EP3550235B1 - Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation - Google Patents

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EP3550235B1
EP3550235B1 EP19166109.9A EP19166109A EP3550235B1 EP 3550235 B1 EP3550235 B1 EP 3550235B1 EP 19166109 A EP19166109 A EP 19166109A EP 3550235 B1 EP3550235 B1 EP 3550235B1
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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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
    • A47F3/0404—Cases or cabinets of the closed type
    • A47F3/0426—Details
    • A47F3/043—Doors, covers
    • 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
    • F25D29/006—Safety devices
    • 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
    • F25D2700/00—Means for sensing or measuring; Sensors therefor
    • F25D2700/04—Sensors detecting the presence of a person

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  • the invention relates to a refrigerator and / or freezer with a body that defines an interior space, and with a door that comprises a large-area glass pane through which the interior space is visible from the outside of the device.
  • the invention also relates to the use of such a device.
  • Total Display Area which in principle describes the extent to which a customer can view the interior of the sales unit, is used as a key figure in this context.
  • the area occupied by the glass is of decisive importance, since the total display area in such shelves increases with the proportion of glass panes in the total area of the doors.
  • the invention relates to a refrigerator and / or freezer with the features of claim 1.
  • the door is therefore automatically moved when a person standing in front of it, such as a customer of a grocery store, performs a certain gesture with his hand.
  • the device includes a control unit that is connected to the sensor and the motor and on which a corresponding algorithm is stored.
  • the door no longer has to be touched or moved independently with muscle power.
  • the door is not operated when any movement occurring in the area of the door is detected, but only when a specific hand movement is detected. In this way, an unwanted opening due to, for example, a person passing by can be avoided.
  • the gesture-controlled door movement enables the glass surface of the doors and thus the total display area to be maximized.
  • the glass surfaces of the doors can be pulled far to the edge and annoying handles can be avoided.
  • the glass pane can be a transparent pane made of ceramic glass or plastic glass.
  • the device can be a floor-standing or built-in device with an interior that is open to the front, or a chest with an interior that is open at the top. Accordingly, the door can be a sliding or pivoting door on the front or a sliding or hinged cover on the ceiling.
  • the motor is connected to the control unit and is activated by it in response to the gesture recognition of the sensor system. Electric motors are particularly suitable.
  • the force can be transmitted directly on the door hinge or using a door movement mechanism based on a door closer with, for example, a knee joint or a slide rail.
  • the force can be transmitted using one or more wheels or tension elements.
  • the specific hand movement is a movement running perpendicular or obliquely to the plane of the door.
  • the hand movement necessary for triggering or controlling the automatic movement of the door is a hand movement that is modeled on the opening and closing movement for an actual pivoting door or flap. Accordingly, this embodiment can be useful, in particular, for devices that have an interior space that is open to the front and a front pivoting door. Furthermore, this embodiment can be used in chests which comprise an interior space that is open at the top and a hinged lid.
  • the specific hand movement is a horizontal movement running parallel or obliquely to the plane of the door.
  • the hand movement required to trigger or control the automatic movement of the door is a hand movement that is modeled on the opening or closing movement for an actual sliding door or flap. Accordingly, this embodiment can be useful, in particular, for devices that have an interior space that is open to the front and a sliding door on the front. Furthermore, this embodiment can be used in chests which comprise an interior space open at the top and a sliding cover.
  • the certain hand movement must have a certain minimum amplitude and / or must run at an angle to the vertical or horizontal that does not exceed a certain maximum angle and / or must have a speed within a certain interval and / or must be carried out at a distance from the door that is below a certain maximum distance, and / or must be carried out in a certain area in front of the door and / or must have a minimum degree of homogeneity.
  • the minimum amplitude can be, for example, 5 cm or 10 cm.
  • the maximum angle to the vertical, in the case of a pivoting door or flap, or horizontal, in the case of a sliding door or flap, can for example be 45 ° or 30 °, the vertical line being perpendicular to the door surface and the horizontal line being parallel to the Horizontal line running through the door surface is to be understood.
  • a suitable speed interval can for example be defined as 0.1-1 m / s and preferably 0.2-0.5 m / s, which would correspond to the speed of a typical pulling movement.
  • the maximum distance from the door can be 1 m, for example. This means that only movements close to the door are recorded.
  • an area in front of the door for example, an area can be defined that is perpendicular in front of the door surface, not to the side or a maximum of 30 cm above the line of the door surface protrudes and is within the minimum distance.
  • the homogeneity criterion can require, for example, that the speed of the movement does not spread more than 70% or not more than 50% around a mean value over the distance of the minimum amplitude. Individual, several or all of these criteria allow a movement pattern to be defined, which records the opening movement for an actual door as comprehensively as possible and excludes other movement patterns as accurately as possible.
  • the device is designed to move the door in such a way that the door movement follows the movement of the hand in its direction and in its speed and in its amplitude.
  • the door movement is linked to the hand movement in the same way as it would be if the door were opened manually.
  • the door is opened when the hand is moved perpendicularly or obliquely to the plane of the door away from the latter, that the door movement is stopped when this movement is ended, and that the door is closed when the hand is moved perpendicular or obliquely to the plane of the door towards this.
  • the senor is a camera that is coupled to electronics for image evaluation.
  • electronics for image evaluation parts of the body of users and their movements can be easily recognized.
  • a specific position of the user can be recognized.
  • a capacitive sensor can be used, for example.
  • a safety system which prevents the door from colliding with a user or from moving too quickly or from excessive forces.
  • the security system can for example comprise one or more of the following aspects.
  • the door is only moved at a maximum speed regardless of any higher speed of the hand movement.
  • the motor or the mechanism connecting the motor to the door can comprise a counterforce sensor which detects a counterforce caused by a collision of the door and temporarily stops the movement.
  • the sensor for motion detection can also be used to detect an object standing in the movement path, so that a movement of the door in the direction of this object can be temporarily prevented.
  • the front of the door is formed completely by a preferably frameless glass pane and / or that the door has no handles.
  • the door can be a glass plate that, when closed, rests on a seal on the device body at the top and bottom.
  • the hinges required in the case of a pivoting door or hinged flap can be attached to two opposite corners of the door by, for example, attaching, riveting, gluing or screwing.
  • the sliding door or sliding flap can be accommodated on opposite sides in guides of the body.
  • the interior has a plurality of sections preferably lying next to one another, each of which is assigned its own door.
  • the device according to the invention can therefore be a large self-service refrigerated shelf or a large self-service freezer for the sales area of a grocery store, which may also have several compressors and refrigerant circuits and combine several temperature zones.
  • the sections of the interior space can be separated by dividing elements or partitions or can be openly connected to one another.
  • the multiple doors of the device of this variant are preferably all designed according to the invention and are preferably all moved according to the invention.
  • the device can have several motors and preferably also several sensors.
  • the invention also relates to the use of a refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention as a self-service refrigerated shelf or self-service freezer in a sales room of a grocery store.
  • the device according to the invention can be used advantageously in such an application.
  • a sticker or an imprint can indicate the automatic function of the door.
  • the single figure shows a large refrigerator and / or freezer 100 with several doors 10, which is intended for use as a self-service refrigerated shelf in a sales room of a grocery store.
  • the interior of the device 100 comprises a plurality of connected sections, each section being assigned its own door 10.
  • the doors 10 are pivoting doors which comprise bearing pins 11 on their respective right sides at the top and bottom and are thus fastened to a strip 21 of the body 20.
  • the doors each include a large glass pane 12 which essentially takes up the entire door surface and is only enclosed on all sides in a thin space 13.
  • the interior of the device is clearly visible from the outside through the glass pane 12.
  • the doors 10 do not have a door handle.
  • the device 100 has a plurality of electric motors built into the body 20, one motor each being connected to a door 10 via a mechanism not shown in detail.
  • the mechanism is designed so that the opening and closing movement of the door 10 can be controlled using the motor.
  • the device has several cameras built into the body 20, one camera being assigned to each door 10 and the detection area of each camera including the area in front of the associated door 10.
  • the device 100 has a control unit which is connected to the cameras and the motors. Image recognition software is stored on the control unit, with the aid of which the camera images can be evaluated for movements of people standing in front of the doors 10.
  • an algorithm is stored on the control unit in order to move a specific door 10 using the associated motor, if a door 10 running perpendicular or at an angle to the plane of the door 10 using the camera and image recognition software Hand movement of a person in front of the respective door 10 is detected, which would correspond to an opening or closing movement in the presence of a door handle.
  • a door movement is only initiated when the movement exceeds a certain minimum amplitude, has a certain direction and speed and is carried out in a certain area in front of the door 10.
  • the automatically initiated door movement follows the hand movement in terms of direction, speed and amplitude.
  • the door movement is linked to the hand movement in the same way as it would be if the door were opened manually.
  • the door 10 is opened when the hand is moved away from the door 10, the door movement is stopped when this movement stops, and the door 10 is closed when the hand is moved towards the door 10.
  • a safety system that prevents the door 10 from colliding with a user or from moving too quickly or from excessive forces.
  • the security system comprises several aspects. On the one hand, it is provided that the door 10 is only moved at a maximum speed regardless of any higher hand movement speed.
  • the motor comprises a counterforce sensor which detects a counterforce caused by a collision of the door 10 and temporarily stops the door movement if such a counterforce is detected.
  • the door movement is temporarily stopped when the camera and image evaluation software detects an object in the path of movement.
  • the advantages can be realized that there is no handle in the display area and thus the total display area can be increased compared to known devices. Any transport damage caused by handle elements is also avoided.
  • the relatively heavy glass doors are opened by the motor and not by the muscle power of the user. Operation is therefore possible for every person without restrictions. Since the detection area for the required hand movement can be larger than the engagement area of a classic handle, so that people with physical limitations such as wheelchair users who cannot grasp a classic handle optimally and can sometimes only open heavy glass doors with difficulty, benefit from such a gesture-controlled door movement .
  • doors can be closed automatically after a defined period of time to prevent the doors from staying open.

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  1. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation (100) avec
    un corps (20), qui définit un espace intérieur,
    une porte (10), qui comprend une vitre (12) de grande surface, par laquelle l'espace intérieur est visible depuis un côté extérieur de l'appareil (100),
    un capteur servant à détecter des mouvements d'une personne se trouvant devant la porte (10), ainsi
    qu'un moteur, avec lequel la porte (10) peut être déplacée, et avec une unité de commande, qui est reliée au capteur et au moteur et sur laquelle un algorithme correspondant est enregistré, dans lequel
    l'appareil (100) est réalisé pour déplacer automatiquement la porte (10) quand un mouvement de la main défini de la personne est identifié,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'appareil (100) est réalisé pour déplacer la porte (10) de telle sorte que le mouvement de porte suit le mouvement de main dans sa direction, sa vitesse et son amplitude pour coupler le mouvement de porte au mouvement de main ainsi que cela serait le cas également lors d'une ouverture de la porte à la main.
  2. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation (100) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement de main défini est un mouvement s'étendant de manière verticale ou de manière oblique par rapport au plan de la porte (10) ou le mouvement de main défini est un mouvement horizontal s'étendant de manière parallèle ou de manière oblique par rapport au plan de la porte (10).
  3. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement de porte suit le mouvement de main défini quand il possède une amplitude minimale définie et/ou s'étend selon un angle par rapport à la verticale ou l'horizontale, qui ne dépasse pas un angle maximal défini, et/ou présente une vitesse à l'intérieur d'une fourchette définie et/ou est réalisé à une distance de la porte (10) qui est inférieure à une distance maximale définie, et/ou est réalisé dans une zone définie devant la porte (10) et/ou possède une mesure minimale en homogénéité.
  4. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil (100) est réalisé pour fermer automatiquement la porte (10) quand un éloignement de la personne est identifié à l'aide du capteur et/ou quand la porte (10) est maintenue ouverte un temps défini et que le capteur n'identifie aucun mouvement devant la porte (10).
  5. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le capteur est une caméra, qui est couplée à une électronique servant à l'analyse d'images.
  6. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'avant de la porte (10) est formé en totalité par une vitre (12) de préférence sans cadre et/ou que la porte (10) ne présente aucune poignée.
  7. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'espace intérieur présente plusieurs segments situés de préférence côte à côte, auxquels est associée respectivement une porte (10) propre.
  8. Utilisation d'un appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes en tant que rayonnage réfrigérant libre-service ou congélateur libre-service dans un espace de vente d'un commerce de denrées alimentaires.
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