JP2012168666A - Multipurpose refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator which can set freshness dates and consumption time limits as to foods in the refrigerator so that users of the refrigerator are prompted to eat the foods before the dates within and time limits and electronize memos stuck on the refrigerator, and is connected to the Internet to perform stock management on the refrigerator and to display a calendar and contents.SOLUTION: A CCD camera is installed over a multipurpose refrigerator, and foods which are put in and out of the refrigerator are photographed to send image information to an Internet server. Shaped images are displayed on a liquid crystal touch panel, and consumption time limits and freshness dates are input there. Foods after freshness dates and consumption time limits are displayed on the touch panel and vocally warned through a speaker. The liquid crystal touch panel can be used as a readable/writable notepad. Further, a calendar of garbage collection dates by cities, towns, villages and recipes of dishes, etc., can be displayed as contents of WWW associatively with the Internet server. The stock state of the refrigerator can be inquired remotely through a mobile phone etc.

Description

The present invention includes a household refrigerator for taking in and out food, setting consumption and expiration dates, a liquid crystal touch panel, a CCD sensor, and an image recognition device.

If you use the food beyond the shelf life or expiry date of the food in the refrigerator, eating the food may cause a health hazard. Housewives tend to put notes in the refrigerator, where a liquid crystal touch panel is installed to make it easier to take notes, or by connecting to an Internet server to display a garbage day calendar by municipality. A warning about the expiration date of food can be urged from a liquid crystal touch panel or a speaker. Since the environment for connecting to the Internet server is prepared, there is an advantage that the inventory status of the refrigerator can be grasped by a mobile phone or a remote personal computer.

With regard to food in the refrigerator, it is possible to set a shelf life or a expiration date and prompt the user to eat within that time limit. Since the notes to be attached to the refrigerator can be digitized, it is possible to leave notes according to the capacity of the hard disk. Since it can be connected to the Internet, it can display the inventory management of the refrigerator and the calendar and contents. If you can display the garbage day calendar by municipality, you can know the date of garbage disposal in the kitchen.

Patent Publication 2010-048508 Patent Publication 2003-004368

A CCD camera is installed at the top of the multi-purpose refrigerator to shoot food to be taken in and out of the refrigerator and send the image information to the Internet server. The molded image is displayed on the LCD touch panel, where the expiration date and expiration date are entered. . The food whose expiration date or expiry date has expired is displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel, and a voice warning is given by a speaker. The liquid crystal touch panel can be used as a readable / writable memo and can display WWW content in conjunction with an Internet server. As content, it is possible to display a garbage day calendar for each municipality, or display recipes from a search site. It is also possible to inquire about the inventory status of the refrigerator with a remote mobile phone or with a personal computer. It is also possible to secure a certain amount of food stock in the refrigerator by delivery by a courier.

It is a front view of the multipurpose refrigerator of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CCD camera 2 Refrigerator internet server 3 Refrigerator right door 4 Refrigerator left door 5 Liquid crystal touch panel 6 Liquid crystal touch panel 7 Speaker and human detection sensor 8 Vegetable freezer 9 Freezer tray 10 Freezer 11 Ice making tray

Claims (3)

A multi-purpose refrigerator equipped with a CCD camera and Internet server at the top of the refrigerator, a liquid crystal touch panel on the front of the refrigerator, and a speaker and a human sensor, sends image information from the CCD camera to the Internet server, and forms an image. The image is displayed on the LCD touch panel, the user inputs the expiration date or the expiration date, the inventory information is stored in the Internet server, and the expiration date or the expiration date is managed, while the food outside the expiration date is stored on the LCD touch panel. A multi-purpose refrigerator characterized by displaying and prompting a user with a warning sound through a speaker.
In claim 1, the Internet server can be accessed from a mobile phone or a remote personal computer, can grasp the stock quantity in the refrigerator, and can display WWW content on a liquid crystal touch panel. A multi-purpose refrigerator characterized by displaying a garbage day calendar for each municipality.
  The multipurpose refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein in order to keep the stock amount in the refrigerator constant, food delivery can be easily performed by connecting the delivery company with an internet server.