Wine cabinet and control method thereof

Abstract

The invention provides a wine cabinet and a control method of the wine cabinet, the wine cabinet comprises a box body with a wine storage chamber, a door body for opening or closing the wine storage chamber, and a plurality of wine racks arranged in the wine storage chamber at intervals, and each wine storage position on each wine rack is provided with a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of wine. The wine cabinet further comprises a driving mechanism for driving the wine rack to move in the front-back direction of the wine cabinet. According to the wine cabinet, the temperature sensors are arranged in the wine cabinet to detect the temperature of each bottle of wine, meanwhile, the driving mechanism is arranged to push out the wine rack meeting the conditions, and a user can take the wine quickly and conveniently.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, and in particular to a wine cabinet and a control method of the wine cabinet. Background Art

[0002] In refrigeration equipment with wine storage function, such as ice bars and wine cabinets, the temperature of the entire temperature zone is generally set to store wine. The temperature at different locations in the temperature zone may be slightly different. At the same time, when new wine is placed, it takes a certain amount of time for the temperature to drop to a suitable drinking temperature. For users who have high requirements for drinking temperature, it is not clear whether the wine has reached the appropriate drinking temperature.

[0003] Existing designs to solve this problem are complex and sometimes require users to make their own judgments. For example, a wine bottle comes with a thermometer to display the temperature of the wine, but the user needs to distinguish and judge whether the wine has reached the appropriate drinking temperature, which is troublesome for the user. Summary of the invention

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a wine cabinet and a control method for the wine cabinet. A temperature sensor is arranged on the wine rack in the wine cabinet to detect the temperature of the wine. At the same time, a driving mechanism is also arranged to drive the wine rack to move forward and backward, so that when the wine on the wine rack reaches a preset drinking temperature, the door body is opened to move the wine rack forward, informing the user that the temperature of the wine on the wine rack that moves forward is suitable for drinking, which solves the problem in the prior art that users need to make judgments by themselves.

[0005] In order to achieve one of the above-mentioned purposes of the invention, one embodiment of the present invention provides a wine cabinet, including a box body formed with a wine storage compartment, a door body for opening or closing the wine storage compartment, and a plurality of wine racks arranged at intervals in the wine storage compartment, each wine storage position on the wine rack is provided with a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the wine, and the wine cabinet also includes a driving mechanism for driving the wine rack to move along the front and rear directions of the wine cabinet.

[0006] As a further improvement of one embodiment of the present invention, a door opening sensor is provided on the side of the box body close to the door body, and the door opening sensor is connected to the driving mechanism to control the driving mechanism to drive the wine rack.

[0007] An embodiment of the present invention further provides a control method for a wine cabinet, wherein the wine cabinet is the wine cabinet as described above, and the control method comprises the following steps:

[0008] Get the door opening signal;

[0009] Detect the temperature of each wine on the wine rack in the wine storage room;

[0010] The temperature of each wine on the wine rack is compared with the preset drinking temperature. If the temperature of all the wines placed on the wine rack reaches the preset drinking temperature, the driving mechanism is controlled to drive the wine rack to move forward.

[0011] As a further improvement of one embodiment of the present invention, if the temperature of all wines placed on two or more wine racks reaches the preset drinking temperature, the control driving mechanism drives the wine racks to move forward according to the preset sequence of wine rack push-out.

[0012] As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the preset order of pushing out the wine racks is preset in the wine cabinet factory or set by the user.

[0013] As a further improvement of one embodiment of the present invention, if any wine rack does not meet the requirement that the temperature of all the wines placed thereon reaches the preset drinking temperature, then when the temperature of at least one bottle of wine on the wine rack reaches the preset drinking temperature, the control drive mechanism drives the wine rack to move forward, and a prompt is issued at the position of the wine that has reached the preset drinking temperature.

[0014] As a further improvement of one embodiment of the present invention, when the temperature of all the wines placed on any wine rack does not reach the preset drinking temperature, if there are two or more wine racks with at least one bottle of wine whose temperature reaches the preset drinking temperature, the control drive mechanism drives the wine racks forward according to the preset order of pushing out the wine racks.

[0015] As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the preset order of pushing out the wine racks is preset in the wine cabinet factory or set by the user.

[0016] As a further improvement of one embodiment of the present invention, after the user takes out the wine, a door closing instruction is obtained, and the position of each wine rack is detected. If a wine rack moves forward, the driving mechanism is controlled to drive the wine rack that has moved forward to move backward into the wine storage room, and then the door is controlled to close.

[0017] As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, if after detecting the positions of the wine racks, no wine rack moves forward, the door body is controlled to close.

[0018] One or more technical solutions provided by the present invention have at least the following technical effects or advantages:

[0019] The wine cabinet provided by the present invention is provided with a temperature sensor at each position for placing wine on the wine rack to strictly monitor the temperature of each bottle of wine. In addition, a driving mechanism for driving the wine rack to move forward and backward can be provided. When the door is opened, the wine rack on which the placed wine meets the drinking temperature can be pushed forward, and the user is informed that the wine on the pushed out wine rack has reached the drinking temperature and a bottle can be taken at will without the user having to make other judgments, thereby facilitating the user to quickly obtain wine that meets the drinking temperature. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 It is a side view of the wine cabinet in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0021] Figure 2 1 is a flow chart of a method for controlling a wine cabinet in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] 1. Box body; 11. Wine storage room; 2. Door body; 3. Wine rack; 4. Motor; 5. Temperature sensor; 6. Switch. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0024] Terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside" and the like used herein to indicate spatial relative positions are used for the purpose of convenience to describe the relationship of one unit or feature relative to another unit or feature as shown in the accompanying drawings. Terms of spatial relative positions may be intended to include different orientations of the device in use or operation other than the orientation shown in the drawings.

[0025] 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.

[0026] In the description of this application, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in this application can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0027] Furthermore, it should be understood that although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements or structures, these described objects should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish these described objects from each other. For example, the first layer of wine racks may be referred to as the second layer of wine racks, and similarly, the second layer of wine racks may also be referred to as the first layer of wine racks, which does not deviate from the scope of protection of this application.

[0028] The embodiment of the present invention provides a wine cabinet, such as Figure 1 As shown, the wine cabinet includes a box body 1 formed with a wine storage compartment 11, a door body 2 for opening or closing the wine storage compartment 11, and a plurality of wine racks 3 arranged at intervals in the wine storage compartment 11, each wine storage position on the wine rack 3 is provided with a temperature sensor 5 for measuring the temperature of the wine, and the wine cabinet also includes a driving mechanism for driving the wine rack 3 to move along the front-rear direction of the wine cabinet.

[0029] In the wine cabinet provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of wine racks 3 for placing wine are arranged at intervals along the height direction of the wine storage chamber 11, each of the wine racks 3 has a plurality of wine storage positions, and each wine storage position for placing a wine bottle is provided with a temperature sensor 5 for measuring the temperature of the wine, so that the temperature of each bottle of wine stored in the wine cabinet can be measured individually. The driving mechanism in the wine cabinet, in this embodiment, Figure 1 The motor 4 is shown. Each wine rack 3 is provided with a motor 4 under it. The motor 4 drives the wine rack 3 to move along the front-back direction of the wine cabinet. When the door 2 is opened, the wine rack 3 with the wine reaching the preset drinking temperature can be pushed forward, that is, the user is informed that the wine on the wine rack 3 pushed out has reached the preset drinking temperature, and the user can take a bottle of wine to drink at will. The wine rack is pushed out to inform the user that the temperature of the wine has reached the preset drinking temperature, so that the user can get the wine at the appropriate temperature without having to judge by himself.

[0030] In addition, the wine cabinet provided in this embodiment is also provided with a door opening sensor, which is arranged on the side of the box body 1 close to the door body 2, and is connected to the driving mechanism. When the door opening sensor detects that the door body 2 is opened, the signal can be transmitted to the driving mechanism to control the driving mechanism to drive the wine rack 3 to move forward.

[0031] The embodiment of the present invention further provides a control method for a wine cabinet, wherein the wine cabinet is the aforementioned wine cabinet including the temperature sensor 5, the driving mechanism and the door opening sensor, and the control method comprises the following steps:

[0032] Get the door 2 opening signal;

[0033] Detecting the temperature of each wine on the wine rack 3 in the wine storage chamber 11;

[0034] The temperature of each wine on the wine rack 3 is compared with the preset drinking temperature. If the temperature of all the wines placed on the wine rack 3 reaches the preset drinking temperature, the control driving mechanism drives the wine rack 3 to move forward.

[0035] After the user opens the door 2, the door opening sensor detects that the door 2 is open and sends a signal that the door 2 is open. After obtaining the signal that the door 2 is open, the temperature sensors 5 at each wine storage position on the wine rack 3 detect the temperature of each wine placed at the wine storage position. After obtaining the temperature of all the wines in the wine storage compartment 11, the temperature of all the wines is compared with the preset drinking temperature one by one, and the wines that reach the preset drinking temperature are screened out. These wines that have reached the preset drinking temperature are placed at different positions of each wine rack 3 in the wine storage compartment 11. When the temperature of all the wines placed on the wine rack 3 reaches the preset drinking temperature, the drive mechanism, that is, the motor 4 in the embodiment of the present invention, is controlled to drive the wine rack 3 to move forward.

[0036] Since the temperatures of all the wines on the wine rack 3 pushed forward have reached the preset drinking temperature, the user can select a bottle of wine at random without having to determine which bottle of wine in the wine storage compartment 11 has reached the preset drinking temperature.

[0037] However, if the temperatures of all the wines placed on two or more wine racks 3 in the wine storage compartment 11 reach the preset drinking temperature, the control driving mechanism drives the wine racks 3 to move forward according to the preset sequence of pushing out the wine racks 3.

[0038] Since wine and wine bottles are heavy, one wine rack 3 can often store five or six bottles of wine, or even more. If the temperature of all wines placed on multiple wine racks 3 reaches the preset drinking temperature, these wine racks 3 will be pushed forward. When the number of pushed out wine racks 3 and the number of wines on the pushed out wine racks 3 are large, it is easy to affect the balance of the wine cabinet, and even cause the wine cabinet to tip forward. To avoid this situation, when the temperature of all wines placed on two or more wine racks 3 reaches the preset drinking temperature, a wine rack 3 is pushed out according to the preset order of pushing out the wine racks 3.

[0039] Regarding the preset sequence of pushing out the wine racks 3, it should be noted that the "sequence" means that the wine racks 3 in the wine storage chamber 11 are arranged in order of priority to form an order. When the temperature of all the wines on the first wine rack 3 does not meet the preset drinking temperature, the motor 4 drives the second wine rack 3 to move forward; if the temperature of all the wines on the second wine rack 3 does not meet the preset drinking temperature, the motor 4 drives the third wine rack 3 to move forward, and so on. It is not that the motor 4 drives the wine racks 3 that meet the preset drinking temperature to be pushed out in order.

[0040] For example: suppose that there are five layers of wine racks 3 arranged from top to bottom in the wine storage compartment 11 of the wine cabinet, which are the first layer of wine rack, the second layer of wine rack, the third layer of wine rack, the fourth layer of wine rack, and the fifth layer of wine rack, and the preset order of the wine racks is: the third layer of wine rack, the fourth layer of wine rack, the second layer of wine rack, the fifth layer of wine rack, and the first layer of wine rack. When the third layer of wine rack does not meet the temperature of all wines reaching the preset drinking temperature, then determine whether the temperature of all wines on the fourth layer of wine rack meets the temperature of all wines reaching the preset drinking temperature. If the fourth layer of wine rack does not meet the temperature of all wines reaching the preset drinking temperature, then determine whether the second layer of wine rack meets the temperature of all wines reaching the preset drinking temperature. If the second layer of wine rack meets the temperature of all wines reaching the preset drinking temperature, then control the motor 4 to drive the second layer of wine rack to move forward. Figure 1 Only three sets of wine racks 3 are shown as examples.

[0041] Preferably, the preset wine rack 3 push sequence is a factory preset or user-set wine cabinet. Before the wine cabinet leaves the factory, a wine rack 3 push sequence is set according to the convenience of taking. Of course, the user can also reset a wine rack 3 push sequence according to his own habits and height.

[0042] If any wine rack 3 does not satisfy that the temperature of all the wines placed thereon reaches the preset drinking temperature, then when the temperature of at least one bottle of wine on the wine rack 3 reaches the preset drinking temperature, the control drive mechanism drives the wine rack 3 to move forward and issues a prompt at the position of the wine that has reached the preset drinking temperature.

[0043] After detecting the temperature of each wine in the wine cabinet and comparing it with the preset drinking temperature, it is possible that the temperatures of all the wines placed on each wine rack 3 in the wine storage chamber 11 do not meet the preset drinking temperature. When this situation occurs that the temperatures of all the wines placed on each wine rack 3 in the wine storage chamber 11 do not meet the preset drinking temperature, the wine rack 3 with at least one bottle of wine reaching the preset drinking temperature is screened out, and the motor 4 is controlled to drive the wine rack 3 to move forward. At this time, the wine rack 3 pushed out contains both wines that have reached the preset drinking temperature and wines that have not reached the preset drinking temperature. In order to improve the user's identification speed, a prompt needs to be issued at the position of the wine that has reached the preset drinking temperature, prompting the user that the bottle of wine has reached the preset drinking temperature and can be taken for drinking.

[0044] In the case that the temperature of all the wines placed on any wine rack 3 does not reach the preset drinking temperature, if there are two or more wine racks 3 with at least one bottle of wine whose temperature reaches the preset drinking temperature, the control driving mechanism drives the wine racks 3 to move forward according to the preset sequence of the wine racks 3 being pushed out.

[0045] The fact that at least one bottle of wine on the wine rack 3 has reached the preset drinking temperature does not mean that the number of wines on the wine rack 3 is small. Similarly, if at least one bottle of wine on multiple wine racks 3 has reached the preset drinking temperature, all of these wine racks 3 will be pushed forward. When the number of pushed-out wine racks 3 and the number of wines on the pushed-out wine racks 3 are large, it is easy to affect the balance of the wine cabinet, and even cause the wine cabinet to tip forward. To avoid this, when there are two or more wine racks 3 with at least one bottle of wine at the preset drinking temperature, only one wine rack 3 is driven forward according to the preset order of pushing out the wine racks 3.

[0046] Preferably, the preset order of pushing out the wine rack 3 is also preset in the wine cabinet factory or set by the user.

[0047] After the user takes out the wine, the door closing instruction is obtained, and the position of each wine rack 3 is detected. If a wine rack 3 moves forward, the driving mechanism is controlled to drive the wine rack 3 that has moved forward to move backward into the wine storage compartment 11, and then the door body 2 is controlled to close.

[0048] If after detecting the positions of the wine racks 3, no wine rack 3 moves forward, the door body 2 is controlled to close.

[0049] After the door 2 is opened, there may be a wine rack 3 in the wine cabinet that satisfies the preset drinking temperature for all the wines, or at least one bottle of wine that satisfies the preset drinking temperature, so that the motor 4 drives the wine rack 3 to move forward. After receiving the door closing command, if it is detected that the wine rack 3 has moved forward and extended out of the wine storage compartment 11, the motor 4 needs to be controlled to drive the wine rack 3 that has moved forward to move backward into the wine storage compartment 11 before the door 2 can be closed.

[0050] Of course, after the door 2 is opened, it is also possible that the temperature of the wine has not yet reached the preset drinking temperature because the wine in the wine cabinet has not been put into the wine storage compartment 11 for a short time. At this time, no wine rack 3 extends out of the wine storage compartment 11, and the wine rack 3 is all in the wine storage compartment 11, and the door 2 can be directly controlled to close.

[0051] The aforementioned door closing command triggering conditions include: reaching a preset time after the wine rack 3 moves forward, detecting that the weight of the wine rack 3 has decreased, the infrared sensor detecting that there is a lack of wine before the wine rack 3 moves forward relatively, or setting a button on the door body 2 or the box body 1, etc., and the user independently initiates the door closing command.

[0052] By presetting a preset time, when the wine rack 3 moves forward and reaches the preset time, it is considered that the user has taken the wine away, and the motor 4 can be controlled to drive the wine rack 3 to move backward into the wine storage compartment 11, and then the door body 2 is closed.

[0053] Alternatively, a weight sensor is provided on the wine rack 3 to detect that the weight of the wine rack 3 decreases, which indicates that the user has taken away the wine. The motor 4 is controlled to drive the wine rack 3 to move backward into the wine storage compartment 11, and then the door body 2 is closed.

[0054] Alternatively, an infrared sensor is provided in the box body 1 to detect the number of wine bottles on the wine rack 3. A decrease in the number of wine bottles on the wine rack 3 indicates that the wine has been taken away. The control motor 4 drives the wine rack 3 to move backward into the wine storage compartment 11, and then closes the door body 2.

[0055] In this embodiment, a switch 6 is provided at the bottom of the box body 1 near the door body 2. The user can issue a door closing command by pressing the switch 6 voluntarily. The motor 4 is first controlled to drive the wine rack 3 to move backward into the wine storage compartment 11, and then the door body 2 is controlled to be closed.

[0056] It should be understood that although this specification is described according to implementation modes, not every implementation mode contains only one independent technical solution. This description of the specification is only for the sake of clarity. Those skilled in the art should regard the specification as a whole. The technical solutions in each implementation mode may also be appropriately combined to form other implementation modes that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

[0057] The series of detailed descriptions listed above are only specific descriptions of feasible implementation methods of the present invention. They are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any equivalent implementation methods or changes that do not deviate from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A wine cabinet, comprising a box body having a wine storage compartment, a door body for opening or closing the wine storage compartment, and a plurality of wine racks arranged in intervals in the wine storage compartment, characterized in that: Each wine storage position on the wine rack is provided with a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the wine, and the wine cabinet further comprises a driving mechanism for driving the wine rack to move along the front-rear direction of the wine cabinet.

2. The wine cabinet according to claim 1, characterized in that: A door opening sensor is arranged on one side of the box body close to the door body, and the door opening sensor is connected to the driving mechanism to control the driving mechanism to drive the wine rack.

3. A wine cabinet control method, characterized in that: The wine cabinet is the wine cabinet according to claim 2, and the control method comprises the following steps: Get the door opening signal; Detect the temperature of each wine on the wine rack in the wine storage room; The temperature of each wine on the wine rack is compared with the preset drinking temperature. If the temperature of all the wines placed on the wine rack reaches the preset drinking temperature, the driving mechanism is controlled to drive the wine rack to move forward.

4. The wine cabinet control method according to claim 3, characterized in that: If the temperatures of all the wines placed on two or more wine racks reach the preset drinking temperature, the control driving mechanism drives the wine racks to move forward according to the preset sequence of pushing out the wine racks.

5. The wine cabinet control method according to claim 4, characterized in that: The preset order of pushing out the wine racks is preset in the wine cabinet factory or set by the user.

6. The wine cabinet control method according to claim 3, characterized in that: If any wine rack does not meet the requirement that the temperature of all the wines placed on it reaches the preset drinking temperature, then when the temperature of at least one bottle of wine on the wine rack reaches the preset drinking temperature, the control drive mechanism drives the wine rack to move forward and issues a prompt at the position of the wine that has reached the preset drinking temperature.

7. The wine cabinet control method according to claim 6, characterized in that: In the case that the temperature of all the wines placed on any wine rack does not reach the preset drinking temperature, if there are two or more wine racks with at least one bottle of wine reaching the preset drinking temperature, the control drive mechanism drives the wine racks forward according to the preset order of pushing out the wine racks.

8. The wine cabinet control method according to claim 7, characterized in that: The preset order of pushing out the wine racks is preset in the wine cabinet factory or set by the user.

9. The wine cabinet control method according to claim 3, characterized in that: After the user takes out the wine, the door closing command is obtained and the position of each wine rack is detected. If a wine rack moves forward, the driving mechanism is controlled to drive the forward-moving wine rack to move backward into the wine storage room, and then the door is controlled to close.

10. The wine cabinet control method according to claim 9, characterized in that: If no wine rack moves forward after detecting the positions of each wine rack, the door is controlled to close.

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