阅读说明：本技术 冰箱的控制方法及冰箱 (Refrigerator control method and refrigerator ) 是由 洪晶 蒋晶 刘君鑫 于 2020-04-21 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及生活电器技术领域,尤其涉及一种冰箱的控制方法及冰箱,该冰箱的控制方法包括基于获取冰箱门的状态信息和/或控制开关的状态信息,以控制电子锁锁紧或者解锁抽屉。本发明所提供的冰箱的控制方法及冰箱在冰箱的抽屉上设置电子锁结构,能够实现抽屉的锁紧与解锁,防止儿童肆意拿取食物。(The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator control method and a refrigerator. According to the control method of the refrigerator and the refrigerator, the electronic lock structure is arranged on the drawer of the refrigerator, so that the drawer can be locked and unlocked, and children are prevented from taking food wantonly.)

1. A control method of a refrigerator, comprising:

and controlling the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer based on the state information of the refrigerator door and/or the state information of the control switch.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic lock is controlled to lock the drawer according to the opening of the refrigerator door.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the electronic lock is controlled to unlock the drawer according to the door being closed.

4. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the electronic lock is controlled to unlock the drawer when the control switch is triggered;

when the control switch is not triggered, the electronic lock is controlled to lock the drawer.

5. The control method of a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein when the refrigerator door is opened,

if the control switch is triggered, controlling the electronic lock to unlock the drawer;

and if the control switch is not triggered, controlling the electronic lock to lock the drawer.

6. The control method of a refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the electronic lock is an electromagnetic lock.

7. A refrigerator applied to the control method of the refrigerator of any one of claims 1 to 6, the refrigerator comprising:

a refrigerator body;

the refrigerator door is movably connected to the refrigerator body;

the drawer is independently arranged in the refrigerator body;

it is characterized by also comprising:

a controller;

the electronic lock is arranged in the refrigerator body and is correspondingly matched with the drawer;

the control switch is electrically connected with the electronic lock;

the controller can acquire the state information of the refrigerator door and/or the state information of the control switch so as to control the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the electronic lock comprises:

the electromagnetic lock body is arranged on one of the refrigerator body or the drawer;

the matching piece is arranged on the other one of the refrigerator body or the drawer, and the electromagnetic lock body is correspondingly matched with the matching piece.

9. The refrigerator of claim 8, wherein the fitting is provided at a bottom or a rear of the drawer.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator control method and a refrigerator.

Background

Along with the improvement of living standard, living electrical appliances in the house are more and more complete, wherein, the refrigerator has the function of refrigerating to achieve the preservation and storage of food, and is used as an indispensable household electrical appliance product in the house life.

Based on the characteristics of the refrigerator, people put food in the refrigerator for a longer storage time, and in daily life, a child at home understands to find food in the refrigerator, and particularly in summer, the child can drink ice water or drink cold without being controlled by parents to relieve summer heat and cool, which is extremely unfavorable for the health and growth of the child.

In view of the above, the present invention provides an effective solution.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a refrigerator control method and a refrigerator.

The invention provides a control method of a refrigerator, which comprises the following steps:

and controlling the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer based on the state information of the refrigerator door and/or the state information of the control switch.

The invention provides a control method of a refrigerator, which comprises the step of controlling an electronic lock to lock or unlock a drawer based on the state information of a refrigerator door and/or the state information of a control switch. Specifically, the electronic lock can be controlled to lock the drawer by acquiring the state information of the refrigerator door and/or the state information of the control switch, so that a child is prevented from drinking ice water or eating cold water without a moderate degree under the condition of avoiding the supervision of parents, and the healthy growth of the child is guaranteed; meanwhile, the electronic lock can be controlled to unlock the drawer, so that normal opening of the drawer is guaranteed, and normal use of the drawer is realized.

Furthermore, the electronic lock is controlled to lock the drawer according to the opening of the refrigerator door.

According to the invention, the electronic lock is controlled to lock the drawer according to the opening of the refrigerator door, so that the operation of locking the drawer in multiple steps is realized, and meanwhile, the operation of opening the refrigerator door is not changed, thereby improving the functionality and the operability.

Further, the electronic lock is controlled to unlock the drawer according to the condition that the refrigerator door is closed.

According to the invention, the electronic lock is controlled to unlock the drawer according to the condition that the refrigerator door is closed, the electronic lock is unlocked by closing the refrigerator door, and the operation of closing the refrigerator door is not changed while the operation of unlocking the drawer in multiple steps is realized.

Further, when the control switch is triggered, the electronic lock is controlled to unlock the drawer; when the control switch is not triggered, the electronic lock is controlled to lock the drawer.

In the invention, the power-off of the electronic lock is realized by triggering the control switch, the operation is simple, the electronic lock is switched off on the premise of not needing other condition factors, and the design mode improves the stability of operation and execution; when the control switch is not triggered, the electronic lock is in a state of electrifying to lock the drawer. Furthermore, the family children are not informed of the opening mode of the refrigerator drawer, so that the family children can be prevented from wantonly taking food in the refrigerator drawer, and the effect of controlling the eating habits of the family children is achieved. Furthermore, for better avoiding children at home to open the drawer, can set up control switch in the difficult position department that touches of refrigerator relative children, perhaps set up in the comparatively secret position of refrigerator.

Further, when the refrigerator door is opened,

if the control switch is triggered, controlling the electronic lock to unlock the drawer;

and if the control switch is not triggered, controlling the electronic lock to lock the drawer.

According to the design mode, the drawer is controlled to be locked or unlocked by the electronic lock according to whether the control switch is triggered and the state that the refrigerator door is opened is combined, and the locking and unlocking operation of the drawer is better realized by combining the state information of the control switch and the state information of the refrigerator door and adopting a double judgment mode, so that the working stability of the electronic lock can be improved, and the condition of malicious opening is prevented.

Further, the electronic lock is an electromagnetic lock.

In the invention, the electronic lock can be an electromagnetic lock, and the electromagnetic lock has the characteristics of simple structure, good performance and stable work.

The invention provides a refrigerator, which is applied to the control method of the refrigerator, and the refrigerator comprises the following components:

a refrigerator body;

the refrigerator door is movably connected to the refrigerator body;

the drawer is independently arranged in the refrigerator body;

further comprising:

a controller;

the electronic lock is arranged in the refrigerator body and is correspondingly matched with the drawer;

the control switch is electrically connected with the electronic lock;

the controller can acquire the state information of the refrigerator door and/or the state information of the control switch so as to control the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer.

In the invention, the refrigerator uses the control method of the refrigerator to lock and unlock the drawer, and the advantages of the refrigerator and the control method of the refrigerator are the same, which have been already clearly described above and are not repeated herein.

Further, the electronic lock includes:

the electromagnetic lock body is arranged on one of the refrigerator body or the drawer;

the matching piece is arranged on the other one of the refrigerator body or the drawer, and the electromagnetic lock body is correspondingly matched with the matching piece.

According to the invention, the electromagnetic lock body and the mating piece are mutually in magnetic fit, and the drawer is locked or unlocked by powering on or powering off, so that the magnetic fit structure is simple and easy to implement, and is convenient to implement.

Further, the matching piece is arranged at the bottom or the tail part of the drawer

In the invention, the matching piece can be arranged at the bottom or the tail of the drawer, so that the selection of the matching piece assembling position is convenient according to the specific structure of the drawer, and the flexibility of matching piece assembling is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a control method of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is another flowchart of a control method of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is another flowchart of a control method of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electromagnetic lock body magnetically coupled to a rear portion of a drawer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a fitting member disposed at the rear of a drawer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

1-a drawer;

2-refrigerator body;

3-an electromagnetic lock body;

4-the mating member.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the following specific embodiments, which are obviously some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "inside", "outside", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a control method of a refrigerator, which includes controlling an electronic lock to lock or unlock a drawer 1 based on obtaining state information of a refrigerator door and state information of a control switch. Specifically, the electronic lock can be controlled to lock the drawer 1 by acquiring the state information of the refrigerator door and the state information of the control switch, so that a child is prevented from drinking ice water or eating cold water without a moderate degree under the condition of avoiding the supervision of parents, and the healthy growth of the child is guaranteed; meanwhile, the electronic lock can be controlled to unlock the drawer 1, so that normal opening of the drawer 1 is guaranteed, and normal use of the drawer 1 is achieved.

The control method of the refrigerator can also control the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer 1 based on the state information of the refrigerator door; or, the control method of the refrigerator can also control the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer 1 based on obtaining the state information of the control switch

In this embodiment, the electronic lock may be a lock that realizes movement of a lock tongue through a driving member, wherein a fitting member 4 is arranged on a drawer 1 of the refrigerator, and the fitting member 4 is in limit fit with the lock tongue to realize unlocking or locking of the drawer 1; or the electronic lock can be an electromagnetic lock, and the drawer 1 can be unlocked or locked in a magnetic matching mode.

Further, in order to simplify the structural design and simultaneously realize the unlocking and locking of the drawer 1, in this embodiment, the electronic lock is an electromagnetic lock.

Wherein, fitting piece 4 on the drawer 1 can be metalworks such as iron sheet, nickel cobalt alloy, and the locking operation of drawer 1 can have magnetic force and adsorb the mode realization of fitting piece 4 on the drawer 1 through the electronic lock circular telegram, and the unblock operation of drawer 1 can be realized through the mode that the electronic lock outage loses magnetic force.

Or, the mating member 4 on the drawer 1 may also be a magnetic member, and the unlocking operation of the drawer 1 may be implemented by energizing the electronic lock and repelling the magnetic member; the locking operation of the drawer 1 can be realized by the way that the electronic lock is powered off to stop repelling and attract the magnetic piece.

To describe the control method of the refrigerator, in the following embodiments, the iron plate is disposed on the drawer 1, the electronic lock is locked by being energized to have magnetic force and attracted to the iron plate, and the electronic lock is unlocked by being de-energized to lose magnetic force.

As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the electronic lock is controlled to lock the drawer 1 according to the opening of the refrigerator door, specifically, the electronic lock is controlled to be powered on to lock the drawer 1 according to the opening of the refrigerator door, so that the operation of opening the door is not changed while the operation of powering on to lock the drawer 1 in multiple steps is realized, and the functionality and the operability are improved.

As shown in fig. 1, further, the electronic lock is controlled to unlock the drawer 1 when the refrigerator door is closed, specifically, the electronic lock is controlled to be powered off to unlock the drawer 1 when the refrigerator door is closed, the electronic lock is powered off and the drawer 1 is unlocked through the operation of closing the refrigerator door, and the operation of closing the refrigerator door is not changed while the operation of unlocking the drawer 1 through multiple steps of power failure is realized; meanwhile, after the electronic lock is powered off, unnecessary resource waste caused by electricity waste can be avoided, the electronic lock can be prevented from generating a large amount of heat due to long-time electrification, the electronic lock is easy to damage, and the service life of the electronic lock is prolonged.

It should be noted here that the refrigerator is provided with a button for releasing the operation of the electronic lock, and when a user does not need to open the locking and unlocking operations of the drawer 1, the user only needs to press the release button, and the opening and closing of the refrigerator door cannot control the operation of the electronic lock, and at this time, the drawer 1 is in a constantly opened state.

As shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, another design manner of locking or unlocking the drawer 1 by the electronic lock is provided, the electronic lock is controlled to unlock the drawer 1 when the control switch is triggered, and the drawer 1 is controlled to be locked by the electronic lock when the control switch is not triggered, specifically, the electronic lock is controlled to be powered off to unlock the drawer 1 when the control switch is triggered, and the electronic lock is controlled to be powered on to lock the drawer 1 when the control switch is not triggered. The electronic lock is powered off by triggering the control switch, the operation is simple, the electronic lock is powered off on the premise of not needing other condition factors, and the design mode improves the stability of operation and execution; when the control switch is not triggered, the electronic lock is in a state of locking the drawer 1 by electrifying. Furthermore, on the premise that the opening mode of the refrigerator drawer 1 is not informed, the mode can prevent the family children from wantonly taking the food in the refrigerator drawer 1, and the effect of controlling the eating habits of the family children is achieved. Further, for better avoiding the children at home to open the drawer 1, can set up control switch in the refrigerator relatively difficult position department of touching of children, perhaps set up in the refrigerator comparatively secret position.

According to foretell mode, the user can select the electronic lock circular telegram or not circular telegram according to actual demand, when the user need not to lock drawer 1, as long as do not trigger control switch, this moment, no matter open the refrigerator door or close the refrigerator door, drawer 1 all is in the open mode, equally, need lock drawer 1 when the user to prevent that child from stealing the food in taking drawer 1, only need trigger control switch, this moment, no matter open the refrigerator door or close the refrigerator door, drawer 1 all is in the locking mode, functional and alternative have been increased.

As shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, another design manner of the electronic lock locking or unlocking drawer 1 is provided, when the refrigerator door is opened, if the control switch is triggered, the electronic lock is controlled to unlock the drawer 1, if the control switch is not triggered, the electronic lock locking drawer 1 is controlled, specifically, when the refrigerator door is opened, if the control switch is triggered, the electronic lock is controlled to be powered off to unlock the drawer 1, and if the control switch is not triggered, the electronic lock is controlled to be powered on to lock the drawer 1. Through the combination of the state information of controlling switch and the state information of refrigerator door, the mode of dual judgement, better realization the operation of the locking of drawer 1 with the unblock, can improve the stability of electronic lock work, prevent the condition of maliciously opening.

According to foretell mode, need open the refrigerator door earlier, trigger control switch again, at this moment, the normal of electronic lock unblock in order to realize drawer 1 is opened, and when triggering control switch earlier, when opening the refrigerator door again, the unblock operation is not carried out to the electronic lock, through opening the order as the condition, increases the degree of difficulty of electronic lock unblock, and better children in avoiding open drawer 1. When the refrigerator door is opened and the control switch is not triggered, the electronic lock still locks the drawer 1. Furthermore, in order to avoid wasting electricity and causing unnecessary resource waste, when the refrigerator door is closed, the electronic lock is powered off, and the electronic lock can be powered on for a long time to generate a large amount of heat, so that the electronic lock is damaged.

The present embodiment provides a refrigerator that operates by applying the control method of the refrigerator in any one of the above embodiments.

This refrigerator includes refrigerator box 2, refrigerator door, drawer 1, controller, electronic lock and control switch, and wherein, refrigerator door swing joint is on refrigerator box 2, and drawer 1 independently sets up in refrigerator box 2, and further, the electronic lock is installed in refrigerator box 2 to correspond the cooperation with drawer 1, control switch is connected with the electronic lock electricity. The controller and the control switch may be provided on the refrigerator body 2 or the refrigerator door, and are not particularly limited herein.

Specifically, the controller can acquire the state information of the refrigerator door and the state information of the control switch to control the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer 1; the controller can also obtain the state information of the refrigerator door to control the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer 1; the controller can also obtain the state information of the control switch to control the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer 1.

The refrigerator uses the control method of the refrigerator to lock and unlock the drawer 1, and the advantages of the refrigerator and the control method of the refrigerator are the same, which have been clearly described above and are not described again.

It should be noted here that when the controller only needs to obtain the state information of the refrigerator door to control the electronic lock to lock or unlock the drawer 1, the refrigerator may not be provided with a control switch to reduce the cost.

In the present embodiment, the electronic lock may be an electromagnetic lock, and specifically, the electronic lock includes an electromagnetic lock body 3 and a mating piece 4, wherein the electromagnetic lock body 3 is disposed on one of the refrigerator cabinet 2 or the drawer 1, the mating piece 4 is disposed on the other of the refrigerator cabinet 2 or the drawer 1, and the electromagnetic lock body and the mating piece 4 are correspondingly engaged. Through electromagnetic lock body 3 and the mutual magnetic fit of fitting 4, utilize the mode of circular telegram or outage to realize locking or unblock of drawer 1, magnetic fit's simple structure is easy, convenient implementation.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, in the present embodiment, for the convenience of assembly, the electromagnetic lock body 3 is provided on the refrigerator case 2, and the mating member 4 is provided on the drawer 1.

Further, in this embodiment, the fitting member 4 may be disposed at the bottom or the tail of the drawer 1, and the fitting member 4 may be disposed at the bottom or the tail of the drawer 1, so that the fitting position of the fitting member 4 is conveniently selected according to the specific structure of the drawer 1, thereby improving the flexibility of fitting the fitting member 4.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.