KR20150073603A - Dispensing apparatus and method for controlling the same - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract
Dispensing apparatus and control method thereof are disclosed. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a dispensing apparatus, including: detecting whether a cup is received in a dispenser unit; A container height measuring step of measuring a height of the container when it is detected that the container is received; And a liquid supplying step of supplying liquid to the container at a predetermined ratio with respect to the height of the container measured.
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The present invention relates to a dispensing apparatus and a control method thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a dispensing device is a device in which when a user places a container such as a cup in the container, liquid such as water is automatically discharged to a container placed on the container, and the dispensing device is installed in a refrigerator and a water purifier.
For example, in the case of a refrigerator, the refrigerator is composed of a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, and stores foods requiring various refrigerating compartments inside the refrigerator compartment.
In order to take food stored in the fridge, the fridge door must be opened.
When the door of the refrigerator compartment is opened, the cold air inside the refrigerator compartment flows out to the outside, the high temperature outdoor air enters the refrigerator compartment, the electric power consumption increases, and the foods being refrigerated are damaged by the high temperature outdoor air flowing into the refrigerator compartment.
1, in order to reduce the number of times of opening and closing the
A
In the refrigerating
The
The liquid input
On the other hand, the
A container detecting sensor (not shown) is constituted by, for example, a weight sensor and a push switch. When a liquid is introduced into the
The height of the
To this end, there is known a technique of irradiating light to a
However, when measuring the height of the container using the light, the container must be made of a material that reflects light, so that a container made of transparent glass can not be used.
In addition, since the light reflected from the container must be accurately reflected by the light receiving sensor, the shape of the container that can be used is extremely limited.
Also, in the above method, many errors occur in measuring the height of the container according to the intensity of the ambient light. For example, there is a limit to accurately measure the container height when the light reflectance of the container is low while natural light is present. On the contrary, a technique of measuring the height of the container by using ultrasonic waves is known. In the technique of measuring the height of the container using the ultrasonic waves, an ultrasonic wave output unit and an ultrasonic wave receiving unit are provided on a liquid discharge port, and an ultrasonic wave output unit outputs ultrasonic waves at predetermined time intervals. Ultrasonic waves are received by the ultrasonic receiver and the height of the container is measured.
The conventional dispensing device also requires that the user actuate the
(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent No. 10-0755142 (Registered on Aug. 28, 2007)
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid dispenser for a liquid dispenser, And to provide a dispensing apparatus and a control method thereof that can be put into a container to improve convenience.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dispensing apparatus comprising: a dispenser unit including a receiving space in which a container for receiving liquid can be received; A sensor unit provided in the dispenser unit and sensing a position and a height of the container; And a controller for controlling supply of the liquid to the container so that the liquid is filled at a predetermined height ratio with respect to the height of the container sensed by the sensor unit.
Wherein the sensor unit further includes a container presence / absence detection sensor and a plurality of container height detection sensors for detecting whether or not the container is accommodated in the dispenser, wherein, when the presence of the container is confirmed through the container presence / absence detection sensor, It is possible to control the sensor unit to measure the height.
The sensor unit may further include a container position detection sensor for measuring a position of the container in the accommodation space.
And a display device or a sound device for providing an alarm to the user to guide the position adjustment of the container when the position of the container measured by the container position detection sensor is out of a predetermined position.
The container position detection sensor can measure the front, back, left, and right sides of the container, and the control unit compares the measured signal values to determine that the container is correctly positioned when the measured signal values are within a predetermined range It can be judged.
The sensor unit may further include a user position detection sensor for detecting whether a user is positioned in front of the dispenser unit, and the controller may control the sensor unit to measure the container height when the user senses the user position detection sensor .
Wherein the sensor unit further comprises a water level sensor for measuring the height of the water filled in the container, wherein the controller measures the height of the liquid that changes during the supply of water to the container through the water level sensor, The height of the container measured by the sensing sensor is compared with the height of the liquid measured by the level detecting sensor to control the liquid supply so that the height of the liquid with respect to the height of the container is the predetermined ratio.
The dispensing device may be attached to the door of the refrigerator compartment.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of a dispensing apparatus, including: a container presence sensing step of sensing whether a cup is received in a dispenser unit; A container height measuring step of measuring a height of the container when it is detected that the container is received; And a liquid supplying step of supplying liquid to the container at a predetermined ratio with respect to the height of the container measured.
And detecting the container position when it is detected that the container is received.
Determining whether the sensed container position is out of a predetermined position; And a container position adjustment step of providing an alarm to the user such that the user relocates the container when the container position is out of the predetermined position.
And a user position sensing step of sensing whether a user is positioned in front of the dispenser part, wherein the container position sensing step and the container height measurement step are performed when the user is determined to be located in front of the dispenser part .
And a water level sensing step of measuring the height of the liquid filled in the container.
The liquid level detection step is performed during the liquid supply step, and the liquid supply can be stopped when the height of the liquid measured in the liquid level detection step satisfies the predetermined ratio.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, when the container is seated in the container seating portion, the position and height of the container seated as the container position detecting sensor and the container height detecting sensor are sensed and the liquid is automatically supplied at a predetermined height ratio, So that it is possible to contribute to the enhancement of the product quality.
1 is a schematic view showing a refrigerator having a conventional dispensing apparatus,
2 is a front view showing a configuration of a dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 3 is a control block diagram of the dispensing apparatus of Figure 2,
4A and 4B are operation flowcharts for controlling the operation of the Fig. 2 dispensing apparatus.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.
2 shows a configuration of a dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2, the
The
The sensor unit includes a
In addition, the sensor unit may include a user
When the user is positioned on the front surface of the
The
The container
The container
Instead of detecting the presence or absence of the container and the container height in the
When the height of the
When the height of the liquid injected into the
3 is a control block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit of the dispensing apparatus of the present invention.
The
The liquid
The
On the other hand, when it is detected by the container
The container
The target height of liquid injection is set to 85% of the container height in the liquid introduction
The
The control method of the dispensing apparatus of the present invention constructed as above will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4A, the dispensing apparatus of the present invention determines whether a user is positioned at the front of the dispenser unit 100 (S100).
Next, when the
That is, the user is detected to be positioned on the front surface of the
The
As a result of the determination, if the
Alternatively, if it is sensed that the
Next, in a state where the
Subsequently, the
At this time, the target height of the liquid supply may be predetermined so as to be 85% of the container height.
Then, the
As described above, in the dispensing apparatus and the control method thereof according to the present invention, the user positions the dispenser unit by placing the dispenser unit on the front surface of the dispenser unit. By sensing the position and height of the container, Can be automatically inserted into the container, thereby increasing convenience.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the dispensing apparatus and the control method thereof according to the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and therefore, It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It should be understood that many other modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the basic technical idea of the present invention.
10: refrigerator compartment 12: door
14, 104: container 16: container mounting part
20, 100: dispenser part 22: liquid delivery key
24: rising key 26: falling key
30: liquid inlet height regulator 106: accommodation space
110: display unit 202: liquid discharge port
220: Water level sensor 240: Vessel position detection sensor
260: container height sensor 280: user position sensor
300: control unit 302: actuator
304: Alarm device 310:
320: container height determination unit 330: liquid injection height determination unit
340: controller
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A sensor unit provided in the dispenser unit and sensing a position and a height of the container; And
And a controller for controlling supply of the liquid to the container so that the liquid is filled at a predetermined height ratio with respect to the height of the container sensed by the sensor unit.
Wherein the sensor unit further includes a container presence / absence detection sensor and a plurality of container height detection sensors for detecting whether the container is accommodated in the dispenser portion,
Wherein the controller controls the sensor unit to measure the container height when the presence of the container is confirmed through the container presence / absence detection sensor.
Wherein the sensor unit further comprises a container position detection sensor for measuring a position of the container in the accommodation space.
Further comprising a display device or acoustical device for providing an alarm to the user to guide the position adjustment of the container when the position of the container measured through the container position detection sensor is out of a predetermined position.
The container position detection sensor includes:
And a plurality of proximity sensors capable of measuring the front, back, left, and right sides of the container,
Wherein the control unit compares respective signal values of each proximity sensor and determines that the container is correctly positioned when the respective signal values are within a predetermined range.
Wherein the sensor unit further comprises a user position detection sensor for detecting whether a user is positioned in front of the dispenser,
Wherein the control unit controls the sensor unit to measure the container height when the user senses the user position detection sensor.
Wherein the sensor unit further comprises a water level sensor for measuring the height of the water filled in the container,
Wherein,
Measuring a height of the liquid which changes during the supply of water to the container through the water level sensor,
And a controller for controlling the liquid supply so that the height of the liquid with respect to the height of the container is equal to the predetermined ratio by comparing the height of the container measured by the container height sensor with the height of the liquid measured by the level sensor, Fencing device.
A container height measuring step of measuring a height of the container when it is detected that the container is received; And
And a liquid supplying step of supplying liquid to the container at a predetermined ratio with respect to the height of the container measured.
Further comprising a container position sensing step of sensing the container position when it is detected that the container has been received.
Determining whether the sensed container position is out of a predetermined position; And
Further comprising a container position adjustment step of providing an alarm to the user so that the user relocates the container when the container position is out of the preset position.
Further comprising a user position sensing step of sensing whether a user is positioned in front of the dispenser part,
Wherein the container position sensing step and the container height measurement step are performed when the user determines that the container position is located in front of the dispenser part.
And a level detecting step of measuring a height of the liquid filled in the container.
Wherein the liquid level sensing step is performed during the liquid supply step,
And stopping the supply of the liquid when the height of the liquid measured in the water level sensing step satisfies the preset ratio.
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