EP2751507A1 - Refrigeration device with graphic user interface - Google Patents
Refrigeration device with graphic user interfaceInfo
- Publication number
- EP2751507A1 EP2751507A1 EP12759062.8A EP12759062A EP2751507A1 EP 2751507 A1 EP2751507 A1 EP 2751507A1 EP 12759062 A EP12759062 A EP 12759062A EP 2751507 A1 EP2751507 A1 EP 2751507A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- user interface
- information
- food
- refrigerating appliance
- appliance according
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- 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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- 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
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a refrigerator, in particular a household refrigerator, with graphical user interface.
- Operating elements and a graphical display element that allows the display of text and any programmable graphical elements such as pictograms of activatable by means of the controls functions of the refrigerator.
- the graphical display element makes it possible to provide a user with a variety of information that facilitates the use of the refrigeration device or more effective.
- the visible side of the housing where the user interface must be located is for the most part filled by one or more doors of the storage chamber (s) of the appliance.
- To attach a user interface to the door is generally not preferred because the signal transmission between the user interface and controlled by it, mounted in the body of the refrigerator assemblies is complicated. As a result, most of them are found
- the dimensions of the display element are correspondingly small, which impairs the readability, in particular of information displayed thereon, and results in the device not being able to use any capability of the device to provide useful information on different types of refrigerated goods because of access thereto too laborious.
- the object of the invention is to provide a refrigeration device in which the user interface is quick and easy to handle.
- the display element is arranged to display photos of different types of foodstuffs which are suitable for storage in the storage chamber.
- the Photos allow the user to identify a food of interest to him more quickly than just displaying textual information. While he usually has to read complete information in text form in order to capture the meaning safely, photos are often enough to recognize a small part in order to be able to identify the depicted object.
- the speed and security of recognition can be increased when using colored photos.
- Particularly advantageous is the use of photos in selection menus. While a user usually only reads all the entries in a text-oriented menu and then decides which one is of interest to him, a photo-based menu often requires just one look to recognize the one he is looking for. Therefore, preferably several photos in each case in association with an operating element of the user interface can be displayed simultaneously on the display element.
- Such a user interface may expediently be set up in order to display information on the food displayed on the photo associated with the operating element after actuation of one of the operating elements.
- This information may be provided to a user e.g. Provide information on a convenient way of packaging the food in question, a recommended maximum storage period, or, in the case of a refrigerator with multiple temperature zones or compartments, over a recommended storage location of the food in question in the refrigerator.
- the user interface may be further configured to display the photo along with the information.
- the user interface can also be set up to receive information on the food presented on the control element associated with the photo after actuation of one of the operating elements. If, for example, a user stored the stored with each access to the refrigerator or specified amount of a particular food specified, the amount of food present at any time can be queried at the user interface, and the user can obtain information about the contents of the refrigerator, without having to open it.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the refrigerator to which the present invention is applicable; a screenshot of a displayed on the display element of the refrigerator selection menu; a screenshot of information displayed after selecting a food from the menu of Figure 2; and
- Fig. 4 is a screenshot of one after selecting a food from the menu
- Fig. 2 displayed information screens according to a second
- Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a refrigerator, in particular one
- the refrigerator comprises one or more of a heat-insulating housing 1 surrounded storage chambers 2 for refrigerated goods and a cold generator for Cooling each storage chamber 2, which in a conventional manner a compressor 3 for refrigerant, a condenser 4, emits in the compressor 3 adiabatically compressed refrigerant heat to the environment and thereby condensing, and a
- Evaporator 5 in which the condensed refrigerant relaxes under heat absorption and the resulting refrigerant vapor is sucked in by the compressor 3 again.
- the evaporator 5 is shown here for the sake of simplicity as a back wall evaporator, but it is understood that the invention is also any type of evaporator, especially applicable to NoFrost evaporator.
- a control unit 6 controls the operation of the compressor 3 on the one hand based on a temperature measured by a temperature sensor 7 on the storage chamber 2 and on the other hand based on specifications that a user can enter on a user interface 8. As indicated schematically in FIG.
- the user interface 8 comprises an alphanumeric and / or graphical display element such as an LCD display 9 and a plurality of keys 10 associated with the display element 9.
- the keys 10 are better here and in the following figures For clarity, each shown separately from the display element 9, but it is understood that in a
- the keys can also be formed by areas of the display surface itself.
- Basic menu is out by pressing one or more of the keys 10, the example shown in FIG. 2 menu selectable. It includes a plurality of photos 1 1 different types of food; here from different vegetables in alphabetical order. Labels 12, 13, 14 at different corners of the displayed menu indicate to the user that by pressing the respective adjacent keys 10 they return to a previously displayed menu, a menu with the preceding vegetable types indicated in the alphabet, or a menu with im
- Alphabet can call subsequent vegetable types. By means of the remaining keys 10 One of the displayed types of vegetables can be selected and one assigned to it
- FIG. 3 An example of such an information screen is shown in FIG. 3. Again, labels 12, 13, 14 are provided at the corners of the screen, indicating that by their actuation the previously displayed menu (here, that of FIG. 2) has returned or Information about an alphabet preceding or
- Display element 9 is divided into three fields 15, 16, 17.
- the left panel 15 shows a schematic representation of the refrigerator, in which the different
- the middle panel 16 contains information concerning the frost-free storage of lamb's lettuce, such as the maximum shelf life (here 20 days), the recommended storage temperature (here 0 ° C), and an indication of an appropriate packaging (here paper bag).
- the right box 17 could provide information on
- an information screen which can be called up via the menu of FIG. 2 could also offer the user the option of entering information himself.
- These may be, for example, references 23 to preferred types of preparation that may be queried using associated adjacent keys 10, as well as information about the inventory of a food.
- the unit of measure used to increment and decrement eg kilograms, liters, number of packs or portions, may vary depending on the type of food and may be user definable. This allows the user to change the stock of inventories to a specific one
- Refrigerating device is advantageous, and / or he can get an indication when the stock of food is low and replenishment must be procured.
- the inventory 22 may be displayed adjacent to a highlighted storage compartment of the schematic of the refrigerator to facilitate the user's ability to locate the food in question.
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DE201110081956 DE102011081956A1 (en) | 2011-09-01 | 2011-09-01 | Refrigerating appliance with graphical user interface |
PCT/EP2012/066888 WO2013030294A1 (en) | 2011-09-01 | 2012-08-30 | Refrigeration device with graphic user interface |
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EP1030521A1 (en) * | 1999-02-19 | 2000-08-23 | Aktiebolaget Electrolux (publ) | Device and procedure for information on the contents in a cabinet |
JP2002243335A (en) * | 2001-02-21 | 2002-08-28 | Toshiba Corp | Food preservation chamber, home network device, portable information terminal, food information provision server, menu information provision server, and information provision server containing in preservation chamber |
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Inventor name: BECKE, CHRISTOPH Inventor name: STAUD, RALPH Inventor name: KIRSCHBAUM, MAIKE Inventor name: EICHER, MAX Inventor name: TISCHER, THOMAS Inventor name: GORODEZKI, SWETLANA |
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