阅读说明：本技术 冰箱及与其相配合的杯子 (Refrigerator and cup matched with same ) 是由 米波 张延庆 薛建军 阳军 崔船 左立华 于 2019-03-11 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种冰箱及与其相配合的杯子,所述冰箱包括：控制模块、用于向所述冰箱外部分配冰或水的分配装置以及第一无线通信装置,所述分配装置被设置成能够分配若干不同类型的冰和/或若干不同类型的水；所述控制模块用于：当从第一无线通信装置接收到取冰水指令时,控制所述分配装置分配所述取冰水指令中包含的冰水类型所对应的冰或水。由于冰箱能够自动的接收杯子的取冰水指令且能够自动分配冰或水,因此非常便于用户的使用。(The invention provides a refrigerator and a cup matched with the same, wherein the refrigerator comprises: a control module, a dispensing device for dispensing ice or water to the exterior of the refrigerator, the dispensing device being arranged to be able to dispense a number of different types of ice and/or a number of different types of water, and a first wireless communication device; the control module is used for: and when receiving an ice and water fetching instruction from the first wireless communication device, controlling the distribution device to distribute ice or water corresponding to the ice and water type contained in the ice and water fetching instruction. The refrigerator can automatically receive an ice and water taking instruction of the cup and can automatically dispense ice or water, so that the refrigerator is very convenient for a user to use.)

1. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:

a control module, a dispensing device for dispensing ice or water to the outside of the refrigerator, the dispensing device being arranged to be able to dispense several types of ice and/or several types of water, and a first wireless communication device;

the control module is used for: and when receiving an ice and water fetching instruction from the first wireless communication device, controlling the distribution device to distribute ice or water corresponding to the ice and water type contained in the ice and water fetching instruction.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1,

further comprising: a storage device for storing several types of ice and/or several types of water;

the "controlling the dispensing device to dispense the ice or water corresponding to the ice water type included in the ice water fetching instruction" specifically includes: and controlling the dispensing device to obtain the type of ice or water specified by the ice-water fetching instruction from the storage device and dispense the ice or water.

3. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the control module is further configured to:

controlling the dispensing device to stop dispensing ice or water when a stop instruction is received from the first wireless communication device.

4. A cup, comprising:

the ice water dispenser comprises a cup body and a second wireless communication module arranged on the cup body, wherein the second wireless communication module can be in wireless communication with the first wireless communication module in any one of claims 1-3, and is used for sending an ice water fetching instruction containing an ice water type.

5. The cup of claim 4, wherein:

the ice water type cannot be changed.

6. The cup of claim 5, further comprising:

and the second wireless communication module responds to the pressing of the push switch and sends an ice and water taking instruction containing an ice and water type when the push switch is pressed.

7. The cup of claim 5, wherein:

when the state of the push switch is changed from being pushed to not being pushed, the second wireless communication module responds to the state change of the push switch and sends a stop instruction.

8. The cup of claim 4, further comprising:

and the second wireless communication module responds to the setting of the type selection module and sends an ice water fetching instruction containing the set ice water type when the ice water type is set by the type selection module.

9. The cup of claim 8, wherein:

the type selection module comprises a first pressing induction module, and when the first pressing induction module is pressed, the type selection module is set with a first ice water type; when the first pressing induction module is not pressed, the type selection module is set to be the second ice water type.

10. The cup of claim 8, wherein:

the type selection module comprises a plurality of second pressing induction modules, and each second pressing induction module corresponds to a unique ice water type; when the second pressing induction module is pressed, the second wireless communication module responds to the pressing, obtains a third ice water type corresponding to the pressed second pressing induction module, and sends an ice water taking instruction containing the third ice water type.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerator and a cup matched with the refrigerator.

Background

In reality, a water outlet and a water outlet switch, an ice outlet and an ice outlet switch are generally arranged on the outer surface of the refrigerator, when a user wants to take water, the cup is aligned to the water outlet, and then the water outlet switch is turned on, so that water flows into the cup from the water outlet; when the user wants to take the ice, the user aligns the cup with the ice outlet, turns on the ice outlet switch, and then the ice flows into the cup from the ice outlet. In summary, when the user takes ice or water, two steps (i.e., cup placement and corresponding switch opening) are required, which is seen to be very inconvenient for the user to use.

Therefore, how to design a refrigerator which can facilitate a user to take ice or water becomes a problem to be solved urgently.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a refrigerator and a cup matched with the same.

In order to achieve one of the above objects, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator including: a control module, a dispensing device for dispensing ice or water to the outside of the refrigerator, the dispensing device being arranged to be able to dispense several types of ice and/or several types of water, and a first wireless communication device; the control module is used for: and when receiving an ice and water fetching instruction from the first wireless communication device, controlling the distribution device to distribute ice or water corresponding to the ice and water type contained in the ice and water fetching instruction.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further includes: a storage device for storing several types of ice and/or several types of water; the "controlling the dispensing device to dispense the ice or water corresponding to the ice water type included in the ice water fetching instruction" specifically includes: and controlling the dispensing device to obtain the type of ice or water specified by the ice-water fetching instruction from the storage device and dispense the ice or water.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the control module is further configured to: controlling the dispensing device to stop dispensing ice or water when a stop instruction is received from the first wireless communication device.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a cup, including: the ice water dispenser comprises a cup body and a second wireless communication module arranged on the cup body, wherein the second wireless communication module can be in wireless communication with the first wireless communication module, and is used for sending an ice water taking instruction containing an ice water type.

As a further development of an embodiment of the invention, the type of ice water cannot be changed.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further includes: and the second wireless communication module responds to the pressing of the push switch and sends an ice and water taking instruction containing an ice and water type when the push switch is pressed.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, when the state of the push switch is changed from being pushed to not being pushed, the second wireless communication module responds to the state change of the push switch and transmits the stop instruction.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further includes: and the second wireless communication module responds to the setting of the type selection module and sends an ice water fetching instruction containing the set ice water type when the ice water type is set by the type selection module.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the type selection module includes a first pressing sensing module, and when the first pressing sensing module is pressed, the type selection module is set to a first ice water type; when the first pressing induction module is not pressed, the type selection module is set to be the second ice water type.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the type selection module includes a plurality of second pressing sensing modules, and each second pressing sensing module corresponds to a unique ice water type; when the second pressing induction module is pressed, the second wireless communication module responds to the pressing, obtains a third ice water type corresponding to the pressed second pressing induction module, and sends an ice water taking instruction containing the third ice water type.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the technical effects that: the embodiment of the invention provides a refrigerator and a cup, wherein the cup can be in wireless communication with the refrigerator, so that the cup can send the type of ice water to the refrigerator, and the refrigerator can dispense corresponding ice or water, thereby being very convenient for a user to use.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator and a cup in an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.

Terms such as "upper," "above," "lower," "below," and the like, used herein to denote relative spatial positions, are used for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. The spatially relative positional terms may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "below" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

Also, it should be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements or structures, these described elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish these descriptive objects from one another. For example, a first wireless communication device may be referred to as a second wireless communication device, and similarly, a second wireless communication device may also be referred to as a first wireless communication device, without departing from the scope of the present application.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, as shown in fig. 1, including:

a control module 1, a dispensing device 2 for dispensing ice or water to the outside of said refrigerator, said dispensing device 2 being arranged to be able to dispense several types of ice and/or several types of water, and a first wireless communication device 3; here, a storage device 4 may also be provided in the refrigerator, the storage device 4 having several different storage spaces each capable of storing ice or water at several different temperatures, for example, some storage spaces for storing water and the temperature of water in each storage space being different, the remaining storage spaces for storing ice and the temperature of ice in each storage space being different; so that the dispensing device 2 can receive water of different temperatures or ice of different temperatures from the storage device 4 and then dispense the ice or water to the outside of the refrigerator. Optionally, the ice outlet or the water outlet in the distribution device 2 may be disposed on an outer surface of the door body, and further, the ice outlet or the water outlet may be the same. Alternatively, the dispensing device 2 can dispense only one type of ice and one type of water.

The control module 1 is configured to: when receiving the ice water fetching instruction from the first wireless communication device 3, the distribution device 2 is controlled to distribute ice or water corresponding to the type of ice water included in the ice water fetching instruction. Here, the first wireless communication device 3 may perform wireless communication with the second wireless communication module 5 of the cup, so that the cup may send the ice water fetching instruction (the ice water fetching instruction includes an ice water type) through the wireless communication, then the first wireless communication device 3 receives the ice water fetching instruction and sends the ice water fetching instruction to the control module 1, the control module 1 obtains the ice water type from the ice water fetching instruction, and then the dispensing device 2 is controlled to dispense ice or water corresponding to the ice water type. For example, when the type of ice water in the ice water fetching command corresponds to water at the first temperature, the dispensing device 2 fetches water from the storage space in which the water at the first temperature is stored and dispenses the water; when the type of ice water in the ice water getting command corresponds to ice at the second temperature, the dispensing device 2 gets the ice from the storage space where the ice at the second temperature is stored and dispenses the ice. If only ice and water are stored in the storage device 4, the dispensing device 2 fetches and dispenses water from the storage space in which the water is stored when the ice water type in the ice water fetching instruction corresponds to the water; when the ice water type in the ice water getting command corresponds to ice, the dispensing device 2 gets the ice from the storage space in which the ice is stored and dispenses the ice.

Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: a storage means 4 for storing several types of ice and/or several types of water;

the "controlling the dispensing device 2 to dispense the ice or water corresponding to the ice water type included in the ice water fetching instruction" specifically includes: controlling the dispensing device 2 to obtain the type of ice or water specified by the ice-water fetching instruction from the storage device 4 and dispense the ice or water.

Preferably, the control module 1 is further configured to: when a stop instruction is received from the first wireless communication device 3, the dispensing device 2 is controlled to stop dispensing ice or water. When the first wireless communication device 3 is removed from the cup.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a cup, as shown in fig. 1, including: the cup body and the second wireless communication module 5 arranged on the cup body, the second wireless communication module 5 can perform wireless communication with the first wireless communication module 3 in the first embodiment, and the second wireless communication module 5 is used for sending an ice water fetching instruction containing an ice water type. Here, the first wireless communication module 3 and the second wireless communication module 5 can perform wireless communication, so that the cup can transmit an ice water fetching instruction including an ice water type to the refrigerator, and the refrigerator dispenses water or ice.

Optionally, the type of the wireless Communication may be NFC (Near Field Communication), and a NFC Communication distance is usually within 20cm, so that a malfunction may be effectively prevented, that is, the following situations may be effectively prevented from occurring: when the cup is far away from the refrigerator, the cup sends an ice-water fetching instruction to the refrigerator, and the refrigerator dispenses ice or water. Furthermore, the type of the wireless communication may also be: BlueTooth (BlueTooth) communication technology or ZigBee communication technology, and the like.

Preferably, the type of ice water is not modifiable. Here, the type of ice water in the ice water fetching command that can be sent in a cup is determined, i.e. a cup corresponds to a unique type of ice or a unique type of water, e.g. a cup corresponds to water at an exact temperature and another cup corresponds to ice at an exact temperature; when the refrigerator can only dispense ice or water, one cup corresponds to water and the other cup corresponds to ice.

Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: and a push switch 7 provided on the body, wherein when the push switch 7 is pushed, the second wireless communication module 5 responds to the push of the push switch 7 and transmits an ice and water fetching instruction containing an ice and water type. Here, when the user wants to take ice or water, the user only needs to press the push switch 7, for example, hold the cup with a hand and ensure that the push switch 7 is pressed with fingers.

Preferably, when the state of the push switch 7 changes from being pushed to not being pushed, the second wireless communication module 5 changes in response to the state of the push switch 7 and transmits a stop instruction. When the user takes ice or water, the push switch 7 may be released if the amount of ice or water is considered to be sufficient.

Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: and the type selection module 6, when the type selection module 6 is set with the ice water type, the second wireless communication module 5 responds to the setting of the type selection module 6 and sends an ice water fetching instruction containing the set ice water type. Here, the type selection module 6 is provided on the cup, so that the user can set the type of ice water according to his or her preference.

Preferably, the type selection module 6 includes a first pressing sensing module, and when the first pressing sensing module is pressed, the type selection module 6 is set to be of a first ice water type; when the first press sensing module is not pressed, the type selection module 6 is set to a second ice water type.

Preferably, the type selection module 6 comprises a plurality of second pressing induction modules, and each second pressing induction module corresponds to a unique ice water type; when the second pressing sensing module is pressed, the second wireless communication module 5 responds to the pressing, obtains a third ice water type corresponding to the pressed second pressing sensing module, and sends an ice water taking instruction containing the third ice water type. Here, different pressing sensing modules correspond to different ice water types, so that when a user wants a certain type of ice or water, the user only needs to press the corresponding pressing sensing module.

It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.