JP2021173485A - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a refrigerator in which voice output from a voice output device is hardly input into a voice input device.SOLUTION: A refrigerator comprises a voice input device into which voice is input, and a voice output device for outputting voice. The voice input device and the voice output device are provided at different places.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to refrigerators.

For example, as described in Patent Document 1, a refrigerator provided with an audio input device such as a microphone and an audio output device such as a speaker is known. In such a refrigerator, the voice emitted by the user is input from the voice input device, and the voice as a response to the input is output from the voice output device.

Conventionally, in such a refrigerator, the voice input device and the voice output device are generally provided in the same place, and are generally provided inside the hinge cover as described in Patent Document 1.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-183786

However, if the voice input device and the voice output device are provided in the same place, the voice output from the voice output device may be input to the voice input device, and as a result, an erroneous response is given to the voice output device. There was a risk of being output from.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the sound output from the voice output device is difficult to be input to the voice input device.

The refrigerator of the embodiment is a refrigerator including a voice input device for inputting voice and a voice output device for outputting voice, wherein the voice input device and the voice output device are provided at different places. do.

Front view of the refrigerator of the embodiment. A vertical sectional view of the refrigerator of the embodiment in the front-rear direction. Top view of the refrigerator of the embodiment. The perspective view in the state which the door of the refrigerator of embodiment is opened. Vertical sectional view of the door of the refrigerator of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. An exploded perspective view of the hinge unit of the embodiment. Wiring is omitted in the figure. A cross-sectional view of the hinge unit of the embodiment in the front-rear direction. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. The block diagram of the refrigerator of an embodiment. A vertical cross-sectional view of the refrigerator of the embodiment near the microphone. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. The door is not shown. Front view of the modified example refrigerator. Front view of the refrigerator in another modified example.

The embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are examples, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto. The following embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, substitutions, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. The following embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

In the following explanation, the person in which the refrigerator user (hereinafter simply referred to as "user") stands is the front, and the opposite is the back. The top, bottom, left, and right are the top, bottom, left, and right as seen by the user standing in front of the refrigerator. The plan view is to look at the refrigerator from above.

1. 1. Overall Configuration of Refrigerator FIGS. 1 and 2 show the refrigerator 10 of the embodiment. The housing 11 of the refrigerator 10 is a combination of an outer box 12 forming an outer shell of the refrigerator 10 and an inner box 13 in which a storage chamber is formed, and a heat insulating material 14 is filled between the outer box 12 and the inner box 13. It is composed of.

The inside of the housing 11 is vertically partitioned by a heat insulating partition wall 15. The upper side of the heat insulating partition wall 15 is a refrigerating space. The refrigerated space is maintained at a refrigerated temperature, which is a temperature suitable for refrigerated storage. Further, the lower side of the heat insulating partition wall 15 is a frozen space. The freezing space is maintained at a freezing temperature, which is a temperature suitable for freezing storage.

The refrigerated space and the frozen space are each provided with a plurality of storage rooms for storing food. Each storage chamber has an opening in the front, through which the user can put food in and out. The opening is the front end of the storage chamber that is open forward, and can be rephrased as the opening end. The opening is on a plane that extends in the vertical and horizontal directions.

The refrigerating space is provided with a refrigerating room 20 and a vegetable room 22 as storage rooms in this order from the top. The inside of the refrigerating chamber 20 is maintained at, for example, 2 to 5 ° C. within the refrigerating temperature range, and the inside of the vegetable chamber 22 is maintained at, for example, 4 to 7 ° C. within the refrigerating temperature range. A plurality of storage shelves 24 are provided in the refrigerator compartment 20. A drawer-type vegetable container 25 is stored in the vegetable compartment 22.

The front opening 39 (see FIG. 4) of the refrigerating chamber 20 is opened and closed by a pair of left and right refrigerating chamber doors 50 and 51 of a French type (Kannon type). The refrigerating room door 51 on the right side is longer in the left-right direction than the refrigerating room door 50 on the left side, and is larger when viewed from the front (when viewed from the front).

An operation panel 19 is provided on the left refrigerating room door 50. The operation panel 19 is also a liquid crystal display device, and has a well-known structure in which a rectangular array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, an opposing substrate, a light guide plate, and the like are laminated in the front-rear direction when viewed from the front. On the operation panel 19, a temperature setting button for setting the temperature inside the refrigerator, an ice making button for making ice, and the like are displayed. The user of the refrigerator 10 can operate the refrigerator 10 by touching those buttons. Further, the operation status of the refrigerator 10 and the like are displayed on the operation panel 19.

Further, the refrigerator compartment door 51 on the right side is provided with an internal sensor 16. The internal sensor 16 measures the temperature and humidity of the refrigerator compartment 20.

As shown in FIG. 5, the refrigerating room door 51 on the right side is roughly filled with a heat insulating material 47 between the front surface plate 41 (outside the refrigerator) and the back surface plate 45 on the rear (inside the refrigerator). It is a structure. The refrigerating room door 50 on the left side and each door described below are also filled with a heat insulating material between the front surface plate and the back surface plate. In the refrigerator compartment door 50 on the left side, a rectangular opening (not shown) is formed in the surface plate 41, and the operation panel 19 is fitted in the opening.

The front opening of the vegetable compartment 22 is opened and closed by a drawer-type vegetable compartment door 23. The vegetable container 25 is fixed to the inner surface of the vegetable compartment door 23.

An ice making room and a storage room 26 are provided in the upper part of the freezing space, and a freezing room 28 is provided in the lower part of the freezing space. The inside of the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber 28 is maintained within the freezing temperature range, for example, -20 to -18 ° C. Further, the inside of the storage chamber 26 is maintained at, for example, -18 to -16 ° C. within the freezing temperature range. Drawer-type storage containers 43 and 44 are stored in the storage chamber 26 and the freezing chamber 28, respectively.

The front opening of the storage chamber 26 is opened and closed by a drawer-type storage chamber door 27. The storage container 43 is fixed to the inner surface of the storage chamber door 27. Further, the front opening of the freezer chamber 28 is opened and closed by a drawer-type freezer door 29, and the front opening of the ice-making chamber is opened and closed by a drawer-type ice-making chamber door 33. The storage container 44 is fixed to the inner surface of the freezing chamber door 29.

Behind the refrigerating space, a first cooler 30 for generating cold air and a first fan 32 for circulating the generated cold air are provided. The cold air generated in the first cooler 30 is blown out from the plurality of outlets 36 into the refrigerating space through the duct 34 extending upward from the first cooler 30. The cold air circulating in the refrigerating space is sucked from the suction port 38 toward the first cooler 30.

Further, behind the freezing space, a second cooler 40 for generating cold air and a second fan 42 for circulating the generated cold air are provided. The cold air generated in the second cooler 40 is blown out to the freezing space from the outlet 46 formed in the back surface of the freezing space, circulates in the freezing space, and then the suction port formed in the back surface of the freezing space. It is sucked from 48 toward the second cooler 40.

A machine room 21 is provided behind the lower part of the refrigerator 10. A compressor 17 and a condenser (not shown) are housed in the machine room 21.

The compressor 17, the condenser, the first cooler 30, the second cooler 40, and the like constitute a well-known refrigeration cycle device. The refrigerant compressed by the compressor 17 alternately flows to the first cooler 30 and the second cooler 40, and when the refrigerant flows, cold air is generated in each cooler.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a recess 35 having a concave shape with respect to the upper surface of the housing 11 is formed behind the upper portion of the housing 11. A power supply board 60 is provided in the recess 35. The power supply board 60 is provided with a power supply IC for supplying a stable voltage and current to each device and the like constituting the refrigerator 10. The recess 35 is closed by a metal power supply cover 37.

The refrigerator 10 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped having front and rear, left and right, and upper and lower surfaces. The rear surface, left surface, right surface, upper surface and lower surface of the refrigerator 10 are the rear surface, left surface, right surface, upper surface and lower surface of the housing 11. Further, the front surface of the refrigerator 10 is formed with refrigerating room doors 50 and 51, a vegetable room door 23, a storage room door 27, a freezing room door 29 and an ice making room door 33.

2. Configuration of Hinge Unit As shown in FIG. 3, the hinge unit 52 on the left side is provided so as to straddle the front left side portion of the housing 11 and the upper left side portion of the left refrigerating room door 50. The left refrigerating room door 50 is rotatably supported by the housing 11 by the hinge unit 52. Further, a hinge unit 53 on the right side is provided so as to straddle the front right side portion of the housing 11 and the upper right side portion of the refrigerating chamber door 51 on the right side. The right side refrigerating room door 51 is rotatably supported by the housing 11 by the hinge unit 53.

As shown in FIG. 6, the hinge unit 53 on the right side has a hinge base 54 provided so as to straddle the upper portion of the refrigerator compartment door 51 and the upper surface of the housing 11, and faces downward from the front portion of the hinge base 54. It has an extended hinge shaft 55 and a hinge cover 56 that covers the hinge base 54.

The hinge base 54 is a metal substantially plate-shaped member. The hinge base 54 is fixed to the upper part of the refrigerator compartment door 51 and the upper surface of the housing 11 with a fixing tool (not shown) such as a screw. A wiring hole 49 for wiring is provided in a portion of the hinge base 54 above the housing 11.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the hinge shaft 55 is a cylindrical member that is long in the vertical direction. The hinge shaft 55 extends in the vertical direction in the vicinity of the right end portion of the refrigerator compartment door 51. The refrigerator compartment door 51 rotates around the hinge shaft 55.

The hinge cover 56 is a member made of synthetic resin. The hinge cover 56 is a member including an upper wall 57 having substantially the same shape as the hinge base 54 in a plan view, and a plurality of side walls 58 provided downward from the edge of the upper wall 57. The upper wall 57 is provided with holes 59 penetrating vertically. Further, the lower end of the side wall 58 is in contact with the hinge base 54. The hinge cover 56 and the hinge base 54 are integrated into a box. This box functions as a storage unit for storing the speaker 63, which will be described later. Further, the hinge cover 56 functions as a covering member that covers the speaker 63, which will be described later, from above.

Although not shown, the hinge unit 52 on the left side also has a hinge base, a hinge shaft, and a hinge cover, like the hinge unit 53 on the right side. A connecting line that electrically connects the main control device 73 of the control board 61 and the operation panel 19 passes through the inside of the hinge unit 52 on the left side and the inside of the cylindrical hinge shaft.

3. 3. Configuration of Speaker, Microphone and Related Parts As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the hinge unit 53 on the right side, the back surface of the hinge cover 56 (the surface facing the hinge base 54) has a control board 61 and a control board 61. The wireless communication device 62 and the speaker 63 are fixed by fixtures (not shown) such as screws, respectively. In these three arrangements, the speaker 63 is at the front, the wireless communication device 62 is at the rearmost, and the control board 61 is between the speaker 63 and the wireless communication device 62. The speaker 63 is provided below the hole 59 in the upper wall 57 of the hinge cover 56.

As shown in FIG. 8, the control board 61 is provided with a main control device 73 made of a microcomputer or the like. Each device constituting the refrigerator 10, such as a compressor 17, a first fan 32, a second fan 42, an operation panel 19, and an internal sensor 16, is connected to the main control device 73. As shown in FIG. 8, the connection line 74 that electrically connects the main control device 73 of the control board 61 and the sensor 16 in the refrigerator is extended from the control board 61 toward the hinge shaft 55 as shown in FIG. It passes through the inside of the cylindrical hinge shaft 55, passes through the inside of the refrigerating chamber door 51 as shown in FIG. 1, and reaches the internal sensor 16. The main control device 73 controls connected devices and the like based on instructions from various buttons on the operation panel 19 and measured values of the sensor 16 in the refrigerator to maintain each storage room at an appropriate temperature while making ice or the like. It also controls.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control board 61 in the hinge unit 53 is electrically connected to the power supply board 60 behind the housing 11 by a connecting line 69. The connection line 69 extended from the power supply board 60 passes between the outer box 12 and the heat insulating material 14 constituting the housing 11 as shown in FIG. 7, and reaches a place under the hinge unit 53 on the right side. There is. A wiring hole 18 is provided in the outer box 12 at a position below the wiring hole 49 of the hinge base 54. The connection line 69 that has reached the location below the hinge unit 53 on the right side exits the inside of the hinge unit 53 through the wiring holes 18 and 49 and is connected to the control board 61.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the wireless communication device 62 is electrically connected to the main control device 73 of the control board 61 by a connection line 64. The wireless communication device 62 can wirelessly communicate with the router 65 grounded in the home. The router 65 is connected to an external server 67 (cloud which is AI) via the Internet 66.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the control board 61 is provided with a voice control unit 75. The voice control unit 75 is electrically connected to the main control device 73. Further, the speaker 63 is electrically connected to the voice control unit 75 by the connection line 68, and the microphone 70 is electrically connected to the voice control unit 75 by the connection line 71.

The speaker 63 is an audio output device that emits (outputs) audio. The voice shall include sounds such as music and buzzers. Since the speaker 63 is fixed under the hole 59, the sound emitted by the speaker 63 is transmitted to the outside of the refrigerator 10 through the hole 59.

The microphone 70 is a voice input device that converts sound that arrives (inputs) from the outside of the refrigerator 10 into an electric signal. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the microphone 70 is provided at the center position of the refrigerator 10 in the left-right direction on the opening 39 in the front of the refrigerator compartment 20. The microphone 70 is fixed to the upper surface of the outer box 12 of the housing 11 with a fixture (not shown) such as a screw.

Here, as a form in which the microphone 70 is above the opening 39 of the refrigerator compartment 20, as shown in FIG. 9, any part of the microphone 70 (excluding the connection line 71 connected to the microphone 70) is An example is a form in which the microphone 70 and the opening 39 overlap in the vertical direction (that is, a form in which the microphone 70 and the opening 39 overlap each other in the vertical direction) above the opening 39 in front of the refrigerating chamber 20. However, even if the position of the front end portion of the microphone 70 is slightly behind the opening 39 (for example, a distance within 1/10 of the length in the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10), the microphone 70 is above the opening 39. Can be said.

Further, the connection line 71 (see FIGS. 3 and 9, omitted in FIG. 7) extended from the control board 61 enters the inside of the housing 11 through the wiring hole 49 of the hinge base 54 to form the housing 11. It passes between the outer box 12 and the heat insulating material 14 and reaches a place near the microphone 70. A wiring hole 72 is provided in the outer box 12 in the vicinity of the microphone 70. The connection line 71 that has reached a location near the microphone 70 goes out of the housing 11 through the wiring hole 72 and is connected to the microphone 70.

The voice signal input to the microphone 70 is subjected to voice recognition processing by the voice control unit 75 and converted into text data. The wireless communication device 62 transmits the converted text data to the server 67 via the router 65 and the Internet 66. The server 67 (cloud, which is AI) performs natural language processing on the received text data, understands the meaning, and finds the optimum solution of the understood question. For example, when the voice "What is the weather today?" Is input to the microphone 70, the server 67 finds the weather today as the optimum solution.

The server 67 converts the obtained optimum solution into text data and transmits it to the wireless communication device 62 via the Internet 66 and the router 65. The voice control unit 75 performs voice synthesis processing on the text data received by the wireless communication device 62 and converts it into a voice signal. The speaker 63 outputs the audio signal. For example, the speaker 63 emits a voice saying "It is sunny today." In this way, the speaker 63 outputs sound as a response to the input to the microphone 70.

4. Operation and effect of the present embodiment In the present embodiment, since the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are provided at different locations, it is difficult for the sound output from the speaker 63 to be input to the microphone 70. Therefore, it is difficult for the speaker 63 to output an erroneous response to the input to the microphone 70.

Further, when talking to the refrigerator 10, the user often stands near the center of the refrigerator 10 in the left-right direction. In the present embodiment, since the microphone 70 is closer to the center of the refrigerator 10 in the left-right direction than the speaker 63, the voice emitted by the user is accurately input to the microphone 70.

Further, the refrigerator 10 has front and rear, left and right, and upper and lower surfaces, and a microphone 70 and a speaker 63 are provided on one of the surfaces (upper surface). Therefore, when the user speaks in a direction substantially the same as the direction in which the voice from the speaker 63 can be heard, the voice of the utterance is surely input to the microphone 70. Nevertheless, since the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are provided at different locations, it is difficult for the sound output from the speaker 63 to be input to the microphone 70.

Further, since the microphone 70 is located above the opening 39 of the refrigerating chamber 20 and is close to the user and at a position where the user's voice can easily reach, the user's voice is surely input to the microphone 70.

Further, since the microphone 70 is provided in the housing 11 instead of the door of the refrigerator 10, even if the door is opened and closed and moves, the input of voice to the microphone 70 is not adversely affected.

Further, since the control board 61, the wireless communication device 62, and the speaker 63 are fixed to one member called the hinge cover 56, the wiring can be shortened. Here, since the control board 61 to which the wireless communication device 62 and the speaker 63 are connected is located between the wireless communication device 62 and the speaker 63, the wiring can be particularly shortened. Further, since the speaker 63 is arranged at the front of the control board 61, the wireless communication device 62, and the speaker 63, the user's voice is accurately input to the speaker 63.

5. Modification example A modification example of the above embodiment will be described. One of the plurality of modification examples described below may be applied to the above embodiment, or any two or more of the modification examples described below may be applied in combination. good. In the following description of the modified example, the same reference numerals are used for the same components as those in the above embodiment.

(1) Change example 1
The microphone 70 and the speaker 63 may be provided at different locations, and are not limited to the locations of the above-described embodiments.

Examples of different locations of the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 include (a) an example in which the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are fixed to different members (for example, the microphone 70 is fixed to the outer box 12 as in the above embodiment). An example in which the speaker 63 is fixed to the hinge cover 56), (b) An example in which the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are provided on different surfaces of the front / rear, left / right, and upper / lower surfaces of the refrigerator 10 (for example, the speaker 63 An example in which the microphone 70 is provided on the upper surface of the refrigerator 10 and the microphone 70 is provided on the front surface, the left side or the right side of the refrigerator 10), and (c) an example in which another member is provided between the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 (for example). An example in which the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are provided on the refrigerator compartment door 50, the speaker 63 is arranged above the operation panel 19, and the microphone 70 is arranged below the operation panel 19, this example will be described in the modified example 4. ), Etc. can be mentioned.

(2) Change example 2
When the microphone 70 is provided on the upper surface of the housing 11, the position of the microphone 70 in the left-right direction may be separated from the position of the center of the refrigerator 10 in the left-right direction. However, it is preferable that the microphone 70 is closer to the center of the refrigerator 10 in the left-right direction than the speaker 63.

(3) Change example 3
The microphone 70 may be provided at a place other than the upper surface of the housing 11.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the microphone 70 may be provided on the refrigerator compartment door 50, and the speaker 63 may be provided on the hinge unit 53 as in the above embodiment. In this case, the microphone 70 may be provided as a member constituting the operation panel 19 (that is, as a part of the operation panel 19) as shown in FIG. 10, or may be located at any position above, below, left or right from the operation panel 19. It may be provided in. When the microphone 70 is provided at any of the top, bottom, left, and right positions from the operation panel 19, the microphone 70 is fixed to the surface plate of the refrigerator compartment door 50.

As described above, when the microphone 70 is provided on the refrigerator compartment door 50 and the speaker 63 is provided on the hinge unit 53, the microphone 70 is closer to the center of the refrigerator 10 in the left-right direction than the speaker 63. In this case, the microphone 70 is closer to the center of the refrigerator compartment 20 in the vertical direction than the speaker 63. Therefore, the microphone 70 is closer to the user standing in front of the refrigerator 10 than the speaker 63.

(4) Change example 4
The speaker 63 may be provided at a place other than the hinge unit 53.

For example, the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 may be provided on the refrigerator compartment door 50 (the refrigerator compartment door 51 may be used). When the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are provided on the refrigerator compartment door 50, it is preferable that the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are arranged in at least one of the following first to third.

The first arrangement is that the speaker 63 is above the microphone 70. FIG. 11 shows an example of the first arrangement, in which the speaker 63 is provided above the operation panel 19 and the microphone 70 is provided below the operation panel 19. In this arrangement, the speaker 63 and the microphone 70 are fixed to the surface plate of the refrigerator compartment door 50, respectively.

One of the speaker 63 and the microphone 70 may be provided as a member constituting the operation panel 19 (that is, as a part of the operation panel 19), and the other may be provided above or below the operation panel 19.

Since the ears are on the top and the mouth is on the bottom of the user's head, if the speaker 63 is on the top and the microphone 70 is on the bottom, the user's voice can easily reach the microphone 70, and the speaker 63 can be easily reached. Voice is easy to reach the user's ear.

In the second arrangement, the microphone 70 is arranged closer to the center of the refrigerator compartment 20 in the vertical direction than the speaker 63. The arrangement shown in FIG. 11 is a first arrangement and a second arrangement. According to this arrangement, the mouth of the user who speaks is closer to the microphone 70 than the speaker 63, and the user's voice is easily input to the microphone 70 accurately.

In the third arrangement, the microphone 70 is arranged closer to the center of the refrigerator 10 in the left-right direction than the speaker 63. According to this arrangement, the mouth of the user who speaks is closer to the microphone 70 than the speaker 63, and the user's voice is easily input to the microphone 70 accurately.

When the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are provided on one refrigerating room door 50 as in this modification, the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are provided on the same surface (on the front surface). Therefore, when the user speaks in a direction substantially the same as the direction in which the sound from the speaker 63 can be heard, the spoken sound is surely input to the microphone 70.

(5) Change example 5
The microphone 70 and the speaker 63 may be provided on different doors of the refrigerator 10.

For example, the microphone 70 may be provided on the larger refrigerating room door 51 of the left and right refrigerating room doors 50 and 51, and the speaker 63 may be provided on the smaller refrigerating room door 50.

Further, the microphone 70 may be provided on the refrigerator compartment door 50, and the speaker 63 may be provided on the vegetable compartment door 23.

Since each door of the refrigerator 10 forms one surface as a whole, if the microphone 70 is provided on one of the doors and the speaker 63 is provided on the other door, the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 are the same. It will be provided on the surface.

(6) Change example 6
The wireless communication device 62 may be provided at a place other than the hinge unit 53, and may be provided inside, for example, either the left or right refrigerating room doors 50 or 51.

When the wireless communication device 62 is provided at any place, it is preferable that the microphone 70 or the speaker 63 is fixed to the same member (for example, the same substrate) as the wireless communication device 62. As a result, the two members that require electricity are gathered in one place, and the wiring can be simplified.

For example, when the wireless communication device 62 is provided on either the left or right refrigerating room doors 50 or 51, at least one of the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 is provided on the refrigerating room doors 50 and 51, and the wireless communication device 62 is provided on the microphone. It is preferable that the 70 or the speaker 63 is fixed to the same member.

(7) Change example 7
As a method of using the microphone 70 and the speaker 63, in the above embodiment, a case where the user asks the microphone 70 for the weather and the speaker 63 answers the weather has been introduced. Not limited.

For example, there are various usage methods in which the user speaks into the microphone 70 (that is, voice is input to the microphone 70), and the speaker 63 outputs voice as a response to the utterance (input). As a specific example, there is an example in which a streaming playback player is connected to the main control device 73 and the streaming playback player plays music. That is, when an utterance such as "play music" by the user is input to the microphone 70, the streaming playback player is connected to the server 67 via the wireless communication device 62, the router 65, and the Internet 66, and the music of the server 67 is played. An example is an example in which the streaming playback player receives the data and reproduces the data from the speaker 63.

Another way to use it is with a message. That is, when a user activates the recording function and utters a message to the speaker 63, the voice data is recorded in the server 67. Then, when another user activates the playback function, the message is played back from the speaker 63 based on the voice data recorded in the server 67.

In addition, the microphone 70 and the speaker 63 can be used for operating the refrigerator 10 by voice of the user, managing the inventory inside the refrigerator 10, and the like.

(8) Change example 8
Even if the communication terminal device such as a smartphone or tablet terminal and the server 67 can communicate with each other via the Internet, the communication terminal device can operate the refrigerator 10 and check the state of the refrigerator 10. good.

10 ... Refrigerator, 11 ... Housing, 12 ... Outer box, 13 ... Inner box, 14 ... Insulation material, 15 ... Insulation partition wall, 16 ... Inside sensor, 17 ... Compressor, 18 ... Wiring hole, 19 ... Operation panel , 20 ... Refrigerator room, 21 ... Machine room, 22 ... Vegetable room, 23 ... Vegetable room door, 24 ... Storage shelf, 25 ... Vegetable container, 26 ... Storage room, 27 ... Storage room door, 28 ... Freezer room, 29 ... Freezer door, 30 ... 1st cooler, 32 ... 1st fan, 33 ... Ice making room door, 34 ... Duct, 35 ... Recess, 36 ... Air outlet, 37 ... Power cover, 38 ... Suction port, 39 ... Open Part, 40 ... 2nd cooler, 41 ... front plate, 42 ... second fan, 43 ... storage container, 44 ... storage container, 45 ... back plate, 46 ... outlet, 47 ... heat insulating material, 48 ... suction port, 49 ... wiring hole, 50 ... refrigerating room door, 51 ... refrigerating room door, 52 ... hinge unit, 53 ... hinge unit, 54 ... hinge base, 55 ... hinge shaft, 56 ... hinge cover, 57 ... upper wall, 58 ... side wall , 59 ... hole, 60 ... power supply board, 61 ... control board, 62 ... wireless communication device, 63 ... speaker, 64 ... connection line, 65 ... router, 66 ... internet, 67 ... server, 68 ... connection line, 69 ... connection Wire, 70 ... Mike, 71 ... Connection line, 72 ... Wiring hole, 73 ... Main control device, 74 ... Connection line, 75 ... Voice control unit

Claims (7)

In a refrigerator equipped with a voice input device for inputting voice and a voice output device for outputting voice,
A refrigerator characterized in that the voice input device and the voice output device are provided at different locations. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the voice input device is closer to the center of the refrigerator in the left-right direction than the voice output device. There are multiple storage rooms that can store food,
The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the voice input device is closer to the vertical center of the storage chamber at the top than the voice output device. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the voice input device and the voice output device are fixed to different members. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the refrigerator has front and rear, left and right, and upper and lower surfaces, and the audio input device and the audio output device are provided on one of the surfaces. refrigerator. Claims 1 to 3 wherein the refrigerator has front and rear, left and right, and upper and lower surfaces, and the audio input device and the audio output device are provided on any one of the above surfaces and fixed to different members. The refrigerator according to any one of the above. A storage chamber having an opening and capable of storing food and a door capable of opening and closing the opening of the storage chamber are provided.
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the voice input device is provided on the opening of the storage chamber or on the door.

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