adjusting the thawing chamber to a first operating temperature in response to the first attemperation request, the method further comprises:

when reaching the second pushing moment, determining the taking-out state of the food materials;

if the food is not taken out, sending temperature adjustment inquiry information to the terminal equipment;

and under the condition that a second temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the temperature adjustment inquiry information is received, responding to the second temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a second working temperature, wherein the second working temperature is smaller than the first working temperature.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: determining a food volume of the food based on the image data of the food in the defrosting chamber;

Determining a time length to be thawed based on the food material type and the food material volume of the food material;

and sending a second defrosting temperature of the defrosting chamber to the terminal equipment based on a second pushing moment, the current time and the time to be defrosted in the set configuration, wherein the current time is before the second pushing moment.

The invention also provides a defrosting control method, which is applied to the terminal equipment and comprises the following steps:

receiving a first control operation of a thawing chamber control interface;

transmitting a setting configuration of a thawing chamber to a refrigerator in response to the first control operation;

and receiving image data of food materials in the thawing chamber and the thawing chamber temperature sent by the refrigerator based on the setting configuration.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving the image data of the food material in the defrosting chamber and the defrosting chamber temperature sent by the refrigerator based on the setting configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps:

displaying food material images, thawing chamber temperatures and the setting configuration through the thawing chamber control interface, wherein the setting configuration comprises a pushing moment adjusting module and a temperature adjusting module;

receiving a second control operation for the set configuration in the thawing chamber control interface;

And sending a first temperature adjustment request and/or a second pushing moment to the refrigerator in response to the second control operation.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving the image data of the food material in the defrosting chamber and the defrosting chamber temperature sent by the refrigerator based on the setting configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring a current thawing state and/or a time length to be thawed of the food material, wherein the current thawing state is determined based on the image data, the time length to be thawed is determined based on the type of the food material and the volume of the food material, and the volume of the food material is determined based on the image data;

and displaying temperature adjustment inquiry information based on the current defrosting state and/or the defrosting duration.

The invention also provides a defrosting control device, which is applied to a refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator comprises a defrosting chamber, and the defrosting control device comprises:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber;

a transmitting module for transmitting the image data to a terminal device;

and the adjusting module is used for responding to the first temperature adjustment request and adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature under the condition that the first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received.

The present invention also provides a thawing apparatus comprising:

a thawing chamber;

the camera is arranged in the defrosting chamber;

the temperature control device is arranged in the defrosting chamber;

the thawing control device according to any one of the above, wherein the camera and the temperature control device are electrically connected to the thawing control device.

The invention also provides an electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the steps of any one of the thawing control methods described above when executing the program.

According to the defrosting control method, the defrosting control device and the defrosting equipment, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting chamber can be sent to the terminal equipment according to the set configuration by acquiring the pushing time list, and when the first temperature regulating request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, the temperature of the defrosting chamber is controlled according to the first temperature regulating request, so that a user can grasp the defrosting condition in time, and the defrosting progress and the defrosting effect of the food materials can be accurately controlled by the user, so that deterioration or insufficient defrosting of the food materials is avoided.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the invention or the technical solutions of the prior art, the following description will briefly explain the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the invention, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a thawing control method provided by the invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the thawing control device provided by the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by the present invention.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

The thawing control method, apparatus and thawing device of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 3.

The thawing control method may be designed as a program product, and may be executed by a processor of a thawing apparatus, which may be a refrigerator, a locker or other apparatus, which is a logic control center of the thawing apparatus, which may control various execution elements of the thawing apparatus, such as a compressor and an evaporator, and when the thawing apparatus is a refrigerator, the refrigerator may have a freezing chamber and a thawing chamber, and a user may take frozen food out of the freezing chamber and put the frozen food into the thawing chamber when the user needs to thaw the frozen food, and the temperature in the thawing chamber may be higher than that in the freezing chamber, for example, the temperature in the freezing chamber may be-24 to-4 degrees, and the temperature in the thawing chamber may be 0 to 15 degrees.

The thawing equipment can be in communication connection with the terminal equipment, for example, the thawing equipment can be in communication connection with the terminal equipment through WIFI, bluetooth or ZigBee and the like, a local area network can be built indoors, the thawing equipment and the terminal equipment can realize near field communication through the indoor local area network, the thawing equipment can be in remote communication connection with the terminal equipment through a server, and the thawing equipment and the terminal equipment can realize data interaction and pushing through the server arranged at a cloud.

The terminal device may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, an intelligent watch, an intelligent bracelet or an intelligent glasses, or a fixed terminal such as a desktop computer and an industrial personal computer, which is not limited to the specific type of the terminal device.

As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a thawing control method applied to, that is, executable by, a refrigerator, the thawing control method including the following steps 110 to 130.

Step 110, acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber.

It may be understood that the configuration of the thawing chamber is configured as configuration information preset for the relevant physical parameters of the thawing chamber, where the configuration of the thawing chamber may include a pushing time list, which is a time list for pushing the refrigerator to the terminal device, where the pushing time list may be preset for the system, for example, may be stored in a processor of the refrigerator in advance when the refrigerator leaves the factory, or may be set for a user by himself, for example, the user may set the pushing time list through a terminal device connected to the refrigerator in a communication manner.

In some embodiments, a camera is disposed in the defrosting chamber, and the set configuration includes a first pushing moment; based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber, acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber includes: when the first pushing moment is reached, starting a camera to shoot image data, and acquiring the temperature of a thawing chamber; the transmitting of the image data to the terminal device includes: the image data and the thawing chamber temperature are transmitted to the terminal device.

The configured pushing time list may include a first pushing time, where the first pushing time is a time point, the first pushing time may be world time, or of course, a certain time point may be an initial time point, the first pushing time may be a time point reached after the target period starts to be counted from the initial time point, the first pushing time may not include a date, and the first pushing time may be accurate to a second, for example, may be 14:00:00.

For example, a camera can be installed in a defrosting chamber of the refrigerator, and the camera can collect image data of food in the defrosting chamber.

For example: when the first pushing time is reached, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting room are shot by utilizing the camera of the refrigerator.

Of course, the setting configuration may further include other physical parameters such as temperature, humidity or oxygen content, and step 110, based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber, the obtaining of image data of food materials in the thawing chamber may be interpreted as: when the related physical parameters in the thawing chamber reach the set conditions, the camera of the refrigerator is used for shooting the image data of the food materials in the thawing chamber.

Of course, the image data of the food material in the thawing chamber may also be acquired in real time, and the acquisition time of the image data is not limited here.

The sensor can be installed in the defrosting chamber of the refrigerator, and can detect various physical parameters in the defrosting chamber, such as a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor or an oxygen content sensor, wherein the temperature sensor can detect the temperature in the defrosting chamber, the humidity sensor can detect the humidity in the defrosting chamber, the oxygen content sensor can detect the oxygen content in the defrosting chamber, and various physical parameters detected by the sensor can be transmitted to the terminal equipment together with the image data.

For example, when the first pushing moment is reached, the temperature sensor of the thawing chamber may be used to obtain the thawing chamber temperature, and the image data and the thawing chamber temperature may be transmitted to the terminal device together.

And 120, transmitting the image data to a terminal device.

It can be understood that a user can put food materials in a frozen state into a thawing chamber of the refrigerator, a cabin door of the thawing chamber is closed, the system time of the refrigerator can be synchronously timed according to the world time, and when the system time of the refrigerator reaches the first pushing moment, image data of the food materials can be acquired at the moment.

The refrigerator can send the image data to the terminal device, the terminal device can display the image data, for example, the terminal device can run a refrigerator control program, when a user opens the refrigerator control program, the image data can be displayed on an interface of the refrigerator control program, and a picture frame for displaying the food material state image can be arranged on the interface of the refrigerator control program.

And step 130, in the case of receiving a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data, responding to the first temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature.

It can be understood that after the refrigerator sends the image data to the terminal device, the user can check the current image data on the terminal device, and decide whether the temperature of the thawing chamber needs to be adjusted according to the current image data, if the user determines that the temperature of the thawing chamber should be adjusted according to the image data, a first temperature adjustment request can be given to the refrigerator through the terminal device, for example, a target temperature value can be adjusted on a temperature control displayed on an interface of a refrigerator control program, and the terminal device can send the first temperature adjustment request to the refrigerator according to the target temperature value adjusted by the user.

When the refrigerator receives a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data, a first working temperature adjustment instruction can be generated according to the first temperature adjustment request, and the first working temperature adjustment instruction is output to a temperature control device of a refrigerator thawing chamber, so that the temperature of the refrigerator thawing chamber is adjusted, and the temperature of the refrigerator thawing chamber can be adjusted to the first working temperature.

It is worth mentioning that, at present, the method of thawing food material mainly takes out food material directly, and thawing under the room temperature environment, and the condition that the time of thawing is too short and causes food material to defrost is likely to appear like this, perhaps appears the too high condition that causes food material spoilage, is difficult to the thawing effect of accurate control food material.

According to the embodiment, the thawing chamber of the refrigerator is utilized to thaw food, the thawing temperature can be conveniently controlled, meanwhile, the refrigerator can be in communication interaction with a user, the user can grasp the thawing condition conveniently, the user can remotely control the thawing temperature through the terminal equipment, the user can determine the thawing acceleration or delay time, the thawing progress and thawing effect of the food can be accurately controlled, and the problems of insufficient thawing of the food or deterioration of the food are avoided.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting room can be sent to the terminal equipment according to the set configuration by acquiring the pushing time list, and when the first temperature regulating request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, the temperature of the defrosting room is controlled according to the first temperature regulating request, so that a user can timely grasp the defrosting condition, and the user can accurately control the defrosting progress and the defrosting effect of the food materials, so that the food materials are prevented from deteriorating or being insufficiently defrosted.

In some embodiments, after transmitting the image data to the terminal device, further comprising: determining a food material category and a current thawing state of the food material based on the image data; determining a first thawing temperature of a thawing chamber based on the food material category and the current thawing state; pushing the first defrosting temperature to the terminal device.

It can be understood that the refrigerator can obtain the food material category and the current thawing state of the food material according to the image data, and the food material category is the type of the food material to be thawed, for example, the food material category can be divided into: the current thawing state represents the current thawing degree of the food material, and herein an image recognition algorithm may be used to determine the food material category and the current thawing state from the image data, for example, a neural network model may be used to determine the food material category and the current thawing state from the image data. The first defrosting temperature suggested to the user may be determined according to the food category and the current defrosting state, that is, the first defrosting temperature is a recommended defrosting temperature of the food category and the current defrosting state of the food to be defrosted.

The refrigerator may store a corresponding relationship between the food category, the current thawing state and the recommended thawing temperature in advance, and after the food category and the current thawing state are obtained, the first thawing temperature may be determined according to the corresponding relationship, and of course, the first thawing temperature may also be obtained according to the food category and the current thawing state by using a neural network model or other algorithms, which is not limited to a specific process.

After the first thawing temperature is obtained, the first thawing temperature may be transmitted to the terminal device, and the user may adjust the thawing temperature of the thawing chamber with reference to the first thawing temperature.

In some embodiments, pushing the time list further comprises: prompting the time of putting in;

when reaching the first pushing moment, acquire food material detection data, and before sending the food material detection data to the terminal device, the method further comprises: and when the prompt putting time is reached, sending prompt putting information to the terminal equipment.

It can be understood that the prompt placement time is a time point, the prompt placement time may also be world time, or a certain time point may be an initial time point, the prompt placement time may be a time point reached after the target period starts to be counted from the initial time point, the prompt placement time may not include a date, and the prompt placement time may be accurate to a second, for example, may be 9:00:00.

The system time of the refrigerator can be synchronously timed according to the world time, when the system time of the refrigerator reaches the prompt putting time, the refrigerator can send prompt putting information to the terminal equipment at the moment, the prompt putting information is used for reminding a user to put food materials to be thawed into the thawing chamber, when the terminal equipment receives the prompt putting information, the prompt putting information can be displayed on thawing control software, a notification of putting the food materials can be sent to the user in a notification bar mode, a prompt can be sent to the user in a vibration or alarm mode, and the user is reminded to put the food materials to be thawed into the thawing chamber.

When the user receives the putting prompt information, the food to be thawed is put into the thawing chamber, and the refrigerator starts the thawing work flow.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the setting configuration further comprises a second pushing moment; after the step of adjusting the thawing chamber to a first operating temperature in response to the first attemperation request, the method further comprises: when reaching the second pushing moment, determining the taking-out state of the food materials; if the food is not taken out, sending temperature adjustment inquiry information to the terminal equipment; and under the condition that a second temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the temperature adjustment inquiry information is received, responding to the second temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a second working temperature, wherein the second working temperature is smaller than the first working temperature.

It may be understood that the second pushing time may be a time point, the second pushing time may be a world time, or a certain time point may be an initial time point, the second pushing time may be a time point reached after the target period starts to be counted from the initial time point, the first pushing time may not include a date, and the first pushing time may be accurate to a second, for example, may be 17:00:00.

The system time of the refrigerator can be synchronously timed according to the world time, when the system time of the refrigerator reaches the second pushing time, the thawing of the food materials is actually completed, and at the moment, a user needs to be reminded of timely taking out the food materials or is inquired whether the temperature of the thawing chamber is regulated down to prevent the food materials from deteriorating.

The taking-out state of the food material can be detected by a camera or a sensor installed in the thawing chamber, for example, the taking-out state of the food material can be determined according to an image of the thawing chamber obtained by shooting by the camera, the taking-out state of the food material can be determined according to weight data of the food material obtained by a weight sensor installed in the thawing chamber, and the taking-out state of the food material can be determined according to door opening and closing data detected by a door opening and closing sensor of the thawing chamber, which is not particularly limited herein.

The state of taking out the food material may include taking out and not taking out, that is, whether the food material in the thawing chamber is taken out by the user, when the user has taken out the food material, it is indicated that the thawing process of the food material has been completed, and relevant information does not need to be pushed to the terminal device.

When the user does not take out food, the temperature adjustment inquiry information is sent to the terminal equipment at the moment, after the terminal equipment receives the temperature adjustment inquiry information, the temperature adjustment inquiry information can be output to the user through a display screen or a loudspeaker, the user can input the temperature adjustment inquiry information on the terminal equipment correspondingly, so that a second temperature adjustment request is formed, the terminal equipment can send the second temperature adjustment request to the refrigerator, the refrigerator can respond to the second temperature adjustment request after receiving the second temperature adjustment request, and a second working temperature adjustment instruction is output to a temperature control device of a thawing chamber of the refrigerator, so that the temperature in the thawing chamber is adjusted to the second working temperature, the second working temperature is smaller than the first working temperature, the user can be reminded of taking out the food in time, or the user can adjust the temperature in the thawing chamber to avoid spoilage of the food.

In some embodiments, determining the food material removal status based on the thawing chamber status data comprises: acquiring an image of a thawing chamber; based on the thawing chamber image, a food material removal status is determined.

It can be understood that a camera can be installed in the defrosting chamber of the refrigerator, the camera can acquire images of the defrosting chamber, and the images of the defrosting chamber can be subjected to feature extraction to obtain a food material taking-out state.

For example, the thawing chamber image may be input into a food material extraction recognition model, the food material extraction state is output, the food material extraction recognition model may be a neural network model, such as a convolutional neural network or a residual neural network, the food material extraction recognition model may be obtained by training a sample image of the thawing chamber sample with food material extraction state sample data corresponding to the sample image of the thawing chamber as a sample tag, for example, the food material extraction recognition model may be trained by supervised learning or unsupervised learning.

In some embodiments, the thawing control method further comprises: determining a food volume of the food based on the image data of the food in the defrosting chamber; determining the time length to be thawed based on the food material type and the food material volume of the food material; and sending a second defrosting temperature of the defrosting chamber to the terminal equipment based on the second pushing moment, the current time and the time length to be defrosted in the set configuration, wherein the current time is before the second pushing moment.

It may be appreciated that after obtaining the image data of the food material in the freezing chamber, image recognition may be performed according to the image data to obtain a food material volume, a time length to be thawed may be determined according to a food material type and a food material volume of the food material, where the food material type may be selected in advance by a user, or may be recognized according to the image data, the time length to be thawed may refer to a time length required for the food material to be thawed completely, a recommended second thawing temperature may be given to the user according to a second pushing time preset by the user, that is, a time when the user wants to take out the food material, a current time and the time length to be thawed, a correspondence between the second pushing time, the current time and the time length to be thawed and the recommended thawing temperature may be pre-stored at the refrigerator, and the second thawing temperature may be determined according to the correspondence after the second pushing time, the current time and the time length to be thawed.

The present invention also provides a defrosting control method executed by a terminal device, the defrosting control method comprising: receiving a first control operation of a thawing chamber control interface; transmitting a setting configuration of a thawing chamber to a refrigerator in response to the first control operation; and receiving image data of food materials in the thawing chamber and the thawing chamber temperature sent by the refrigerator based on the setting configuration.

It can be understood that the user may also give the first control operation to the refrigerator through the terminal device, the user may operate the terminal device, may perform a sliding click on the terminal device, the terminal device sends the setting configuration to the refrigerator according to the operation of the user, and the refrigerator may determine the pushing moment list in response to the setting configuration after receiving the setting configuration. The push time list may include one or more times at which specific information is pushed to the terminal device.

And displaying the image data of the food materials in the defrosting room and the temperature of the defrosting room under the condition of receiving the image data and the temperature of the defrosting room sent by the refrigerator at the first pushing moment in the pushing moment list. It can be understood that a user can put food materials in a frozen state into a thawing chamber of the refrigerator, a cabin door of the thawing chamber is closed, the system time of the refrigerator can be synchronously timed according to the world time, and when the system time of the refrigerator reaches the first pushing moment, image data of the food materials in the thawing chamber and the thawing chamber temperature can be acquired.

For example, a camera can be installed in the defrosting chamber of the refrigerator, the camera can collect image data of food to be defrosted, and the image data can be sent to the terminal equipment

Also for example, a sensor may be installed in the defrosting chamber of the refrigerator, the sensor may detect various physical parameters in the defrosting chamber, such as a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, or an oxygen content sensor, the temperature sensor may detect the temperature in the defrosting chamber, the humidity sensor may detect the humidity in the defrosting chamber, and the oxygen content sensor may detect the oxygen content in the defrosting chamber. For example, a temperature sensor in a defrosting chamber of the refrigerator can detect the temperature of the defrosting chamber, the refrigerator can send the temperature of the defrosting chamber and the image data to the terminal equipment, the temperature of the defrosting chamber and the image data can be displayed on the terminal equipment, for example, a refrigerator control program can be run on the terminal equipment, when a user opens the refrigerator control program, the temperature of the defrosting chamber and the image data can be displayed on an interface of the refrigerator control program, and a picture frame for displaying the temperature of the defrosting chamber and the image data can be arranged on the interface of the refrigerator control program.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving image data of food materials in a defrosting room and the temperature of the defrosting room sent by a refrigerator based on a set configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: displaying food material images, thawing chamber temperature and setting configuration through a thawing chamber control interface, wherein the setting configuration comprises a pushing moment adjusting module and a temperature adjusting module; receiving a second control operation for setting and configuring in a control interface of the thawing chamber; and sending a first temperature regulating request and/or a second pushing moment to the refrigerator in response to the second control operation.

It can be understood that after the refrigerator sends the food material image and the thawing chamber temperature to the terminal device, a user can check the current food material image, the thawing chamber temperature and the setting configuration on the terminal device, the setting configuration can include a pushing time adjusting module and a temperature adjusting module, the user can determine whether the thawing chamber temperature needs to be adjusted according to the current food material image and the thawing chamber temperature, if the user determines that the thawing chamber temperature should be adjusted according to the food material image and the thawing chamber temperature, a second control operation can be given to the terminal device, the terminal device can generate a first temperature adjusting request according to the food material image and the thawing chamber temperature, and send the first temperature adjusting request to the refrigerator, for example, a target temperature value can be adjusted on a temperature control displayed on an interface of a refrigerator control program, and the terminal device can send the first temperature adjusting request to the refrigerator according to the target temperature value adjusted by the user.

When the refrigerator receives a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data and the temperature of the thawing chamber, a temperature adjustment instruction can be generated according to the first temperature adjustment request, and the temperature adjustment instruction is output to a temperature control device of the thawing chamber of the refrigerator, so that the temperature of the thawing chamber of the refrigerator is adjusted, and the temperature of the thawing chamber of the refrigerator can be adjusted to a target temperature value.

Of course, the second control operation may also be to adjust the second pushing moment, that is, the user may approximately determine when the food to be thawed can be completely thawed according to the food image and the temperature of the thawing chamber, so that the pushing moment adjusting module may be operated to trigger the terminal device to send the second pushing moment to the refrigerator.

In some embodiments, after receiving the image data of the food material in the defrosting chamber and the defrosting chamber temperature sent by the refrigerator based on the set configuration, further comprising: acquiring a current thawing state and/or a thawing time length of food materials, wherein the current thawing state is determined based on image data, the thawing time length is determined based on the type and volume of the food materials, and the volume of the food materials is determined based on the image data; and displaying temperature adjustment inquiry information based on the current defrosting state and/or the defrosting duration.

It can be understood that after the terminal device receives the image data of the food material and the temperature of the thawing chamber, the current thawing state can be obtained according to the image data, the food material volume can be obtained according to the image data, the current thawing state can be obtained by utilizing the food material volume and the food material type, and the terminal device can display temperature-regulating inquiry information according to the current thawing state and/or the time length to be thawed, that is, the terminal device can prompt a user to regulate the temperature of the thawing chamber according to the current thawing state and/or the time length to be thawed, the user is inquired to timely regulate the temperature of the thawing chamber, and the temperature-regulating inquiry information is formed at the terminal device, compared with the temperature-regulating inquiry information formed at the refrigerator, the temperature-regulating inquiry information can be more accurate and efficient.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting room can be sent to the terminal equipment according to the set configuration by acquiring the pushing time list, and when the first temperature regulating request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, the temperature of the defrosting room is controlled according to the first temperature regulating request, so that a user can timely grasp the defrosting condition, and the user can accurately control the defrosting progress and the defrosting effect of the food materials, so that the food materials are prevented from deteriorating or being insufficiently defrosted.

The thawing control device provided by the present invention will be described below, and the thawing control device described below and the thawing control method described above may be referred to correspondingly to each other.

As shown in fig. 2, the present invention also provides a thawing control device applied to a refrigerator, the thawing control device comprising: an acquisition module 210, a transmission module 220, and an adjustment module 230.

The obtaining module 210 is configured to obtain image data of the food material in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber.

A transmitting module 220, configured to transmit the image data to a terminal device.

And the adjusting module 230 is configured to adjust the thawing chamber to a first working temperature in response to the first temperature adjustment request when the first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal device based on the image data is received.

According to the defrosting control device provided by the invention, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting room can be sent to the terminal equipment according to the set configuration by acquiring the pushing time list, and when the first temperature regulating request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, the temperature of the defrosting room is controlled according to the first temperature regulating request, so that a user can timely grasp the defrosting condition, and the user can accurately control the defrosting progress and the defrosting effect of the food materials, so that the food materials are prevented from deteriorating or are not fully defrosted.

The present invention also provides a thawing apparatus, which may include: the device comprises a thawing chamber, a camera and a temperature control device.

The camera and the temperature control device can be both installed in the defrosting chamber, the temperature control device can be a heater, the defrosting control device, the camera and the temperature control device are both electrically connected with the defrosting control device installed on defrosting equipment, the defrosting equipment can be in communication connection with terminal equipment, data interaction is achieved, and the specific data interaction process is described in detail above and is not repeated here.

Fig. 3 illustrates a physical schematic diagram of an electronic device, as shown in fig. 3, where the electronic device may include: processor 310, communication interface (Communications Interface) 320, memory 330 and communication bus 340, wherein processor 310, communication interface 320, memory 330 accomplish communication with each other through communication bus 340. The processor 310 may invoke logic instructions in the memory 330 to perform a defrost control method for use with a refrigerator that includes a defrost chamber, the method comprising: acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber; transmitting the image data to a terminal device; and when a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature in response to the first temperature adjustment request.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the camera is arranged in the defrosting chamber, and the setting configuration comprises a first pushing moment; based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber, acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber includes: when the first pushing moment is reached, starting a camera to shoot image data, and acquiring the temperature of a thawing chamber; the transmitting of the image data to the terminal device includes: the image data and the thawing chamber temperature are transmitted to the terminal device.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after sending the image data to the terminal equipment, the method further comprises the following steps: determining a food material category and a current thawing state of the food material based on the image data; determining a first thawing temperature of a thawing chamber based on the food material category and the current thawing state; pushing the first defrosting temperature to the terminal device.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the setting configuration further comprises a second pushing moment; after the step of adjusting the thawing chamber to the first operating temperature in response to the first tempering request, the method further comprises: when the second pushing moment is reached, determining the taking-out state of the food materials; when the food is not taken out, sending temperature-regulating inquiry information to the terminal equipment;

And under the condition that a second temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the temperature adjustment inquiry information is received, responding to the second temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a second working temperature, wherein the second working temperature is smaller than the first working temperature.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: determining a food volume of the food based on the image data of the food in the defrosting chamber; determining the time length to be thawed based on the food material type and the food material volume of the food material; and sending a second defrosting temperature of the defrosting chamber to the terminal equipment based on the second pushing moment, the current time and the time length to be defrosted in the set configuration, wherein the current time is before the second pushing moment.

The invention also provides a defrosting control method, which is applied to the terminal equipment and comprises the following steps: receiving a first control operation of a thawing chamber control interface; transmitting a setting configuration of a thawing chamber to the refrigerator in response to the first control operation; based on the set configuration, image data of food materials in the defrosting chamber and the temperature of the defrosting chamber sent by the refrigerator are received.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving image data of food materials in a defrosting room and the temperature of the defrosting room sent by a refrigerator based on a set configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: displaying food material images, thawing chamber temperature and setting configuration through a thawing chamber control interface, wherein the setting configuration comprises a pushing moment adjusting module and a temperature adjusting module; receiving a second control operation for setting and configuring in a control interface of the thawing chamber; and sending a first temperature regulating request and/or a second pushing moment to the refrigerator in response to the second control operation.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving image data of food materials in a defrosting room and the temperature of the defrosting room sent by a refrigerator based on a set configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: acquiring a current thawing state and/or a thawing time length of food materials, wherein the current thawing state is determined based on image data, the thawing time length is determined based on the type and volume of the food materials, and the volume of the food materials is determined based on the image data; and displaying temperature adjustment inquiry information based on the current defrosting state and/or the defrosting duration.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting room can be sent to the terminal equipment according to the set configuration by acquiring the pushing time list, and when the first temperature regulating request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, the temperature of the defrosting room is controlled according to the first temperature regulating request, so that a user can timely grasp the defrosting condition, and the user can accurately control the defrosting progress and the defrosting effect of the food materials, so that the food materials are prevented from deteriorating or being insufficiently defrosted.

Further, the logic instructions in the memory 330 described above may be implemented in the form of software functional units and may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium when sold or used as a stand-alone product. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method of the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

In another aspect, the present invention also provides a computer program product, the computer program product including a computer program, the computer program being stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program, when executed by a processor, being capable of executing the thawing control method provided by the methods described above, applied to a refrigerator, the refrigerator including a thawing chamber, the method comprising: acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber; transmitting the image data to a terminal device; and when a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature in response to the first temperature adjustment request.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the camera is arranged in the defrosting chamber, and the setting configuration comprises a first pushing moment; based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber, acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber includes: when the first pushing moment is reached, starting a camera to shoot image data, and acquiring the temperature of a thawing chamber; the transmitting of the image data to the terminal device includes: the image data and the thawing chamber temperature are transmitted to the terminal device.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after sending the image data to the terminal equipment, the method further comprises the following steps: determining a food material category and a current thawing state of the food material based on the image data; determining a first thawing temperature of a thawing chamber based on the food material category and the current thawing state; pushing the first defrosting temperature to the terminal device.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the setting configuration further comprises a second pushing moment; after the step of adjusting the thawing chamber to the first operating temperature in response to the first tempering request, the method further comprises: when the second pushing moment is reached, determining the taking-out state of the food materials; when the food is not taken out, sending temperature-regulating inquiry information to the terminal equipment;

and under the condition that a second temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the temperature adjustment inquiry information is received, responding to the second temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a second working temperature, wherein the second working temperature is smaller than the first working temperature.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: determining a food volume of the food based on the image data of the food in the defrosting chamber; determining the time length to be thawed based on the food material type and the food material volume of the food material; and sending a second defrosting temperature of the defrosting chamber to the terminal equipment based on the second pushing moment, the current time and the time length to be defrosted in the set configuration, wherein the current time is before the second pushing moment.

The invention also provides a defrosting control method, which is applied to the terminal equipment and comprises the following steps: receiving a first control operation of a thawing chamber control interface; transmitting a setting configuration of a thawing chamber to the refrigerator in response to the first control operation; based on the set configuration, image data of food materials in the defrosting chamber and the temperature of the defrosting chamber sent by the refrigerator are received.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving image data of food materials in a defrosting room and the temperature of the defrosting room sent by a refrigerator based on a set configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: displaying food material images, thawing chamber temperature and setting configuration through a thawing chamber control interface, wherein the setting configuration comprises a pushing moment adjusting module and a temperature adjusting module; receiving a second control operation for setting and configuring in a control interface of the thawing chamber; and sending a first temperature regulating request and/or a second pushing moment to the refrigerator in response to the second control operation.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving image data of food materials in a defrosting room and the temperature of the defrosting room sent by a refrigerator based on a set configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: acquiring a current thawing state and/or a thawing time length of food materials, wherein the current thawing state is determined based on image data, the thawing time length is determined based on the type and volume of the food materials, and the volume of the food materials is determined based on the image data; and displaying temperature adjustment inquiry information based on the current defrosting state and/or the defrosting duration.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting room can be sent to the terminal equipment according to the set configuration by acquiring the pushing time list, and when the first temperature regulating request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, the temperature of the defrosting room is controlled according to the first temperature regulating request, so that a user can timely grasp the defrosting condition, and the user can accurately control the defrosting progress and the defrosting effect of the food materials, so that the food materials are prevented from deteriorating or being insufficiently defrosted.

In still another aspect, the present invention also provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, is implemented to perform the thawing control method provided by the above methods, applied to a refrigerator including a thawing chamber, the method comprising: acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber; transmitting the image data to a terminal device; and when a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature in response to the first temperature adjustment request.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the camera is arranged in the defrosting chamber, and the setting configuration comprises a first pushing moment; based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber, acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber includes: when the first pushing moment is reached, starting a camera to shoot image data, and acquiring the temperature of a thawing chamber; the transmitting of the image data to the terminal device includes: the image data and the thawing chamber temperature are transmitted to the terminal device.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after sending the image data to the terminal equipment, the method further comprises the following steps: determining a food material category and a current thawing state of the food material based on the image data; determining a first thawing temperature of a thawing chamber based on the food material category and the current thawing state; pushing the first defrosting temperature to the terminal device.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the setting configuration further comprises a second pushing moment; after the step of adjusting the thawing chamber to the first operating temperature in response to the first tempering request, the method further comprises: when the second pushing moment is reached, determining the taking-out state of the food materials; when the food is not taken out, sending temperature-regulating inquiry information to the terminal equipment;

and under the condition that a second temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the temperature adjustment inquiry information is received, responding to the second temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a second working temperature, wherein the second working temperature is smaller than the first working temperature.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: determining a food volume of the food based on the image data of the food in the defrosting chamber; determining the time length to be thawed based on the food material type and the food material volume of the food material; and sending a second defrosting temperature of the defrosting chamber to the terminal equipment based on the second pushing moment, the current time and the time length to be defrosted in the set configuration, wherein the current time is before the second pushing moment.

The invention also provides a defrosting control method, which is applied to the terminal equipment and comprises the following steps: receiving a first control operation of a thawing chamber control interface; transmitting a setting configuration of a thawing chamber to the refrigerator in response to the first control operation; based on the set configuration, image data of food materials in the defrosting chamber and the temperature of the defrosting chamber sent by the refrigerator are received.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving image data of food materials in a defrosting room and the temperature of the defrosting room sent by a refrigerator based on a set configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: displaying food material images, thawing chamber temperature and setting configuration through a thawing chamber control interface, wherein the setting configuration comprises a pushing moment adjusting module and a temperature adjusting module; receiving a second control operation for setting and configuring in a control interface of the thawing chamber; and sending a first temperature regulating request and/or a second pushing moment to the refrigerator in response to the second control operation.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, after receiving image data of food materials in a defrosting room and the temperature of the defrosting room sent by a refrigerator based on a set configuration, the defrosting control method further comprises the following steps: acquiring a current thawing state and/or a thawing time length of food materials, wherein the current thawing state is determined based on image data, the thawing time length is determined based on the type and volume of the food materials, and the volume of the food materials is determined based on the image data; and displaying temperature adjustment inquiry information based on the current defrosting state and/or the defrosting duration.

According to the defrosting control method provided by the invention, the image data of the food materials in the defrosting room can be sent to the terminal equipment according to the set configuration by acquiring the pushing time list, and when the first temperature regulating request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, the temperature of the defrosting room is controlled according to the first temperature regulating request, so that a user can timely grasp the defrosting condition, and the user can accurately control the defrosting progress and the defrosting effect of the food materials, so that the food materials are prevented from deteriorating or being insufficiently defrosted.

The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein elements illustrated as separate elements may or may not be physically separate, and elements shown as elements may or may not be physical elements, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network elements. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present invention without undue burden.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiments may be implemented by means of software plus necessary general hardware platforms, or of course may be implemented by means of hardware. Based on such understanding, the foregoing technical solutions may be embodied essentially or in part in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as a ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the various embodiments or methods of some parts of the embodiments.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and are not limiting; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. A thawing control method, which is applied to a refrigerator including a thawing chamber, comprising:

acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on a setting configuration of the thawing chamber, wherein the setting configuration comprises a pushing time list;

transmitting the image data to a terminal device;

under the condition that a first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, responding to the first temperature adjustment request, adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature, wherein the setting configuration further comprises a second pushing moment; after the step of adjusting the thawing chamber to a first operating temperature in response to the first attemperation request, the method further comprises:

When reaching the second pushing moment, determining the taking-out state of the food materials;

if the food is not taken out, sending temperature adjustment inquiry information to the terminal equipment;

in the case of receiving a second temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal device based on the temperature adjustment inquiry information, responding to the second temperature adjustment request, and adjusting the thawing chamber to a second working temperature, wherein the second working temperature is smaller than the first working temperature, and the method further comprises:

determining a food volume of the food based on the image data of the food in the defrosting chamber;

determining a time length to be thawed based on the food material type and the food material volume of the food material;

and sending a second defrosting temperature of the defrosting chamber to the terminal equipment based on a second pushing moment, the current time and the time to be defrosted in the set configuration, wherein the current time is before the second pushing moment.

2. The thawing control method as defined in claim 1, wherein a camera is disposed in the thawing chamber, and the set configuration includes a first pushing moment;

the obtaining the image data of the food material in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber comprises:

When the first pushing moment is reached, starting the camera to shoot the image data, and acquiring the temperature of a thawing chamber;

the transmitting the image data to the terminal device includes: and sending the image data and the thawing chamber temperature to the terminal equipment.

3. The thawing control method as defined in claim 1 or 2, further comprising, after the transmitting the image data to a terminal device:

determining a food material category and a current thawing state of the food material based on the image data;

determining a first thawing temperature of the thawing chamber based on the food material category and the current thawing state;

pushing the first defrosting temperature to the terminal equipment.

4. A thawing control method, characterized by being applied to a terminal device, comprising:

receiving a first control operation of a thawing chamber control interface;

transmitting a setting configuration of a thawing chamber to a refrigerator in response to the first control operation;

receiving, based on the setting configuration, image data of the food material in the thawing chamber and a thawing chamber temperature sent by the refrigerator, where the setting configuration includes a pushing time list, and after receiving, based on the setting configuration, the image data of the food material in the thawing chamber and the thawing chamber temperature sent by the refrigerator, further includes:

Acquiring a current thawing state and/or a time length to be thawed of the food material, wherein the current thawing state is determined based on the image data, the time length to be thawed is determined based on the type of the food material and the volume of the food material, and the volume of the food material is determined based on the image data;

and displaying temperature adjustment inquiry information based on the current defrosting state and/or the defrosting duration.

5. The thawing control method as defined in claim 4, further comprising, after receiving image data of food materials in a thawing chamber and a thawing chamber temperature transmitted by the refrigerator based on the set configuration:

displaying food material images, thawing chamber temperatures and the setting configuration through the thawing chamber control interface, wherein the setting configuration comprises a pushing moment adjusting module and a temperature adjusting module;

receiving a second control operation for the set configuration in the thawing chamber control interface;

and sending a first temperature adjustment request and/or a second pushing moment to the refrigerator in response to the second control operation.

6. A thawing control device, characterized by being applied to a refrigerator including a thawing chamber, comprising:

The acquisition module is used for acquiring image data of food materials in the thawing chamber based on the setting configuration of the thawing chamber, wherein the setting configuration comprises a pushing time list;

a transmitting module for transmitting the image data to a terminal device;

the adjusting module is used for responding to the first temperature adjustment request under the condition that the first temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the image data is received, adjusting the thawing chamber to a first working temperature, and the setting configuration further comprises a second pushing moment; the adjustment module is also used for:

when reaching the second pushing moment, determining the taking-out state of the food materials;

if the food is not taken out, sending temperature adjustment inquiry information to the terminal equipment;

and under the condition that a second temperature adjustment request sent by the terminal equipment based on the temperature adjustment inquiry information is received, responding to the second temperature adjustment request, adjusting the thawing chamber to a second working temperature, wherein the second working temperature is smaller than the first working temperature, and the adjusting module is further used for: determining a food volume of the food based on the image data of the food in the defrosting chamber;

Determining a time length to be thawed based on the food material type and the food material volume of the food material;

and sending a second defrosting temperature of the defrosting chamber to the terminal equipment based on a second pushing moment, the current time and the time to be defrosted in the set configuration, wherein the current time is before the second pushing moment.

7. A defrosting apparatus, characterized by comprising:

a thawing chamber;

the camera is arranged in the defrosting chamber;

the temperature control device is arranged in the defrosting chamber;

the thawing control device as defined in claim 6, wherein the camera and the temperature control device are electrically connected to the thawing control device.