TWM517807U - Energy saving refrigerating apparatus - Google Patents

Description

Energy-saving freezer

The present invention relates to an energy-saving refrigerating device, and more particularly to a refrigerating device capable of effectively reducing the number of times of opening and closing a door to achieve energy saving and power saving effects.

The invention of the refrigerator or freezer brings great convenience to human beings, which not only can extend the shelf life of food, but also can rapidly drop the temperature of food or articles in a short time, and also because of its convenience, now each Households will purchase refrigerators or freezers for their use.

However, when using a refrigerator or a freezer, since it has to be turned on continuously for 24 hours, the power consumption is relatively amazing. The power consumption of the refrigerator is calculated by multiplying the wattage consumed by the number of hours used and the number of days, and the wattage consumed by the refrigerator is different depending on the habit of the user using the refrigerator. Take the stored items, or look for items for too long after opening the refrigerator. At this time, the refrigerator will consume a large number of wattages after the door is closed to maintain a certain refrigerating or freezing temperature inside the refrigerator. In other words, this The amount of electricity consumed is also the largest. Therefore, if the user can reduce the number of times the user turns on the refrigerator or shortens the time to find things when the refrigerator is opened, the power consumption of the refrigerator can be effectively reduced.

On the other hand, although the refrigerator has the effect of freezing the food, the current refrigerator does not provide a good anti-icing mechanism for the user to use, generally for nine to five. For office workers, after they have finished working, they need to take the frozen ingredients to room temperature. After two to three hours of complete thawing, they can be cooked, which is extremely inconvenient for users of this type.

As mentioned above, the author of this creation has been painstakingly researching, thinking and designing an energy-saving refrigerating device for many years to improve the lack of existing technology, thereby enhancing the implementation and utilization of the industry.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an energy-saving refrigerating device for reducing the number of times a user opens a refrigerating device, thereby reducing the power consumption of one of the refrigerating devices.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an energy-saving refrigerating device for reducing the time for a user to find a specific item in the refrigerating device, thereby reducing the power consumption of the refrigerating device.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an energy-saving freezing device for solving the problem of ice-removing of frozen food materials.

Based on the above object, the present invention provides an energy-saving refrigerating device, which is suitable for a refrigerating device body including a accommodating space and a placement area, wherein the accommodating area is for a user to place or take an item, and the energy-saving refrigerating device includes : at least two image capturing units, a touch screen, a capture unit, a processing unit, and a storage unit. At least two image capturing units can be used to capture an image of the item. The touch screen can be used to input items of items to store information or display a list of items for the user to select. The capturing unit can take items from the placement area to the accommodating space for storage, or take items from the accommodating space to the placement area. Processing unit utilization The item image calculates the item volume of the item and drives the capture unit based on the item size and the item storage information. The storage unit stores information on the storage information of the articles, the image of the articles, the volume of the articles, and the location information of the articles in the storage space.

Preferably, the item storage information includes the expiration date, type, and recommended storage temperature of the item.

Preferably, the accommodating space comprises a plurality of subspaces, each subspace is provided with a different temperature, and the processing unit stores the temperature according to the recommended recommendation of the article to determine the placement position of the article in one of the plurality of subspaces.

Preferably, the freezer body further comprises an ice-removing zone.

Preferably, the touch screen is configured to input a control command to retrieve the frozen item to the ice-removing area.

Preferably, the processing unit can calculate the required ice-back time according to the volume of the item of the frozen item, and set the temperature of the ice-removing area to the normal temperature or the refrigerating temperature according to the ice-removing time.

Preferably, the capturing unit comprises a mechanical arm and a crawler.

Preferably, the placement area is around a door panel of the freezer body.

Preferably, one of the articles has an identification unit for storing the item storage information, and the identification unit comprises a text message, a two-dimensional barcode or a QR-code.

Preferably, the energy-saving refrigerating device of the present invention further comprises a mobile unit, and the mobile unit detects the identification unit to obtain the item storage information, and transmits the item storage information to the storage unit.

Preferably, the item list displays individual options for all items in the housing space.

In order to make the above-mentioned objects, technical features, and gains after actual implementation more obvious, a more detailed description will be given below with reference to the corresponding drawings in the preferred embodiments.

100‧‧‧Energy-saving freezer

10‧‧‧Freezer body

11‧‧‧ accommodating space

111‧‧‧Subspace

12‧‧‧Placement area

121‧‧‧Isolation film

13‧‧‧Deicing area

20‧‧‧Image capture unit

21‧‧‧Article image

30‧‧‧ touch screen

31‧‧‧List of items

40‧‧‧Capture unit

50‧‧‧Processing unit

51‧‧‧ item volume

60‧‧‧ storage unit

70‧‧‧Action unit

80‧‧‧ items

81‧‧‧Article storage information

82‧‧‧ Identification unit

801‧‧‧Frozen items

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the energy-saving refrigerating device of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing the energy-saving refrigerating apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the energy-saving refrigerating apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention.

In order to understand the creative characteristics, content and advantages of this creation and the effects that can be achieved by the examiner, the author will use the drawings in detail and explain the following in the form of the examples, and the drawings used therein The subject matter is only for the purpose of illustration and supplementary instructions. It is not necessarily the true proportion and precise configuration after the implementation of the creation. Therefore, the proportions and configuration relationships of the attached drawings should not be interpreted or limited in the actual implementation scope.

The advantages, features, and technical methods of the present invention will be more readily understood by referring to the exemplary embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and the present invention can be implemented in various forms and should not be construed as being limited to The stated embodiments, to the contrary, the embodiments of the present invention will provide a more thorough and complete and complete disclosure of the scope of the present invention, and the present invention will only be attached. The scope of the patent application is defined.

Please refer to Figure 1, which is a block diagram of the energy-saving freezer of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the energy-saving freezing device 100 includes at least two image capturing units 20, a touch screen 30, a capturing unit 40, a processing unit 50, and a storage unit 60. Image capturing unit 20 The processing unit 50 can be a central processing unit, and the processing unit 50 can be a physical memory. The processing unit 50 and the storage unit can be a small arm or a storage unit. The touch screen 30 can be integrated into an embedded system and installed in the freezer body 10, and the processing unit 50 can be electrically connected to the image capturing unit 20 and the capturing unit 40.

The freezer body 10 can include an accommodating space 11 and a accommodating area 12, wherein the accommodating space 11 can include a plurality of sub-spaces 111 for placing different items to be refrigerated or frozen, and the accommodating area 12 is the accommodating space 11 One of the placement spaces is adjacent to the door panel, and the space is separated from the outer side of the door panel by a spacer. The spacer may include a glass or a plastic sheet. When the user wants to place or take an item, only The spacer is required to be placed or taken. In addition, the image capturing unit 20 can be disposed around the placement area 12, such as above and on both sides of the placement area 12, to position the placement area 12 Shoot the items on it. The present invention captures the article image 21 of the article by using at least two image capturing units 20, wherein the generated article image 21 is a 3D stereoscopic image.

The touch screen 30 is used to input the item storage information 81 of the item or display the item list 31 for the user to select. The item storage information 81 includes the expiration date, the type, and the recommended storage temperature of the item. The item list 31 can be displayed on the touch screen 30 in two ways. The first type is to store the information 81 by means of text to present all the items in the accommodating space 11, and the second type is to display the item image 21 by For the user to choose. The item storage information 81 and the item image 21 are stored in the storage unit 60.

The capturing unit 40 is configured to pick up items from the placement area 12 and store them in the accommodating space 11 or pick up items from the accommodating space 11 to the placement area 12, wherein the capturing unit 40 It can be a robot arm and a crawler, and the position, temperature, space size and corresponding items of all the sub-spaces 111 are also stored in the storage unit 60. The processing unit 50 can calculate the item volume 51 according to the item image 21, and then store the information of the item volume 51 into the storage unit 60.

When the user wants to select an item through the item list 31 of the touch screen 30, the processing unit 50 can know according to a trigger command received from the touch screen 30 to know what item the user selects. The unit 50 can also know from the storage unit 60 where the item is placed, and can drive the capturing unit 40 to the position for capturing and placing it in the placement area 12.

According to the above method, the creation can indeed reduce the number of times the user switches the door panel of the freezer. With the combination of the touch screen and the placement area, the freezer body does not need to open the entire door panel for item placement or capture. In order to effectively achieve the function of saving power consumption.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of the energy-saving freezing device of the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the reference numeral in the block diagram of FIG. 1 is used. The accommodating space 11 in the energy-saving refrigerating apparatus 100 of the present invention may include a plurality of sub-spaces 111, and each sub-space 111 may be set to be different. The temperature, processing unit 50 may store the temperature in accordance with the recommendations of item 80 to determine which item 80 is placed within that subspace 111. In addition, the capturing unit 40 of the embodiment is implemented by a robot arm, but not limited thereto, the capturing unit 40 can be fixed on a sliding rail, and the capturing unit 40 is moved by horizontal or vertical movement of the sliding rail. The subspace 111 is taken to capture the item 80.

An ice-removing area 13 can also be included in the freezer body 10, and the user can input a control command through the touch screen 30, and the frozen item 801 to be thawed is selected by the capturing unit 40 and taken to the ice-removing area 13. Preferably, when the frozen article 801 is placed in the freezer body 10, the image of the article 21 can be captured by the image capturing unit 20, and the processing unit 50 calculates the volume of the article 51 based on the image 21 of the article. . Next, the processing unit 50 roughly calculates the required ice-back time according to the item volume 51, and sets the temperature of the ice-removing area 13 according to the ice-removing time to ensure that the user can take the ice-removing area 13 after a certain time. To the frozen item 801 that has been thawed. Further, the control command may further include a reservation timing function to control the time when the processing unit 50 drives the capture unit 40 to prevent the frozen item 801 to be thawed from being thawed too early or too late. The illustration of the embodiment is implemented by combining the ice-removing zone 13 and the placement zone 12 as an example. However, it is not limited thereto, and may be separately in a space in the freezing device body 10 .

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of the energy-saving freezing device of the second embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 together. In addition to using the touch screen 30 to input the item storage information 81 of the input item 80, it may be achieved in another manner in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, an outer package of the article 80 may have an identification unit 82 for storing the item storage information 81. As shown in the figure, the identification unit 82 of the embodiment is implemented by using a QR-code, but This is limited to a text message or a two-dimensional bar code.

The energy-saving refrigerating device 100 further includes a lens-equipped mobile unit 70. The mobile unit 70 can be a smart phone or a tablet. The user can use the mobile unit 70 to detect an object 80 before placing the object. Identification unit 82 on the outer package to read further The item stores information 81 and transmits the item storage information 81 to the storage unit 60 via the Internet. The technique for detecting the identification unit 82 by the mobile unit 70 and transmitting the item storage information 81 to the storage unit 60 via the Internet is well known in the related art, and therefore will not be described herein.

It can be seen from the above that the energy-saving refrigerating device of the present invention not only reduces the number of times the user opens the door of a refrigerating device, but also reduces the time for the user to find a specific item in the refrigerating device, thereby reducing the power consumption of the refrigerating device. the amount. In addition to the above advantages, the energy-saving freezing device of the present invention also includes an ice-removing area for solving the problem of ice-removing of frozen food materials.

The embodiments described above are only for explaining the technical idea and characteristics of the present invention, and the purpose thereof is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement them according to the scope of the patent. That is, the equivalent changes or modifications made by the people in accordance with the spirit revealed by this creation should still be covered by the scope of the patent of this creation.

100‧‧‧Energy-saving freezer

10‧‧‧Freezer body

11‧‧‧ accommodating space

111‧‧‧Subspace

12‧‧‧Placement area

20‧‧‧Image capture unit

21‧‧‧Article image

30‧‧‧ touch screen

31‧‧‧List of items

40‧‧‧Capture unit

50‧‧‧Processing unit

51‧‧‧ item volume

60‧‧‧ storage unit

81‧‧‧Article storage information

Claims (11)

The utility model relates to an energy-saving freezing device, which is suitable for a freezer body comprising a receiving space and a placing area, wherein the placing area is for a user to place or take an item, and the energy-saving freezing device comprises: at least two image capturing a unit for capturing an image of an item of the item; a touch screen for inputting an item storage information of the item or displaying a list of items for the user to select; a capture unit from the placement area Taking the item into the accommodating space for storage, or extracting the item from the accommodating space to the placement area; a processing unit calculates an item volume of the item by using the item image, and according to the item volume and The item stores information to drive the capture unit; and a storage unit stores the item storage information, the item image, the item volume, and the location information of the item in the accommodating space; wherein the at least two image capturing unit The capture unit, the touch screen and the storage unit are electrically connected to the processing unit; wherein the user clears the item through the touch screen When selecting the item, the instruction processing unit triggers the grab drive unit to a position where the article is to grab the article and placed onto the placement area according to the received one from the touch screen. The energy-saving refrigerating device of claim 1, wherein the item storage information includes an expiration date, a type, and a recommended storage temperature of the item. The energy-saving refrigerating device of claim 1, wherein the accommodating space comprises a plurality of subspaces, and each of the plurality of subspaces is provided with a different temperature, The processing unit stores the temperature in accordance with the suggested retention of the item to determine the placement of the item in one of the plurality of sub-spaces. The energy-saving refrigerating device of claim 1, wherein the refrigerating device body further comprises an ice-removing zone. The energy-saving freezing device of claim 4, wherein the touch screen is configured to input a control command to retrieve a frozen item to the ice-removing area. The energy-saving freezing device of claim 5, wherein the processing unit calculates one of the required ice-back times according to the volume of the item of the frozen item, and sets the ice-removing area according to the ice-removing time. The temperature is normal or refrigerated. The energy-saving freezing device of claim 1, wherein the capturing unit comprises a robot arm and a crawler. The energy-saving refrigerating device of claim 1, wherein the placement area is around a door panel of the body of the freezing apparatus. The energy-saving refrigerating device of claim 1, wherein the outer packaging of the article has an identification unit for storing the item storage information, the identification unit comprising a text message, a two-dimensional barcode or a QR-code. The energy-saving refrigerating device of claim 9, further comprising a mobile unit, the mobile unit detecting the identification unit to obtain the item storage information, and transmitting the item storage information to the storage unit. The energy-saving refrigerating device of claim 1, wherein the item list displays individual options of all items in the accommodating space.