KR20060117716A - Environment information supply system - Google Patents

Abstract

An environmental information service system is provided to let a user always know environmental condition by sensing inner/outer condition of a refrigerator and showing the sensed result, to maintain and manage in a house or the refrigerator by showing the current condition, and to quickly improve the condition by letting a microcomputer in the refrigerator solve the problem about the condition. An environmental information service system comprises a sensing means(SM1~SM4) installed at the inner and outer sides of a refrigerator(100) to detect environmental conditions; and the refrigerator obtaining the environmental condition from the sensing means, comparing the environmental condition with standard data, and showing the comparison result to a user. The refrigerator includes a memorizing means keeping the environmental condition and the standard data; a displaying means showing the environmental condition; and a microcomputer reading the standard data and obtained data from the memorizing means, and judging a normal state or a dangerous state according to the comparison result to additionally show messages about the states on the displaying means.

Description

ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION SUPPLY SYSTEM

1 is a block diagram of a display unit of a refrigerator according to the prior art.

2 is a block diagram of an environment information providing system according to the present invention.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the environmental information providing system of FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart of providing environmental information of the environmental information providing system of FIG. 2.

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100: refrigerator 200: Internet

300: report server

The present invention relates to an environment information providing system, and more particularly, to an environment information providing system for providing a user with environment information according to an environment state from sensing means installed in or outside a refrigerator.

 The conventional refrigerator has a display unit such as an LCD panel for providing information about the refrigerator and controlling the refrigerator. The user interface is displayed through the display unit, which displays the inside temperature of the refrigerator compartment, the inside temperature of the freezer compartment, the service state of the dispenser (water, ice, etc.) in the form of numbers, letters or icons, An input unit (for example, a button or the like) for controlling the inside temperature and the service of the dispenser is provided.

1 is a block diagram of a display unit of a refrigerator according to the prior art. As shown, this display unit displays the service type (eg ice, water, flake ice) of the dispenser, the set temperature of the freezer compartment and the set temperature of the refrigerating compartment, and is provided with predetermined input means at the bottom.

This prior art does not detect the environmental conditions inside or outside the refrigerator, or provide the user with the detected results.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide an environmental information providing system that detects the environmental conditions inside and / or outside the refrigerator installed in the room, and displays the results of the environmental conditions to the user It is done.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide an environmental information providing system that not only displays a current environmental state, but also displays a method for improving the environmental state to a user.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide an environmental information providing system for performing a quick environmental improvement by allowing the microcomputer in the refrigerator to implement an improvement of the environmental condition.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide an environmental information providing system for determining the current environmental state, and reporting to a predetermined report center when a dangerous situation.

The present inventors environment information providing system is installed inside and outside the refrigerator, the sensing means for detecting an environmental state, the environmental state is obtained from the sensing means, comparing the environmental state and the reference environmental information, according to the comparison result It is made of a refrigerator for displaying environmental information to the user.

At this time, the refrigerator reads the reference environmental state and the environmental state from the storage means for storing the environmental state and the reference environmental information, the display means for displaying the environmental information, and the storage means, and the environmental information which is a comparison result thereof. In accordance with the present invention, it is preferable that the microcomputer is configured to additionally display the message according to the determination of the normal state or the dangerous state.

In addition, the sensing means preferably detects at least one or more of gas, temperature, humidity, smell, dust.

In addition, the storage means stores the environmental improvement information including the improvement of the environmental condition, the microcomputer reads the environmental improvement information, retrieves the environmental improvement corresponding to the environmental information through the display means It is preferable to display.

In addition, it is preferable that the micom performs the improvement measures.

In addition, the refrigerator further includes a communication means for data communication with an external network, and the microcomputer preferably transmits the message to an external report server through the communication means in the case of the dangerous state.

In the following, the invention has been described in detail based on the embodiments of the invention and the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the following embodiments and drawings, and the scope of the present invention will be limited only by the contents described in the claims below.

2 is a block diagram of an environment information providing system according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the environmental information providing system is installed inside and / or outside the refrigerator 100 in the house or building 1 to detect the environmental conditions (SM1 to SM4) and the sensing means (SM1 to SM4) Acquisition of an environmental condition from the, and compares the obtained environmental condition and the pre-stored reference environmental condition, provides the user with environmental information that is a result of the comparison, and in certain cases the refrigerator notifying the notification server 300 ( 100, the Internet 200 performing data communication between the refrigerator 100 and the report server 300, and receiving a dangerous state from the refrigerator 100 through the Internet 200, thereby performing appropriate countermeasures. The report server 300 is made.

In detail, the sensing means SM1 to SM4 may be installed in the house 1, and as illustrated, may be installed inside the refrigerator 100 or may be installed outside the refrigerator 100. The detecting means SM1 to SM4 are means for detecting an environmental state in the home 1 and / or in the refrigerator 100. Here, the environmental state includes information on gas, temperature, humidity, odor, dust, etc. In particular, the sensing means SM1 to SM4 are installed around a gas stove (not shown) to detect the gas, thereby reducing the amount of gas. In order to detect or detect an odor, the refrigerator 100 may be installed in the refrigerator 100 and / or around a sink and / or a gas stove and / or a heater to sense the type and / or extent of the smell. In general, the gas detection is to detect the leakage of LNG gas or LPG gas, the temperature detection is to determine whether a fire occurs in the house, the odor detection is to detect the odor detection and / or smoke detection inside the refrigerator 100. The dust detection is for detecting the air cleanliness in the house (1). Each of these environmental conditions can be detected at a predetermined value.

Next, the refrigerator 100 compares each numerical value of the environmental state received from the sensing means SM1 to SM4 with each numerical value of the previously stored reference environmental state, so that the environmental state is within the range of the standard environmental state (that is, normal Environmental information, which is a comparison result indicating whether the status is in a state or out of range (that is, a dangerous state), is displayed to the user. This display allows the user to recognize the current state and / or environmental information in the home 1 and / or the refrigerator 100.

In addition, the refrigerator 100 reports the dangerous state through the Internet 200 in the case of an element having a fatal danger (for example, temperature sensing, odor detection in a house, etc.) among environmental conditions from the environmental information. ) Can be reported.

Next, the Internet 200 is a generic, including all components (e.g., Internet service provider server, etc.) for broadband network and / or local area network communication, such as, for example, a network using the TCP / IP protocol. It must be recognized as a concept.

Next, the report server 300 is a server or a server of the fire fighting system interlocked with the fire fighting system, or a server of the police system or the security system, or a server of the police system or a server of the security system, the report on the dangerous state Receive and take countermeasures. Here, the countermeasure includes the dispatch of fire trucks and / or ambulances, the dispatch of police officers, and the like.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the environmental information providing system of FIG. 2. As shown, the environmental information providing system is installed in the house (1), the sensing means (SM1 to SM3) installed on the outside of the refrigerator 100, the sensing means (SM4) and the refrigerator installed inside the refrigerator 100 Contains 100

In addition, the refrigerator 100 includes an input means 10 for receiving a user command such as selection of an environment information providing service from a user, a storage means 20 for storing a reference environment state compared to an environment state, and environment improvement information. ), The communication means 30 for data communication with the Internet 200, the display means 40 for displaying the environmental status and / or environmental information and / or environmental improvement to the user, and the above-described components A microcomputer which receives the environmental state detected from the sensing means SM1 to SM4 by controlling and compares it with the reference environmental state, determines the environmental information and / or the environmental improvement method as a result of the comparison, and displays the result on the display means 40. It consists of 50. The refrigerator 100 may further include a main microcomputer (not shown) for performing a refrigeration control operation and the like, and a communication line is connected between the main microcomputer and the microcomputer 50 to perform data communication. Alternatively, the refrigerator 100 may perform a refrigeration refrigeration control operation through the microcomputer 50. In addition, the refrigerator 100 includes a power supply unit (not shown) to supply power required for each component.

In detail, the input means 10 detects the environmental condition in the house 1 and the inside of the refrigerator 100, and when the user selects a service for providing the environmental information which is the determination of the detected value, the microcomputer 50 Send or not). In addition, the input means 10 obtains an input for each numerical value of the reference environmental state and transmits it to the microcomputer 50 so that the reference environmental state stored in the storage means 20 can be arbitrarily adjusted by the user.

Next, the storage means 20 stores a reference environmental state which is a reference value for each numerical value of the environmental state. This reference environmental condition includes reference values for gas, temperature, humidity, odor, dust, etc. in the same way as the environmental condition, and these reference values may be recommended by the Ministry of Environment or environmental organizations or international environmental organizations. The state may be further enhanced by the user, as described above.

In addition, the storage means 20 includes environmental improvement information including a method for improving the environmental state in response to the environmental information. This environmental improvement information includes improvement measures that reduce the values of gas, temperature, humidity, odor, dust, etc. in the case of the dangerous state included in the environmental information. In other words, this improvement measure, for example, in the case of gas, the ventilation method in the house 1, the temperature resetting or ventilation method of the boiler, in the case of humidity, the operation or ventilation method of the boiler, In this case, the ventilation and cleaning of the inside of the refrigerator 100 or the ventilation method of the home includes dust, the ventilation method of the home or the operation of the air cleaner. In addition, even if the environmental improvement information is in a normal state, the above-described environmental improvement information is used to maintain a better environmental condition in the home 1 or the refrigerator 100 for the user.

In addition, the storage means 20 stores a user interface for selecting the above-described environmental information providing service, changing the reference environmental state, and the like.

Next, the communication means 30 means a communication interface such as a wired or wireless modem that enables data communication between the microcomputer 50 of the refrigerator 100 and the Internet 200, and is installed in the refrigerator 100 as an internal or external device. Can be.

Next, the microcomputer 50 includes a data receiver 51 for receiving each numerical value of the environmental state from the sensing means SM1 to SM4 and a user input from the input means 10, and the received environmental state and the pre-stored reference. A data processing unit 52 for generating environmental information which is a result of the comparison by comparing with the environmental state, and additionally determining an appropriate environmental improvement method among previously stored environmental improvement methods according to the environmental information, and the generated environmental information and / or environmental improvement. A data transmitter 53 for transmitting the method to the display means 40, and controlling the above-described components, reading the reference environmental state and / or environmental improvement information from the storage means 20, and from the data receiver 51 Receiving each numerical value, and causing them to cause the data processing unit 52 to generate environmental information and / or environmental improvement measures, and transmits the environmental information and / or environmental improvement measures to the data transmitter 53 It composed of a data control unit 54. Detailed operation of the microcomputer 50 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 below.

4 is a flowchart of providing environmental information of the environmental information providing system of FIG. 2.

In detail, in step S41, the sensing means SM1 to SM4 detect the numerical value of the environmental state according to the characteristics of each element and transmit it to the data receiving unit 51, and the data control unit 54 transmits the data receiving unit 51. Receives the detected environmental state. At this time, the data controller 54 determines whether the environment information providing service is selected by the user from the input means 10, and if it is selected, performs step S41; otherwise, the data receiver 51 rejects the reception. It may further include a step to make.

In step S42, the data control section 54 reads the reference environmental condition from the storage means 20 and transmits it to the data processing section 52 together with the detected environmental condition. The data processor 52 compares the detected environmental state with the reference environmental state, and determines whether the detected environmental state falls within the range of the reference environmental state. If so, the process proceeds to step S43; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S44.

In step S43, the data processing unit 52 transmits environmental information including the normal state to the data control unit 54, and the data control unit 54 indicates the environmental state and the normal state detected by the data transmission unit 53. The environmental information is transmitted to be displayed on the display means 40.

In step S44, the data processing unit 52 transmits the environmental information including the dangerous state to the data control unit 54, and the data control unit 54 indicates the environmental state and the dangerous state detected by the data transmitting unit 53. The environmental information is transmitted to be displayed on the display means 40.

In step S45, the data control unit 54 reads the environmental improvement information from the storage unit 20 and transmits it to the data processing unit 52. In response, the data processing unit 52 determines whether there is an environmental improvement plan corresponding to the environmental information pre-generated in the environmental improvement information, and if so, proceeds to step S46, and otherwise ends.

In step S46, the data processing unit 52 searches for a corresponding environmental improvement plan and transmits it to the data control unit 54. Accordingly, the data control unit 54 transmits an environmental improvement plan to the data transmission unit 53 so as to be displayed on the display unit 40.

In the above-described flow chart, the data control unit 54 reads the user interface for selecting the environmental information providing service or changing the reference environmental state from the storage unit 20, and transmits it to the data transmission unit 53 to display the display unit 40. In addition, the process of receiving the input from the input means 10 and the changed numerical value from the data receiver 51 and storing it in the storage means 20 is additionally performed.

In addition, in the case of the environmental information including the dangerous state in step S44 or step S46, the data control unit 54 is in the case of the danger that the dangerous state cannot be controlled by the user's action (for example, , If the gas detection level is such that there is a risk of fire, or if the room temperature is estimated to be a fire, etc.), the environmental information including a dangerous state is reported through the communication means 30 through the Internet 200. It may transmit to the server 300.

In addition, an electric device (for example, a gas control valve, a boiler controller, a window opening / closing controller, etc.) in the house 1 is constituted by a predetermined home network, and the refrigerator 100 performs a function of a master device in this home network. (In this case, a separate communication means for transmitting and receiving data in the home network is additionally provided in the refrigerator 100), the data control unit 54 is a specific operation (for example, according to the environmental improvement plan to each electric device) , The closing of the gas, the operation or shutdown of the boiler, the opening of the window, etc.) command may be sent to improve the environment.

The present invention of such a configuration has the effect of detecting the environmental conditions inside and / or outside the refrigerator installed in the room, and displays the results of the environmental conditions to the user, so that the user can always recognize the environmental conditions .

In addition, the present invention not only displays the current environmental condition, but also displays the method for improving the environmental condition to the user, thereby maintaining the environment in the home and / or the refrigerator.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of performing a rapid environmental improvement by allowing the microcomputer in the refrigerator to implement an improvement of the environmental conditions.

In addition, the present invention is effective to ensure the safety of the user by determining the current environmental status, by reporting to a predetermined report center when the dangerous situation.

Claims (6)

Sensing means installed inside and outside the refrigerator to detect environmental conditions; And a refrigerator for acquiring the environmental condition from the sensing means, comparing the environmental condition with reference environmental information, and displaying the environmental information according to the comparison result to the user. The method of claim 1, The refrigerator reads the reference environmental state and the environmental state from the storage means for storing the environmental state and the reference environmental information, the display means for displaying the environmental information, and the storage means, and according to the comparison result of the environmental information. Environmental information providing system, characterized in that consisting of a microcomputer to determine the normal state or dangerous state and additionally display the message according to the display means. The method of claim 1, The sensing means is an environment information providing system, characterized in that for detecting at least one or more of gas, temperature, humidity, smell, dust. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The storage means stores environmental improvement information including an improvement method of the environmental condition, and the microcomputer reads the environmental improvement information, searches for an environmental improvement method corresponding to the environmental information, and displays it through the display means. Environmental information providing system, characterized in that. The method of claim 4, wherein The environment information providing system, characterized in that the micom performs the improvement. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The refrigerator further includes a communication means for data communication with an external network, and in the case of the dangerous state, the microcomputer transmits the message to an external report server through the communication means. system.

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