阅读说明：本技术 一种火力光圈显示装置及火力光圈显示方法 (Firepower aperture display device and firepower aperture display method ) 是由 罗子健 罗先明 蒲平 于 2021-06-25 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种火力光圈显示装置及火力光圈显示方法,包括火力调节模组以及光圈显示模组,火力调节模组能够调节火力大小,光圈显示模组包括多个指示光源,多个指示光源呈环状分布以形成火力指示光圈,光圈显示模组与火力调节模组电连接以根据火力大小控制相应地指示光源点亮,本设计利用指示光源发出的光线效果,提示用户火力的大小,同时,对于火力大小的提示更加准确,便于用户合理控制火力大小。(The invention discloses a firepower aperture display device and a firepower aperture display method, which comprise a firepower adjusting module and an aperture display module, wherein the firepower adjusting module can adjust firepower, the aperture display module comprises a plurality of indicating light sources, the indicating light sources are distributed annularly to form a firepower indicating aperture, the aperture display module is electrically connected with the firepower adjusting module to correspondingly indicate the light sources to be lightened according to firepower control, the firepower of a user is prompted by using the light effect sent by the indicating light sources, meanwhile, the firepower is more accurately prompted, and the firepower can be reasonably controlled by the user.)

1. A fire aperture display device, comprising:

the fire power adjusting module can adjust the fire power;

the aperture display module comprises a plurality of indicating light sources which are distributed annularly to form a firepower indicating aperture, and the aperture display module is electrically connected with the firepower adjusting module to correspondingly control the indicating light sources to be lightened according to firepower.

2. A fire aperture display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the firepower adjusting module comprises a knob component and a position detecting module, the knob component can output firepower adjusting signals when rotated, the position detecting module is used for detecting rotating position information of the knob component, and the diaphragm display module is electrically connected with the position detecting module to correspondingly indicate the light source to be lightened according to the rotating position information control.

3. A fire aperture display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the fire adjusting module further comprises an ignition detecting module, the ignition detecting module is used for detecting ignition condition information, and the diaphragm display module and the ignition detecting module control the on-off of the indicating light source according to the ignition condition information.

4. A fire aperture display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the firepower adjusting module comprises a knob component, an ignition assembly and a firepower detecting module, wherein the knob component is connected with the ignition assembly, the knob component can output firepower adjusting signals to adjust the firepower output by the ignition assembly, the firepower detecting module is used for detecting firepower size information, and the diaphragm display module is electrically connected with the firepower detecting module to correspondingly indicate a light source to be lightened according to firepower size information control.

5. A fire aperture display apparatus according to claim 2 or 4, wherein: the indicating light source is fan-shaped, and the firepower indicating aperture sleeve is arranged on the knob component.

6. A fire aperture display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the diaphragm display module comprises a dimming module, and the dimming module is respectively electrically connected with the firepower adjusting module and the indicating light source to control the brightness of the indicating light source according to the firepower.

7. A fire aperture display method applied to the fire aperture display device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising the steps of:

acquiring firepower sampling information capable of representing firepower;

and controlling to correspondingly instruct the light source to light according to the sampling information.

8. The fire aperture display method according to claim 7, wherein said controlling the indication light source to be turned on according to fire sampling information comprises:

and calculating the number of the indicating light sources needing to be lightened according to firepower sampling information, and controlling a plurality of continuous indicating light sources of corresponding number to be lightened.

9. The fire aperture display method according to claim 7, further comprising a burner of a stove, wherein the fire adjustment module is connected to the burner to control the burner to output flame, wherein the burner comprises a plurality of annular fire zones that are mutually sleeved, and the fire indication apertures are provided in plurality and correspond to the annular fire zones one to one;

the acquiring firepower sampling information capable of representing firepower size comprises the following steps: acquiring firepower sampling information of each annular fire outlet area, which can represent firepower;

the controlling the corresponding indication light source to be turned on according to the sampling information comprises: and controlling the corresponding indicating light source in the corresponding firepower indicating aperture to be lightened according to firepower sampling information of each annular fire outlet area.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of kitchen and bathroom appliances, in particular to a firepower aperture display device and a firepower aperture display method.

Background

People usually need to adjust the fire power during cooking, such as: when the cooker is used for cooking soup, the firepower needs to be adjusted to the maximum gear, when the cooker is used for stewing, the firepower needs to be adjusted to the middle gear, when the cooker is used for cooking soup, the firepower needs to be adjusted to the minimum gear, but only the knob part is arranged on a common cooker, although patterns which indicate the firepower are arranged on partial cookers at different angles of the knob part, the operation error is large for partial knob parts, the deviation exists in the angle of rotation every time, the firepower size cannot be accurately controlled, therefore, a user cannot confirm the firepower of the cooker by simply observing the patterns, and the firepower cannot be observed by the user due to the fact that the cooker is shielded, therefore, the user often needs to look down when the knob part is rotated, and operation is troublesome.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides a fire aperture display device and a fire aperture display method, which are convenient for users to accurately control the fire intensity.

A thermal aperture display device according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention includes: the fire power adjusting module can adjust the fire power; the aperture display module comprises a plurality of indicating light sources which are distributed annularly to form a firepower indicating aperture, and the aperture display module is electrically connected with the firepower adjusting module to correspondingly control the indicating light sources to be lightened according to firepower.

The fire aperture display device provided by the embodiment of the invention at least has the following beneficial effects:

according to the firepower aperture display device, the aperture display module controls the corresponding indication light source to be lightened according to the information representing the firepower obtained from the firepower adjusting module, the light effect sent by the indication light source is utilized to prompt the firepower of a user, meanwhile, the prompt of the firepower is more accurate, and the firepower can be conveniently and reasonably controlled by the user.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the fire power adjusting module comprises a knob member capable of outputting a fire power adjusting signal, and a position detecting module for detecting rotational position information of the knob member, wherein the aperture display module is electrically connected to the position detecting module to control to correspondingly instruct the light source to be turned on according to the rotational position information.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the fire power adjusting module further comprises an ignition detecting module, the ignition detecting module is configured to detect information of an ignition condition, and the aperture display module and the ignition detecting module are configured to control on and off of the indication light source according to the information of the ignition condition.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the fire power adjusting module comprises a knob part, an ignition assembly and a fire power detecting module, the knob part is connected with the ignition assembly, the turning of the knob part can output a fire power adjusting signal to adjust the fire power output by the ignition assembly, the fire power detecting module is used for detecting information of the fire power, and the aperture display module is electrically connected with the fire power detecting module to control to correspondingly instruct the light source to be turned on according to the information of the fire power.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the indication light source is fan-shaped, and the fire indication aperture is sleeved on the knob part.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the aperture display module comprises a dimming module, and the dimming module is respectively electrically connected with the fire power adjusting module and the indicating light source to control the brightness of the indicating light source according to the fire power.

A thermal aperture display method according to an embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention is applied to the thermal aperture display apparatus disclosed in any one of the above embodiments, and includes the steps of: acquiring firepower sampling information capable of representing firepower; and controlling to correspondingly instruct the light source to light according to the sampling information.

The fire aperture display method provided by the embodiment of the invention at least has the following beneficial effects:

the firepower aperture display method simulates the firepower by controlling the light emitted by the corresponding indicating light source, thereby prompting the user, simultaneously, the prompting of the firepower is more accurate, and the user can conveniently and reasonably control the firepower.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the controlling the indication light source to be turned on according to the firepower sampling information comprises: and calculating the number of the indicating light sources needing to be lightened according to firepower sampling information, and controlling a plurality of continuous indicating light sources of corresponding number to be lightened.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the stove further comprises a stove head of the stove, the fire adjusting module is connected with the stove head to control the stove head to output flame, the stove head comprises a plurality of annular fire outlet areas which are sleeved with each other, and a plurality of fire indicating apertures are arranged and correspond to the annular fire outlet areas one to one; the acquiring firepower sampling information capable of representing firepower size comprises the following steps: acquiring firepower sampling information of each annular fire outlet area, which can represent firepower; the controlling the corresponding indication light source to be turned on according to the sampling information comprises: and controlling the corresponding indicating light source in the corresponding firepower indicating aperture to be lightened according to firepower sampling information of each annular fire outlet area.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a thermal aperture display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the thermal aperture display apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a fire indication aperture of an embodiment of the fire aperture display apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an ignition detection module of an embodiment of the fire aperture display apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying a thermal aperture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

the fire power adjusting module 100, the knob part 110, the ignition module 120, the position detecting module 130, the ignition detecting module 140, the fire power detecting module 150, the diaphragm display module 200, the fire power indicating diaphragm 210 and the indicating light source 220.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the positional or orientational descriptions referred to, for example, the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., are based on the positional or orientational relationships shown in the drawings and are for convenience of description and simplicity of description only, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated 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 4, a thermal power diaphragm display apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a thermal power adjusting module 100 and a diaphragm display module 200, wherein the thermal power adjusting module 100 can adjust the thermal power, the diaphragm display module 200 includes a plurality of indicating light sources 220, the indicating light sources 220 are distributed in a ring shape to form a thermal power indicating diaphragm 210, and the diaphragm display module 200 is electrically connected to the thermal power adjusting module 100 to control the corresponding indicating light sources 220 to be turned on according to the thermal power.

Wherein, this design can be applied to cooking utensils or gas-fired stove etc. and describe as the embodiment with the cooking utensils below, when being applied to cooking utensils, firepower adjusting module 100 generally includes knob part 110 and ignition module 120, and ignition module 120 includes gas valve and furnace end, and the butt joint of one end and the outside air supply of gas valve, the other end of gas valve passes through the air flue and docks the intercommunication with the furnace end.

The knob part 110 may be a mechanical knob, and may be connected to a gas valve, and may output a mechanical fire adjusting signal by rotating the mechanical knob, control the opening of the gas valve, and adjust the supply amount of gas, thereby controlling the magnitude of fire.

The knob part 110 may also be an electronic knob such as a potentiometer or an encoder, and the fire power adjusting module 100 further includes a first controller, the first controller may be formed by a peripheral circuit such as an MCU, a CPU, or a PLC, the first controller is connected to the electronic knob and the electrically controlled gas valve, the electronic knob may be rotated to output an electronic fire power adjusting signal, the first controller receives the electronic fire power adjusting signal and controls the opening of the gas valve to adjust the supply of the gas, thereby controlling the fire power.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the indicating light sources 220 are fan-shaped, the plurality of indicating light sources 220 surround to form the annular fire indicating aperture 210, the fire indicating aperture 210 is sleeved on the knob part 110, so as to save the setting space, and the user can visually see the indicating result of the fire indicating aperture 210 in the process of rotating the knob part 110, thereby facilitating the use of the user.

According to the firepower aperture display device, the aperture display module 200 controls the corresponding indication light source 220 to be turned on according to the information representing the firepower obtained from the firepower adjusting module 100, the light effect sent by the indication light source 220 is utilized to prompt the firepower of a user, meanwhile, the prompt of the firepower is more accurate, and the firepower can be conveniently and reasonably controlled by the user.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the fire power adjustment module 100 further includes a position detection module 130, the rotary knob 110 can output a fire power adjustment signal, the position detection module 130 is used for detecting the rotary position information of the rotary knob 110, and the aperture display module 200 is electrically connected to the position detection module 130 to control the corresponding indication light source 220 to be turned on according to the rotary position information.

Specifically, the position detecting module 130 may be a hall sensor assembly or a photoelectric sensor assembly, which is exemplified by the hall sensor assembly, the general knob component 110 is disposed on the kitchen range casing, the hall sensor assembly may include a hall sensor and a magnetic block, the magnetic block may be rotatably disposed on the knob component 110, the hall sensor may be disposed on the kitchen range casing, the knob component 110 rotates to drive the magnetic block to rotate relative to the hall sensor, so as to obtain the rotation position information of the knob component 110, because the knob component 110 generates and outputs a fire adjusting signal by rotating when adjusting fire, the fire adjusting signal may be obtained by detecting the rotation position information of the knob component 110, so as to indirectly obtain the fire size.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the position detecting module 130 may be directly the electronic knob 110 itself, for example, the knob 110 is a potentiometer or an encoder, and the aperture display module 200 may directly obtain the electronic fire power adjusting signal output by the knob 110 to indirectly know the fire power.

Specifically, the aperture display module 200 may further include a second controller, the second controller may be formed by a MCU, a CPU, or a PLC, and the like, which are configured to cooperate with peripheral circuits, and it should be noted that the second controller and the first controller may be the same component, and the second controller is respectively connected to the position detection module 130 and each of the indication light sources 220 to control the operation of each of the indication light sources 220.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the fire power adjusting module 100 further includes an ignition detecting module 140, the ignition detecting module 140 is configured to detect ignition condition information, the aperture display module 200 and the ignition detecting module 140 are configured to control on/off of the indicating light source 220 according to the ignition condition information, the ignition detecting module 140 can detect a flame on/off condition, and in a case of no ignition or flame off, even if the knob component 110 is rotated, the indicating light source 220 is not turned on, so that a user knows that the flame is not ignited, so that the user can strike the flame again according to actual conditions or check a malfunction of the cooker.

Specifically, the ignition detection module 140 may be a temperature sensor such as a thermocouple sensor or an NTC sensor, which is disposed at a burner position and determines whether the flame is ignited or not according to the detected temperature.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the fire adjusting module 100 further includes a fire detecting module 150, the fire detecting module 150 is used for detecting fire size information, and the aperture display module 200 is electrically connected to the fire detecting module 150 to control the corresponding indicating light source 220 to light according to the fire size information, in this embodiment, the fire detecting module 150 directly detects the condition of burning flame, and then feeds the fire size information back to the aperture display module 200, and the aperture display module 200 displays the fire size by controlling the corresponding indicating light source 220 to light.

Specifically, the fire detection module 150 may be a temperature sensor or a pyroelectric sensor, and may reflect the magnitude of fire by detecting the operation temperature of the burner.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the aperture display module 200 includes a dimming module (not shown), the dimming module is electrically connected to the fire power adjusting module 100 and the indication light source 220 respectively to control the brightness of the indication light source 220 according to the magnitude of the fire power, so as to simulate the magnitude of the fire power by controlling the brightness of the indication light source 220, the greater the fire power, the brighter the light, thereby providing a user with an intuitive feeling, specifically, the dimming module may be formed by a triode, an MOS transistor, or a thyristor, etc., the second controller is connected to a controlled pole of the triode, the MOS transistor, or the thyristor, etc., and the external power source supplies power to the indication light source 220 through the triode, the MOS transistor, or the thyristor, etc.

A thermal aperture display method according to a second aspect of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, is applied to the thermal aperture display apparatus disclosed in any of the above embodiments, and includes the steps of: acquiring firepower sampling information capable of representing firepower; and correspondingly indicating the light source 220 to be lightened according to the sampling information.

Here, the firepower sampling information that can represent the firepower level may be firepower level information that directly detects the generation of flame, or firepower level information that is indirectly obtained by detecting the rotational position information of the knob member 110.

The fire aperture display method simulates the fire intensity by controlling the light emitted by the corresponding indication light source 220, thereby prompting the user, and simultaneously, the prompt of the fire intensity is more accurate, thereby being convenient for the user to reasonably control the fire intensity.

In some embodiments of the present invention, controlling the light source 220 to be correspondingly instructed to light according to the firepower sampling information comprises: the number of the indicating light sources 220 to be turned on is calculated according to the firepower sampling information, and a corresponding number of the plurality of the indicating light sources 220 in succession are controlled to be turned on.

Specifically, the system sets an adjustable range of the fire power, divides the adjustable range into different levels, correspondingly determines how many indication light sources 220 need to be lighted under different levels, judges which level interval the actual fire power is located in according to the fire power sampling information, obtains the number of the indication light sources 220 needing to be lighted, and controls a plurality of continuous indication light sources 220 to be lighted.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the burner generally includes a plurality of annular fire outlets which are sleeved with each other, for example, the burner has an inner ring fire outlet and an outer ring fire outlet, the inner ring fire outlet and the outer ring fire outlet fire out by controlling the air transmission amount, generally speaking, as the air transmission amount is gradually increased, the inner ring fire outlet fire firstly fires, and then the inner ring fire outlet fire simultaneously fires at the outer ring fire outlet fire at the same time, as shown in fig. 3, firstly, it indicates that both the inner ring fire outlet and the outer ring fire outlet fire are not fired, secondly, it indicates that both the inner ring fire outlet fire at the same time, thirdly, it indicates that both the inner ring fire outlet fire at the same time and the outer ring fire outlet fire at the same time; and fourthly, the inner ring fire outlet is small fire, and the outer ring fire outlet is fire-free.

Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present invention, the fire indication aperture 210 is provided in plurality and corresponds to the annular fire zone one-to-one; acquiring firepower sampling information capable of representing firepower size includes: acquiring firepower sampling information of each annular fire outlet area, which can represent firepower; controlling the light sources 220 to be correspondingly instructed to light according to the sampling information includes: the corresponding indication light source 220 in the corresponding fire indication aperture 210 is controlled to be turned on according to the fire sampling information of each annular fire outlet area, for example, a plurality of fire detection modules 150 may be respectively disposed here to detect the fire magnitudes of the inner ring fire outlet and the outer ring fire outlet, and two fire indication apertures 210 may respectively display the fire magnitudes of the inner ring fire outlet and the outer ring fire outlet.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.