CN1186939A - Refrigerator capable of displaying status - Google Patents
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A refrigerator having a function to indicate information such as a temperature of cooling chamber when a supplying of power source is restarted after the supplying of power source for the refrigerator is interrupted due to a power failure or the like. A refrigerator is comprised of a memory for storing a predetermined information; a speaker for expressing information stored in the memory in voice; a micro-computer for controlling the speaker; and an operating section for operating the micro-computer. Within the memory is stored information concerning a state of the refrigerator at the time in which a power source is supplied again after the supplying of power source is interrupted. This information includes the fact of re-supplying of power source, a temperature in the refrigerator at the time of re-supplying the power source and a time for which the interruption of the supplying of power source has continued.
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Refrigerator
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, relate in particular to a kind of refrigerator that when outage is switched on later again, can show its running status.
Refrigerator comprises food compartment and the refrigerating chamber (back is referred to as cooling chamber) that is used for respectively storing with cooling food.In order to keep the low-temperature condition in the cooling chamber, refrigerator requires power supply continuously.
So when owing to having a power failure or other reason when stopping power supply, the temperature in the cooling chamber rises rapidly.The temperature of cooling chamber raises and causes the decline of fresh-keeping degree, and particularly when stopping electricity for a long time, the food in the cooling chamber will go bad.When powering again in this case, the food in the cooling chamber can obtain cooling or freezing once more, so the user is difficult to determine its freshness according to the outward appearance of food.
Yet in traditional refrigerator, also do not have a kind of user's of prompting power supply, a kind of function that the power failure phenomenon once took place of informing is perhaps only arranged because of the function that has a power failure or other reason had disconnected.So if powering-off state took place, then the user can not obtain relevant temperature rising what and the authentic communication how long of cutting off the power supply altogether, therefore, the user can judge the freshness of the product of suffering from indigestion in the refrigerator mistakenly.
The present invention is intended to overcome the problems referred to above of prior art, a kind ofly has when because of having a power failure or other any reason can be informed the refrigerator of the function of information such as relevant cooling chamber temperature when powering again after causing power supply to stop to the user so the object of the present invention is to provide.
To achieve these goals, the invention provides a kind of refrigerator, it comprises: a controller; A temperature sensor that is used to detect the cooling chamber temperature; Memory by described controller control, after outage finishes, the relevant status information of described memory storage, this information comprises the temperature information by the detected cooling chamber of described temperature sensor; And the display by the control of described controller, described display shows and the situation of cutting off the power supply took place and be stored in information in the described memory.
Thereby this refrigerator preferably also comprises an operating parts by externally operating to make the operation of described controller be shown situation and information by described display.
This information also comprise from concluding time to the time that shows information that outage finishes total time of process.
In addition, refrigerator of the present invention also comprises a device that is used to detect the outage time of origin; Wherein this information comprises time of origin and the concluding time institute's elapsed time that finishes to outage from time of origin.Therefore, the user can know the freshness of food more definitely according to the temperature of continuous power-off time and refrigerator.
Described display preferably includes: a sound chip that information is become voice signal; The amplifier that the voice signal that described sound chip is sent amplifies; And the loudspeaker that the voice signal that described amplifier is amplified is exported, this information is just shown with sound like this.So this information can show with sound.
By detailed description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention will be more be expressly understood, and various purpose of the present invention and advantage can be fully demonstrated, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of refrigerator of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the front view of Fig. 1, the state when its expression refrigerator doors is opened;
Fig. 3 is the block diagram that is used to show the device that turn-offs the telecommunications breath of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the flow chart of device operating procedure shown in Figure 3; With
Fig. 5 is the storage map of sound chip.
Describe the present invention in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of refrigerator of the present invention and the front view that Fig. 2 is Fig. 1, the state when its expression refrigerator doors is opened.Refrigerator has: a body 1 that constitutes the refrigerator profile; Be formed at a refrigerating chamber 2 and a refrigerating chamber 3 in the body 1; And the door 4 and 5 that is used for opening respectively, closing refrigerating chamber 2 and refrigerating chamber 3.
Be respectively arranged with the temperature sensor 12 and 14 that is used to detect refrigerating chamber 2 and refrigerating chamber 3 temperature in refrigerating chamber 2 and the refrigerating chamber 3.On the door 4 of refrigerating chamber 2, the guidance panel 15 that has a display and an operating parts on it is set.This display comprises: a light emitting diode (LED) 29 that is used to show relevant this situation that took place to cut off the power supply; With a loudspeaker 26, when outage finished and switches on once more, this loudspeaker showed the information of closing the refrigerator state with sound to the outside.This operating parts comprises a press button 17, and the user controls display by operating this operating parts.
Fig. 3 is the block diagram that is used to show the device that turn-offs the telecommunications breath of the present invention.This device comprises: temperature sensor 12 and 14; And a microcomputer 20, the signal that operating parts 16 sends flows to this microcomputer.In the microcomputer 20 memory is housed, is stored in this memory by temperature sensor 12 and 14 detected temperature respectively.The output signal of microcomputer 20 is input in the display 28.Display 28 comprises: a sound chip 22; 24, one loudspeakers 26 of an amplifier and a LED29.Therefore, display 28 is subjected to the control of microcomputer 20.In addition, microcomputer 20 also links to each other with reset circuit 10.
Fig. 4 is that the control that utilizes device with this structure to carry out is handled.
When refrigerator was powered again after outage, reset circuit 10 sent reset signal to microcomputer 20.Owing to imported reset signal, microcomputer 20 is carried out initialization procedure at S30, and this process is to operate the needed process of the program of finishing journey.After the initialization procedure, in S32, this situation took place to cut off the power supply by making 29 luminous the demonstrations to the user of LED in the display 29 in microcomputer 20.
When LED 29 was luminous, microcomputer 20 was read temperature in refrigerating chamber 2 and the refrigerating chamber 3 by temperature sensor 12 and 14, and reads the current time from the real-time clock of being adorned.The information that microcomputer 20 is read is stored in the memory of microcomputer 20 when S34.
When this information storage finished, microcomputer 20 calculated from restarting the back elapsed time of powering at S36.Time difference between time when utilizing the current time that real-time clock reads and being stored in the beginning of power supply again in the memory calculates the total time of process.Continuously calculate elapsed time, until the user at S38 with the press button on the operating parts 16 17 by till " ON (connection) ".
When the user pressed the button switch 17, microcomputer 20 was exported the information that is stored in the memory at S40.This information comprises when restarting to power that the temperature in the refrigerating chamber 2 and refrigerating chamber 3 and press button 17 are by to " ON " total time of process before.The output of microcomputer 20 is imported into again in the sound chip 22.
When finishing the sound demonstration, microcomputer 20 extinguishes LED 29 at S42.Microcomputer 20 calculates the total time of process once more, and till the user pressed " ON " with press button 17, when press button 17 was pressed " ON " once more, the information that stores in the memory showed with sound again.
Fig. 5 is the storage map of sound chip.In sound chip 22 storage be used for 1 to 50 numerical value, hour, minute, the number of degrees of temperature etc. are transformed into the data of sound from initial address.Sound chip 22 is extracted the data of being stored in the appropriate address according to the control signal of microcomputer 20, and therefrom produces voice signal.For example, use the information of 50 ℃ of voice outputs if desired, then sound chip 22 is extracted the data of being deposited in the address 49 and 52, uses one hour information of voice output if desired, then extracts the data of being deposited in address 00 and 50.Again the data of extracting are become voice signal.
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, when causing power failure owing to power interruptions or other reason, the user can determine to take place to have a power failure this situation, and determines the information of the temperature in the relevant current refrigerator.
In the above-described embodiments, the microcomputer 20 in the described example is moving after the power supply again, but takes place time that has a power failure and the duration that continues to have a power failure by disposing a servicing unit that is used to detect the time point that takes place to have a power failure, just can demonstrating.In other words, even have a power failure, by using a reserve battery, microcomputer 20 also can continuous service.After this microcomputer 20 is read the time that power failure takes place from real-time clock, and this time is stored in the memory.In addition, according to the time difference between the power-on time of time that take place to have a power failure and power supply again, microcomputer 20 calculates and continues power off time, utilizes the voice output should the time according to user's operation then.So the user determines duration of having a power failure according to the time that take place to have a power failure, and, know the freshness of food definitely according to the duration according to the temperature of refrigerator.
Although described the present invention in detail, obviously the present invention just example by as an illustration be described, the present invention is not limited thereto, the spirit and scope of the present invention are only defined by the appended claims.
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1. a refrigerator comprises:
A controller;
A temperature sensor is used to detect the cooling chamber temperature;
A memory, it is controlled by described controller, after outage finishes, the relevant status information of described memory storage, described information comprises the temperature information by the detected cooling chamber of described temperature sensor; And
A display, it is controlled by described controller, and described display shows and the situation of cutting off the power supply took place and be stored in information in the described memory.
2. refrigerator according to claim 1 further comprises:
An operating parts is used for making described controller operation by externally operating, thereby shows situation and information by described display.
3. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said information comprise from concluding time to the time that shows information that outage finishes total time of process.
4. refrigerator according to claim 1 further comprises: one is used to detect the device that power-off time takes place; Wherein
Described information comprises time of origin and the concluding time institute's elapsed time that finishes to outage from time of origin.
5. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said display comprises:
A sound chip is used for information is become voice signal;
An amplifier is used for the voice signal that described sound chip is sent is amplified; And
A loudspeaker, the voice signal that is used for described amplifier is amplified is exported, thereby information is shown with sound.
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