KR100432721B1 - Method and device for controlling of internet kimchi refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a control device and method of the Internet Kimchi refrigerator, and more particularly, to a control device of the Internet Kimchi refrigerator that can be used by receiving a variety of kimchi ripening program over the Internet. Kimchi refrigerator of the present invention has a feature that can be downloaded so that the kimchi ripening program according to the user's personal preference through the Internet, the kimchi can be matured in a state that meets the user's needs by the data. In particular, in the present invention by using the display microcomputer to enable the Internet kimchi ripening program data reception, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost.

Description

Method and device for controlling of internet kimchi refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a control device and method of the Internet Kimchi refrigerator, and more particularly, to a control device and method of the Internet Kimchi refrigerator that can be used by receiving a variety of kimchi ripening program over the Internet.

Kimchi refrigerator is one of refrigerating devices that can control the temperature appropriate for storing kimchi. The kimchi refrigerator is used in a variety of applications from simply storing kimchi to ripening kimchi according to the taste of individual consumers.

The kimchi refrigerator is also one of a refrigerator and a freezer. Therefore, as in other refrigerators and freezers, the cooling cycle is used to control the temperature inside the appliance. The cooling cycle generates cold air required by the Kimchi refrigerator by heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant passage connected to the condenser and the evaporator from the compressor and the air as in the general configuration.

Kimchi refrigerators have been widely used in recent years. This is because the perception of kimchi is becoming global with the improvement of living standard and the development of electronic devices.

However, most of Kimchi refrigerators currently in use are controlled only by the functions set in the product. Therefore, the product controls the operation based on the functions set for the operation of the product before shipment or before the product is sold, that is, the contents stored in the memory inside the product. Therefore, the operation control function of the product was limited to the contents stored in the memory.

This is why it was impossible to add or upgrade the driving function even in the case of a product that can add the driving function using the same hardware configuration.

In addition, since many electronic control devices used in most electronic products have recently been greatly increased in their functions and capacities, the use of limited functions like the conventional ones not only lowers the utilization of the electronic devices provided in the product, There was a problem that could not provide functionality.

From this problem, the present invention is intended to provide a configuration that enables this when it is possible to add or upgrade the functionality of the product with only the hardware configuration provided in the product.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a control device and method of the Internet kimchi refrigerator to download a variety of kimchi ripening program from the web, and to apply it to a product.

1 is a conceptual diagram of the Internet kimchi refrigerator,

Figure 2 is a detailed configuration of the control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: Web server information management device 15: Web page

20: Internet 25: Personal Computer

30: data transmission cable 35: kimchi refrigerator

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control apparatus for an Internet kimchi refrigerator, comprising: receiving means for inputting an Internet kimchi ripening program selected by a user into a product, the Kimchi refrigerator having a liquid crystal display unit; A control means for controlling the liquid crystal display unit, having an area for storing the Internet kimchi ripening program received by the receiving means, and an area for storing basic kimchi ripening program, and outputting a kimchi ripening program according to a user selection; Control means 1 for inputting conditions for kimchi ripening based on the kimchi ripening program output from the control means 2, and controlling kimchi ripening; Under the control of the control means 1 is configured to include a load driving unit for forming a high temperature condition for kimchi ripening.

And communication means for controlling data transmission and reception between the control means 1 and the control means 2.

The present invention further includes a function selection input unit for selecting a kimchi ripening program according to a user selection from among the Internet kimchi ripening program and the basic kimchi ripening program, wherein the selection signal of the function selection input unit is input to the control means 2.

The Internet kimchi ripening program of the present invention, characterized in that provides kimchi ripening time.

The Internet kimchi ripening program of the present invention is characterized by providing a kimchi ripening time and kimchi ripening temperature.

In addition, the Internet Kimchi refrigerator control device of the present invention, the Internet data providing means for providing various kimchi ripening program over the Internet; Download means for accessing the internet data providing means through the Internet, selecting a desired Internet kimchi ripening program from the internet data providing means, and downloading the selected kimchi ripening program; Data transmission means for transmitting the kimchi ripening program downloaded from the download means to a kimchi refrigerator; Receiving means for receiving an Internet kimchi ripening program input into the kimchi refrigerator through the data transmitting means; A control means 2 having an area for storing the Internet kimchi ripening program received by the receiving means and an area for storing the basic kimchi ripening program, and outputting a kimchi ripening program according to a user selection; Control means 1 for inputting conditions for kimchi ripening based on the kimchi ripening program output from the control means 2, and controlling kimchi ripening; Under the control of the control means 1 is configured to include a load driving unit for forming the conditions inside the high kimchi ripening.

The said download means of this invention is characterized by being a personal computer.

The download means is characterized in that for converting the downloaded kimchi ripening program into a signal recognizable by the Kimchi refrigerator and transmits.

In the method of controlling the Internet kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention, a method for controlling a ripening program of the kimchi refrigerator by the user, comprising the steps of providing a variety of kimchi ripening program over the Internet; A selection step of selecting a desired kimchi ripening program by accessing a server provided with the kimchi ripening program; A storing step of downloading and storing the selected kimchi ripening program; It comprises a performing step of performing kimchi ripening by controlling the load by the kimchi ripening program.

The storing step may include a downloading step of downloading a kimchi ripening program using an external device capable of accessing the Internet; A transmission step of transmitting the downloaded kimchi ripening program into a kimchi refrigerator; And storing the transmitted kimchi ripening program in an allocated storage area of the kimchi refrigerator.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention.

1 is a conceptual diagram of the Internet kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the Internet 20 is connected to the personal computer 25 provided in each home and building. And the personal computer 25 is connected through the kimchi refrigerator 35 and the data transmission line (30).

That is, the personal computer 43 is an Internet connection device for connecting the Kimchi refrigerator 35 and the Internet. Therefore, it is not necessary to limit the Internet connection device to a personal computer. However, a configuration that can connect to the Internet, download the desired data, and transfer the downloaded data to Kimchi Refrigerator is sufficient.

In addition, the data transmission line 30, it is preferable to enable fast data transmission, such as RS232C. And the kimchi refrigerator 35 provided, should be able to receive data transmitted through the data transmission line (30).

And the place where the personal computer 25 is connected via the Internet 20 is the web page 15 which provides various kimchi ripening programs. The web page 15 is a homepage implemented by a manufacturer who manufactures a product to provide management and necessary information about the product to a consumer, or has a separate contract relationship with a consumer and provides data such as a kimchi ripening program. It may be a place having.

The web server providing the web page 15 includes an information management apparatus 10 for storing data. Therefore, all data provided to the web page 15 is information stored in the information management device 10.

With such a connection configuration, the personal computer 25 provided in each home receives various kimchi ripening programs from the web page 15 provided by the web server side via the Internet 20. And the downloaded data is provided to the kimchi refrigerator 35 through the data transmission line 30, so that it can be used in the kimchi refrigerator (35).

2 shows a detailed configuration for controlling the kimchi refrigerator according to the concept of the present invention.

2 is a control block diagram of the Internet kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention.

The apparatus for controlling the Internet kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention includes a web page 15 that provides various kimchi ripening programs 13 according to the types of kimchi and the kimchi ripening method on the web.

Various kimchi ripening programs 13 provided in the web page 15 are stored in the web server information management apparatus 10 in the web server. The stored data is displayed on the web page 15, and the consumer can access the web page 15 at any time and download the kimchi ripening program 13 necessary.

The web page 15 generally has the same properties as a homepage for the post-management of a product operated by the manufacturer who manufactured the product. Or, it may be an administrator who has a separate contract with the user and manages the product and provides necessary information. That is, the web page 15 is a configuration that can provide various data necessary for the operation of the kimchi refrigerator owned by the user in a certain contractual relationship with the user via the Internet. For example, the web page 15 provides various types of kimchi ripening program 13 having different types and types of ripening. In addition, it provides various data necessary to control the operation of Kimchi refrigerator.

In addition, the present invention requires an Internet connection device 25 capable of downloading the necessary kimchi ripening program 13 by accessing the web page 15 through the Internet. As the Internet connection device 25, it is preferable to use a personal computer provided in each home. Alternatively, the Internet connection device 25 may use a personal digital assistant (PDA) capable of internet access and data transmission.

The Internet connection device 25 includes a data conversion and transmission unit 23 for converting the data downloaded from the web page 15 into a signal recognizable by the kimchi refrigerator and transmitting it to the kimchi refrigerator side. The data conversion and transmission unit 23 is configured to match the data transmission mode, the transmission method, the type of data to be transmitted between the Internet connection device 25 and the kimchi refrigerator. Therefore, the data conversion and transmission section 23 can also achieve its purpose by a software program. In this case, the soft program is provided on the side of selling the product or providing the web page 15.

As such, the data downloaded from the web page 15 to the Internet connection device 25 via the Internet 20 should be transmitted back to the product. Therefore, the kimchi ripening program is transmitted to the kimchi refrigerator 35 through the data conversion and transmission unit 23 and the data transmission cable 30.

The kimchi refrigerator 35 of the present invention is provided with two microcomputers 41 and 59 as shown in FIG.

The microcomputer 1 (59) stores a cooling control program, a defrost cycle, a temperature set value, and the like necessary for operating the kimchi refrigerator, and is configured to drive a ripening heater, a compressor, and the like necessary for ripening the kimchi. That is, the microcomputer 1 59 is a main control device for controlling the driving of various loads of the kimchi refrigerator.

Therefore, the microcomputer 1 59 reads from the ambient temperature sensor 61 the ambient temperature used as a basic signal for controlling kimchi ripening, as shown in FIG. In addition, the detection temperature of the temperature sensing unit 63 for detecting the defrost temperature, kimchi ripening temperature, etc. for controlling the defrosting operation is read. And it controls the load driving unit 65 for driving the load including the ripening heater and the compressor for the ripening of kimchi.

In addition, the microcomputer 1 59 may store a program for controlling a cooling algorithm, a defrosting algorithm, and data used for controlling the various algorithms (temperature, operation cycle, etc.) as an example of a basic operation of the Kimchi refrigerator. The basic operation program area section 55 is included. Therefore, the microcomputer 1 59 drives the cooling cycle, the defrost cycle, and the like of the kimchi refrigerator based on the data stored in the basic operation program area unit 55.

In addition, the microcomputer 1 (59) is a ripening control program area unit (57) for storing a ripening control program for driving a ripening heater and a compressor to be substantially driven for the ripening of kimchi and various data for controlling the ripened heater and compressor. It includes. Therefore, the data stored in the ripening control program area 57 is substantially a program for driving the ripening heater and the compressor. The conditions for driving the aged heater and the compressor are provided from the microcomputer 2 (41).

Therefore, the data stored in each area of the microcomputer 1 (59) is a driving program of the ripening heater and the compressor which should be driven for the basic operation of the Kimchi refrigerator and the kimchi ripening, so that it does not change in any case.

Reference numeral 53 is a power supply unit for providing the operating power of the microcomputer 1 (59).

In addition, another microcomputer 2 (41) provided in the present invention is a control device provided to enhance the service function of the display, and in the present invention, the kimchi maturity downloaded to the microcomputer 2 (41) through the Internet. It contains an area for storing the program.

Generally, the liquid crystal display used in many display apparatuses in recent years is comprised so that it may be controlled by a microcomputer because the display control is complicated. Therefore, in a device equipped with a liquid crystal display, a separate microcomputer is provided for driving the liquid crystal display.

Therefore, the present invention further includes a region for storing the kimchi ripening program in the microcomputer 2 provided for driving the liquid crystal display.

That is, as shown, the microcomputer 2 41 is provided with two data storage areas. One of them is the basic ripening program area section 43. The area stores the kimchi ripening program set at the shipment stage of the product. That is, the kimchi ripening program stored in the basic ripening program area unit 43 may be described as a standard program for kimchi ripening. And it is a kimchi ripening program equipped in all kimchi refrigerator.

The microcomputer 2 41 includes a download ripening program area 45 for storing the kimchi ripening program selected by the user. In the area, the kimchi ripening program that the user selects and downloads from the web page 15 through the Internet is stored. Therefore, the kimchi ripening program stored in the region may vary according to user preferences.

The data stored in the download aging program area 45 of the microcomputer 2 41 is input through the download receiver 49 provided in the kimchi refrigerator 35. That is, the download receiving unit 49 is connected to the Internet connection device 25 through the data transmission cable 30, and receives the kimchi ripening program transmitted from the Internet connection device 25 to receive the microcomputer 2 (41). It is in charge of delivery to).

And the kimchi refrigerator 35 of this invention is provided with the display part 47 which the display function was reinforced. The display unit 47 is composed of an LCD, and it is possible to provide various types of data to the user according to the size of the screen. In particular, in recent years, since the size of the display portion 47 is gradually expanded, various forms that can be displayed are also made.

Reference numeral 37 denotes a power supply unit for supplying the used power of the microcomputer 2 41. Reference numeral 39 is a function selection input unit. The function selection input unit 39 is installed in the appearance of the kimchi refrigerator, so that the user can set various conditions necessary for the kimchi ripening. For example, during kimchi ripening, if you want to control kimchi ripening by pre-stored basic ripening program, select 'Basic ripening' button, and when controlling kimchi ripening by kimchi ripening program provided through internet, 'Internet ripening' Select the button. The selection signal of the function selection input unit 39 is input to the microcomputer 2 41 and recognized.

And the data transmission between the two microcomputers 1, 2 (59, 41) is made through the communication unit (51). The communication unit 51 is configured to enable serial communication.

The following describes the control process of the Internet kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention made of the above configuration.

When the user simply matures kimchi by the basic ripening program provided in the kimchi refrigerator 35, there is no need for an internet connection and data transmission and reception through the internet.

That is, when the user selects the 'basic aging' button in the function selection input unit 39, the kimchi refrigerator 35 is aged by the basic aging program stored in the basic aging program area 43 of the microcomputer 2 (41). This is controlled.

At this time, the microcomputer 2 41 transmits the data of the basic ripening program stored in the basic ripening program area 43 to the microcomputer 1 59 through the communication unit 51, for example, a ripening time and a ripening temperature. do.

The microcomputer 1 (59) inputs data transmitted through the communication unit (51), and runs the program stored in the ripening control program area unit (57) with the data as a ripening condition. In this way, while the load driving unit 65 is driven, kimchi ripening in the kimchi refrigerator 35 is made.

However, when the user downloads the desired ripening program from the Internet web page 15 and controls the kimchi ripening accordingly, the Internet connection of the kimchi refrigerator through a separate internet connection device 25 is required.

First, the process of downloading the desired kimchi ripening program through the Internet is as follows.

The personal computer used as the Internet connection device 25 in the home is supplied with power and connected to the Internet. Then, the webpage 15 providing the kimchi ripening program is connected to the Internet.

When the Internet connection device 25 and the web page 15 are connected, the user selects a desired kimchi ripening program from various types of kimchi ripening programs provided by the web server. In this case, various types of kimchi ripening programs may be provided according to the kimchi type, the ripening type, the kimchi refrigerator model, and the like.

Then, the selected kimchi ripening program 13 is first downloaded to the Internet connection device 25. The kimchi ripening program thus downloaded is temporarily stored in the Internet connection device 25. The data conversion and transmission unit 23 is converted into data of the form recognizable by the kimchi refrigerator, and then transmitted to the kimchi refrigerator through the data transmission cable (30).

Internet kimchi ripening program transmitted through the data transmission cable 30 is received through the download receiving unit 49 inside the kimchi refrigerator (35). The download receiving unit 49 transmits the received data to the microcomputer 2 41, and the microcomputer 2 41 stores the received data in the download aging program area unit 45.

In this way, the Internet kimchi ripening program provided on the Internet is downloaded to the Kimchi refrigerator. Next, a process of controlling kimchi ripening in the kimchi refrigerator 35 using the downloaded kimchi ripening program will be described.

First, the user selects the 'internet aging' button in the function selection input unit 39. The selected signal is input to microcomputer 2 41, and microcomputer 2 41 recognizes that the user intends to mature the Internet.

Therefore, the microcomputer 2 41 transmits the data of the kimchi ripening program stored in the download ripening program area 45 to the microcomputer 1 59. At this time, the transmitted data will be the kimchi ripening temperature, kimchi ripening time, etc. contained in the kimchi ripening program downloaded through the Internet. The data is transmitted to the microcomputer 1 59 through the communication unit 51.

On the other hand, the microcomputer 1 (59) controls the basic operation of the kimchi refrigerator on the basis of the data stored in the basic operation program area section (55). For example, when cold air is required in the refrigerator, a cooling algorithm is driven to supply cold air to the kimchi storage room. Alternatively, when the defrosting operation is required for a predetermined time, the defrosting algorithm is driven. Basic operation control of the kimchi refrigerator is performed based on the data stored in the basic operation program area unit 55.

During this operation, if a condition according to kimchi ripening is input from the microcomputer 2 (41), in particular, the kimchi ripening condition of the kimchi ripening program downloaded through the Internet, the microcomputer 1 (59) according to the ripening condition. The ripening control program stored in the ripening control program area 57 is executed. That is, in this case, the data transmitted from the microcomputer 2 41 are variable values for adjusting the operation state of the program stored in the ripening control program area 57. For example, the ripening time, the ripening temperature.

In this way, the load driving unit 65 is driven by the data stored in the ripening control program area 57 of the microcomputer 1 59 and the ripening condition data provided from the microcomputer 2 41, and stored in the kimchi storage room. Kimchi is being matured according to user needs.

At this time, the microcomputer 1 (59) reads from the ambient temperature sensor (61) and the temperature sensing unit (63) various temperatures necessary for the kimchi ripening and uses them as basic signals.

As described above, the present invention includes two microcomputers in the Kimchi refrigerator, one to store the unchanged data, and to control the overall operation of the Kimchi refrigerator based on the data. In addition, the other microcomputer 2 is basically provided for driving the liquid crystal display, and has a region for storing the kimchi ripening program in the remaining area of the microcomputer 2. In addition, the Kimchi aging program is divided into two areas, one to store the kimchi aging program stored at the time of product shipment, and the other to store the kimchi aging program selected by the user through the Internet.

Therefore, the present invention uses two microcomputers, one is used for the operation control of the kimchi refrigerator, and the other is used for the kimchi ripening program provided on the Internet or basically.

In other words, although the present invention uses two microcomputers, it is basically possible to download kimchi ripening program for personal taste through the Internet and control the kimchi to be matured in a state that meets the user's needs by the data. It is a basic technical idea.

In the description of the present invention, a kimchi ripening program download process and an operation control of the kimchi refrigerator using the same are described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the downloaded data may be other control data other than the kimchi ripening program, and the operation of the kimchi refrigerator may be variably controlled by the downloaded data.

The control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention described above, it is possible to obtain the following effects.

First, in order for the main microcomputer 1 to be able to download data via an Internet connection, the memory capacity must be much larger and an expensive microcomputer must be used. However, in the present invention, it is possible to download data via an Internet connection to a microcomputer provided to control the liquid crystal display, resulting in the effect of reducing the manufacturing cost of the product.

Second, the existing kimchi refrigerator is operated by a ripening program arbitrarily set by the manufacturer. Therefore, despite the individual tastes of consumers, there was no way to control this. However, in the present invention, in order to alleviate the dissatisfaction of the consumer, it provides a variety of kimchi ripening program according to the consumer's taste, to enable a variety of kimchi ripening control to suit the user's taste in the same product.

Third, in the present invention, the kimchi refrigerator is controlled through an internet connection. Therefore, it is possible to control the kimchi ripening through the Internet at a long distance, thus enabling convenient use.

Fourth, the present invention is obtained with the effect of improving the product power of the product by providing a variety of functions through the Internet connection.

Claims (12)

delete delete In the kimchi refrigerator with a liquid crystal display, Receiving means for inputting the Internet kimchi ripening program selected by the user into the product; A control means for controlling the liquid crystal display unit, having an area for storing the Internet kimchi ripening program received by the receiving means, and an area for storing basic kimchi ripening program, and outputting a kimchi ripening program according to a user selection; Control means 1 for inputting conditions for kimchi ripening based on the kimchi ripening program output from the control means 2, and controlling kimchi ripening; Control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator comprising a load driving unit for forming a high temperature condition for kimchi ripening by the control of the control means 1. The method of claim 3, wherein Control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator further comprises a communication means for controlling the data transmission and reception between the control means 1 and the control means 2. The method of claim 3, wherein The kimchi ripening program according to the user's selection from the Internet kimchi ripening program and the basic kimchi ripening program further includes a selection function selection input unit, The selection signal of the function selection input unit is input to the control means 2 control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, The Internet kimchi ripening program, the control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator, characterized in that to provide kimchi ripening time. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, The Kimchi ripening program of the Internet, Kimchi ripening time and Kimchi ripening temperature control device, characterized in that to provide the kimchi ripening temperature. Internet data providing means for providing various kimchi ripening programs through the Internet; Download means for accessing the internet data providing means through the Internet, selecting a desired Internet kimchi ripening program from the internet data providing means, and downloading the selected kimchi ripening program; Data transmission means for transmitting the kimchi ripening program downloaded from the download means to a kimchi refrigerator; Receiving means for receiving an Internet kimchi ripening program input into the kimchi refrigerator through the data transmitting means; A control means 2 having an area for storing the Internet kimchi ripening program received by the receiving means and an area for storing the basic kimchi ripening program, and outputting a kimchi ripening program according to a user selection; Control means 1 for inputting conditions for kimchi ripening based on the kimchi ripening program output from the control means 2, and controlling kimchi ripening; Under the control of the control means 1 control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator comprising a load driving unit for forming the internal conditions according to the kimchi ripening. The method of claim 8, The download means is a control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator, characterized in that a personal computer. The method of claim 9, The download means is a control device of the Internet kimchi refrigerator, characterized in that for converting the downloaded kimchi ripening program into a signal that can be recognized by the kimchi refrigerator. In the method of controlling the ripening program of kimchi refrigerator by the user, Providing a variety of kimchi ripening programs through the Internet; A selection step of selecting a desired kimchi ripening program by accessing a server provided with the kimchi ripening program; A storing step of downloading and storing the selected kimchi ripening program; Control method of the Internet Kimchi refrigerator comprising a performing step of performing the kimchi ripening by controlling the load by the kimchi ripening program. The method of claim 11, The storing step may include a downloading step of downloading a kimchi ripening program using an external device capable of accessing the Internet; A transmission step of transmitting the downloaded kimchi ripening program into a kimchi refrigerator; And storing the transmitted kimchi ripening program in an allocated storage area of the kimchi refrigerator.