KR0185062B1 - Distribution limit management apparatus for foods in a refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food shelf life management device for refrigerators, and more particularly to a device for managing the food stored in the refrigerator by notifying the user by checking whether the warning desired date of the food to be stored expired.

The food shelf life management device for a refrigerator according to the present invention includes an input device unit for inputting management information such as a food shelf life, a memory unit for storing food management information input from the input device unit, and the input device. Compares the warning unit with the date and time received from the unit and outputs the current date and time as time passes, the current progress date output from the clock unit, and the warning desired date of the food management information stored in the memory unit. Comparison means for outputting the results, food management information of the memory unit and the display unit for displaying the current progress date and time of the clock unit and the comparison result of the comparison means, and for informing an alarm to the user according to the comparison result of the comparison means It consists of alarm means.

According to the present invention, the user can more efficiently manage the food stored in the refrigerator, thereby providing an effect of preventing the case that the food is spoiled and discarded.

Description

Food shelf life management device for refrigerators

The present invention relates to a food expiration date management device for refrigerators, and in particular, when the food is stored in the refrigerator, the expiration date and warning hope date, etc. of the food is received and stored, and the current progress date and the stored food warning indicated by the built-in clock part. The present invention relates to a food expiration date management device which notifies a user by comparing a desired date and checking whether there is an expired item and displaying a list of expired food items on the display means.

In general, the refrigerator refers to a food storage that has a storage space for storing food, which allows food to be stored for a long time by maintaining a constant temperature in the refrigerator by a cooling cycle in which a refrigerant is circulated to exchange heat.

In addition, today, a product that not only maintains the temperature inside the air but also maintains the humidity in the air has been added so that the food can be stored for a long time while maintaining the freshness of the food, and the cooling cycle of the refrigerator and the humidity control device are microcomputers. Some products have been adjusted to create optimal food storage conditions.

However, such a refrigerator can keep food in a fresh state for a long time, but it does not completely prevent food corruption.

Therefore, the user needs to check whether or not the food is stored in the refrigerator for a long time from time to time, and also need to be processed or stored in a suitable state before the food is corrupted or edible.

As described above, the management of food stored in the general refrigerator was inconvenient because a person had to do it directly, and there was a situation in which food was corrupted due to management neglect of the stored food.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to compensate for the problems of the conventional refrigerator, and to receive and store the expiration date of the food stored in the refrigerator and the warning hope date or the storage desired date for each food type, and the current date indicated by the built-in clock unit. Managing the expiration date for refrigerators to prevent foods that have expired from being decayed and discarded by displaying a list of expired foods on the display means by comparing the warning date with the warning wish date. In providing a device.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the food shelf life management device according to the present invention.

2a to 2c is a view showing the procedure of the expiration date management method applied to the food expiration date management apparatus according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings

10: input device portion, 20: memory portion,

30: clock portion, 40: comparison means,

50: display part, 60: warning light.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus for managing a food expiration date for a refrigerator according to the present invention includes an input device unit 10 for inputting management information such as a food expiration date, and inputted from the input device unit 10. A memory unit 20 for storing food management information, a clock unit 30 for receiving a date and time from the input device unit 10 and outputting a current date and time as time passes, and the clock Comparing means 40 for comparing the current progress date output from the unit 30 and the warning desired date of the food management information stored in the memory unit 20 and outputs the result, the food management of the memory unit 20 The display unit 50 displays information, a current progress date and time of the clock unit 30, and a comparison result of the comparison unit 40.

At this time, the food management information stored in the memory unit 20, the type of food to be stored, the expiration date or the desired storage date, the warning hope date, etc. are stored, the comparison means 40 of the clock unit 30 At the time when the progress date is changed, the warning desired date of the food management information stored in the memory unit 20 is compared with the current progress date of the clock unit 30 to output the result.

In addition, it further comprises an alarm lamp 60 that lights up according to the result output from the comparing means 40 to alert the user.

2a to 2c is a flow chart showing the procedure of the expiration date management method applied to the food expiration date management apparatus according to the present invention, it is checked whether the progress date of the clock unit 30 is changed to the next date, the progress date is If changed, the expiration date inspection step (S100) comparing the current progress date and the warning desired date by loading (loading) the progress date of the clock unit 30 and the food management information stored in the memory unit 20 to the comparison means 40 And, if there is an item expired inspection result warning hope date of the expiration inspection step (S100), the expiration warning step (S200) for storing it in the memory unit 20 and alerting the user through the alarm means (60), The expiration warning step (S200) is configured to include a management information display step (S300) for displaying the item on the display means 50, the warning desire date stored in the memory unit 20 has expired.

Here, in the expiration warning step (S200), after storing the food items for which the warning desired date expires in a separately allocated area of the memory unit 20, the warning lamp 60 is turned on to alert the user, and the management information is displayed. In operation S300, when a key for retrieving management information is input from the user, the list of the expired items stored in the memory unit 20 is displayed on the display unit 50, and then the warning lamp 60 is turned off.

In addition, if there is no item in which the progress date of the clock unit 30 is not changed or the warning desired date has expired in the expiration inspection step (S100), the management information according to the key input from the user through the input device unit 10 The display step (S300) and the management information setting step (S400) is selectively performed. In the management information setting step (S400), the date of the clock unit 30 is to be set and stored in the refrigerator through the input device unit 10. Register and store food management information.

In addition, the management information display step (S300) is composed of an entire item search step (S310) for searching all stored food management information, and an expiration item search step (S320) for searching the management information of expired food. .

Referring to the operation and operation of the food shelf life management device according to the present invention having such a configuration as follows.

When power is applied to the food expiration date management device according to the present invention and the food management function is performed, first, it is checked whether the progress date of the clock part 30 is changed to the next date, and the progress of the inspection result clock part 30 is performed. If the date has been changed, the date of progress of the clock unit 30 and the food management information of the memory unit 20 are loaded in the comparing means 40, and it is checked whether the warning desired date of the food has expired (S100; S110, S120, S130, S140).

If there is an item whose warning period expires as a result of the warning period expiration test (S140), the list of expiration items is stored in an area separately allocated to the memory unit 20, and the user turns on the alarm lamp 60 as an alarm means. Informs that there is an expiration item and returns to the first time (S200; S210, S220).

In addition, if the progress date of the clock unit 30 is changed again, and the progress date of the clock unit 30 is not changed to the next date, the user inputs a key input from the user through the input device unit 10. The processing corresponding to the key is performed (S110, S300, and S400).

At this time, if the key input from the user is the management information registration key, the subsequent key input is accepted, and the food management information for each item is stored in the memory unit 20. If the time setting key is input, the input device unit 10 Accept the key input through) to set a new date and time in the clock unit 30 (S400; S410, S420).

In addition, the user may input a key for information retrieval at this time, and may search for management information stored in the memory unit 20. When the user inputs an entire item search key, all foods stored in the memory unit 20 may be retrieved. The management information is displayed on the display unit 50 so that the user can search for it, and when the expiration item search key is input, the expiration warning item stored in the memory unit 20 is displayed on the display unit 50 in the expiration warning step (S200). After displaying the food item to be searched for the expired warning desired date, the alarm light 60 is turned off (S310 and S320).

That is, the user stores the food management information in the memory unit 20 through the input device unit 10 in the management information setting step (S400), and if the date is changed to the next date by checking the progress date of the clock unit 30. After comparing the progress date of the clock unit 30 with the warning desired date of the stored food management information, storing the food item whose warning desired date has expired in a separate area of the memory unit 20 and turning on the alarm light 60, the alarm light ( When the user recognizes that the alarm desired date has expired food through 60) and inputs an expiration item search key through the input device unit 10, a list of expired items stored in the memory unit 20 is displayed on the display unit 50. After displayed on the alarm light 60 is turned off.

By using the food expiration date management device operated in this way, the user can manage the food expiration date by inspecting whether the food expiration date or the storage expiration date of the food stored in the refrigerator is expiring, thereby processing the food stored at an appropriate time. Do not discard it.

As described above, according to the present invention, receiving the warning desired date of the food to be stored in the refrigerator and store it in the memory, and checks whether the desired warning date has expired and displays a list of the expired items with an alarm through the alarm means By displaying in, the user can more efficiently manage the food stored in the refrigerator, thereby preventing the food from being spoiled and discarded.

Claims (5)

An input device unit for inputting management information such as a food expiration date, a memory unit for storing food management information input from the input device unit, and a time and time input from the input device unit And a clock unit for outputting a current date and time, a comparison unit for comparing a current progress date output from the clock unit with a warning desired date of food management information stored in the memory unit, and outputting a result thereof; And a display unit for displaying food management information, a current progress date and time of the clock unit, and a comparison result of the comparison means. According to claim 1, The food expiration date management device for a refrigerator, characterized in that it further comprises an alarm means for notifying the user according to the comparison result of the comparison means. 3. The food expiration date management device for refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the alarm means is an alarm lamp that lights up according to a comparison result of the comparison means. According to claim 1, The food management information stored in the memory unit is a food shelf life management device for refrigerators, characterized in that the type of food stored in the refrigerator and the expiration date and the desired alarm date. The food distribution of the refrigerator according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the food management information stored in the memory unit further includes a list of expired food items generated according to a comparison result of the comparison means. Due date management device.