KR20100023288A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A refrigerator is provided to enable a user to check the position and the remaining amount of food inside the refrigerator through a display part without opening a door by using a sensor. CONSTITUTION: A refrigerator comprises a receiving space, a shelf, a door, a sensor(310), an input control part(320), and a display part(330). The receiving space is composed of a cold room and a freezer. The shelf is installed in the cold room and the freezer. The door opens and closes the entrance of the receiving space. The sensor is installed with the shelf. The sensor comprises either two or more weight sensors or two or more position sensors. Either the weight sensors or the position sensors are installed vertically or horizontally to the shelf at constant intervals. The input control part processes information sensed by the sensor. The display part is installed on the outside of the door.

Description

Refrigerator {REFRIGERATOR}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator capable of checking the loading position and remaining amount of food from the outside.

In general, the refrigerator includes an evaporator in a cooler chamber, which is a separate space provided at the rear side of the freezer compartment, and generates cold air in the evaporator according to the operation of the compressor installed in the machine room. It is a device that freezes and refrigerates the inside of each refrigerator according to a series of cold air flows back to keep food stored in the refrigerator for a long time.

In the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment of such a refrigerator is provided with a shelf for loading food.

Recently, the consumption pattern of food is a trend to purchase a large amount of food at a time, accordingly the refrigerator is enlarged to store a lot of food at once. For this reason, it is important to accurately grasp the stock and distribution period of the food stored in the refrigerator.

In addition, various contents are provided in the conventional refrigerator to manage the type of food stored, storage time, and distribution period. For this purpose, an operation panel is provided on the refrigerator door to store food such as the type of food being stored and the expiration date. It receives information directly from the user and manages it.

In addition, the refrigerator is provided with a bar code device, in the case of a bar code printed food to minimize the inconvenience of input by reading the food information through the bar code device.

In addition, the conventional refrigerator has been disclosed a technique that can roughly grasp the loading position and the remaining amount of the food being stored.

However, in the conventional refrigerator, in order to accurately grasp the loading position and the remaining amount of food, the user has to inconvenience by having to open the door of the refrigerator and visually confirm it with the naked eye.

Accordingly, it takes a lot of time since the door is opened and the food is checked for each shelf, and the cold air is leaked out of the refrigerator and there is a problem in that power consumption increases in the process of regenerating the cold air to compensate for this.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator that the user can check from the outside without opening the door in order to determine the loading position and the remaining amount of the food is stored. .

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that lowers power consumption by preventing the outflow of cold air in the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator informing the appropriate purchase time of the food because it can check the change in the residual amount of food.

In the refrigerator of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the refrigerator comprising a storage space formed of a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, a shelf provided in the refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, and a door for opening and closing the storage space, the shelf A detection sensor installed in the sensor, an input control unit for processing the information measured by the detection sensor, and a display unit installed on the outside of the door to display the loading position and the remaining amount of food under the control of the input control unit, wherein the detection sensor Is formed as a weight sensor or position sensor, the weight sensor or position sensor is characterized in that the two or more installed at a predetermined interval in the horizontal or vertical direction of the shelf.

Here, the display unit is preferably composed of two or more shelf display units in the same manner as the arrangement position and the number of shelves installed in the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment.

In addition, the shelf display unit, preferably composed of two or more sensor display unit the same as the arrangement position and the number of the sensor.

According to the refrigerator according to the present invention, the loading position and the remaining amount of the food stored on the shelf by the sensing sensor to provide the effect that the user can check on the external display without opening the door.

After all, it is not necessary to open the door to grasp the loading position and the remaining amount of food, it provides an effect of reducing the power consumption by preventing the outflow of cold air in the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment.

In addition, since the change in the remaining amount of food can be confirmed, there is an effect of informing the appropriate purchase time of the food.

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

1 is a front view illustrating a refrigerator according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an open state of the door of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a shelf of the refrigerator according to the present invention, and FIG. 4. Is a configuration diagram schematically showing a refrigerator according to the present invention.

First, referring to the internal configuration of the refrigerator with reference to Figures 2 to 3, the refrigerator (A) of the present invention is divided into the left and right or up and down inside the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment is partitioned to form a storage space 100 And a door (210, 220) mounted on one side or both sides of the main body (100) to open and close the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment. An apparatus (not shown) is provided.

In addition, door handles 211 and 221 are mounted on one side of the front part of the doors 210 and 220 to facilitate the opening and closing operation.

In addition, two or more shelves 130 for loading the food f are installed in the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber of the main body 100.

On the other hand, the refrigerator (A) described above is further provided with a display device that can display the loading position and the remaining amount of the food (f) stored in the shelf 130 to the outside without opening the doors (210, 220).

Hereinafter, a display device will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown, the display device according to the present invention includes a sensor 310 installed on the shelf 130, an input controller 320 for processing the information measured by the sensor 310 and the input controller ( The display unit 330 is installed on the outside of the doors 210 and 220 to display the loading position and the remaining amount of the food f under the control of 320.

Here, the detection sensor 310 is formed of a weight sensor for detecting the weight of the food (f) or a position sensor for detecting the position of the food, the weight sensor or position sensor is the horizontal or vertical direction of the shelf 130 Two or more are installed at predetermined intervals.

In addition, the detection sensors 310 exchange wired and wireless signals with the input control unit 320. That is, the weight information or position information detected from each sensor 310 is sent to the input control unit 320, the input control unit 320 is based on the detected weight information and the loading position of the food (f) and Know the remaining amount.

As a result, the residual amount change of the food f may be checked by calculating the residual amount relative to the initial weight measured by the sensor 310 as a percentage, thereby informing a proper purchase time of the food f.

Meanwhile, the input control unit 320 that grasps the loading position and the remaining amount of the food f displays the loading position and the remaining amount of the food f on the display unit 330.

In addition, the display unit 330 is divided into a plurality of shelf display unit 331 according to the number and arrangement position of each shelf 130 installed in the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, the shelf display unit 331 is a shelf 130 It is composed of a plurality of sensor display unit 332 the same as the arrangement position and the number of the provided sensor 310.

In addition, the display unit 330 may be configured as a light emitting diode (LED) that displays one-to-one correspondence with the detection sensor 310, or may use a liquid crystal display that divides and displays one screen.

In addition, the input control unit 320 is provided with a separate button for changing the information output to the display unit 330. That is, one of the loading position and the remaining amount of the food f may be displayed on the display unit 330, or the loading position and the remaining amount of the food f may be simultaneously displayed on the display unit 330.

Therefore, the loading position and the remaining amount of the food f loaded in the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment by the display unit 330 can be confirmed from the outside of the refrigerator A.

As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described in detail, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, It should be interpreted by the claim. At this time, those of ordinary skill in the art should consider that many modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1 is a front view showing a refrigerator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an open state of the door of FIG. 1.

3 is a perspective view illustrating a shelf of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

4 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a refrigerator according to the present invention.

* Description of symbols on main parts of the drawings *

A-Refrigerator 100-Body

210-Door 300-Display

310-Detection sensor 320-Input control unit

330-display

Claims (3)

A refrigerator comprising a storage space formed of a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a shelf provided in the refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, and a door that opens and closes the storage space. A sensor installed on the shelf, An input control unit for processing information measured by the detection sensor; Including a display unit provided on the outside of the door to display the loading position and the remaining amount of food by the control of the input control unit, The sensor is formed of a weight sensor or a position sensor, the weight sensor or the position sensor is a refrigerator, characterized in that two or more installed at a predetermined interval in the horizontal or vertical direction of the shelf. The method of claim 1, The display unit, Refrigerator, characterized in that composed of two or more shelf display unit the same as the arrangement position and the number of shelves installed in the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment. 3. The method of claim 2, The shelf display unit, Refrigerator, characterized in that composed of two or more sensor display unit the same as the arrangement position and the number of the sensor.

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