KR101701958B1 - Smart cup and smart cup system comprising the same - Google Patents

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KR101701958B1
KR101701958B1 KR1020150137679A KR20150137679A KR101701958B1 KR 101701958 B1 KR101701958 B1 KR 101701958B1 KR 1020150137679 A KR1020150137679 A KR 1020150137679A KR 20150137679 A KR20150137679 A KR 20150137679A KR 101701958 B1 KR101701958 B1 KR 101701958B1
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김수환
나준연
김다송
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
    • A47G19/2205—Drinking glasses or vessels
    • A47G19/2227—Drinking glasses or vessels with means for amusing or giving information to the user
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C19/00—Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F22/00—Methods or apparatus for measuring volume of fluids or fluent solid material, not otherwise provided for
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F22/00—Methods or apparatus for measuring volume of fluids or fluent solid material, not otherwise provided for
    • G01F22/02—Methods or apparatus for measuring volume of fluids or fluent solid material, not otherwise provided for involving measurement of pressure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/52—Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L19/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges

Abstract

Smart Cup is launched. The smart cup includes a first sensing module for sensing information capable of estimating the remaining amount of fluid contained in the smart cup, a second sensing module for sensing inclination of the smart cup, a communication module, a first sensing module, 2 sensing module and a control module for controlling the operation of the communication module, wherein the control module determines whether the smart cup is tilted using the output value of the second sensing module, and the smart cup is inclined Activates the operation of the first sensing module and controls the communication module to transmit the value output from the first sensing module to the terminal.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a smart cup and a smart cup system including the smart cup.

An embodiment according to the concept of the present invention relates to a smart cup, in particular, a smart cup capable of transmitting information on the remaining amount of fluid contained therein to a terminal, a user using a value received from the smart cup, A smart cup system including the smart cup, and a method for providing fluid intake information using the smart cup system.

Water accounts for 55 to 65% of body weight and is one of the most important substances in the human body. The most active parts of the body - the blood, heart, liver, muscle, and kidney - contain lots of moisture. A person can lose life if he or she loses half of the fat and protein in the body, but if he loses only 10% of the body's water, he becomes dangerous. If he lost 20% to 22%, he could lose life. Therefore, since the human body must always have a certain amount of water in the body, balance of water excretion and intake should be balanced. People take 1.5 to 2.5 liters of water a day, drink, and excrete through urine, sweat, respiration, and stool.

However, it is difficult to determine the amount of water that a person consumes during a day or during a certain period of time. Therefore, there is a need to provide a user with information on the amount of water consumed.

Korean Patent No. 10-1183231 Korean Patent No. 10-1551151

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a smart cup capable of transmitting information on the remaining amount of a fluid received therein to a terminal and a smart cup capable of providing information on a user's fluid intake using a value received from the smart cup And a smart cup system including the smart cup, and a method for providing fluid intake information using the smart cup system.

The smart cup according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first sensing module for sensing information capable of estimating the remaining amount of fluid contained in the smart cup, a second sensing module for sensing the tilting of the smart cup, And a control module for controlling operations of the first sensing module, the second sensing module, and the communication module, wherein the control module determines whether the smart cup is tilted using the output value of the second sensing module, Activates the operation of the first sensing module when it is determined that the smart cup is not tilted, and transmits the value output from the first sensing module to the terminal by controlling the communication module.

Also, the smart cup system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the smart cup and the terminal, and the terminal uses information received from the smart cup to obtain information on the amount of fluid consumed by the user of the terminal And outputs information on the amount of fluid consumed by the user through a predetermined output device.

In the smart cup system according to the embodiment of the present invention, information on the amount of fluid consumed by the user can be measured for each cycle and provided to the user.

In addition, in the case of the smart cup system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user is provided with information on a fluid, for example, an intake pattern of water, and thus has an effect of consciously calibrating a fluid intake pattern.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to more fully understand the drawings recited in the detailed description of the present invention, a detailed description of each drawing is provided.
Figure 1 illustrates a smart cup system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a functional block diagram of the smart cup shown in FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a fluid intake amount using the smart cup system shown in FIG.

It is to be understood that the specific structural or functional description of embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept But may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

The embodiments according to the concept of the present invention can make various changes and can take various forms, so that the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the present invention to the particular forms disclosed, but includes all modifications, equivalents, or alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms may be named for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another, for example, without departing from the scope of the right according to the concept of the present invention, the first element may be referred to as a second element, The component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there are features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts or combinations thereof described herein, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning of the context in the relevant art and, unless explicitly defined herein, are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal Do not.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings attached hereto.

Figure 1 illustrates a smart cup system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the smart cup system 10 includes a smart cup 100 and a terminal 300 capable of communicating with each other.

The smart cup 100 periodically or non-periodically measures the level information (or remaining amount information) of a fluid, e.g., water, contained in the smart cup 100 and sends the measured level information to the terminal 300 can do.

The terminal 300 may receive the level information from the smart cup 100 and may provide information about the fluid ingested by the user of the terminal 300 using the received level information.

Specifically, the terminal 300 uses the received level information from the smart cup 100 to calculate information on the amount of fluid accumulated by the user during a predetermined first time period (for example, from 0 to 24 hours) and / Or information on the total amount of fluid consumed per predetermined second time period (e.g., one hour) to the user through a predetermined output device.

The terminal 300 may be implemented as a data processing device such as a PC (personal computer), a notebook, a net-book, or an e-reader, A handheld device such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), an MP3 player, or an MP4 player.

2 is a functional block diagram of the smart cup shown in FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the smart cup 100 includes a first sensing module 110, a second sensing module 130, a communication module 150, and a control module 170.

The first sensing module 110 may measure the level information of the fluid contained in the smart cup 100. The level information may be information on the level of the fluid received in the smart cup 100 or information on the weight of the fluid received in the smart cup 100. [ The first sensing module 110 may be implemented as a water level sensor capable of measuring the height of the fluid received in the smart cup 100 or a pressure sensor capable of measuring the weight of the fluid received in the smart cup 100.

The second sensing module 130 may sense the orientation of the smart cup 100, for example, the tilting of the smart cup 100. The second sensing module 130 may be implemented as a gyro sensor capable of measuring physical quantities such as rotational inertia.

The communication module 150 may communicate with the terminal 300 under the control of the control module 170. For example, the communication module 150 can communicate with the terminal 300 using a near field communication (NFC) method or a Bluetooth method.

The control module 170 may control operations of the first sensing module 110, the second sensing module 130, and the communication module 150.

Specifically, it is possible to determine whether the smart cup 100 is tilted based on the output value of the second sensing module 130. The control module 170 may activate the operation of the first sensing module 110 when it is determined that the smart cup 100 is not tilted. In this manner, the remaining amount of the fluid contained in the smart cup 100 can be accurately measured using the measured value in a state where the smart cup 100 is not tilted. Also, the control module 170 may control the communication module 150 to transmit the output value of the first sensing module 110 to the terminal 300.

Each of the components of the smart cup 100 shown in FIG. 2 is functionally and logically separable, and does not necessarily mean that each component is separated into separate physical devices or written in separate codes The average expert in the field of the invention will readily be able to deduce.

In this specification, a module may mean a functional and structural combination of hardware for carrying out the technical idea of the present invention and software for driving the hardware. For example, the module may mean a logical unit of a predetermined code and a hardware resource for executing the predetermined code, and does not necessarily mean a physically connected code or a kind of hardware.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a fluid intake amount using the smart cup system shown in FIG.

1 to 3, the second sensing module 130 of the smart cup 100 may measure the posture information of the smart cup 100 (S100). The inclination of the smart cup 100 can be determined using the attitude information output from the second sensing module 130. [

In step S200, the control module 170 of the smart cup 100 may determine whether the smart cup 100 is tilted by using the output value of the second sensing module 130. [ At this time, if it is determined that the smart cup 100 is tilted, step S100 may be performed again. If it is determined that the smart cup 100 is not tilted, step S300 may be performed.

The first sensing module 110 of the smart cup 100 may measure information capable of calculating the remaining amount of the fluid contained in the smart cup 100 under the control of the control module 170 in step S300. As described above, the remaining amount of the fluid accommodated in the smart cup 100 can be accurately measured using the information measured in a state where the smart cup 100 is not tilted.

The communication module 150 may transmit the output value of the first sensing module 110 to the terminal 300 under the control of the control module 170 in step S400.

The terminal 300 may use the information received from the smart cup 100 to provide information about the amount of fluid consumed by the user of the terminal 300. Also, steps S100 to S400 may be repeated periodically or non-periodically.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

10: Smart Cup System
100: Smart Cup
110: first sensing module
130: second sensing module
150: Communication module
170: Control module
300:

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delete delete delete A first sensing module including a water level sensor or a pressure sensor for sensing information capable of estimating the remaining amount of fluid received in the smart cup;
A second sensing module including a gyro sensor for sensing a tilting of the smart cup;
A communication module for performing communication with a terminal using Near Field Communication (NFC) or Bluetooth; And
And a control module for controlling operations of the first sensing module, the second sensing module, and the communication module, wherein the control module determines whether the smart cup is tilted using the output value of the second sensing module A smart cup for activating the operation of the first sensing module when it is determined that the smart cup is not tilted and transmitting the value output from the first sensing module to the terminal by controlling the communication module; And
The terminal comprising:
The terminal calculates information on the amount of fluid consumed by the user of the terminal using information received from the smart cup and outputs information on the amount of fluid consumed by the user through a predetermined output device Smart cup system.
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