KR100377742B1 - Schedule management apparatus and method in refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a schedule display device and a method of the refrigerator, and more particularly, to a schedule display device and method of the refrigerator that can easily display the user's schedule using a touch screen. When the schedule display device of the refrigerator according to the present invention is used, housewives who are users can easily record various small and large items and life-related data in the house by using a touch screen. Therefore, the user can minimize the time spent for utilizing the function according to the recording of the schedule management, it is possible to perform the schedule management more effectively.

Description

Schedule display apparatus and method in refrigerator {Schedule management apparatus and method in refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a schedule display device and method of the refrigerator, and more particularly, to a schedule display device and method of the refrigerator that can easily display the user's schedule on the refrigerator using a touch screen.

Generally, refrigerators are the most frequently used products in kitchens and are used by most families as well as housewives. In recent years, various functions have been added to the refrigerators using these characteristics. In particular, with the rapid spread of the Internet, the Internet function of the refrigerator is added and used. In addition, by using the LCD screen to display the Internet homepage, various schedules can be entered and viewed when necessary. In order to perform the function of displaying and showing the schedule as described above, FIG. 1 discloses a configuration of a refrigerator capable of displaying a house event to a housewife.

Referring to Figure 1 will be described a conventional event notification method. That is, when the user turns on the power key of the key input unit 1, the microprocessor 2 recognizes the circulation of the normal refrigerant and the flow of cool air, and when the user turns on the modified key, Recognizing that the input is displayed on the display unit 6 from January to December through the liquid crystal drive unit 5, and when the user selects the desired month using the left and right navigation keys, the number of the corresponding position blinks so that the user can know Storing the month in the non-volatile memory 4 when the user turns on the enter key, and when the month input is completed, the number from 1 to 31 is displayed next. A step of storing the desired work selected by the move key and the enter key, and displaying the contents of an event such as a birthday and the anniversary of the wedding, and a line inputted by the left and right move keys and the enter key. Storing the contents, displaying the person through the display unit, storing the event contents whose user inputs the left and right movement keys and the enter key, and the date and the current date selected by the user while using the refrigerator. If is equal to the first step of opening the door to read the contents in the non-volatile memory (4) and through the liquid crystal drive unit 5 to inform the display unit 6 of any event there is; When the user turns on the enter key or a predetermined time elapses, the user removes the contents of the display and prepares for the next operation.

In this process, a conventional refrigerator has a function of a bulletin board that can be conveniently used by a user and is shared with all refrigerator users by storing schedule information of a home in a memory.

However, the conventional refrigerator has the following problems.

That is, the conventional refrigerator uses a plurality of keys provided in the selection input unit 50 as shown in FIG. 2 to input schedule or living data into the program memory 3. The selection input unit 50 includes an input key 50a, a direction key 50b, a confirmation key 50c, a deletion key 50d, and the like.

The input of a specific character through the selection input unit 50 configured as described above is performed through the following process. For example, when displaying the “memorial”, when the input key 50a is selected, a text screen is displayed on the display unit 80. At this time, the displayed character screen is a character set in accordance with the region and country in which the refrigerator is used (Korean alphabet, or English alphabet) is displayed.

Thereafter, the user moves the cursor to the position of the desired character among the characters displayed on the display unit 80 by using the direction key 50b, and then selects the confirmation key 50c to form a character of "sacrificial". If the character is incorrectly formed, the cursor is moved again using the direction key 50b, and then the deletion key 50d is selected to delete the character.

Therefore, in the conventional refrigerator, each time a new schedule or living data is written, recording through the selection input unit 50 has to be performed. However, the recording at this time has a problem that it takes a lot of time to record, because the desired character must be formed, input, and stored according to a process of sequentially selecting characters.

That is, in the case of "memorial service", at least the characters of "membrane", "" "," sa ", and" 선택 "should be selected sequentially, and in selecting each character, the direction key 50b and the confirmation key 50c are selected. You have to go through the process. If a typo occurs in the process, the delete key 50d must be used and the direction key 50b must be used, such as the use of several keys several times. This occurred.

In addition, since a conventional refrigerator must display appropriate characters on the display unit for each country or region to be used, the refrigerator at the time of shipment must be able to display characters for all languages, which is the capacity of the memory device for storing characters. At the same time, there was a problem of increasing the manufacturing cost.

Therefore, the present invention intends to propose a device that can easily input text on schedule or living data as a method of drawing, not directly inputting text. In addition, the present invention is to propose a device capable of inputting and displaying schedule or living data without requiring separate control for character display according to the type of language.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a schedule display device of a refrigerator capable of displaying a schedule or living data of a home on a refrigerator using a touch screen.

In addition, another object of the present invention to provide a schedule display method of the refrigerator that can be easily and easily input / delete the home schedule or living data using a touch screen.

1 is a configuration diagram for displaying a schedule of a refrigerator according to the prior art.

2 is a configuration diagram of a selection input unit for displaying a conventional schedule.

Figure 3 is a block diagram for a schedule display of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

4 is an operation process diagram for inputting a schedule using the touch screen of the present invention;

5 is an exemplary diagram of a calendar screen displayed on a touch screen according to the operation of the present invention;

6 is an exemplary view of a schedule input screen for inputting a schedule according to the present invention.

7 is an exemplary view showing that the schedule information of the corresponding date is displayed on the main screen in the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: RAM 105: Processor

110: ROM 115: Write buffer

120: read buffer 125: touch screen display

130: infrared light emitting unit 135: infrared light receiving unit

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a schedule display apparatus for a refrigerator, the touch screen being provided on a front surface of the refrigerator and providing a calendar data screen and an input screen for inputting a schedule; Memory means for storing schedule and living data input by drawing through the touch screen; And control means for displaying the schedule and living data stored in the memory means on the touch screen or storing the schedule and living data input in the memory means in the memory means.

In addition, the constant display method of the refrigerator according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the refrigerator comprising a touch screen, the step of monitoring the touch operation of the touch screen; Displaying a calendar of the month on the touch screen when a schedule management function is touched through the touch screen; Providing an input screen so that when a specific date area of the displayed calendar is touched, the input screen can be inputted in a manner of drawing the schedule and living data of the date to the assigned address of the selected portion; Inputting a user's schedule and life data on the input screen in a manner of drawing; Storing schedule and living data written through the touch screen at a selected address; When the schedule and the living data is a date corresponding to the stored date is configured to include the step of displaying the schedule and living data on the first main screen display of the day.

A schedule input display image is displayed in the date area in which the schedule and living data are input.

When the input schedule is repeated at a constant period, the step of inputting a repetition period, selecting whether the schedule date is the solar or lunar calendar, and calculating the date of the next order according to the repetition period and the lunar calendar, lunar calendar And storing the calculated date in a memory, and displaying the schedule stored on the main screen of the touch screen when the calculated date is reached.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a display device and method for a refrigerator in accordance with the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 3 is a block diagram for displaying the food stored in the refrigerator using a touch screen according to the present invention.

As shown, the touch screen display 125 is provided on the front of the refrigerator, allowing the user to easily write and delete contents. The touch screen controls the processor 105, which will be described later, which accesses software by an input means such as a finger or a special pen, generates a corresponding control signal, and processes coordinates of a touch signal applied to the display unit 125 described later. It is configured to receive. The touch screen includes an infrared light emitting unit 130 for converting and generating infrared rays from a control signal generated by the processor 105 and an infrared light receiving unit 135 for determining whether infrared light is generated from the infrared light emitting unit 130, and The touch screen display unit 125 indicates touch coordinates by the input means depending on the presence or absence of infrared rays.

In addition, as another embodiment of the touch screen, several resistance lines are arranged inside the display unit, and the control unit reads the touch position by changing the resistance value generated in the resistance line of the touched portion by the static electricity of the user's hand and displays the corresponding portion. It is also possible.

The processor 105 recognizes a character written by the user on the touch screen display unit 125 and performs control such as displaying data stored in the RAM 100 on the touch screen display unit 125 according to a user's request. . Therefore, a write buffer 115 and a read buffer 120 for buffering a write operation and a read operation are connected between the processor 105 and the touch screen display unit 125.

In addition, the processor 105 connects the ROM 110 that stores the basic program for controlling the system and the RAM 100 that stores various data about the information stored in the refrigerator through a data bus. Accordingly, the processor 105 controls the input, storage, and other operations of food through the touch screen display unit 125 based on the data stored in the ROM 110, and based on the data stored in the RAM 100. It will recognize the information of various stored foods stored in the refrigerator.

The following briefly describes an operation state of recognizing a touch signal according to a user's touch operation in the present invention having the above configuration.

When a predetermined control signal output from the processor 105 is supplied to the infrared light emitting unit 130 through the write buffer 115 and a touch operation occurs at a predetermined position of the touch screen display unit 125, the infrared light emitting unit 130 is provided. ) Converts the control signal of the processor 105 into infrared rays, and projects the infrared rays to the infrared light receiving unit 135 along the X and Y axes. At this time, any one of all the infrared data supplied by the user's touch operation is not projected on the infrared light receiving unit 135, thereby knowing that the touch operation is performed at a predetermined position on the display unit 125.

That is, when the infrared light emitted from the infrared light emitting unit 130 reaches all the infrared light receiving units 135, it indicates that no input means is in contact with the display unit 125, and the infrared light is projected, but the specific infrared light receiving unit 135 When not reached, the display unit 125 recognizes that a touch operation is performed.

Next, a process of inputting and displaying information on food stored in the refrigerator using the touch screen will be described.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of inputting and displaying schedule and living data using a touch screen.

The processor 105 monitors whether to input the schedule while the power is supplied according to the schedule and the control program for managing the living data stored in the ROM 110. (S200)

When the user selects a schedule management in the main screen (S202), the processor 105 displays a year and month to be selected on the touch screen. If the user selects the year and month (S204), the calendar screen as shown in Figure 5 is displayed on the touch screen (S206).

When the user selects a desired date (S208), an input screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. (S210) The input screen is a part where the user inputs schedule and living data using a hand or an input pen. to be.

First, select the "Write" key in the lower left of the input screen (S212), and write a letter using a hand or an input pen on the input screen is displayed. Here, the schedule data or living information data may be input. (S214)

Next, a desired icon is selected so that a predetermined icon is displayed on the corresponding date of the calendar (S216). That is, a corresponding one of a plurality of anniversary icons on the upper right side of the input screen is selected.

Then, it is determined whether the input schedule is repeated at a predetermined period. (S218) In the case of the repeated schedule, the repetition cycle data such as whether the cycle is repeated, the lunar calendar, or the lunar calendar is input.

On the other hand, when it is necessary to delete some or all of the recording on the input screen, pressing the "Erase" key and then erasing or pressing the "Delete" key to delete the whole.

In this way, when the input of the schedule is completed, press the "Back" key to complete the input. (S222) Pressing the "Back" key returns to the calendar screen as shown in FIG.

At this time, if the schedule is input as described above, for example, as shown on the 12th day of FIG. 5, various selected icons are displayed, and one side corner of the corresponding date column is displayed in a folded shape. This is to allow the user to see the date the schedule is entered in a month unit.

On the other hand, Figure 7 shows that the input schedule is displayed on the main screen of the corresponding date in the present invention.

As described above, the constant display device and method of the refrigerator according to the present invention can easily record household articles or household information data using a touch screen. Therefore, the user can minimize the time spent for recording the schedule, and people using the refrigerator can share the recorded schedule or data.

In addition, by simplifying the display of a variety of languages using the touch screen, compared to the conventional technology that sets specific characters for each country and region, it is very easy to input schedule or living information data and displayed based on the input information. It brings the effect that the user can receive.

Therefore, the present invention has the effect that it is possible to easily obtain information about the various schedules and life information data without being functional and time-limited for character input.

Claims (4)

A touch screen installed at the front of the refrigerator and providing a calendar data screen and an input screen for inputting a schedule; Memory means for storing schedule and living data input by drawing through the touch screen; A refrigerator comprising control means for displaying the schedule and living data stored in the memory means on the touch screen or storing the schedule and living data input in the memory means on the touch screen; Schedule display. In the refrigerator equipped with a touch screen, Monitoring a touch operation of the touch screen; Displaying a calendar of the month on the touch screen when a schedule management function is touched through the touch screen; Providing an input screen so that when a specific date area of the displayed calendar is touched, the input screen can be inputted in a manner of drawing the schedule and living data of the date to the assigned address of the selected portion; Inputting a user's schedule and life data on the input screen in a manner of drawing; Storing schedule and living data written through the touch screen at a selected address; And displaying the schedule and the living data on the first main screen of the day when the schedule and the living data are stored on the date. The method of claim 2, The schedule display method of the refrigerator, characterized in that a schedule input display image is displayed in the date area in which the schedule and living data is input. The method of claim 2, wherein when the input schedule is repeated at regular intervals, Inputting a repetition cycle, Selecting whether a calendar date is solar or lunar, Calculating a date of the next order according to the repetition period, the lift and the lunar calendar; Storing the calculated date in a memory; And displaying the schedule stored on the main screen of the touch screen when the calculated date is set.