WO2017202347A1

WO2017202347A1 - Side-by-side refrigerator with camera device

Info

Publication number: WO2017202347A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/085775
Authority: WO
Inventors: 董钦; 邹磊; 朱云涛; 王冬梅; 王卫庆; 唐松志
Original assignee: 青岛海尔股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-05-26
Filing date: 2017-05-24
Publication date: 2017-11-30
Also published as: EP3467417A4; RU2711583C1; EP3467417A1; CN105972908A; ES2824733T3; CN105972908B; EP3467417B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a side-by-side refrigerator with a camera device (300), comprising: a refrigerator body (100), with a storage chamber defined therein; an opening-closing assembly (200), being provided with two oppositely-arranged door bodies (210) and a vertical beam (220) installed on one door body (210), and the opening-closing assembly (200) being configured to open or close the storage chamber; and at least one camera device (300) installed on the vertical beam (220).

Description

Double door refrigerator with camera

Technical field

The present invention relates to a refrigerated and frozen storage device, and more particularly to a double door refrigerator having an image pickup device.

Background technique

The refrigerator is a kind of refrigeration equipment that maintains a constant low temperature, and is also a civilian product that keeps food or other items at a constant low temperature and cold state. With the advancement of technology and the improvement of living standards, intelligence is an inevitable trend in the development of home appliances. Food intelligent management is an important component of the intelligentization of refrigerators. In the implementation of the food intelligent management, the image recognition of the stored items in the refrigerator is involved, and the camera is usually used to identify the items stored in the storage room.

At present, most of the viewfinder cameras of the smart refrigerator are placed in a position that is easy for the user to see. For example, the camera is usually installed on the front side of the top wall of the refrigerator, and the camera is easily damaged by the objects that are taken and placed, and is not beautiful, so that the camera exists. Improper installation position, small wide-angle shooting, and the problem of shooting dead angles. In addition, since the camera is installed in a low-temperature, high-humidity environment in the refrigerator box, there is a problem of condensation of the camera, and there is no effective camera de-extracting device, which affects the life of the camera, the shooting effect, and the user experience.

Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to overcome at least one of the deficiencies of existing refrigerator imaging and to provide a novel dual door refrigerator that protects the camera from being bumped.

A further object of the present invention is to make the camera's shooting stability high to ensure the accuracy of food recognition for the camera at a later stage.

Another further object of the present invention is to achieve a no-dead angle in the indoor storage of the double-door refrigerator storage room, thereby improving the shooting effect.

In order to solve at least one of the above objects, the present invention provides a double door refrigerator comprising:

a cabinet having a storage compartment defined therein;

An opening and closing assembly having two oppositely disposed door bodies and a vertical beam mounted on a door body, and the opening and closing assembly is configured to open or close the storage compartment; and

At least one camera device is mounted to the vertical beam and configured to capture an item in the storage room.

Optionally, the double door refrigerator further includes a de-heating device disposed on the vertical beam to heat the vertical beam and/or the at least one camera.

Optionally, the vertical beam comprises a front shell and a rear shell mounted on the front shell, and the rear shell is provided with at least one light passing hole;

Each camera device is mounted in an accommodation space defined by the front case and the rear case, and each camera device photographs an item in the storage room through a light passing hole.

Optionally, the front case includes a base body and a front cover, and a front surface of the base body is formed with a groove extending along a length direction of the vertical beam, the front cover is mounted to the groove; and the dew-heating device is disposed in the groove.

Optionally, at least one mounting hole is defined in the base body, and a rear end of each camera device is located in one mounting hole, and a rear side of each camera device is thermally connected to the dew condensation heating device. Optionally, the dew-heating device comprises a heating element and a heat conducting plate, and the two sides of the heat conducting plate are respectively in contact with the front cover and the at least one camera device.

Optionally, the front case is snapped to the rear case.

Optionally, the plurality of imaging devices are disposed on the vertical beam at intervals along the length direction of the vertical beam.

Optionally, the double door refrigerator further includes at least one shelf device disposed in the storage compartment to divide the storage compartment into a plurality of storage spaces arranged in a vertical direction; each camera device is configured to be stored in one pair Shoot items in the object space.

Optionally, the imaging lens of each camera device is in the middle of the storage compartment after the opening and closing assembly closes the storage compartment and in the horizontal and lateral direction.

Optionally, two door bodies are respectively rotatably disposed at lateral ends of the front side of the storage compartment; the vertical beam is rotatably disposed on one of the door bodies.

The double-door refrigerator of the invention is installed on the vertical beam, especially in the interior of the vertical beam, not only can rationally utilize the vertical beam, but also saves the internal space of the double-opening refrigerator and increases the volume of the refrigerator itself; When the item collides with the camera lens, the camera lens can be protected; and when the user opens the door, the vertical beam will rotate, and the camera lens will rotate with the vertical beam, and the user will not visually see the camera lens (such as seeing the black hole in direct view). Improve the aesthetics of double-door refrigerator products.

Further, the double-door refrigerator of the present invention can heat the vertical beam and/or each of the image pickup devices by using a dew heating device mounted on the vertical beam, so that the surroundings of the image pickup device and the image pickup device (including the installation space of the image pickup device) are not Condensation does not form frost, especially to prevent dew condensation on the surface of the camera lens and the front of the camera, so that the camera can take clear pictures and conform to other devices such as computers. The identification requirements of the single-chip microcomputer and the like can also ensure the safety of the electrical appliances of the camera device.

Further, the camera device is mounted on the vertical beam, and can be placed centrally with respect to the storage compartment, and can be placed up and down according to the shelf (also can be understood as being placed according to the separated storage space), and the camera lens can be enlarged. Shooting wide-angle, and the camera lens can be evenly framing 360°, which can realize the camera lens without dead angle shooting, the photo is real, and the camera effect is good.

The above as well as other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the <

DRAWINGS

Some specific embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below by way of example, and not limitation. The same reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar parts. Those skilled in the art should understand that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the figure:

1 is a schematic structural view of a double door refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic partial structural view of a double door refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention

3 is a schematic structural view of a vertical beam and an image pickup apparatus in a double door refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic exploded view of a vertical beam and an image pickup device in the double door refrigerator of FIG.

detailed description

1 and 2 are respectively a schematic structural view and a partial structural view of a double door refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a double door refrigerator, which may include a box 100, an opening and closing assembly 200, a refrigeration system, and at least one camera 300. A compartment 100 is defined within the housing 100. For example, the housing 100 can include a bladder within which the compartment is defined. The storage compartment is preferably a relatively high temperature refrigerating compartment. The housing 100 also defines a lower storage compartment, a freezer compartment, which is below the refrigerating compartment. The opening and closing assembly 200 can be configured to open or close the storage compartment. Specifically, the opening and closing assembly 200 can have two oppositely disposed door bodies 210 and a vertical beam 220 mounted to a door body 210. Two door bodies 210 are rotatably disposed at lateral ends of the front side of the storage compartment, respectively. The vertical beam 220 is rotatably disposed on a door body 210 for closing a gap between the two door bodies 210. The refrigeration system can be a semiconductor refrigeration system or a compressor refrigeration system. The refrigeration system can provide cooling directly to the storage room or provide cold air to the storage room through the air duct.

In this embodiment, at least one camera device 300 is configured to perform an item in the storage room. Shooting. In particular, at least one camera device 300 is mounted to the vertical beam 220, and particularly to the interior of the vertical beam 220, from which the contents of the storage compartment are photographed. This arrangement can not only make reasonable use of the vertical beam 220, but also save the internal space of the double-door refrigerator; and can prevent the camera lens from colliding when the object is taken and placed, and can protect the camera lens; and when the user opens the door, the vertical beam 220 will rotate, and the camera lens will follow The vertical beam 220 rotates, and the user does not intuitively see the camera lens (such as the feeling of seeing a black hole in direct view), and improves the aesthetics of the double-door refrigerator product. In the embodiment of the present invention, each camera device 300 may include a housing, and a camera and a control element disposed in the housing. The housing may be square to facilitate installation of each camera 300.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the double door refrigerator may further include a de-heating device 400 disposed on the vertical beam 220. A dew-heating device 400 is provided on the vertical beam 220 for the anti-condensation of the vertical beam 220. In this embodiment, since the inventor particularly mounts at least one image pickup device 300 on the vertical beam 220, the defroster heating device 400 can heat the image pickup device 300 while heating the vertical beam 220. The inventor skillfully uses the defraction heating device 400 on the vertical beam 220 to heat the imaging device 300, so that the surroundings of the imaging device 300 and the imaging device 300 (including the installation space of the imaging device 300) can be prevented from dew condensation, especially The dew condensation on the surface of the imaging lens of the imaging device 300 and the front side are prevented from being frosted, so that the imaging device 300 can take a clear picture and conform to the identification requirements of other devices such as a computer or a single chip microcomputer. The dew heating device 400 can simultaneously heat the vertical beam 220 and the image pickup device 300, and can also optionally heat the vertical beam 220 or the image pickup device 300.

In some embodiments of the invention, the vertical beam 220 may include a front case 221 and a rear case 222 mounted to the front case 221. The front case 221 is preferably snapped to the rear case 222. At least one light-passing hole 225 is defined in the rear casing 222. Each of the image pickup devices 300 is mounted in an accommodation space defined by the front case 221 and the rear case 222, and each of the image pickup devices images an article in the storage room through a light passing hole 225. A transparent lens may be further disposed at each of the light passing holes 225. The holding space defined by the front case 221 and the rear case 222 may further be provided with a heat insulating layer 224, and the heat insulating layer 224 may be made of a foamed material. Further, the front case 221 includes a base body 2211 and a front cover 2212, and a front surface of the base body 2211 is formed with a groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam 220, and the front cover 2212 is mounted to the groove. The dew heating device 400 may include a heat generating component 410 and a heat conducting plate 420. The heating element 410 can be an electric heating tube, an electric heating wire, a refrigerant condensation tube of a refrigeration system, or the like, disposed in the groove, and on the front side of the heat conducting plate 420. The heat conducting plate 420 is disposed in the recess to transfer heat of the heat generating component 410 to the front surface of the front cover 2212.

Preferably, in this embodiment, at least one mounting hole is opened in the base 2211, and each photo is taken The rear end of the image device 300 is located in a mounting hole, and the rear side of each image pickup device 300 is thermally connected to the dew condensation heating device 400. For example, the heat generating element 410 such as an electric heating tube, an electric heating wire or a refrigerant condensing tube of a refrigeration system or the like is in contact with the rear side of each image pickup device 300; or the heat conducting plate 420 is in contact with the rear side of each image pickup device 300. . Preferably, the two sides of the heat conducting plate 420 are respectively in contact with the front cover 2212 and the at least one camera device 300 to transfer heat to the vertical beam 220 and each of the image pickup devices 300. The double-door refrigerator design of the invention fully optimizes the design of the structure and the electric control, and effectively combines the structural design and the electronic control design, not only solves the bottleneck technical problem of the camera lens condensation of the camera device 300, but also realizes the camera device. 300 miniaturization and more beautiful, improve the user experience.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the camera 300 may be one. In other embodiments of the present invention, in order to better photograph items in the storage compartment, the imaging device 300 is plural, preferably three, four, five, six, etc., along the length of the vertical beam 220. The directions are spaced apart from the vertical beam 220. In general, the double door refrigerator further includes at least one shelf device disposed in the storage compartment to divide the storage compartment into a plurality of storage spaces arranged in a vertical direction. Each shelf device can be a shelf, a partition or a transparent drawer or the like. Each camera device 300 can be configured to capture an item within a storage space. In particular, the imaging lens of each imaging device 300 is in the middle of the storage compartment after the opening and closing assembly 200 closes the storage compartment and in the horizontal and lateral directions. In this embodiment, the number of storage spaces may be equal to or greater than the number of camera devices 300. In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, the imaging lens of the imaging device 300 can also be adjusted by the imaging device 300 adjustment mechanism. For each storage space, a plurality of imaging devices 300 can also be used for shooting.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, the opening and closing assembly 200 may further include another vertical beam 220 rotatably disposed on the other door body 210, and the two vertical beams 220 close the storage compartment between the opening and closing assembly 200. After the chamber, the sides of the two door bodies 210 are opposite, and the opposite sides may also be provided with a sealing strip. When the opening and closing assembly 200 has two vertical beams 220, the width of the vertical beams 220 may be about half the width of the vertical beams 220 when the opening and closing assembly 200 has one vertical beam 220. In this alternative embodiment, one or more camera devices 300 may also be disposed on the other vertical beam 220.

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Claims

A double door refrigerator with a camera device, comprising:

a cabinet having a storage compartment defined therein;

An opening and closing assembly having two oppositely disposed door bodies and a vertical beam mounted on one of the door bodies, and the opening and closing assembly is configured to open or close the storage compartment; and

At least one camera device is mounted to the vertical beam and configured to capture an item in the storage compartment.
The double door refrigerator of claim 1 further comprising:

A desuperheating device is disposed on the vertical beam to heat the vertical beam and/or the at least one camera.
A double door refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein

The vertical beam includes a front case and a rear case mounted on the front case, and the rear case is provided with at least one light-passing hole;

Each of the image capturing devices is mounted in an accommodation space defined by the front case and the rear case, and each of the image capturing devices images an article in the storage room through one of the light passing holes.
A double door refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein

The front case includes a base body and a front cover, and a front surface of the base body is formed with a groove extending along a length direction of the vertical beam, and the front cover is mounted to the groove;

The dew heating device is disposed in the groove.
A double door refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein

At least one mounting hole is defined in the base body, and a rear end of each of the image capturing devices is located in one of the mounting holes, and a rear side of each of the image capturing devices is thermally connected to the dew condensation heating device.
A double door refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein

The de-heating device includes a heating element and a heat-conducting plate, and the two sides of the heat-conducting plate are respectively in contact with the front cover and the at least one camera.
A double door refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein

The plurality of imaging devices are disposed at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam.
The double door refrigerator of claim 7, further comprising:

At least one shelf device disposed in the storage compartment to divide the storage compartment into a plurality of storage spaces arranged in a vertical direction;

Each of the camera devices is configured to photograph an item in one of the storage spaces.
A double door refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein

The imaging lens of each of the imaging devices is located in the middle of the storage compartment after the opening and closing assembly closes the storage compartment and in the horizontal and lateral directions.
A double door refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein

Two of the door bodies are respectively rotatably disposed at lateral ends of the front side of the storage compartment;

The vertical beam is rotatably disposed on one of the door bodies.