EP1042722A2 - Inventory device - Google Patents

Inventory device

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EP1042722A2
EP1042722A2 EP98954328A EP98954328A EP1042722A2 EP 1042722 A2 EP1042722 A2 EP 1042722A2 EP 98954328 A EP98954328 A EP 98954328A EP 98954328 A EP98954328 A EP 98954328A EP 1042722 A2 EP1042722 A2 EP 1042722A2
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storage device
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Jürgen KONRAD
Peter Jochimski
Joachim Damrath
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/46—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
    • G07F11/58—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the articles being supported on or by endless belts or like conveyors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/04—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by conveyors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/02—Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/36—Visual displays
    • F25D2400/361—Interactive visual displays
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2500/00—Problems to be solved
    • F25D2500/06—Stock management
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices

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  • the invention relates to a storage device with a storage room and with a closable access opening to the storage room.
  • DE-OS 28 561 22 discloses a device for recording and registering goods stored in the storage containers of a freezer.
  • This device comprises a keypad which, in addition to numerical keys for performing simple arithmetic operations and for entering the date and weight of the stored goods, also has keys with symbols which symbolically represent the type of stored goods and which are visible on the storage containers for identifying the goods stored therein are arranged.
  • the button corresponding to the goods in the keypad provided with the symbols is pressed and then the identifying data such as. B. entered the date and weight of the goods to be stored.
  • the data are then displayed in a liquid storage display and stored in a data memory of the registering device, from where they can also be queried again.
  • the corresponding key To query the content of the individual storage containers of the freezer device, in addition to a special key combination, the corresponding key must also be pressed, the symbol of which corresponds to the symbol of the respective storage container. The symbol provided on the container, the individual packs stored in the container and the total weight of the frozen goods stored in this container are then displayed
  • This type of registration and recording of the goods placed in storage is inadequate insofar as the symbols create a kind of rough classification for the stored goods - but no statement is made as to which special products are hidden under a main group represented by a symbol.
  • this type of registration in order to be able to identify the stored goods again when they are removed, it must be provided with labels to be labeled.
  • the invention has for its object to propose a registration for a device according to the preamble of claim 1, which can be done quickly and easily and which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.
  • the storage device is assigned an optical imaging device used for detecting three-dimensional objects, the images it generates are processed in a manner suitable for the screen and are fed via data lines to an electronic visualization device and for data processing of a data processing device, where the images are in one Data storage are stored.
  • the ability to create true-to-stock images of the stored goods and to save them and to be able to call them up again when required enables a user not only to be able to store the stored products in the storage facility in a highly product-differentiated manner, but also through the true-to-original images of the stored goods with the option of being able to retrieve them very specifically from the inventory or to check their product data as required. Furthermore, the stored goods can be identified without a complex description.
  • the solution according to the invention thus provides an extremely efficient recording and registration unit which not only significantly simplifies the handling of the storage device for a user, but also makes it considerably more time-saving.
  • optical imaging device is particularly compact and thus saves space if, according to a preferred embodiment of the subject of the invention, it is provided that the optical imaging device is designed as a scanning device which is connected via data lines to the data processing system coupled to the data technology on the screen.
  • the scanning device is arranged at least in the vicinity of the access opening and is fixed to the storage device.
  • Such a measure not only significantly facilitates the creation of the image and its data storage, but also the storage of the stock product.
  • the scanning device attached to the storage device is connected upstream of the access opening.
  • the screen for identifying the stored goods to be stored is arranged ergonomically in a particularly favorable manner if, according to a next preferred embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that the screen is fixed to the storage device in the vicinity of the scanning device.
  • the electronic visualization device is particularly expedient if, according to a preferred embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that the electronic visualization device is designed as a screen.
  • the screen is designed as a touch screen, on which reduced images of the structures detected by the scanning device are displayed as symbol-like.
  • the use of such a screen makes it unnecessary to provide an input unit which is used to call up the stored products.
  • the reduced images provide the user with an overview of the entire range of stored products.
  • the scanning device is able to use data technology to identify an expiry date of the stored goods attached to the stored goods in the form of a barcode or the like, an alarm signal initiated by the data processing device being emitted on the storage device when the expiry date is reached .
  • a device indicating the fill level of its storage space is provided on the storage device.
  • the storage device is a refrigeration device such as a refrigerator or freezer
  • the display device leads to a not insignificant energy saving, since an opening of the cold room door results in the determination of the remaining storage space within the storage room.
  • a storage device is particularly convenient if, according to one of the next preferred embodiments of the subject matter of the invention, it is provided that the storage space is equipped with a demand device constructed in accordance with a patemo system, which, controlled by the data processing device, stores the goods to be stored after it has been detected by the scanning device at a predetermined storage position within the storage room and which can transport the goods to the access opening when they are called up
  • such a conveying device not only achieves particularly efficient use of the storage space, but also a particularly positionally secure storage of the stored goods
  • the storage space is provided with a gripping arm controlled by data lines, which is controlled by the data processing device to grip the stored goods after their scanning process and to deposit at a predetermined position within the storage space and, when the storage goods are called up, can convey them to the access opening.
  • a refrigeration device serving as a storage device is particularly expediently designed, with a heat-insulating housing and an access opening to its usable space closed by a door, if, according to a last advantageous embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that the refrigeration device is designed according to one of claims 1 to 10.
  • FIG. 1 is a purely schematic illustration of a household freezer cabinet with a loading gap provided on the ceiling of its heat-insulating housing, provided with a scanning device and a screen designed as a touch screen, in section,
  • FIG. 2 shows the screen in an enlarged view compared to FIG. 1, with smaller images of the layered products stored in the storage room of the domestic freezer cabinet arranged as pictograms.
  • Fig. 3 The screen with a product displayed on it in full screen
  • FIG. 1 shows a purely schematically illustrated freezer 10, the heat-insulating housing 11 of which has an access opening 13 on its top wall 12 which can be closed by a heat-insulating cover 14 which is pivotably mounted on the top wall 12.
  • the housing 11 defines a heat-insulating storage space 15 therein, which is equipped with a paternoster-like device 16.
  • the conveying device 16 has ant ⁇ ebs wheels 17, which serve to drive a transport chain 18.
  • the transport chain 18 is equipped with storage levels 19 which are arranged at a distance from one another and fixed to it, which, in the case of a feed conveyor, for. B. in the direction of arrow I, are arranged in a horizontal position and which for serving as storage goods 20 serving z. B.
  • the storage levels 19 equipped with the stored goods 20 can be brought directly by the conveying device 16 into the access area of the access opening 13, to which, in the rear area, outside the pivoting area of the cover 14, there is provided an optical imaging device which serves to optically detect the foodstuffs, which in the foreground -
  • the case is designed as a scanning device 21.
  • This is fixed on the housing 11 and is connected to a data processing device (also not shown) and a screen 22 designed as a touch screen with data lines (not shown).
  • the screen 22, like the scanning device 21 is fastened to the housing 11 in the rear area of the ceiling wall 12, outside the pivoting area of the cover 14.
  • the screen 22 is used to display the food 20, which has been optically detected by the scanning device 21 and prepared in accordance with the screen and has come for storage in the storage room 15, of which reduced images 23 are shown on the screen 22 in a symbol-like manner.
  • the reduced images can be displayed on the screen 22 to improve the recognizability of the stored goods as a full image (see FIG. 3).
  • the storage goods 20 intended for storage in the storage space 15 are fed to the scanning device 21 before they are stored. This generates an optical image of the stored goods, which on the one hand is prepared for the screen by data lines (not shown), is supplied to the screen 22 and on the other hand is transmitted to a data processing device (not shown) for data processing.
  • the data optically recorded on the stored goods 20, such as the pictorial representation of the packaged stored goods and their expiry date are stored in a memory and can be called up if necessary, the shelf life date of a food being stored by a person in the data processing device with the data storage Integrated system clock is monitored until the expiry date is reached and a warning signal is triggered if the expiry date is exceeded.
  • the data processing device additionally monitors a fill level indicator, not shown, which indicates to a user without having to look into the storage space 15, the fill level and thus the remaining storage capacity.
  • the pivotally mounted cover as an integrated in the ceiling wall 12, for. B. is formed on the basis of a straight guide movable cover element, above which directly the scanning device 21 is fixed to the housing 11 and which automatically opens the access opening 13 to the storage space 15 after a completed scanning process and closes this again after storage of the stored goods 20.
  • both the scanning device 21 and the screen 22 and the data processing device are assigned to the freezer 10 as solo devices.
  • the storage device is designed as a wine storage cabinet, the storage levels 19 then being designed accordingly for storing wine bottles.
  • the electronic visualization device is designed as a virtual touch screen.
  • the storage device is advantageously designed when it is used as a food storage device.

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Abstract

The invention relates to an inventory device containing a storage room and an entrance opening to the storage room which can be closed. The inventory device comprises an optical display device which is used for detecting three dimensional articles. The images generated by the display device are conditioned using display screen technology and are fed to a display screen via data lines. The images are also fed to a data processing device for conditioning which relates to data technology.

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Be vorratu ngs vorrichtu ng Preparation device
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Bevorratungsvorrichtung mit einem Lagerraum und mit einer verschließbaren Zugangsöffnung zum Lagerraum.The invention relates to a storage device with a storage room and with a closable access opening to the storage room.
Aus der DE-OS 28 561 22 ist ein Gerät zum Erfassen und Registπeren von in Vorratsbehältem eines Gefriergerätes eingelagertem Gut bekannt. Diese Einrichtung umfaßt ein Tastenfeld, welches neben numerischen Tasten zur Ausführung einfacher Rechenoperationen und zur Eingabe von Datum und Gewicht des eingelagerten Gutes auch Tasten mit Symbolen aufweist, welche die Art des eingelagerten Gutes symbolisch darstellen und welche sichtbar an den Vorratsbehältem zur Kennzeichnung des darin eingelagerten Gutes angeordnet sind. Beim Einlagerungsvorgang von frischem Lagergut wird die dem Lagergut entsprechende Taste des mit den Symbolen versehenen Tastenfeldes gedrückt und daraufhin die kennzeichnenden Daten wie z. B. das Datum und das Gewicht des einzulagernden Gutes eingegeben. Die Daten werden dann in einer Flüssigkeitskπstallanzeige zur Anzeige gebracht und in einem Datenspeicher des Registπergerätes abgelegt, von wo sie auch wieder abfragbar sind.DE-OS 28 561 22 discloses a device for recording and registering goods stored in the storage containers of a freezer. This device comprises a keypad which, in addition to numerical keys for performing simple arithmetic operations and for entering the date and weight of the stored goods, also has keys with symbols which symbolically represent the type of stored goods and which are visible on the storage containers for identifying the goods stored therein are arranged. During the storage process of fresh goods, the button corresponding to the goods in the keypad provided with the symbols is pressed and then the identifying data such as. B. entered the date and weight of the goods to be stored. The data are then displayed in a liquid storage display and stored in a data memory of the registering device, from where they can also be queried again.
Zum Abfragen des Inhalts der einzelnen Vorratsbehälter des Gefπergerates ist neben einer speziellen Tastenkombination auch die entsprechende Taste zu betätigen, deren Symbol zu dem Symbol des jeweiligen Vorratsbehälters korrespondiert. Hierauf wird das am Behälter vorgesehene Symbol, die im Behälter eingelagerten einzelnen Packungen und das aufaddierte Gesamtgewicht des eingelagerten Gefriergutes in diesem Behälter zur Anzeige gebrachtTo query the content of the individual storage containers of the freezer device, in addition to a special key combination, the corresponding key must also be pressed, the symbol of which corresponds to the symbol of the respective storage container. The symbol provided on the container, the individual packs stored in the container and the total weight of the frozen goods stored in this container are then displayed
Diese Art der Registrierung und Erfassung des zur Einlagerung gebrachten Gutes ist insoweit unzulänglich, als zwar durch die Symbole eine Art Grobeinteilung für das Lagergut geschaffen ist - jedoch keine Aussage darüber obliegt, welche speziellen Erzeugnisse sich unter einer durch ein Symbol verkörperten Hauptgruppe verbergen. Darüber hinaus besteht bei dieser Art der Registrierung die Notwendigkeit, um das eingelagerte Gut bei seiner Entnahme wieder identifizieren zu können, es mit zu beschriftenden Etiketten zu versehen.This type of registration and recording of the goods placed in storage is inadequate insofar as the symbols create a kind of rough classification for the stored goods - but no statement is made as to which special products are hidden under a main group represented by a symbol. In addition, with this type of registration, in order to be able to identify the stored goods again when they are removed, it must be provided with labels to be labeled.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, für eine Vorrichtung gemäß des Oberbegriffes des Anspruches 1 , eine Registrierung vorzuschlagen, welche auf einfache Art und Weise rasch erfolgen kann und welche die Nachteile des Standes der Technik vermeidet.The invention has for its object to propose a registration for a device according to the preamble of claim 1, which can be done quickly and easily and which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.
Diese Aufgabe wird gemäß der Erfindung dadurch gelöst, daß der Bevorratungsvorrichtung eine zum Erfassen dreidimensionaler Gegenstände dienende optische Abbildungseinnchtung zugeordnet ist, deren von ihr erzeugte Abbildungen bildschirmgerecht aufbereitet und über Datenleitungen einem elektronischen Visuaiisierungsgerät und zur datentechnischen Aufbereitung einer Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung zugeführt sind, wo die Abbildungen in einem Datenspeicher abgespeichert sind.This object is achieved according to the invention in that the storage device is assigned an optical imaging device used for detecting three-dimensional objects, the images it generates are processed in a manner suitable for the screen and are fed via data lines to an electronic visualization device and for data processing of a data processing device, where the images are in one Data storage are stored.
Durch die Möglichkeit, von dem einzulagernden Lagergut lagergutgetreue Abbilder zu erzeugen und diese abspeichern und bei Bedarf wieder abrufen zu können, ist ein Benutzer in die Lage versetzt, die Lagerprodukte nicht nur äußerst produktdifferenziert in der Bevorratungseinrichtung einlagern zu können, sondern auch durch die originalgetreuen Abbildungen des Lagergutes mit der Möglichkeit ausgestattet, diese je nach Wunsch und Bedarf, sehr gezielt aus dem Lagerbestand abrufen bzw. deren Produktdaten überprüfen zu können. Femer läßt sich das Lagergut ohne aufwendige Beschreibung sicher identifizieren.The ability to create true-to-stock images of the stored goods and to save them and to be able to call them up again when required enables a user not only to be able to store the stored products in the storage facility in a highly product-differentiated manner, but also through the true-to-original images of the stored goods with the option of being able to retrieve them very specifically from the inventory or to check their product data as required. Furthermore, the stored goods can be identified without a complex description.
Durch die äußerst gezielt vomehmbare Identifizierung ist vemieden, daß sämtliche unter einem Produktsammelnamen eingelagerten Produkte zur Auffindung eines speziell gewünschten Lagerproduktes einzusehen sind, um letztendlich das gewünschte Produkt zu ermitteln. Durch die erfindungsgemäße Lösung ist somit eine äußerst effiziente Erfassungs- und Registriereinheit bereitgestellt, welche die Handhabung der Bevorratungseinrichtung für einen Benutzer nicht nur deutlich erleichtert, sondern auch wesentlich zeitsparender gestaltet.Due to the extremely deliberately identifiable identification, it is avoided that all products stored under a product collective name can be viewed in order to find a specially desired product in order to ultimately determine the desired product. The solution according to the invention thus provides an extremely efficient recording and registration unit which not only significantly simplifies the handling of the storage device for a user, but also makes it considerably more time-saving.
Ferner besteht auch die Möglichkeit, eine bereits in Betrieb befindliche Bevorratungsvorrichtung in Form eines Kühl- oder Gefrierschrankes kostengünstig mit einer optischen Abbildungseinnchtung, einem Bildschirm und einer Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung nachträglich auszustatten. Besonders kompakt aufgebaut und somit platzsparend ist eine optische -Abbildungsein- richtung, wenn nach einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung vorgesehen ist, daß die optische Abbildungseinnchtung als Scaneinrichtung ausgebildet ist, welche über Datenieitungen mit der datentechnisch an dem Bildschirm angekoppelten Datenverarbeitungsanlage verbunden ist.Furthermore, there is also the possibility of inexpensively retrofitting an already operating storage device in the form of a refrigerator or freezer with an optical imaging device, a screen and a data processing device. An optical imaging device is particularly compact and thus saves space if, according to a preferred embodiment of the subject of the invention, it is provided that the optical imaging device is designed as a scanning device which is connected via data lines to the data processing system coupled to the data technology on the screen.
Nach einer nächsten bevorzugten Ausführungform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß die Scaneinrichtung zumindest im Nahbereich der Zugangsöffnung angeordnet und an der Bevorratungsvorrichtung festgesetzt ist.According to a next preferred embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that the scanning device is arranged at least in the vicinity of the access opening and is fixed to the storage device.
Durch eine derartige Maßnahme ist nicht nur die Erzeugung des Abbildes und dessen datentechnische Speicherung, sondern auch die Einlagerung des Lagerproduktes deutlich erleichtert.Such a measure not only significantly facilitates the creation of the image and its data storage, but also the storage of the stock product.
Gemäß einer nächsten vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung des Gegenstandes der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß die an der Bevorratungseinrichtung festgesetzte Scaneinrichtung der Zugangsöffnung ummittelbar vorgeschaltet ist.According to a next advantageous embodiment of the subject matter of the invention, it is provided that the scanning device attached to the storage device is connected upstream of the access opening.
Hierdurch ist zwangsläufig vorgegeben, daß jegliches Lagergut vor seiner Einlagerung optisch abgebildet und die optische Abbildung in Form von Daten hinteriegt wird, so daß ein unbeabsichtigtes Unterlassen des Aufzeichnungsvorgangs für neu einzulagerndes Lagergut ausgeschlossen und somit gewährleistet ist, daß der Inhalt der Bevorratungseinrichtung stets mit den abgespeicherten Daten identisch ist.This inevitably stipulates that any stored goods are optically mapped before storage and the optical image is stored in the form of data, so that an unintentional failure to record the stored goods is ruled out and thus it is ensured that the contents of the storage facility are always stored with the stored ones Data is identical.
Ergonomisch besonders günstig angeordnet ist der Bildschirm zur Identifizierung des zu einzulagernden Lagergutes, wenn nach einer nächsten bevorzugten Ausführungsform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung vorgesehen ist, daß im Nahbereich der Scaneinrichtung der Bildschirm an der Bevorratungsvorrichtung festgesetzt ist.The screen for identifying the stored goods to be stored is arranged ergonomically in a particularly favorable manner if, according to a next preferred embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that the screen is fixed to the storage device in the vicinity of the scanning device.
Besonders zweckmäßig ausgebildet ist das elektronische Visualisierungsgerät, wenn nach einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung vorgesehen ist, daß das elektronische Visualisierungsgerät als Bildschirm ausgebildet ist.The electronic visualization device is particularly expedient if, according to a preferred embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that the electronic visualization device is designed as a screen.
Entsprechend einer nächsten bevorzugten Ausführungsform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß der Bildschirm als Touch-screen ausgebildet ist, an welchem vekleinerte Abbilder der mit der Scaneinrichtung erfassten Gebilde als symbolähnlich angezeigt sind. Durch den Einsatz eines derartigen Bildschirms erübπgt sich die Bereitstellung einer zum Aufruf der eigelagerten Produkte dienenden Eingabeeinheit.According to a next preferred embodiment of the subject matter of the invention, it is provided that the screen is designed as a touch screen, on which reduced images of the structures detected by the scanning device are displayed as symbol-like. The use of such a screen makes it unnecessary to provide an input unit which is used to call up the stored products.
Darüber hinaus ist dem Benutzer am Bildschirm durch die verkleinerten Abbilder ein Überblick über das gesamte eingelagerte Produktspektrum bereitgestellt.In addition, the reduced images provide the user with an overview of the entire range of stored products.
Nach einer weiteren bevorzugten Ausführungsform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß die Scaneinrichtung ein an dem einzulagernden Lagergut in Form eines Barcodes oder dergleichen angebrachtes Verfalldatum des Lagergutes datentechnisch zu identifizieren vermag, wobei beim Erreichen des Verfalldatums an der Bevorratungsvorrichtung ein von Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung initiiertes Alarmsignal abgegeben wird.According to a further preferred embodiment of the subject matter of the invention, it is provided that the scanning device is able to use data technology to identify an expiry date of the stored goods attached to the stored goods in the form of a barcode or the like, an alarm signal initiated by the data processing device being emitted on the storage device when the expiry date is reached .
Hierdurch wird der Anteil des in der Bevorratungsvomchtung eingelagerten, zum Verderben neigenden Lagergutes deutlich minimiert.As a result, the proportion of the stored goods which tend to spoil and are stored in the storage device is significantly minimized.
Entsprechend einer nächsten vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung des Gegenstandes der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß an der Bevorratungsvomchtung eine den Füllstand ihres Lagerraumes anzeigende Einπchtung vorgesehen ist.According to a next advantageous embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that a device indicating the fill level of its storage space is provided on the storage device.
Hierdurch ist vermieden, daß ein Benutzer der Bevorratungsvomchtung durch öffnen des Lagerraumes in umständlicher Weise den verbleibenden Restlagerraum feststellen muß. Für den Fall, daß es sich bei der Bevorratungsvorrichtung um ein Kältegerät wie einen Kühloder Gefnerschrank handelt, fuhrt die Anzeigeeinrichtung zu einer nicht unbedeutenden Energieeinsparung, da sich ein Offnen der Kälteraumtur zur Feststellung des verbleibenden Restspeicherplatzes innerhalb des Lagerraumes erubngt.This avoids that a user of the storage device has to laboriously determine the remaining storage space by opening the storage space. In the event that the storage device is a refrigeration device such as a refrigerator or freezer, the display device leads to a not insignificant energy saving, since an opening of the cold room door results in the determination of the remaining storage space within the storage room.
Besonders komfortabel ausgestattet ist eine Bevorratungsvomchtung, wenn nach einer der nächsten bevorzugten Ausführungsform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung vorgesehen ist, daß der Lagerraum mit einer patemosterahnlich aufgebauten Fordereinπchtung ausgestattet ist, welche gesteuert durch die Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung das einzulagernde Lagergut nach seiner Erfassung durch die Scaneinrichtung an einer vorbestimmten Lagerposition innerhalb des Lagerraumes zu fordern und welche bei Abruf des Lagergutes dieses an die Zugangsöffnung zu transportieren vermagA storage device is particularly convenient if, according to one of the next preferred embodiments of the subject matter of the invention, it is provided that the storage space is equipped with a demand device constructed in accordance with a patemo system, which, controlled by the data processing device, stores the goods to be stored after it has been detected by the scanning device at a predetermined storage position within the storage room and which can transport the goods to the access opening when they are called up
Darüber hinaus wird durch eine derartige Fördereinrichtung nicht nur ein besonders effiziente Ausnutzung des Lagerraumes, sondern auch eine besonders positionssichere Einlagerung des Lagergutes erreicht Gleiche Vorteile wie bei einer Bevorratungsvorrichtung mit einer Paternoster- Födereinrichtung sind erreicht, wenn gemäß einer alternativen Ausführungsform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung vorgesehen ist, daß der Lagerraum mit einem durch Datenleitungen gesteuerten Greifarm versehen ist, welcher gesteuert durch die Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung das Lagergut nach seinem Scanvorgang zu greifen und an einer vorbestimmten Lageφosition innerhalb des Lagerraumes abzulegen und bei Abruf des Lagergutes dieses an die Zugangsöffnung zu fördern vermag.In addition, such a conveying device not only achieves particularly efficient use of the storage space, but also a particularly positionally secure storage of the stored goods The same advantages as with a storage device with a paternoster conveyor device are achieved if, according to an alternative embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that the storage space is provided with a gripping arm controlled by data lines, which is controlled by the data processing device to grip the stored goods after their scanning process and to deposit at a predetermined position within the storage space and, when the storage goods are called up, can convey them to the access opening.
Besonders zweckmäßig ausgebildet ist ein als Bevorratungsvorrichtung dienendes Kältegerät mit einem warmeisolierenden Gehäuse und einer durch eine Tür verschlossene Zugangsöffnung zu seinem Nutzraum, wenn nach einer letzten vorteilhaften Ausführungsform des Gegenstandes der Erfindung vorgesehen ist, daß das Kältegerat nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10 ausgebildet ist.A refrigeration device serving as a storage device is particularly expediently designed, with a heat-insulating housing and an access opening to its usable space closed by a door, if, according to a last advantageous embodiment of the object of the invention, it is provided that the refrigeration device is designed according to one of claims 1 to 10.
Die Erfindung ist in der nachfolgenden Beschreibung am Beispiel eines in der beigefügten Zeichnung vereinfacht dargestellten Haushaltsgefnerschrankes erläutert.The invention is explained in the following description using the example of a household freezer cabinet shown in simplified form in the accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 1 Einen Haushaltsgefnerschrank in rein schematischer Darstellung mit einer an der Decke seines warmeisolierenden Gehäuses vorgesehenen, mit einer Scanemπchtung versehen Ladelucke und einem als Touch-screen ausgeführten Bildschirm, im Schnitt,1 is a purely schematic illustration of a household freezer cabinet with a loading gap provided on the ceiling of its heat-insulating housing, provided with a scanning device and a screen designed as a touch screen, in section,
Fig. 2 den Bildschirm in einer gegenüber Fig 1 vergrößerten Darstellung mit darauf angeordneten, als Piktogramme veranschaulichten verkleinerten Abbildungen der im Lagerraum des Haushaltsgefnerschrankes gelagerten Lageψrodukte.FIG. 2 shows the screen in an enlarged view compared to FIG. 1, with smaller images of the layered products stored in the storage room of the domestic freezer cabinet arranged as pictograms.
Fig. 3 Der Bildschirm mit einem darauf im Vollbild zur Anzeige gebrachten Lager produktFig. 3 The screen with a product displayed on it in full screen
Gemäß Fig. 1 ist ein rein schematisch dargestellter Gefrierschrank 10 gezeigt, dessen warme- isoiierendes Gehäuse 11 an seiner Deckenwandung 12 eine Zugangsöffnung 13 aufweist, welche durch eine an der Deckenwandung 12 verschwenkbar gelagerte warmeisolierende Abdeckung 14 verschließbar ist. Bei verschlossener Abdeckung 14 ist von dem Gehäuse 11 ein darin befindlicher Lagerraum 15 warmeisolierend umgrenzt, welcher mit einer paternosterartig angelegten Fordereinπchtung 16 ausgestattet ist. Die Fördereinπchtung 16 weist Antπebs- räder 17 auf, welche zum Antrieb einer Transportkette 18 dienen. Die Transportkette 18 ist mit im Abstand zueinander angeordneten und an ihr festgesetzten Ablageebenen 19 bestückt, welche bei betπebener Fördereinrichtung, z. B. in Richtung des Pfeiles I, in horizontaler Stellung angeordnet sind und welche zur Ablage von als Lagergut 20 dienenden Nahrungsmitteln z. B. abgepackten Fisch oder abgepacktes Fleisch oder dergleichen dienen. Die mit dem Lagergut 20 bestückten Ablageebenen 19 sind durch die Fördereinrichtung 16 ummittelbar in den Zugriffsbereich der Zugangsöffnung 13 bringbar, zu welcher versetzt im rückwärtigen Bereich, außerhalb des Verschwenkbereiches der Abdeckung 14 eine zum optischen Erfassen der Nahrungsmittel dienende optische Abbildungseinrichtung vorgesehen ist, welche im voriie- genden Fall als Scaneinrichtung 21 ausgebildet ist. Diese ist am Gehäuse 11 festgesetzt und mit nicht dargestellten Datenleitungen mit einer ebenso nicht dargestellten Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung und einem als Touch-screen ausgebildeten Bildschirm 22 verbunden. Der Bildschirm 22 ist ebenso wie die Scaneinπchtung 21 im rückwärtigen Bereich der Deckenwandung 12, außerhalb des Verschwenkbereiches der Abdeckung 14 am Gehäuse 11 befestigt. Der Bildschirm 22 dient zur Anzeige der von der Scaneinrichtung 21 optisch erfaßten und bildschirmgerecht aufbereiteten, zur Einlagerung im Lagerraum 15 gekommenen Nahrungsmittel 20, von welchem verkleinerte Abbildungen 23 symbolähnlich am Bildschirm 22 dargestellt sind. Die verkleinerten Abbildungen lassen sich am Bildschirm 22 zur Verbesserung der Erkennbarkeit des eingiagerten Gutes jeweils als Vollbild darstellen (siehe hierzu Fig. 3).1 shows a purely schematically illustrated freezer 10, the heat-insulating housing 11 of which has an access opening 13 on its top wall 12 which can be closed by a heat-insulating cover 14 which is pivotably mounted on the top wall 12. When the cover 14 is closed, the housing 11 defines a heat-insulating storage space 15 therein, which is equipped with a paternoster-like device 16. The conveying device 16 has antπebs wheels 17, which serve to drive a transport chain 18. The transport chain 18 is equipped with storage levels 19 which are arranged at a distance from one another and fixed to it, which, in the case of a feed conveyor, for. B. in the direction of arrow I, are arranged in a horizontal position and which for serving as storage goods 20 serving z. B. serve packaged fish or packaged meat or the like. The storage levels 19 equipped with the stored goods 20 can be brought directly by the conveying device 16 into the access area of the access opening 13, to which, in the rear area, outside the pivoting area of the cover 14, there is provided an optical imaging device which serves to optically detect the foodstuffs, which in the foreground - The case is designed as a scanning device 21. This is fixed on the housing 11 and is connected to a data processing device (also not shown) and a screen 22 designed as a touch screen with data lines (not shown). The screen 22, like the scanning device 21, is fastened to the housing 11 in the rear area of the ceiling wall 12, outside the pivoting area of the cover 14. The screen 22 is used to display the food 20, which has been optically detected by the scanning device 21 and prepared in accordance with the screen and has come for storage in the storage room 15, of which reduced images 23 are shown on the screen 22 in a symbol-like manner. The reduced images can be displayed on the screen 22 to improve the recognizability of the stored goods as a full image (see FIG. 3).
Das zur Einlagerung in den Lagerraum 15 vorgesehene Lagergut 20 wird vor seiner Einlagerung der Scaneinnchtung 21 zugeführt. Diese erzeugt von dem Lagergut eine optische Abbildung, welche einerseits durch nicht gezeigte Datenleitungen bildschirmgerecht aufbereitet, dem Bildschirm 22 zugeführt sind und andererseits zur datentechnischen Aufberei- tung an einen nicht gezeigte Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung übertragen werden. An der Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung sind die optisch am Lagergut 20 erfaßten Daten, wie die bildliche Darstellung des abgepackten Lagergutes und dessen Verfalldatum, in einem Speicher hinteriegt und von diesem bei Bedarf abrufbar, wobei mit der datentechnischen Hinterlegung das Haltbarkeitsdatums eines Nahrungsmittels von einer in der Datenverarbeitungs- einnchtung integrierten Systemuhr bis zum Erreichen des Verfalldatums überwacht und bei Überschreitung des Verfalldatums ein Warnsignal ausgelost ist. Die Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung überwacht zusätzlich eine nicht gezeigte Füllstandsanzeige, welche einem Benutzer ohne Einblick in den Lagerraum 15 nehmen zu müssen, dessen Füllgrad und somit dessen verbleibende Lagerkapazitat anzeigt.The storage goods 20 intended for storage in the storage space 15 are fed to the scanning device 21 before they are stored. This generates an optical image of the stored goods, which on the one hand is prepared for the screen by data lines (not shown), is supplied to the screen 22 and on the other hand is transmitted to a data processing device (not shown) for data processing. At the data processing device, the data optically recorded on the stored goods 20, such as the pictorial representation of the packaged stored goods and their expiry date, are stored in a memory and can be called up if necessary, the shelf life date of a food being stored by a person in the data processing device with the data storage Integrated system clock is monitored until the expiry date is reached and a warning signal is triggered if the expiry date is exceeded. The data processing device additionally monitors a fill level indicator, not shown, which indicates to a user without having to look into the storage space 15, the fill level and thus the remaining storage capacity.
Für den Fall, daß aus dem Lagerraum 15 ein bestimmtes Nahrungsmittel 20 entnommen werden soll, folgt dies in einem ersten Schritt durch dessen Auswahl am Bildschirm 20 anhand einer Berührung des dort von diesem Nahrungsmittel dargestellten Piktogrammes 23, wodurch über die Datenverabeitungseinrichtung die Fördereineinrichtung 16 angesteuert ist. Diese positioniert diejenige der Ablageebenen 19 unmittelbar unterhalb der Zugangsöffnung 13, auf welcher das gewünschte Nahrungsmittel abgestellt ist. Zum Entnehmen des Nahrungs- mittels 20 ist im Anschluß daran lediglich noch die Abdeckung 14 in seine Öffnungsposition zu verschwenken.In the event that a specific food 20 is to be removed from the storage space 15, this follows in a first step by selecting it on the screen 20 by touching the pictogram 23 represented there by this foodstuff, as a result of which the conveyor device 16 is controlled via the data processing device. This positions that of the storage levels 19 directly below the access opening 13 on which the desired food is placed. To remove the food 20, only the cover 14 then has to be pivoted into its open position.
In Abwandlung des dargestellten Ausführungsbeispieles ist es auch vorstellbar, daß die verschwenkbar gelagerte Abdeckung als ein in die Deckenwandung 12 integriertes, z. B. anhand einer Geradführung verschiebbares Abdeckelement ausgebildet ist, überhalb welchem unmittelbar die Scaneinrichtung 21 am Gehäuse 11 festgesetzt ist und welchem nach einem abgeschlossen Scanvorgang selbsttätig die Zugangsöffnung 13 zum Lagerraum 15 freigibt und diese nach Einlagerung des Lagergutes 20 wieder verschließt.In a modification of the illustrated embodiment, it is also conceivable that the pivotally mounted cover as an integrated in the ceiling wall 12, for. B. is formed on the basis of a straight guide movable cover element, above which directly the scanning device 21 is fixed to the housing 11 and which automatically opens the access opening 13 to the storage space 15 after a completed scanning process and closes this again after storage of the stored goods 20.
Darüber hinaus ist es vorstellbar, daß sowohl die Scaneinrichtung 21 als auch der Bildschirm 22 und die nicht gezeigte Datenverabeitungseinrichtung als Solo-Einrichtungen dem Gefrierschrank 10 zugeordnet sind.In addition, it is conceivable that both the scanning device 21 and the screen 22 and the data processing device (not shown) are assigned to the freezer 10 as solo devices.
Außerdem ist auch vorstellbar, daß die Bevorratungsvorrichtung als Weinlagerschrank ausgebildet ist, wobei die Ablageebenen 19 dann entsprechend zur Aufbewahrung von Weinflaschen auszubilden sind.In addition, it is also conceivable that the storage device is designed as a wine storage cabinet, the storage levels 19 then being designed accordingly for storing wine bottles.
Ferner ist auch vorstellbar, daß das elektronische Visualisierungsgerät als virtueller Touch- screen ausgebildet ist.It is also conceivable that the electronic visualization device is designed as a virtual touch screen.
Vorteilhaft ausgebildet ist die Bevorratungsvorrichtung, wenn diese als Nahrungsmittel- Bevorratungsvorrichtung zum Einsatz kommt. The storage device is advantageously designed when it is used as a food storage device.

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1 Bevorratungsvomchtung mit einem Lagerraum und mit einer verschließbaren Zugangsöffnung zum Lagerraum, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß der Bevorratungsvorrichtung (10) eine zum Erfassen dreidimensionaler Gegenstände (20) dienende optische Abbildungseinnchtung zugeordnet ist, deren von ihr erzeugte Abbildungen bildschirmtechnisch aufbereitet über Datenieitungen einem elektronischen Visuaiisierungsgerat und zur datentechnischen Aufbereitung einer Datenverarbeitungseinπchtung zugeführt sind.1 storage device with a storage room and with a lockable access opening to the storage room, characterized in that the storage device (10) is associated with an optical imaging device used for detecting three-dimensional objects (20), the images of which it generates are processed by screen technology via data lines to an electronic visualization device and for data processing Preparation of a data processing device are supplied.
2. Bevorratungsvomchtung nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die optische Abbiidungseinrichtung als Scaneinrichtung (21 ) ausgebildet ist, welche über Datenleitungen mit der datentechnisch an den Bildschirm (22) angekoppelten2. Storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that the optical imaging device is designed as a scanning device (21) which is coupled via data lines with the data technology to the screen (22)
Datenverarbeitungsanlage verbunden ist.Data processing system is connected.
3 Bevorratungsvomchtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Scaneinπchtungen (21) zumindest in Nahbereich der Zugangsöffnung (13) angeordnet und an der Bevorratungsvomchtung (10) festgesetzt ist3 storage device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the Scaneinπchtungen (21) at least in the vicinity of the access opening (13) and fixed to the storage device (10)
4 Bevorratungsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die an der Bevorratungsvomchtung (10) festgesetzte Scaneinrichtung (21 ) der Zugangsoffnung (13) unmittelbar vorge- schaltet ist4 storage device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the scanning device (21) attached to the storage device (10) is connected directly upstream of the access opening (13)
5 Bevorratungsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1-3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß im Nahbreich des Scaneinnchtung (21 ) das elektronische Visuaiisierungsgerat an der Bevorratungsvorrichtung (10) festgesetzt ist5 storage device according to one of claims 1-3, characterized in that in the vicinity of the scanning device (21) the electronic visualization device is fixed to the storage device (10)
Bevorratungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das elektronische Visua esierungsgerat als Bildschirm (22) ausgebildet istStorage device according to claim 1 or 5, characterized in that the electronic visualization device is designed as a screen (22)
7 Bevorratungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Bildschirm (22) als Touch-screen ausgebildet ist, an welchem vekleinerte7 storage device according to claim 1 or 6, characterized in that the screen (22) is designed as a touch screen, on which reduced
Abbilder der mit der Scaneinnchtung (21 ) erfaßten Gebilde angezeigt sind. Images of the structures detected with the scanning device (21) are displayed.
. Bevorratungsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1-7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Scaneinnchtung (21 ) ein an dem einzulagernden Lagergut (20) in Form eines Barcodes oder dergleichen angebrachtes Verfalldatum des Lagergutes (20) datentechnisch zu identifizieren vermag, wobei beim Erreichen des Verfalldatums an der Bevorratungsvomchtung (10) ein von der Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung ein initiiertes Alarmsignal abgeben wird.. Storage device according to one of claims 1-7, characterized in that the scanning device (21) is able to identify an expiry date of the stored goods (20) attached to the stored goods (20) in the form of a barcode or the like, with the expiry date being reached when the expired date is reached the storage device (10) will emit an alarm signal initiated by the data processing device.
9. Bevorratungsvorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1-8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an der Bevorratungsvorrichtung (10) eine den Füllstand ihres Lagerraumes (15) anzeigende Einπchtung vorgesehen ist.9. Storage device according to one of claims 1-8, characterized in that on the storage device (10) a level of its storage space (15) indicating Einπchtung is provided.
10. Bevorratungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Lagerraum (15) mit einer patemosterahnlich aufgebauten Fόdereinrichtung (16) ausgestattet ist, weiche gesteuert durch die Datenverarbeitungseinrichtung das einzulagernde Lagergut (20) nach seiner Erfassung durch die Scaneinrichtung (21 ) an einer vorbestimmten Lageφosition innerhalb des Lagerraumes (15) zu fördern und welche bei Abruf des Lagergutes (20) dieses an die Zugangsöffnung (13) zu transportieren vermag.10. Storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage room (15) is equipped with a patemosterahn-like conveyor device (16), which is controlled by the data processing device, the stored goods (20) after its detection by the scanning device (21) at a predetermined Promote position position within the storage space (15) and which, when the storage goods (20) are called up, can transport them to the access opening (13).
1 1 Bevorratungsvomchtung nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der1 1 storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that the
Lagerraum (15) mit einem durch Datenieitungen gesteuerten Greifarm versehen ist, welcher gesteuert durch die Datenverarbeitungseinπchtung das Lagergut (20) nach seinem Scanvorgang zu greifen und an einer vorbestimmten Lageφosition innerhalb des Lagerraumes (15) abzulegen und weicher bei Abruf des Lagergutes (20) dieses an die Zugangsόffnung (13) zu fordern vermagStorage room (15) is provided with a gripping arm controlled by data lines, which, controlled by the data processing device, grips the storage goods (20) after its scanning process and stores them at a predetermined position within the storage room (15) and softer them when the storage goods (20) are called up to the access opening (13)
12 Kaltegerat mit einem warmeisolierenten Gehäuse und eine durch eine Tür verschlossene Zugangsoffnung zu seinem Nutzraum, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Kaltegerat (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11 ausgebildet ist 12 Cold device with a heat-insulating housing and an access opening closed by a door to its useful space, characterized in that the cold device (10) is designed according to one of claims 1 to 11
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