CN211120193U - Refrigerator with a door - Google Patents

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CN211120193U
CN211120193U CN201921595632.1U CN201921595632U CN211120193U CN 211120193 U CN211120193 U CN 211120193U CN 201921595632 U CN201921595632 U CN 201921595632U CN 211120193 U CN211120193 U CN 211120193U
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侯建国
李涛
苏翔飞
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Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd
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The utility model provides a refrigerator, include: the box body defines a storage chamber; the inner door body is arranged on the front side of the box body; the storage boxes are vertically distributed on the inner door body and are positioned on one side facing the storage chamber; the virtual projection module is arranged at the bottom of a specified storage box in the storage boxes and is configured to project a virtual control panel to a preset area below the specified storage box. The utility model provides a refrigerator through with the virtual projection module at the virtual control panel of the regional projection of presetting of the door body, the inside functional display of refrigerator and the control of being convenient for are adjusted. And the virtual control panel can be projected under the condition that the user opens the outer door body, so that the user can display or set the operation parameters, the function modes or other information of the refrigerator based on the virtual control panel under the condition that the user does not need to open the inner door body, and the frequency of opening and closing the inner door body by the user is reduced.

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Refrigerator with a door
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a refrigerator technical field especially relates to a refrigerator with inside projection function.
Background
At present, a touch panel or different operation buttons are arranged on the outer side of a refrigerator door body or other refrigerator bodies to control the operation parameters of the refrigerator and the like, and the touch panel or the different operation buttons are mostly displayed on a display panel carrying L ED lamps, so that the touch panel is simple in structure and single in function, the projection technology is fully utilized on the refrigerator along with the continuous updating and iteration of the refrigerator structure, external projection is mostly adopted in the traditional scheme, the touch panel is projected outside the refrigerator, partial functions of a user are limited when the user opens the refrigerator, and the cost and difficulty of the user for acquiring touch information by using a camera are higher.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a refrigerator with inside projection function.
The utility model discloses a virtual control panel that can supply the user to operate also can be thrown when the outer door body is opened to another purpose.
Particularly, the utility model provides a refrigerator, include:
the box body defines a storage chamber;
the inner door body is arranged on the front side of the box body;
the storage boxes are vertically distributed on the inner door body and are positioned on one side facing the storage chamber;
the virtual projection module is arranged at the bottom of a specified storage box in the storage boxes and is configured to project a virtual control panel to a preset area below the specified storage box.
Optionally, the designated storage box is any storage box except the lowermost storage box in the plurality of storage boxes.
Optionally, the predetermined area is located in an area of the storage area adjacent to and below the designated storage box.
Optionally, the virtual projection module comprises:
the laser projection assembly is configured to project a virtual control panel to a preset area on the inner door body;
and the infrared sensing assembly is configured to detect and identify the operation of the user on the virtual control panel in the preset area.
Optionally, the virtual projection module further includes:
the mounting box is limited to accept the chamber for accept laser projection subassembly and infrared induction component.
Optionally, the bottom of the designated storage box is provided with a containing part;
the mounting box is accommodated in the accommodating part.
Optionally, the bottom surface of the mounting box is arranged in parallel with the bottom surface of the designated storage box
Optionally, the method further comprises:
and the outer door body is arranged on the front side of the inner door body to form a double-layer door body with the inner door body.
Alternatively, the storage compartment is a refrigerating compartment, and the double-door body is configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
the door body sensing device is in communication connection with the virtual projection device and is configured to detect door opening events of the inner door body and/or the outer door body and generate door opening signals; and is
The virtual projection module is in communication connection with the door sensing device and is further configured to be started after acquiring a door opening signal, and project a virtual control panel to a preset area below the appointed storage box.
The utility model provides a refrigerator, through the bottom of appointing the storing box with virtual projection module setting on the door body, and then utilize the virtual control panel of storing box projection of virtual projection module on the door body of refrigerator, be convenient for through the virtual control panel to the inside function display of refrigerator, make things convenient for the refrigerator user to carry out different operations simultaneously, satisfy user's user demand, improve user experience.
Additionally, the utility model provides a virtual control panel also can be thrown to the refrigerator under the condition that the user opened the outer door body to the user shows or sets for based on virtual control panel to running parameter, functional mode or other information of refrigerator under the condition that need not to open the inner door body, thereby has reduced the frequency of the inner door body of user's switch, reduces the inside and outside heat exchange of refrigerator, promotes user experience.
The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Some specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail hereinafter, by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements or components. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of an outer door body according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual projection module according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of relative positions of the preset area, the projection plane and the detection plane according to the embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as can be seen from fig. 1, the refrigerator 100 provided in this embodiment may include: the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator 110, an inner door body 120, a plurality of storage boxes 130 and a virtual projection module 140. The refrigerator 110 defines a storage compartment 111; an inner door 120 disposed at a front side of the refrigerator 110; the storage boxes 130 are vertically distributed on the inner door body 120 and are positioned on one side facing the storage compartment 111; the virtual projection module 140 is disposed at a bottom of a specific storage box among the plurality of storage boxes 130, and configured to project a virtual control panel to a predetermined area below the specific storage box.
The refrigerator 100 that this embodiment provided, through the bottom of appointing the storing box on door body 120 including setting up virtual projection module 140, and then utilize the virtual control panel of virtual projection module 140 storing box 130 projection on the interior door body 120 of refrigerator 100, be convenient for show refrigerator 100 internal function through virtual control panel, make things convenient for the refrigerator 100 user to carry out different operations simultaneously, satisfy user's user demand, improve user experience.
The virtual control panel projected by the virtual projection module 140 may be an operation control panel (e.g., a virtual touch panel) for selecting relevant information such as the type of articles to be placed from the operation parameters, such as the operation mode and the operation temperature, inside the refrigerator 100 by a user, or an information display panel (e.g., preset image information) for displaying information such as designated images, pictures, article storage knowledge, and the like. In addition, can also have a plurality of touch-control buttons among the virtual control panel to the regulation and control demand to the operation scene of refrigerator 100 difference and show the demand and set up, or other regulation and control functions to parameters such as refrigerator 100 operational mode or function, the utility model discloses do not restrict.
In this embodiment, the storage boxes 130 disposed on the inner door 120 may be a plurality of storage boxes, and the designated storage box provided with the virtual projection module 140 may be any storage box except for the lowermost storage box among the plurality of storage boxes 130. In addition, the virtual projection module 140 disposed on the designated storage box projects a predetermined region of the virtual control panel, which may be located in a storage region of the bottom surface of the storage box adjacent to the designated storage box and located below the designated storage box.
Referring to fig. 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, the number of the storage boxes 130 arranged on the inner door 120 is three, and the storage boxes 131, 132 and 133 are respectively arranged along the vertical direction. Wherein, preferentially regard as the appointed storing box that sets up virtual projection module 140 with storing box 131 that is located the top, when virtual projection module 140 carries out the projection, can carry out the projection to the storing area that is located storing box 132 in the middle of being located, for example to the inlayer diapire projection virtual control panel of storing box 132 in the middle of being located for the user operates virtual control panel.
As shown in fig. 3, the virtual projection module 140 may include: a laser projection assembly 141 and an infrared sensing assembly 142. The laser projection assembly 141 may be configured to project a virtual control panel to a preset area on the inner door 120. The infrared sensing component 142 may be configured to detect and identify the operation of the virtual control panel by the user in the predetermined area. In addition, the virtual projection module 140 may further include a mounting box 143 defining a receiving cavity 144 for receiving the laser projection assembly 141 and the infrared sensing assembly 142.
The mounting box 143 may be disposed at a middle position of the bottom of the designated storage box, and a distance from the front end of the designated storage box is within a preset distance range. In this embodiment, can put each subassembly set together in the virtual projection module 140 through the mounting box 143, the position of each subassembly is rationally arranged, can reduce the shared space of virtual projection module 140 in storing box 130 by a wide margin. In this embodiment, the virtual projection module 140 is disposed at the bottom of the designated storage box, so that the virtual projection module vertically projects the virtual control panel. The distance between the mounting box 143 and the front end of the designated storage box is within a preset distance range, and the preset distance range can be further adjusted according to the size of the designated storage box, so that the projection distance is shortest, the projection angle is best, and the shielding effect is small.
For example, assuming that the storage box 130 has a length of L (cm) and a width of W (cm), the center of the mounting box 143 is located at L/2, which provides a better projection position, and the projection shape is not deformed, and considering the influence of the spacer rack articles on the projection, the distance M (cm) from the front end of the designated storage box (specifically, the outer edge of the bottom plate of the designated storage box) is set, where M < W/2.
As shown in fig. 1-3, the preset region of the virtual projection module 140 projecting the virtual control panel is located in the storage region adjacent to the designated storage box and located on the bottom surface of the storage box below the designated storage box; the laser projection component 141 and the infrared sensing component 142 respectively form a projection surface and a detection surface in a preset area, and the projection surface and the detection surface are at least partially overlapped; the laser projection unit 141 is further configured to project a virtual control panel on an overlapping area of the projection plane and the detection plane.
As shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the predetermined area is area 1, the projection plane of the laser projection assembly 141 is area 2, and the detection plane of the IR sensor set is area 3, wherein areas 2 and 3 are both part of area 1, and areas 2 and 3 have an overlapping area, i.e., area 4. the virtual control panel projected by the laser projection assembly 141 is located in area 4. it is assumed that the laser projection assembly 141 projects a length L perpendicularly1(cm) width W1(cm) virtual control panel, then, L1Less than the distance between two storage boxes 130, i.e. L1Less than the distance between the bottom of the designated storage box and the inner bottom wall of the storage box below the designated storage box, W1Is smaller than the width of the storage area at the bottom of the storage box below the designated storage box.
Referring to fig. 3, the embodiment of the present invention provides a set up laser projection subassembly 141 and infrared induction subassembly 142 in mounting box 143 side by side, when specifically setting up, can control laser projection subassembly 141 and infrared induction subassembly 142 between the interval be less than the certain distance, can make laser projection subassembly 141's plane of projection and infrared induction subassembly 142's the furthest's of detection overlap, virtual control panel falls into the overlap region of plane of projection and detection, can realize the projected while, effectively detect the operation of user to virtual control panel through infrared induction subassembly 142.
Alternatively, the bottom of a given storage box may be provided with a receiving portion (not shown in the figures), such as a groove; the mounting box 143 is accommodated in the accommodating portion. The mounting box 143 may be vertically installed at the bottom of the designated storage box such that the bottom surface of the mounting box 143 is disposed in parallel with the bottom surface of the designated storage box. In practical application, can also be the slope setting, inclination can be less than certain contained angle, and this contained angle can set up according to the actual demand, the utility model discloses do not injectd. That is, in the embodiment, a groove process may be adopted at the bottom of the designated storage box, and the mounting box 143 may be disposed in a recessed groove at the bottom of the designated storage box in an embedded manner, so as to further reduce the occupied space of the virtual projection apparatus, so that the mounting box 143 is more easily integrated at the bottom of the designated storage box.
Assuming that the projection ratio of the virtual projection module 140 is α, if an image with a projection width W is desired, the height of the virtual projection module 140 from the preset area for projection is H, and the height H satisfies the formula H- α W, where H should be within the allowable range of the refrigerator, i.e., should be smaller than the maximum distance between the two storage boxes 130.
As shown in fig. 3, the virtual projection module 140 may further include a processor 145, which is in communication connection with the laser projection module 141 and the infrared sensing module 142, and further identifies an operation performed by the user on the virtual control panel according to a detection result of the infrared sensing module 142, and generates an operation instruction corresponding to the operation, which is provided to the main control panel of the refrigerator 100, so that the main control panel responds to the operation instruction. The processor 145 in this embodiment is mainly used as a core data processing component of the virtual projection module 140, and is in communication connection with the laser projection module 141 and the infrared sensing module 142 to control the laser projection module 141 to project and control the infrared sensing module 142 to detect, and determine whether the virtual control panel is operated by a user according to data detected by the infrared sensing module 142, and further send a corresponding operation instruction to the main control board of the refrigerator 100.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the laser projection assembly 141 may be configured to emit an infrared signal while projecting the virtual control panel; and the infrared sensing assembly 142 may be configured to detect the user's operation in the predetermined area based on the infrared signal. Specifically, the laser projection assembly 141 in the present embodiment may be a laser projection assembly 141 composed of RGB three-color laser emitters, which emits imaging laser and projects a virtual control panel in a preset area. In this embodiment, the laser projection component 141 can also emit an infrared signal during the process of projecting the virtual control panel to the preset area, and assuming that the user touches the virtual control panel, the infrared sensing component 142 can detect the reflected signal of the signal, and then capture the relevant operation of the user in the preset area, and then determine the specific operation of the user by detecting the position of the finger of the user or the intensity of the reflected signal after the finger reflects the infrared signal.
In another optional embodiment of the present invention, the laser projection assembly 141 may be further configured to project a virtual control panel to a preset area, which may be a separately provided laser projection module; the infrared sensing assembly 142 may be configured to emit an infrared signal to the predetermined area and detect a user's operation in the predetermined area based on the infrared signal. In this embodiment, the infrared sensing component 142 is used to send and receive infrared signals, and cooperates with the laser projection component 141 to detect the operation of the user in the preset area, so as to recognize the operation of the user on the virtual control panel through the processor 145, and generate a corresponding operation instruction for the main control panel of the refrigerator 100 to respond. In this embodiment, an infrared emitting module and an infrared receiving module are separately disposed in the infrared sensing assembly 142 to achieve the functions of emitting and receiving infrared signals.
As can be seen from fig. 1, the refrigerator 100 provided in this embodiment may further include an outer door 150 disposed at a front side of the inner door 120 to form a double-layer door with the inner door 120. The outer door 150 may be sized to be as large as the inner door 120 or smaller than the inner door 120, and is preferably a transparent door. Alternatively, the storage compartment 111 is a refrigerating compartment, and the double door is configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment. The outer door 150 and the inner door 120 may both open and close the refrigerating compartment independently, or may be used as a double door body to open and close the refrigerating compartment simultaneously, and the double door body formed by the outer door 150 and the inner door 120 may also be referred to as a door in the art.
In this embodiment, because the virtual projection module 140 is disposed at the bottom of the designated storage box on the inner door 120, and the projection area of the virtual projection module 140 is located in the storage area of the storage box below the designated storage box, when the user opens the outer door 150, the virtual projection module 140 can be controlled to project the virtual control panel, so that the user can display or set the operation parameters, the function mode, or other information of the refrigerator based on the virtual control panel without opening the inner door 120, thereby reducing the frequency of opening and closing the inner door 120 by the user, reducing the heat exchange between the inside and the outside of the refrigerator 100, and improving the user experience.
In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator 100 may further include a door sensing device (not shown in the drawings) configured to detect a door opening event of the inner door 120 and/or the outer door 150 and generate a door opening signal; and the virtual projection module 140 is further configured to be activated after acquiring the door opening signal, and project a virtual control panel to a preset area below the designated storage box. In this embodiment, by providing the door sensing device, the door opening signal is generated when the door opening of the refrigerator 100 is detected, so that the virtual control panel is projected when the projection assembly acquires the door opening signal, and when the inner door 120 and/or the outer door 150 of the refrigerator 100 is closed, the projection of the virtual control panel to the preset area can be automatically stopped, so as to further reduce energy consumption and save energy.
In practical application, the door sensing device can detect the door opening events of the inner door 120 and the outer door 150, and the door opening signal can be generated as long as one of the doors is opened. Of course, among the practical application, can also only detect the incident of opening a door of outer door body 150, just can carry out the projection when outer door body 150 is opened, specifically can set up according to actual need, the utility model discloses do not restrict. In addition, in practical applications, an article may be placed in the storage area of the projected virtual control panel, in this case, whether an obstruction exists on the projection path of the virtual projection module 140 may be detected, and if no obstruction exists, the virtual control panel may be projected; if the shielding object exists, the virtual projection module 140 does not work after the outer door body 150 is opened, and projection work is continued after the object is detected to be removed.
The refrigerator 100 that this embodiment provided, through the bottom of appointing the storing box on door body 120 including setting up virtual projection module 140, and then utilize the virtual control panel of virtual projection module 140 storing box 130 projection on the interior door body 120 of refrigerator 100, be convenient for show refrigerator 100 internal function through virtual control panel, make things convenient for the refrigerator 100 user to carry out different operations simultaneously, satisfy user's user demand, improve user experience.
In addition, the refrigerator 100 provided in this embodiment may also project the virtual control panel when the user opens the outer door 150, so that the user displays or sets the operation parameters, the function mode, or other information of the refrigerator 100 based on the virtual control panel without opening the inner door 120, thereby reducing the frequency of opening and closing the inner door 120 by the user, reducing the heat exchange between the inside and the outside of the refrigerator 100, and improving the user experience.
Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail herein, many other variations and modifications can be made, consistent with the principles of the invention, which are directly determined or derived from the disclosure herein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.

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1. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:
the box body defines a storage chamber;
the inner door body is arranged on the front side of the box body;
the storage boxes are vertically distributed on the inner door body and are positioned on one side facing the storage compartment;
the virtual projection module is arranged at the bottom of a specified storage box in the storage boxes and is configured to project a virtual control panel to a preset area below the specified storage box.
2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the designated storage box is any one of the plurality of storage boxes except for a lowermost storage box.
3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the predetermined region is located in a storage region of a bottom surface of the storage box adjacent to and below the designated storage box.
4. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the virtual projection module comprises:
a laser projection assembly configured to project a virtual control panel to a preset area on the inner door body;
and the infrared sensing assembly is configured to detect and identify the operation of the user on the virtual control panel in the preset area.
5. The refrigerator of claim 4, wherein the virtual projection module further comprises:
and the mounting box is used for limiting a containing cavity and containing the laser projection assembly and the infrared induction assembly.
6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein the bottom of the designated storage box is provided with a receiving part;
the mounting box is accommodated in the accommodating part.
7. The refrigerator according to claim 6,
the bottom surface of the mounting box and the bottom surface of the appointed storage box are arranged in parallel.
8. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising:
and the outer door body is arranged on the front side of the inner door body so as to form a double-layer door body with the inner door body.
9. The refrigerator according to claim 8,
the storage compartment is a refrigerating compartment, and the double-door body is configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment.
10. The refrigerator according to claim 8, further comprising:
the door body sensing device is in communication connection with the virtual projection device, is configured to detect a door opening event of the inner door body and/or the outer door body and generate a door opening signal; and is
The virtual projection module is in communication connection with the door body sensing device and is further configured to be started after the door opening signal is obtained, and project a virtual control panel to a preset area below the appointed storage box.
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