CN211533777U

CN211533777U - Intelligent water cup

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Publication number: CN211533777U
Application number: CN201922207301.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘玮书; 邓彪; 张澎祥; 周清; 朱康
Original assignee: Southwest University of Science and Technology
Current assignee: Southwest University of Science and Technology; Southern University of Science and Technology
Priority date: 2019-12-10
Filing date: 2019-12-10
Publication date: 2020-09-22
Anticipated expiration: 2029-12-10

Abstract

An intelligent water cup comprises a cup body, an inner container arranged in the cup body, a flexible thermoelectric generation part, a control module, a power management circuit, an energy storage module and a functional module assembly; the hot end of the flexible thermoelectric generation element is attached to the outer side wall of the inner container, is electrically connected with the power management circuit and is used for providing input voltage for the power management circuit; the power management circuit is electrically connected with the energy storage module and is used for boosting the input voltage and outputting the boosted input voltage to the energy storage module; the energy storage module is electrically connected with the functional module assembly and is used for storing electric energy provided by the power management circuit and supplying power to the functional module assembly. This intelligence drinking cup uses flexible thermoelectric generation spare to paste and locates on the lateral wall of inner bag, the abundant heat source that has utilized has improved recovery efficiency and utilization ratio of energy.

Description

Intelligent water cup

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a drinking cup field, concretely relates to intelligence drinking cup.

Background

Water plays an important role in people's life, and in different scenarios, there are specific demands on the temperature of water. The health of human bodies can be damaged by drinking too high or too low water for a long time, and researches show that the human intestinal tract is more beneficial to drinking warm water at the temperature of 35-40 ℃; the milk powder brewed by warm water at 45 ℃ has good dissolubility and does not damage nutrient components; the honey water is most suitable for the honey water at 55 ℃ and keeps nutrition; the tea soaked in water at 85 ℃ is fragrant and mellow and has better nutrition. In addition, in order to keep the health of people, people need to take enough water every day, and the drinking water quality also affects the health. There are many patents that address these needs, all of which mention corresponding functions, but each has certain disadvantages.

For example, chinese patent No. CN 02436734U discloses a thermos cup in which a temperature sensor and related electronic devices are supported by a button battery, but the thermos cup in this patent uses a disposable battery, and thus the problem of frequent battery replacement is encountered.

In another chinese patent document CN204133035U, a smart water cup using thermoelectric power generation as a functional module is disclosed. Although the thermoelectric generation module can overcome the disadvantage that the battery needs to be frequently replaced. However, the thermoelectric generation module is of a flat plate structure, and from the viewpoint of energy recovery, the application of the thermoelectric generation module of the flat plate structure to the side wall of the cup cannot effectively utilize the heat source, so that the recovery efficiency of energy is low. Especially when the cup possesses more functions, when needing to a plurality of functional module power supplies, it is difficult to realize to rely on traditional dull and stereotyped structure thermoelectric generation module electricity generation alone, and this has just so limited the quantity of functional module in the intelligent drinking cup.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides an intelligent water cup which can effectively utilize heat energy of the water cup and supply power to more functional modules with higher power generation efficiency.

An intelligent water cup comprises a cup body, an inner container arranged in the cup body, a flexible thermoelectric generation part, a power management circuit, an energy storage module and a functional module assembly;

the hot end of the flexible thermoelectric generation element is attached to the outer side wall of the inner container, is electrically connected with the power management circuit and is used for providing input voltage for the power management circuit;

the power management circuit is electrically connected with the energy storage module and is used for boosting the input voltage and outputting the boosted input voltage to the energy storage module;

the energy storage module is electrically connected with the functional module assembly and is used for storing electric energy provided by the power management circuit and supplying power to the functional module assembly.

Furthermore, the functional module component comprises a heating module, and the heating module is arranged on the outer bottom wall of the inner container and used for heating the liquid contained in the inner container.

Furthermore, the functional module assembly comprises an information acquisition assembly for acquiring one or more of the remaining power information of the energy storage module, the total weight of the liner and the liquid contained in the liner, the temperature information of the liner and the current time.

Further, the functional module assembly further comprises a display module, and the display module is arranged on the cup body and used for displaying the information acquired by the information acquisition assembly.

Furthermore, the functional module component also comprises an alarm module for giving an alarm when the information collected by the information collection component meets the preset condition.

Furthermore, the functional module assembly further comprises a wireless communication module, which is in communication connection with the mobile device to receive a command sent by the mobile device and send the alarm information or the information acquired by the information acquisition assembly to the mobile device.

Furthermore, the information acquisition assembly comprises a temperature acquisition module, the temperature acquisition module is attached to the outer wall of the inner container and used for acquiring the temperature information of the inner container, and the display module displays the temperature information.

Furthermore, the information acquisition assembly comprises an electric quantity acquisition unit, the electric quantity acquisition unit is arranged in the power management circuit and used for acquiring the residual electric quantity information of the energy storage module, and the display module displays the residual electric quantity information.

Further, the information acquisition assembly comprises a weight acquisition module, the weight acquisition module is arranged on the outer bottom wall of the inner container and used for acquiring the total weight of the inner container and the contained liquid, and when the total weight is larger than the preset weight, the alarm module gives an alarm.

Further, the information acquisition assembly comprises a timing module, the timing module is used for acquiring the current time, and when the current time is consistent with the preset time, the alarm module gives an alarm.

According to the intelligent water cup of the embodiment, the heat energy of the inner container is fully utilized by the flexible thermoelectric generation part, the use efficiency of the energy is improved, meanwhile, the generated electric energy is boosted and stored, and the energy supply of the intelligent water cup when the number of functional modules is large is ensured.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a smart cup according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a main board of the smart cup according to an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a flexible thermoelectric generation element according to an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the working principle of the flexible thermoelectric generation element according to an embodiment;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the working principle of the intelligent water cup according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherein like elements in different embodiments are numbered with like associated elements. In the following description, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that some of the features may be omitted or replaced with other elements, materials, methods in different instances. In some instances, certain operations related to the present application have not been shown or described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the core of the present application from excessive description, and it is not necessary for those skilled in the art to describe these operations in detail, so that they may be fully understood from the description in the specification and the general knowledge in the art.

Furthermore, the features, operations, or characteristics described in the specification may be combined in any suitable manner to form various embodiments. Also, the various steps or actions in the method descriptions may be transposed or transposed in order, as will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. Thus, the various sequences in the specification and drawings are for the purpose of describing certain embodiments only and are not intended to imply a required sequence unless otherwise indicated where such sequence must be followed.

The numbering of the components as such, e.g., "first", "second", etc., is used herein only to distinguish the objects as described, and does not have any sequential or technical meaning. The term "connected" and "coupled" when used in this application, unless otherwise indicated, includes both direct and indirect connections (couplings).

The thermoelectric power generation device can convert heat sources in different forms in the environment into electric energy according to the Seebeck (Seebeck) effect principle, has the advantages of cleanness, no pollution, no mechanical vibration, high reliability and the like, and has profound significance in energy-saving sustainable development. The thermoelectric power generation device can start to work only in an environment with temperature difference, and when the temperature difference between two sides of the thermoelectric power generation device is larger, the higher the open-circuit voltage can be generated, and the higher the output power is. When the water cup is filled with hot water, a large temperature difference exists between the inner wall and the outer wall of the inner container, so that the water cup is very suitable for the work of a thermoelectric power generation device. More importantly, the thermoelectric power generation device is completely used without repeatedly charging or replacing the battery, and is very convenient and efficient to use.

Referring to fig. 1, the present embodiment provides an intelligent water cup, which includes a cup cover 100a, a cup body 100b, an inner container 100c, a flexible thermoelectric generator 200, a heat dissipation module 300, a power management circuit 400, an energy storage module 500, a control module 600, and a functional module assembly.

The inner container 100c is disposed in the cup body 100b, and a vacuum insulation layer is formed between the outer wall of the inner container and the cup body 100 b. The top of the inner container 100c extends out of the cup body 100b and is provided with an external thread which is in threaded connection with the cup cover 100a, so that after the cup cover 100a is screwed, the intelligent water cup has a better heat preservation effect.

The hot end of the flexible thermoelectric power generation element 200 is attached to the outer side wall of the inner container 100c, and is electrically connected to the power management circuit 400, for providing an input voltage to the power management circuit 400. The effective utilization area of the outer side wall of the inner container 100c is the largest, the flexible thermoelectric generation part 200 is most suitable for being placed, and the flexible thermoelectric generation part 200 can be adjusted to be most attached to the inner container 100c according to the curvature of the inner container 100 c.

In one embodiment, the flexible thermoelectric generation element 200 has a structure as shown in fig. 4, and includes a first electrode 210a, a second electrode 210b, P-type thermoelectric particles 220a, N-type thermoelectric particles 220b, and a polyimide substrate 230.

One end of a pair of P-type thermoelectric particles 220a and N-type thermoelectric particles 220b is electrically connected through a first electrode 210a to form a micro battery, and a plurality of micro batteries are connected in series through a second electrode 210b laid on a polyimide substrate 230 (the P-type thermoelectric particles 220a in one micro battery are electrically connected through the second electrode 210b to the N-type thermoelectric particles 220b in an adjacent micro battery).

The manufacturing process of the flexible thermoelectric power generation element 200 is approximately as follows: the pattern of the second electrode 210b is formed on the polyimide film through processes such as electrochemical deposition, P-type and N-type thermoelectric particles are alternately arranged on the second electrode 210b through processes such as soldering, and the first soldering is completed through a reflow soldering process.

Similarly, the first electrode 210a is soldered to the P-type and N-type thermoelectric particles by a reflow soldering process, thereby realizing electrical series connection of the whole device. Since the substrate of the second electrode 210b is polyimide, the entire device has a flexible property. Meanwhile, since the first electrode 210a is connected with only one P-type thermoelectric particle 220b and one N-type thermoelectric particle 220b, enough space is reserved between the micro-batteries to ensure the flexibility of the device.

The working principle of the flexible thermoelectric generation element 200 is as shown in fig. 5, when a certain temperature difference exists between the hot end and the cold end of the flexible thermoelectric generation element 200, holes in the internal N-type thermoelectric particles 220b and P-type thermoelectric particles 220a migrate from the hot end to the cold end and are accumulated at the two ends to generate a potential, and finally, heat energy is converted into electric energy.

In order to increase the temperature difference between the hot end and the cold end of the flexible thermoelectric generation element 200, the cold end of the flexible thermoelectric generation element 200 is attached with a heat dissipation module 300, as shown in fig. 2, the heat dissipation module 300 may include heat dissipation fins 310 distributed at equal intervals and heat dissipation media 320 filled therein, water with larger specific heat is generally used as the heat dissipation media 320, the heat dissipation fins 310 may be made of aluminum alloy, and the whole heat dissipation fins may be in an annular structure, so as to create a larger temperature difference between the hot end and the cold end, and improve the power of the flexible thermoelectric generation element 200.

In order to further enhance the heat conduction effect, heat conduction gel may be respectively applied between the inner container 100c and the hot end of the flexible thermoelectric generation element 200 and on the side of the heat dissipation module 300 away from the flexible thermoelectric generation element 200, so as to enhance the heat conduction effect.

The power management circuit 400 is electrically connected to the energy storage module 500, the control module 600 and the functional module assembly, and the power management circuit 400 may also be electrically connected to the corresponding boost chip 410, and is configured to boost the input voltage and output the boosted voltage to the energy storage module 500.

The flexible thermoelectric power generation element 200 provides an input voltage for the power management circuit 400 after generating electric energy, the input voltage is lower in voltage, the control module 600 controls the boost chip 410 (such as the LTC3108) to boost the input voltage and then transmit the boosted input voltage to the energy storage module 500 (a secondary battery or a super capacitor) for energy storage, and the energy storage module 500 supplies power to the functional module assembly.

Through the power generation, the voltage boosting and the power supply, the heat energy of the inner container 100c is fully utilized in the power generation link, the low voltage is boosted to the high voltage meeting the requirements of various electric appliances in the power management circuit 400, meanwhile, the electric energy is stored, no waste is caused, and the energy is fully utilized in each link. The following illustrates the functions of the smart cup and the corresponding functional module components.

In some embodiments, the smart cup has a self-heating function, and the functional module assembly includes a heating module 710. The heating module 710 is disposed on the outer bottom wall of the inner container 100c for heating the liquid contained in the inner container 100 c. For example, as shown in fig. 1, a heating sheet is attached to an outer bottom wall of the inner container 100c, one side of the heating sheet is closely adhered to the inner container 100c by a heat conductive gel, and the heating sheet is sealed with a heat insulating layer 710a, such as teflon, in order to prevent heat dissipation from other portions of the heating sheet. The heating sheet can heat the water in the inner container 100c, thereby effectively prolonging the heat preservation time, and particularly avoiding drinking the supercooled water in cold winter.

In some embodiments, the smart cup may collect various information of the smart cup and transmit the information to a user, the functional module includes an information collecting component and a display module 720, the information collecting component is configured to obtain one or more of remaining power information of the energy storage module 500, a total weight of the inner container 100c and liquid contained therein, temperature information of the inner container 100c and a current time, the display module 720 may be disposed on the cup body 100b and configured to display the information acquired by the information collecting component, the display module 720 may be a liquid crystal display or a touch screen, and the like, and when the display module 720 is a touch screen, a command may be transmitted to the control module 600, for example, by pressing the touch sensor 720a to turn on or off the control module 710. In order to save energy, the touch screen can be switched between a lighting mode and a dormant mode, and the touch screen can be lighted only by fingers. The information gathering component is described below by way of example.

In some embodiments, the smart cup has a function of displaying the remaining power, the information collecting component includes a power collecting unit, the power collecting unit is disposed in the power management circuit 400 and is configured to obtain the remaining power information of the energy storage module 500, and the display module 720 displays the remaining power information.

In some embodiments, the smart cup has a function of displaying water temperature, the information collecting assembly includes a temperature collecting module 730, the temperature collecting module 730 is attached to the outer wall of the inner container 100c and used for acquiring temperature information of the inner container 100c, and the display module 720 displays the temperature information. For example, a temperature sensor, which may be a thermocouple or a temperature sensitive resistor, is used as the temperature acquisition module 730, the temperature sensor is electrically connected to the control module 600, and the control module 600 converts an electrical signal of the temperature sensor into a digital signal, which is finally displayed on the display module 720.

In some embodiments, after the intelligent water cup collects the information of the intelligent water cup, the intelligent water cup can send an alarm to the user when the information meets the preset condition. At this time, the functional module assembly further includes an alarm module 740, configured to send an alarm when the information collected by the information collection assembly meets a preset condition. The alarm module 740 may be a buzzer, an LED lamp, etc. The following examples are given.

In some embodiments, the smart cup has a water level alarm function, when the smart cup is used daily to receive boiled water, the situation that the boiled water overflows to scald the hands due to distraction can be encountered, so that an alarm needs to be given when the water level is too high, at this time, the functional module assembly includes a weight acquisition module 750, such as a weight sensor, the weight acquisition module 750 is arranged on the outer bottom wall of the inner container 100c and used for acquiring the total weight of the inner container 100c and the contained liquid, and when the total weight is greater than the preset weight, the alarm module gives an alarm. When the total weight is greater than the preset weight, the water level of the liquid in the inner container 100c is represented to exceed the preset alarm water level, and the main principle is that the weight of the inner container 100c is a known amount, and the weight of the liquid contained in the inner container 100c, which is usually pure water, can be obtained by combining the obtained total weight. According to the fact that the weight of the liquid in the inner container 100c is equal to the product of the volume and the density of the liquid, when the liquid is pure water, the density of the known water can be converted to obtain the water level inside the cup when the water is received, and when the water level in the inner container 100c exceeds a preset warning water level, the control module 600 controls the alarm module 740 to give an alarm, so that scalding accidents are avoided.

In some embodiments, the intelligent water cup has a function of regularly reminding a user of drinking water, the user often forgets to drink water on time due to being concentrated on other things in daily life, and the user needs to be regularly reminded of taking in water for the health of the user. At this time, the functional module includes a timing module 760 for acquiring the current time, and the control module 600 determines whether the current time matches a preset time, where the preset time may be a preset time point or a preset time interval. When the current time coincides with the preset time, the control module 600 controls the alarm module 740 to issue an alarm, thereby reminding the user to take in moisture.

In some embodiments, the alarm module 740 may not be provided, and the alarm information is directly displayed on the display module 720 in a text manner, for example, when the set drinking time point is reached, or when the water level exceeds the safe water level, the display module 720 has corresponding text reminding.

In some embodiments, the smart cup may further include a wireless communication module 770 for communicating with the mobile device to receive commands sent by the mobile device and to send alarm information or information obtained by the information collecting component to the mobile device.

For example, the wireless communication module 770 is an ultra-low power bluetooth or WIFI communication module, and is in communication connection with a mobile phone of a user. This bluetooth of ultra-low power consumption or WIFI communication module receive the order that the cell-phone sent, and the switch of usable cell-phone APP control heating module 710 of user. The mobile phone can also display the temperature of the inner container 100c, the water level in the inner container 100c and the remaining electric quantity of the energy storage module 500 through the APP, or push a reminder to supplement the moisture notification in time when the current time is consistent with the preset time.

In some embodiments, the smart cup may include all the functional module components described above, and the operation principle thereof is as shown in fig. 6.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the power management circuit 400, the control module 600, the wireless communication module 770, and the weight collection module 750 may be respectively disposed on a main board 800, and the main board 800 and the energy storage module 500 are both disposed in an area between the bottom of the inner container 100c and the bottom of the cup, so that the internal device design of the intelligent water cup is more compact.

In the intelligent water cup in the embodiment, the hot end of the flexible thermoelectric power generation part is in good contact with the inner container, so that the contact thermal resistance is greatly reduced, meanwhile, the heat dissipation module is added at the cold end, the heat dissipation module can conduct away heat transmitted from the hot end in time, and the temperature of the cold end is further reduced, so that a larger temperature difference is constructed at two ends of the thermoelectric power generation part, and the power generation efficiency is improved. The electric energy that produces can make intelligent drinking cup have multiple functions, for example self-heating, residual capacity show, temperature display, water level report to the police, regularly remind functions such as drinking water to can be equipped with wireless transmission functions such as bluetooth or WIFI, further increase the practical degree and the intelligent degree of intelligent drinking cup.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the functions of the various methods in the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by computer programs. When all or part of the functions of the above embodiments are implemented by a computer program, the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: a read only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a hard disk, etc., and the program is executed by a computer to realize the above functions. For example, the program may be stored in a memory of the device, and when the program in the memory is executed by the processor, all or part of the functions described above may be implemented. In addition, when all or part of the functions in the above embodiments are implemented by a computer program, the program may be stored in a storage medium such as a server, another computer, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a flash disk, or a removable hard disk, and may be downloaded or copied to a memory of a local device, or may be version-updated in a system of the local device, and when the program in the memory is executed by a processor, all or part of the functions in the above embodiments may be implemented.

It is right to have used specific individual example above the utility model discloses expound, only be used for helping to understand the utility model discloses, not be used for the restriction the utility model discloses. To the technical field of the utility model technical personnel, the foundation the utility model discloses an idea can also be made a plurality of simple deductions, warp or replacement.

Claims

1. An intelligent water cup comprises a cup body and an inner container arranged in the cup body, and is characterized by further comprising a flexible temperature difference power generation part, a power management circuit, an energy storage module and a functional module assembly;

2. The intelligent water cup as claimed in claim 1, wherein the functional module assembly comprises a heating module disposed on the outer bottom wall of the inner container for heating the liquid contained in the inner container.

3. The intelligent water cup as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the functional module assembly comprises an information acquisition assembly for acquiring one or more of remaining power information of the energy storage module, total weight of the inner container and liquid contained therein, temperature information of the inner container and current time.

4. The intelligent water cup as claimed in claim 3, wherein the functional module assembly further comprises a display module, and the display module is arranged on the cup body and used for displaying the information acquired by the information acquisition assembly.

5. The smart cup as claimed in claim 4, wherein the functional module assembly further comprises an alarm module for giving an alarm when the information collected by the information collection assembly meets a preset condition.

6. The smart cup as claimed in claim 5, wherein the functional module assembly further comprises a wireless communication module for communicating with the mobile device to receive commands from the mobile device and to send the alarm information or the information obtained by the information collecting assembly to the mobile device.

7. The intelligent water cup as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information acquisition assembly comprises a temperature acquisition module, the temperature acquisition module is attached to the outer wall of the inner container and used for acquiring temperature information of the inner container, and the display module displays the temperature information.

8. The intelligent water cup as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information collection assembly comprises an electric quantity collection unit, the electric quantity collection unit is arranged in the power management circuit and is used for obtaining the residual electric quantity information of the energy storage module, and the display module displays the residual electric quantity information.

9. The intelligent water cup as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information acquisition assembly comprises a weight acquisition module, the weight acquisition module is arranged on the outer bottom wall of the inner container and is used for acquiring the total weight of the inner container and the liquid contained in the inner container, and when the total weight is larger than the preset weight, the alarm module gives an alarm.

10. The smart cup as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information collecting component comprises a timing module for acquiring a current time, and the alarm module gives an alarm when the current time coincides with a preset time.