KR20160028865A - A smart water-proof chopping board with the touch sensor module - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart waterproof chopping board with a touch sensor, which has a chopping board plate arranged on an upper portion thereof, having a touch sensor module, and made of a transparent material; and an accommodation space arranged on a lower portion thereof to accommodate a tablet computer. The smart waterproof chopping board comprises: a chopping board body which is made of a transparent plate having a flat upper side and made of a transparent material, and has a side wall unit formed to be extended downwards along an edge of the transparent plate; the touch sensor installed in the transparent plate; an output terminal which is arranged on one side of an inner surface of the side wall unit, and outputs a touch detection value detected by the touch sensor; and a support plate which is joined to a lower end portion of the side wall unit and encloses a lower portion of the chopping board body. According to the present invention, production costs of the chopping board can be reduced by installing only the touch sensor module on the chopping board plate and enabling a tablet computer to be attached and detached. A tablet computer that a user currently uses can be used for the smart waterproof chopping board. In addition, the smart waterproof chopping board can protect the tablet computer, accommodated in the chopping board, from water even when the chopping board comes in contact with water or is sunk in water as a packing, the same as one used for an airtight container, is used for the support plate.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a smart water-proof chopping board with a touch sensor,

The present invention relates to a waterproof type smart board having a touch sensor module having a touch sensor module and a touch sensor for accommodating a tablet computer in a lower portion thereof.

In general, a user can cook by familiarizing himself with the cooking method and the amount of the material if he or she is familiar with the cooking, but if he or she is not familiar with the cooking, I acquire and cook.

Especially, as recruitment rate of housewives increases, recipe search using smart devices is utilized in most cooking process. However, there is a problem of damages such as inundation of smart device due to carelessness, and there is an inconvenience in using the device during cooking. So, a kitchen smart device holder is being released.

However, since the smart device cradle is installed on the upper side of the cooking sink, there is a problem in that the user usually keeps his or her gaze at the bottom when cooking, and keeps looking upward to see the smart device installed in the cradle. In addition, in the case of cooking while looking at the Internet or a cookbook, the user must check the information about the cooking several times and measure the quantities of each material with the balance. Therefore, the work is troublesome and takes a lot of time .

On the other hand, chopping board is one of the cooking utensils to cut and cook food, and our cooking method is one of the cooking utensils that have been used for a long time since cutting or slicing the food before cooking. In other words, when cutting or cutting food for cooking at a restaurant or home, the board is used as a pedestal. Such boards are used, for example, on a countertop such as a sink.

Techniques for intelligent boards have been proposed by installing tablet computers on such boards [Patent Document 1]. In addition to this, techniques for measuring the weight of food ingredients, such as a balance function and a dish, have been proposed on the cutting board [Patent Documents 2 and 3].

However, if a tablet computer is installed on a chopping block, the manufacturing cost of the chopping block is increased.

[Patent Document 1] Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2014-0010609 (published on April 21, 2014) [Patent Document 2] Korean Published Patent Application No. 10-2013-0113852 (published October 16, 2013) [Patent Document 3] Korean Published Patent Application No. 10-2013-0138402 (published Dec. 19, 2013)

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a touch sensor which is composed of a transparent material board having a touch sensor module on the upper part thereof and a housing space for accommodating the tablet computer, And to provide a waterproof type smart board provided.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a waterproof smart board having a packing around a top surface of a lower support plate and having a touch sensor capable of maintaining a sealed state between a cutting board and a lower support plate.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a waterproof smart board having a touch sensor, which comprises a transparent plate having a flat upper surface and a side wall portion extending downward along a rim of the transparent plate, Body; A touch sensor installed in the transparent plate; An output terminal provided at one side of the inner side surface of the side wall portion and outputting a touch detection value detected by the touch sensor; And a support plate coupled with a lower end of the side wall to seal the lower portion of the chopping body.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a smart waterproof type cutting board including a touch sensor, wherein the support plate has a packing insertion groove formed between a rim and an inner wall, a packing is inserted into the packing insertion groove, So that the lower portion of the chopping block body is kept in a tightly closed state.

Further, the present invention is a waterproof smart board having a touch sensor, wherein the packing is made of a silicone material and has a double hollow structure.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a waterproof smart board having a touch sensor, wherein a support base contact portion extending in the outward direction is provided at a lower end of a side wall portion of the chopping block body, a groove is formed in an upper surface of the support base contact portion, The locking plate includes a locking blade for locking the plate body and the support plate, and the locking blade has a locking protrusion coupled to the groove of the locking plate.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a waterproof smart board having a touch sensor, wherein a fixing part for fixing the tablet computer is formed on the upper surface of the support plate.

As described above, according to the waterproof type smart board provided with the touch sensor according to the present invention, since only the touch sensor module is mounted on the board and the tablet computer can be attached and detached, the manufacturing cost of the board can be reduced, An effect that a computer can be used can be obtained.

In addition, according to the smart type waterproof type smart door provided with the touch sensor according to the present invention, since a packing such as a hermetically sealed container is used as a support plate for supporting the tablet computer, even if water is fed to the chopping board or the chopping board is received, The effect can be obtained.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a waterproof smart board provided with a touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a cutting board of a waterproof smart board provided with a touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
3 is a perspective view of a support plate of a smart board according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a cross-sectional view of a tablet computer coupled to a smart board according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary view of a reference point displayed on a screen for synchronizing a touch sensor of a smart board and a screen of a tablet computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the description of the present invention, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

First, a configuration of a waterproof smart board having a touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a waterproof smart board with a touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cutting board 10 composed of a flat transparent plate and a support plate 20 supporting the tablet computer 1 .

The board body 10 is composed of a transparent plate 11 having a flat upper surface. The transparent material is made of tempered glass or transparent synthetic resin. A side wall portion 12 extending downward along the rim of the chopping block 10 or the transparent plate 11 is formed. The lower end of the side wall portion 12 is provided with a support stand contact portion 13 extending in the outward direction.

A receiving space is provided below the chopping block 10 surrounded by the side wall 12. The tablet computer 30 is accommodated in the accommodation space. Further, the lower end of the receiving space in the chopping block body 10 is opened.

As shown in FIG. 2, a groove 14 for coupling with the support plate 20 is formed on the upper surface of the support base contact portion 13. It is preferable that the surface of the support plate contacting portion 13 which is in contact with the packing 25 provided on the support plate 20 is formed smoothly so as to improve the sealing performance of the accommodation space in the board.

2, a touch sensor or a touch sensor module 15 is formed between the transparent plate 11 of the chopping block 10 and the touch panel. That is, when the upper surface of the transparent plate 11 is touched, the touch sensor module recognizes the touch. The touch sensor module is a touch sensor used for touch panel and touch screen. Preferably, the touch sensor is a transparent touch sensor such as an indium tin oxide (ITO) sensor or a metal mesh sensor.

A detecting module 16 of a touch sensor is formed on one side of the side wall 12 of the chopping block 10. The detection module 16 is an IC chip that converts the detected value detected by the touch sensor 15 into digital data and outputs the digital data. The detection result of the detection module 16 is output through the output terminal 17. [ The output terminal 17 is connected to the tablet computer 30 and is preferably a communication cable terminal of a smart device such as a micro USB, USB, or iPhone input terminal.

Next, the support plate 20 closes the lower portion of the chopping body 10, and each side surface of the support plate is provided with a locking blade 21 for coupling the chopping body 10 and the support plate 20 together. The locking blade 21 has an engaging projection 22 to engage the engaging projection 22 with a groove 14 provided in the supporting plate contact portion 13. [

At the bottom of the open top of the chopping block 10 is closed by the support plate 20. At this time, the chamfered body 10 and the support plate 20 ).

When the support plate 20 is tightly closed on the knife body 10, the locking blade 21 is rotated in the direction of the knife body 10 so that the coupling protrusion 22 is caught by the groove 14. In this way, the engaging projection 22 is elastically hooked on the groove 14, and the chopping body 10 is sealed by keeping the packing 25 in close contact with the supporting plate contact portion 13. In addition, since the lower end of the support base contact portion 13 is formed to be a flat surface, the effective contact surface with the packing 25 can be increased to further improve the sealing performance.

More specifically, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a support plate 20 included in a smart board according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A packing insertion groove 27 is formed between the rim 23 of the support plate 20 and the inner wall 26. A packing 25 is inserted into the packing insertion groove 27 so that the support plate 20 and the chopping block body 10 are engaged with each other to maintain a more tightly closed state. By providing the packing 25 as described above, it is possible to prevent the water from penetrating into the body 10 even if the cutting board enters the water or the water flows into the cutting board. It is preferable that the packing 25 is made of silicon and has a double hollow structure to further improve the sealing performance. The engaging projection 22 protruding from the locking blade 21 is formed in the form of a latch so that the engaging projection 22 can be inserted into the recess 14 in the process of engaging the supporting plate 20 with the knife body 10.

3, the support plate 20 is provided with an external seating assist protrusion 24 protruding in the inner side direction of the support plate 20 at the corner of the rim 23. The external seating assist protrusion 24 serves to guide the support plate 20 to be seated on the chopping body 10 when the lower portion of the chopping body 10 is closed by the support plate 20. [ At this time, the external seating assist protrusion 24 is brought into contact with the side surface of the supporter abutment portion 13 to prevent the supporter plate 20 from flowing when it is closed to the chopping body 10.

On the other hand, the upper surface 28 of the support plate 20 is provided with a fixing portion 29 for fixing the tablet computer 30. Preferably, the fixing portion 29 is configured to be variable.

Next, an example in which the tablet computer 30 is mounted on a smart board according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG.

The output terminal 17 provided on one side of the lower inside of the chopping block 10 or the inside of the side wall 12 is connected to the input terminal groove of the tablet computer 30 as shown in Fig. Then, the tablet computer 30 is fixed to the support plate 20.

Then, the knife body 10 is brought into close contact with the support plate 20, and the lower portion of the knife body 10 is closed by raising the lock blade 21 of the support plate 20. At this time, the chamfered body 10 is sealed by keeping the packing 25 in close contact with the supporter abutment portion 13. Therefore, liquid such as water is not invaded into the space for accommodating the interior of the hermetically sealed body 10.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the positional synchronization between the tablet computer 30 and the touch sensor 15 of the chopping body 30 is performed. That is, the tablet computer 30 is operated to display at least four reference points A on the screen. Preferably, the four reference points are located near the vertex of the tablet computer 30. The user sequentially touches the transparent plate of the board corresponding to the displayed four points in order.

Then, the tablet computer 30 recognizes each touch input of the touch sensor 15 as a position for each of the four points displayed by the touch sensor 15, and catches the recognized four positions as a reference point. When the touch input through the touch sensor 15 is received, the tablet computer 30 calculates from which position the touch input is input on the screen of the tablet computer 30, based on the four reference points.

The invention made by the present inventors has been described concretely with reference to the embodiments. However, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

10: board body 11: transparent plate
12: side wall portion 13: support base contact portion
14: groove 15: touch sensor
16: Detection module 17: Output terminal
20: Support plate 21: Locking blade
22: engaging projection 23: rim
24: Seating assist projection 25: Packing
26: inner side wall 27: packing insertion groove
28: upper surface 29:
30: Tablet computer

Claims (5)

A cutting board comprising a transparent plate having a flat upper surface and a side wall portion extending downward along a rim of the transparent plate;
A touch sensor installed in the transparent plate;
An output terminal provided at one side of the inner side surface of the side wall portion and outputting a touch detection value detected by the touch sensor; And
And a support plate coupled to a lower end of the side wall to seal the lower portion of the chopping body.
The method according to claim 1,
The support plate has a packing insertion groove formed between the rim and the inner wall, and a packing is inserted into the packing insertion groove, so that the support plate and the chopping body are engaged with each other to maintain a closed state of the lower portion of the chopping body. A waterproof smart board equipped with a touch sensor.
The method of claim 2,
Wherein the packing is made of a silicone material and has a double hollow structure.
The method according to claim 1,
A support base abutting portion extending in an outward direction is provided at a lower end of a side wall portion of the chopping block body, a groove is formed in an upper surface of the support abutting portion,
Wherein the support plate has a locking blade for coupling the chopping block to the support plate, and the locking blade has a coupling protrusion that is engaged with a groove of the support plate contact portion. .
The method according to claim 1,
And a fixing part capable of fixing the tablet computer is formed on the upper surface of the support plate.

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