CN116678157A - Refrigerator control method and refrigerator - Google Patents

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CN116678157A
CN116678157A CN202210162496.7A CN202210162496A CN116678157A CN 116678157 A CN116678157 A CN 116678157A CN 202210162496 A CN202210162496 A CN 202210162496A CN 116678157 A CN116678157 A CN 116678157A
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王艳
衣尧
刘浩泉
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract

The invention provides a control method of a refrigerator, which comprises a target compartment for storing food materials. The control method comprises the following steps: acquiring the current temperature of the target compartment; in response to the current temperature being greater than a first temperature, cooling the target compartment at a first rate to cool to the first temperature; in response to the current temperature not being greater than the first temperature and greater than a second temperature, cooling the target compartment at a second rate to cool to the second temperature, the second rate being less than the first rate; and controlling the temperature of each position in the target room within a preset temperature range in response to the current temperature within the preset temperature range, and enabling the temperature fluctuation range of each position in the target room to be not more than a first preset value, so that the uniformity of all positions in the target room is not more than a second preset threshold.

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Refrigerator control method and refrigerator
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of refrigerators, and particularly provides a control method of a refrigerator and the refrigerator.
Background
For meat and aquatic foods, the traditional fresh-keeping method mainly comprises two modes: a cold storage (4 ℃) fresh-keeping mode and a freezing fresh-keeping mode. The refrigerating and fresh-keeping mode has a certain inhibiting effect on microorganisms, but the fresh-keeping time for food materials is shorter. The freezing fresh-keeping mode is easy to enable the food material to generate ice crystals, the cell structure is damaged, the juice loss rate is high, the dry consumption and oxidation of the food material are accelerated, the nutrition loss of the food material is easy to cause when the food material is thawed, the freshness and the tenderness are reduced, and the fresh-keeping effect of the food material is poor.
Therefore, a new fresh-keeping method is needed to improve the fresh-keeping effect of the food materials.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a new refrigerator and/or a control method thereof to improve the fresh-keeping effect of the refrigerator on food materials.
The invention further aims to solve the problem that the food material part is frozen due to large temperature difference at each position in the compartment.
The invention further aims to realize the preservation effect of the food materials which are not frozen at low temperature through the double functions of temperature and magnetic field.
Still another object of the present invention is to solve the problem of how to detect whether food material is placed in the target compartment.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides in a first aspect a control method of a refrigerator including a target compartment for storing food materials; the control method comprises the following steps:
acquiring the current temperature of the target compartment;
and controlling the temperature of each position in the target room within a preset temperature range in response to the current temperature within the preset temperature range, and enabling the temperature fluctuation range of each position in the target room to be not more than a first preset value, so that the uniformity of all positions in the target room is not more than a second preset threshold.
Optionally, the refrigerator includes a plurality of temperature sensors distributed at the top and bottom of the target compartment to detect the temperature of each position in the target compartment by the plurality of temperature sensors;
controlling the temperature of each position in the target room within a preset temperature range in response to the current temperature being within the preset temperature range, and enabling the temperature fluctuation range of each position in the target room to be not more than a first preset value, enabling the uniformity of all positions in the target room to be not more than a second preset threshold value, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
enabling the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor to be within the preset temperature range;
making the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor not larger than a first preset value;
and enabling the difference value between the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor and the average of all the temperature values detected by the temperature sensors to be not larger than a second preset threshold value.
Optionally, the refrigerator includes a cool storage module and/or a heat conductive tray disposed on a sidewall of the target compartment.
Optionally, the preset temperature range is 0 ℃ to-4.4 ℃; and/or, the first preset threshold is 1.5 ℃; and/or, the second preset threshold is 1 ℃.
Optionally, the control method further includes:
in response to the current temperature being greater than a first temperature, cooling the target compartment at a first rate to cool to the first temperature;
in response to the current temperature not being greater than the first temperature and greater than a second temperature, the target compartment is cooled at a second rate to cool to the second temperature, the second rate being less than the first rate.
Optionally, the value range of the first temperature is-1.0 ℃ to 1.0 ℃; and/or, the value range of the second temperature is-1.0 ℃ to-2.0 ℃; and/or the value range of the first rate is 30 min/DEG C to 220 min/DEG C; and/or the value range of the second rate is 230 min/DEG C to 520 min/DEG C.
Optionally, the refrigerator further comprises a magnetic field generating module, wherein the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating module can cover various positions of the target compartment;
the control method further includes:
the magnetic field module is enabled to provide a magnetic field with a magnetic field strength of 2mT to 10mT for the target compartment.
Optionally, before acquiring the current temperature of the target compartment, the control method further comprises: detecting whether food materials are placed in the target compartment or not;
the acquiring the current temperature of the target chamber comprises: and responding to the food material placed in the target compartment, and acquiring the current temperature of the target compartment.
Optionally, the refrigerator includes a drawer assembly, the drawer assembly including:
the front part of the outer cylinder is provided with a sliding rail limiting structure;
a drawer drawably mounted within the outer barrel, the drawer defining the target compartment;
the rear part of the first sliding rail is pivotally connected with the rear part of the outer barrel, and the front part of the first sliding rail is positioned on the upper side of the sliding rail limiting structure;
the second sliding rail is arranged on the outer cylinder and is in sliding connection with the first sliding rail;
a pressure sensor which is provided on the slide rail limiting structure and can be abutted with the front part of the first slide rail;
the detecting whether food material is put into the target compartment comprises:
detecting whether the numerical value detected by the pressure sensor is dynamically changed;
if yes, comparing the current value detected by the pressure sensor with the value before dynamic change;
and if the current value is larger than the value before dynamic change, judging that food is put into the target compartment.
The present invention provides in a second aspect a refrigerator comprising:
a target compartment for storing food materials;
a plurality of temperature sensors distributed at the top and bottom of the target compartment;
a control module comprising a processor, a memory and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being arranged, when executed by the processor, to enable the refrigerator to perform the control method of any one of the first aspects.
The present invention provides in a third aspect a refrigerator comprising:
a target compartment for storing food materials;
a magnetic field generation module that generates a magnetic field capable of covering respective positions of the target compartment;
the control module comprises a processor, a memory and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being arranged, when executed by the processor, to enable the refrigerator to perform the corresponding control method of the first aspect.
The present invention provides in a fourth aspect a refrigerator comprising:
the drawer assembly comprises an outer barrel, a drawer, a first sliding rail, a second sliding rail and a pressure sensor, and a sliding rail limiting structure is arranged at the front part of the outer barrel; the drawer is drawably mounted in the outer barrel and defines a target compartment; the rear part of the first sliding rail is pivotally connected with the rear part of the outer barrel, and the front part of the first sliding rail is positioned on the upper side of the sliding rail limiting structure; the second sliding rail is arranged on the outer barrel and is in sliding connection with the first sliding rail; the pressure sensor is arranged on the sliding rail limiting structure and can be abutted with the front part of the first sliding rail;
the control module comprises a processor, a memory and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being arranged, when executed by the processor, to enable the refrigerator to perform the corresponding control method of the first aspect.
Based on the foregoing, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that in the foregoing technical solution of the present invention, by controlling the temperature of each position in the target compartment within a preset temperature range, and making the temperature fluctuation range of each position in the target compartment not greater than a first preset value, the uniformity of all positions in the target compartment not greater than a second preset threshold, the temperature of each position in the target compartment is relatively low and almost equal, so that the refrigerator can uniformly refrigerate the food in the target compartment, and the situation that the food is frozen due to too low local temperature is avoided.
Further, the preset temperature range is 0 ℃ to-4.4 ℃, the first preset threshold is 1.5 ℃, and the second preset threshold is 1 ℃, so that the refrigerator can uniformly keep the food at the temperature at which the food is frozen, the food is not frozen, the fresh-keeping temperature is low enough, and the fresh-keeping effect of the food is improved.
Further, the magnetic field module is used for providing a magnetic field with the magnetic field strength of 2mT to 10mT for the target compartment, so that the refrigerator can keep food fresh under the double effects of the magnetic field and low temperature, and the fresh-keeping time of the food is prolonged.
Still further, set up pressure sensor in the slide rail limit structure department on the urceolus front portion to make the rear portion of first slide rail and the rear portion pivot connection of urceolus, make the front portion of first slide rail can selectively with pressure sensor butt. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, as the weight of the food material within the drawer changes, the pressure applied by the first sled to the pressure sensor also changes. Therefore, the invention can detect whether food materials are put in the drawer or not through the pressure sensor. Specifically, whether the user pushes or pulls the drawer is determined by whether the value detected by the pressure sensor is dynamically changed. If the value detected by the pressure sensor is dynamically changed, comparing the current value detected by the pressure sensor with the value before the dynamic change to determine whether a user inputs new food into the drawer. If the current value is larger than the value before dynamic change, the food is judged to be placed in the target compartment.
The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a first temperature-preservation effect table of the influence of refrigeration temperature on food preservation;
FIG. 2 is a second temperature-preservation effect table of the effect of refrigeration temperature on preservation of food stuff;
FIG. 3 is a table of cooling rate versus fresh-keeping effect of cooling rate on fresh-keeping of food materials;
FIG. 4 is a table of the magnetic field-preservation effect of the magnetic field on the preservation of food materials;
fig. 5 is a schematic view of a refrigerator provided according to the technical concept of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a flowchart of main steps of a control method of a refrigerator in some embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a cooling air path for cooling drawers in some embodiments of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a drawer assembly with a temperature sensor in some embodiments of the invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a drawer assembly having a cool storage module according to some embodiments of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a flowchart showing main steps of a control method of a refrigerator in other embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a magnetic field module acting on a drawer in accordance with other embodiments of the present invention;
fig. 12 is a flowchart of main steps of a control method of a refrigerator in still other embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of an infrared module for detecting food items in a drawer according to still other embodiments of the invention;
FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a weighing module for detecting food materials in a drawer according to still other embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a pressure sensor for detecting food in a drawer (the drawer is in an inserted state) according to still other embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a pressure sensor for detecting food in a drawer (drawer in an extracted state) according to still other embodiments of the present invention;
fig. 17 is a schematic view illustrating a control module structure of a refrigerator according to the technical idea of the present invention.
Detailed Description
For meat and aquatic foods, the traditional fresh-keeping method mainly comprises two modes: a cold storage (4 ℃) fresh-keeping mode and a freezing fresh-keeping mode. The refrigerating and fresh-keeping mode has a certain inhibiting effect on microorganisms, but the fresh-keeping time for food materials is shorter. The freezing fresh-keeping mode is easy to enable the food material to generate ice crystals, the cell structure is damaged, the juice loss rate is high, the dry consumption and oxidation of the food material are accelerated, the nutrition loss of the food material is easy to cause when the food material is thawed, the freshness and the tenderness are reduced, and the fresh-keeping effect of the food material is poor.
Since the existing fresh-keeping technology of the refrigerator has the problems, the technical staff of the invention improves the existing fresh-keeping technology of the refrigerator.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present inventors have found that the fresh-keeping effect of the refrigerator on food materials is best when the temperature of the air in the compartment of the refrigerator is between 0 c and-4.4 c, the fluctuation temperature at each position in the compartment is not more than 1.5 c, and the uniformity of the temperature at all positions in the compartment is not more than 1 c, when the existing fresh-keeping technology of the refrigerator is improved. Especially, when the temperature of the air in the refrigerator compartment is between-1.4 ℃ and-3.4 ℃ and the fluctuation temperature at each position in the compartment is not more than 0.8 ℃, the fresh-keeping effect of the refrigerator on food materials is more remarkable.
As shown in FIG. 3, the skilled person further finds that, for the food material newly placed in the compartment, the compartment is cooled to 0 ℃ to-1 ℃ at a rate of 30 min/DEG C to 220 min/DEG C, and then cooled to-1 ℃ to-1.1 ℃ at a rate of 230 min/DEG C to 520 min/DEG C, the food material after being refrigerated for 7 days is not frozen, and the content of microorganisms is low, i.e. the fresh-keeping effect of the food material is further improved.
As shown in fig. 4, the skilled person also finds that applying a magnetic field of 2mT to 10mT to the food material prolongs the freshness time of the food material.
Based on this, the present invention provides a control method of a refrigerator and a refrigerator, and hereinafter, the control method of a refrigerator and the refrigerator of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in combination with specific embodiments.
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments of the present invention, and the some embodiments are intended to explain the technical principles of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive effort, based on the embodiments provided by the present invention, shall still fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.
It should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate directions or positional relationships, which are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected, can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can also be communicated with the inside of two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.
As shown in fig. 5, in the present invention, the refrigerator 100 includes a cabinet 110, a drawer assembly 120 that is drawable with respect to the cabinet 110, and a target compartment 130. The target compartment 130 may be defined by the housing 110 itself or by the drawer assembly 120.
A control method of a refrigerator in some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 6 to 9.
As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, a control method of a refrigerator includes:
in step S110, the current temperature of the target chamber 130 is acquired.
Alternatively, the refrigerator 100 is an air-cooled refrigerator 100, and as shown in fig. 7, the target compartment 130 is defined by a drawer assembly 120, and the drawer assembly 120 includes an outer tub 121 fixedly connected with the cabinet 110, a drawer 122 that is drawable with respect to the outer tub 121, an air inlet 123, and an air outlet 124. The cool air enters between the outer cylinder 121 and the drawer 122 through the air inlet 123, cools the drawer 122, and then flows out through the air outlet 124.
As shown in fig. 8, the refrigerator 100 further includes a plurality of temperature sensors 140 such that the refrigerator 100 acquires the current temperature of the target compartment 130 through the plurality of temperature sensors 140. Specifically, the plurality of temperature sensors 140 are distributed at the top and bottom of the target compartment 130 to detect the temperature at each location within the target compartment 130 by the plurality of temperature sensors 140.
In addition, one skilled in the art may also have a plurality of temperature sensors 140 distributed on the top, bottom and sides of the target compartment 130 as desired. Alternatively, a plurality of temperature sensors 140 are arranged within drawer 122 in any other feasible distribution.
In some embodiments of the invention, the current temperature of the target compartment 130 is obtained, including the current temperature of the target compartment 130 via the plurality of temperature sensors 140.
Alternatively, the current temperature may be an average value of the temperature values detected by all the temperature sensors 140, an average value of the temperature values detected by the temperature sensors 140 distributed at the top or bottom of the target compartment 130, or a temperature value detected by a specific temperature sensor 140.
Further, during different detection periods, a combination of different temperature sensors 140 may also be used to obtain the current temperature of the target compartment 130. For example, the current temperature of the target compartment 130 is detected by at least one temperature sensor 140 distributed at the bottom of the target compartment 130 during a stage in which the refrigerator 100 supplies air to the drawer assembly 120. At a stage when the refrigerator 100 stops supplying air to the drawer assembly 120, detecting a current temperature of the target compartment 130 by at least one temperature sensor 140 distributed at the top of the target compartment 130; alternatively, the current temperature of the target compartment 130 is determined by an average value detected by at least one temperature sensor 140 distributed at the top of the target compartment 130 and at least one temperature sensor 140 distributed at the bottom of the target compartment 130.
In step S120, in response to the current temperature being within the preset temperature range, the temperature at each position in the target compartment 130 is controlled within the preset temperature range, and the temperature fluctuation range at each position in the target compartment 130 is not greater than the first preset value, so that the uniformity of the temperature at all positions in the target compartment 130 is not greater than the second preset threshold.
Wherein, the larger the uniformity, the smaller the degree of dispersion of the temperature values between the positions in the inter-target chamber.
Specifically, the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor 140 is set within a preset temperature range, the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor 140 is set to be not greater than a first preset value, and the difference between the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor 140 and the average of the temperature values detected by all temperature sensors 140 is set to be not greater than a second preset threshold.
Wherein the preset temperature range is 0 ℃ to-4.4 ℃, preferably the preset temperature range is-1.4 ℃ to-3.4 ℃. Furthermore, the person skilled in the art can also set the preset temperature range to any other possible value range, for example 0 ℃ to-3.4 ℃, -1 ℃ to-4.4 ℃, -1.2 ℃ to-2.4 ℃, -1 ℃ to-3.2 ℃ etc., as desired.
Wherein the first preset threshold is 1.5 ℃, and further, the person skilled in the art can set the first preset threshold to any other feasible value, such as 1.0 ℃, 0.8 ℃, 0.5 ℃ and the like, according to the need.
Wherein the second preset threshold is 1 ℃. Furthermore, the person skilled in the art may also set the first preset threshold to any other feasible value, e.g. 0.9 ℃, 0.8 ℃, 0.6 ℃ etc., as desired.
Further, in order to bring the target compartment 130 to the temperature range described in step S120, the refrigerator 100 further includes a cool storage module 150 (shown in fig. 9) provided on a sidewall of the target compartment 130.
As shown in fig. 9, the top, bottom, and front sides (the side near the handle of the drawer 122) of the drawer 122 are provided with the cool storage module 150 so that the cool storage module 150 can slowly and uniformly discharge the cool to the target compartment 130. Alternatively, as required, the cold storage modules 150 may be disposed in the upper and lower, front and rear, and left and right directions of the drawer 122, so that the target compartment 130 in the drawer 122 may be uniformly cooled by the cold storage modules 150 at six sides of the drawer 122, thereby avoiding the food material in the target compartment 130 from being partially supercooled and frozen.
Alternatively, other cold storage modules 150 are provided on the outer tub 121 except that the cold storage module 150 on the front side of the drawer 122 is provided on the drawer 122.
Further, a person skilled in the art may further arrange a heat-conducting plate at the bottom side of the drawer 122 as required, so that the cold energy is absorbed by the heat-conducting plate first, and then is uniformly released into the drawer 122 through the heat-conducting plate, so as to uniformly cool the food material in the target compartment 130.
Based on the foregoing, it can be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in some embodiments of the present invention, by controlling the temperature at each location within the target compartment 130 to be within 0 ℃ to-4.4 ℃ and making the temperature fluctuation range at each location within the target compartment 130 not greater than 1.5 ℃, the uniformity at all locations within the target compartment 130 is not greater than 1 ℃, so that the temperatures at each location within the target compartment 130 are relatively low and nearly equal, thereby enabling the refrigerator 100 to uniformly cool the food within the target compartment 130, avoiding freezing of the food due to excessively low local temperatures.
A control method of a refrigerator in further embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 10.
As shown in fig. 10, in comparison with some embodiments described previously, in still other embodiments of the present invention, between step S110 and step S120, the control method of the refrigerator further includes:
in step S210, in response to the current temperature being greater than the first temperature, the target compartment 130 is cooled at a first rate to cool to the first temperature.
Wherein the value of the first temperature ranges from-1.0 to 1.0 ℃. Specifically, the first temperature may be-1.0 ℃, -0.5 ℃, 0 ℃, 0.5 ℃, 1.0 ℃, etc.
Wherein the first rate has a value in a range of 30 min/. Degree.C.to 220 min/. Degree.C.e., 30 min/. Degree.C.45 min/. Degree.C.80 min/. Degree.C.150 min/. Degree.C.180 min/. Degree.C.200 min/. Degree.C.220 min/. Degree.etc.
In response to the current temperature being not greater than the first temperature and greater than the second temperature, the target compartment 130 is cooled at a second rate to cool to the second temperature S220.
Wherein the second rate is less than the first rate and the second rate has a value ranging from 230min/°c to 520min/°c, e.g., 230min/°c, 250min/°c, 300min/°c, 320min/°c, 400min/°c, 500min/°c, 520min/°c, and the like.
Wherein the second temperature is less than the first temperature, and the value of the second temperature ranges from-1.0 ℃ to-2.0 ℃. In particular, the second temperature may be-1.0 ℃, -1.5 ℃, 1.8 ℃, -2.0 ℃ and the like.
It can be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in still other embodiments of the present invention, by rapidly cooling the target compartment 130 to the first temperature at the first rate, then slowly cooling to the second temperature at the second rate, and finally floating the temperature in the target compartment 130 within the predetermined temperature range, the effects of food preservation are avoided when the food is slowly cooled, and freezing occurs when the temperature is too fast. Therefore, further embodiments of the invention overcome the adverse effect on the fresh-keeping effect of the food material in the cooling stage of the food material, and improve the fresh-keeping effect of the food material.
Further embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to fig. 11.
In other embodiments of the present invention, the refrigerator 100 further includes a magnetic field generating module that generates a magnetic field capable of covering various positions of the target compartment 130, as compared to any of the embodiments described above.
Further, the control method of the refrigerator further includes the steps of: the magnetic field module 160 is caused to provide a magnetic field having a magnetic field strength of 2mT to 10mT to the target compartment 130.
The magnetic field strength provided by the magnetic field module 160 to the target compartment 130 may be any feasible value, such as 2mT, 3mT, 3.4mT, 5mT, 8mT, 10mT, etc.
In other embodiments of the present invention, the magnetic field provided by the magnetic field module 160 to the target compartment 130 may be a magnetic field having a constant magnetic field strength or a magnetic field having a varying magnetic field strength.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, since the response speed of the magnetic field is much faster than the response speed of the temperature change, and the magnetic field has a fresh-keeping effect on the food, in order to optimize the fresh-keeping effect of the food, when the magnetic field module 160 provides the target compartment 130 with a magnetic field having a varying magnetic field strength, the magnetic field strength increases with an increase in the temperature of the target compartment 130, and decreases with a decrease in the temperature of the target compartment 130. So that the refrigerator 100 can have a good fresh-keeping effect and also reduce the energy consumption of the refrigerator 100.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in other embodiments of the present invention, the magnetic field module 160 provides the magnetic field with the magnetic field strength of 2mT to 10mT to the target compartment 130, so that the refrigerator 100 can keep food fresh under the dual actions of the magnetic field and the low temperature, thereby prolonging the fresh time of the food.
Further embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to fig. 12-16.
In still other embodiments of the present invention, as compared with any of the previous embodiments, the control method of the refrigerator further includes, prior to step S110: it is detected whether or not food is placed in the target compartment 130.
And, step S110 specifically includes: in response to the food material being placed in the target compartment 130, a current temperature of the target compartment 130 is obtained.
In still other embodiments of the present invention, any feasible manner may be used to detect whether food material is placed in the target compartment 130, and the manner in which whether food material is placed in the target compartment 130 will be described below by way of example.
As example one:
as shown in fig. 13, the drawer assembly 120 further includes an infrared emission module 1251 and an infrared receiving module 1252, the infrared emission module 1251 and the infrared receiving module 1252 being disposed opposite each other on both sides of the drawer 122. After food is placed in the drawer 122, the food may affect the infrared signal received by the infrared receiving module 1252, so that the intensity of the infrared signal received by the infrared receiving module 1252 is weakened. Therefore, when the refrigerator 100 detects that the intensity of the infrared signal received by the external receiving module is weakened, it can be determined that the food material is placed in the target compartment 130.
As example two:
as shown in fig. 14, the drawer assembly 120 further includes a load cell 126 disposed between the outer tub 121 and the drawer 122, the load cell 126 being configured to detect the weight of the drawer 122 such that the refrigerator 100 determines whether food material is placed in the target compartment 130 by the weight weighed by the load cell 126.
As an example three:
as shown in fig. 15 and 16, the drawer assembly 120 further includes a first rail 127, a second rail 128, and a pressure sensor 129. The front portion of the outer cylinder 121 is provided with a slide rail stopper 1211, and the slide rail stopper 1211 may be any feasible structure, such as a bump protruding from the surface of the outer cylinder 121, a stopper or a column fixedly connected to the outer cylinder 121. The rear portion of the first slide rail 127 is pivotally connected to the rear portion of the outer cylinder 121, and the front portion of the first slide rail 127 is located on the upper side of the slide rail stopper 1211. The second slide rail 128 is provided on the outer cylinder 121 and is slidably connected to the first slide rail 127. The pressure sensor 129 is provided on the slide rail stopper 1211, and the pressure sensor 129 can abut against the front portion of the first slide rail 127.
Fig. 15 shows a schematic view in which the second slide rail 128 abuts against the pressure sensor 129 when the drawer 122 is in the inserted state. In this state, the pressure sensor 129 receives the pressure of the drawer 122. Fig. 16 shows a schematic view in which the second slide 128 is separated from the pressure sensor 129 when the drawer 122 is in the drawn-out state. At this time, the pressure sensor 129 is not affected by the pressure of the drawer 122.
In this example, detecting whether food material is placed in the target compartment 130 includes:
in step S310, whether the value detected by the pressure sensor 129 is dynamically changed is detected to determine whether the drawer 122 is drawn out by the user.
In step S320, if yes, the current value detected by the pressure sensor 129 is compared with the value before dynamic change to determine whether food is placed in the drawer 122.
In step S330, if the current value is greater than the value before dynamic change, it is determined that food is placed in the target compartment 130.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, in this example, by providing the pressure sensor 129 at the rail stop 1211 on the front of the outer barrel 121 and pivotally connecting the rear of the first rail 127 to the rear of the outer barrel 121, the front of the first rail 127 can selectively abut the pressure sensor 129 and thus allow the drawer 122 to exert a certain pressure on the pressure sensor 129 whether the center of gravity is located at the front, middle or rear thereof, thereby ensuring the reliability of the pressure sensor 129 in detecting weight changes of food materials within the drawer 122. Further, it is determined whether the drawer 122 is drawn out by the user by detecting whether the value detected by the pressure sensor 129 is dynamically changed; and when the value detected by the pressure sensor 129 is determined to be dynamically changed, the current value detected by the pressure sensor 129 is compared with the value before dynamic change to determine whether food is put into the drawer 122, so that the reliability of the pressure sensor 129 on the weight detection of the drawer 122 is ensured.
In this example, compared to example one, example three avoids a smaller volume of food material, and when the infrared receiving module 1252 receives an infrared signal without affecting it, the infrared receiving module 1252 cannot detect that food material is placed in the drawer 122.
In this example, compared to example two, example three avoids the inability to trigger the detection function of load cell 126 when the food material is biased.
As shown in fig. 17, the refrigerator 100 of the present invention further includes a control module 170, the control module 170 including a processor 171, a memory 172, and execution instructions stored on the memory 172, the execution instructions being configured to enable the refrigerator 100 to perform the control method described in any of the previous embodiments when executed by the processor 172.
Thus far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in connection with the foregoing embodiments, but it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is not limited to only these specific embodiments. The technical solutions in the above embodiments can be split and combined by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical principles of the present invention, and equivalent changes or substitutions can be made to related technical features, so any changes, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the technical principles and/or technical concepts of the present invention will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A control method of a refrigerator includes a target compartment for storing food materials; the control method comprises the following steps:
acquiring the current temperature of the target compartment;
and controlling the temperature of each position in the target room within a preset temperature range in response to the current temperature within the preset temperature range, and enabling the temperature fluctuation range of each position in the target room to be not more than a first preset value, so that the uniformity of all positions in the target room is not more than a second preset threshold.
2. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein,
the refrigerator comprises a plurality of temperature sensors, wherein the temperature sensors are distributed at the top and the bottom of the target compartment, so that the temperature of each position in the target compartment is detected by the temperature sensors;
controlling the temperature of each position in the target room within a preset temperature range in response to the current temperature being within the preset temperature range, and enabling the temperature fluctuation range of each position in the target room to be not more than a first preset value, enabling the uniformity of all positions in the target room to be not more than a second preset threshold value, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
enabling the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor to be within the preset temperature range;
making the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor not larger than a first preset value;
and enabling the difference value between the temperature value detected by each temperature sensor and the average of all the temperature values detected by the temperature sensors to be not larger than a second preset threshold value.
3. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein,
the refrigerator includes a cool storage module and/or a heat conductive tray disposed on a sidewall of the target compartment.
4. The control method of a refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein,
the preset temperature range is 0 ℃ to-4.4 ℃; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
the first preset threshold is 1.5 ℃; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
the second preset threshold is 1 ℃.
5. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein,
the control method further includes:
in response to the current temperature being greater than a first temperature, cooling the target compartment at a first rate to cool to the first temperature;
in response to the current temperature not being greater than the first temperature and greater than a second temperature, the target compartment is cooled at a second rate to cool to the second temperature, the second rate being less than the first rate.
6. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein,
the value range of the first temperature is-1.0 ℃ to 1.0 ℃; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
the value range of the second temperature is-1.0 ℃ to-2.0 ℃; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
the value range of the first speed is 30 min/DEG C to 220 min/DEG C; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
the value range of the second speed is 230 min/DEG C to 520 min/DEG C.
7. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein,
the refrigerator further comprises a magnetic field generating module, wherein the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating module can cover all positions of the target compartment;
the control method further includes:
the magnetic field module is enabled to provide a magnetic field with a magnetic field strength of 2mT to 10mT for the target compartment.
8. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein,
the control method further includes, prior to acquiring the current temperature of the target compartment: detecting whether food materials are placed in the target compartment or not;
the acquiring the current temperature of the target chamber comprises: and responding to the food material placed in the target compartment, and acquiring the current temperature of the target compartment.
9. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein,
the refrigerator includes a drawer assembly including:
the front part of the outer cylinder is provided with a sliding rail limiting structure;
a drawer drawably mounted within the outer barrel, the drawer defining the target compartment;
the rear part of the first sliding rail is pivotally connected with the rear part of the outer barrel, and the front part of the first sliding rail is positioned on the upper side of the sliding rail limiting structure;
the second sliding rail is arranged on the outer cylinder and is in sliding connection with the first sliding rail;
a pressure sensor which is provided on the slide rail limiting structure and can be abutted with the front part of the first slide rail;
the detecting whether food material is put into the target compartment comprises:
detecting whether the numerical value detected by the pressure sensor is dynamically changed;
if yes, comparing the current value detected by the pressure sensor with the value before dynamic change;
and if the current value is larger than the value before dynamic change, judging that food is put into the target compartment.
10. A refrigerator, comprising:
a target compartment for storing food materials;
a plurality of temperature sensors distributed at the top and bottom of the target compartment;
a control module comprising a processor, a memory and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being arranged, when executed by the processor, to enable the refrigerator to perform the control method of any one of claims 1 to 6.
11. A refrigerator, comprising:
a target compartment for storing food materials;
a magnetic field generation module that generates a magnetic field capable of covering respective positions of the target compartment;
a control module comprising a processor, a memory, and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the refrigerator to perform the control method of claim 7.
12. A refrigerator, comprising:
the drawer assembly comprises an outer barrel, a drawer, a first sliding rail, a second sliding rail and a pressure sensor, and a sliding rail limiting structure is arranged at the front part of the outer barrel; the drawer is drawably mounted in the outer barrel and defines a target compartment; the rear part of the first sliding rail is pivotally connected with the rear part of the outer barrel, and the front part of the first sliding rail is positioned on the upper side of the sliding rail limiting structure; the second sliding rail is arranged on the outer barrel and is in sliding connection with the first sliding rail; the pressure sensor is arranged on the sliding rail limiting structure and can be abutted with the front part of the first sliding rail;
a control module comprising a processor, a memory and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being arranged, when executed by the processor, to cause the refrigerator to perform the control method of claim 8 or 9.
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