Connecting support for water tank and intelligent water tank

By installing a connecting bracket equipped with multiple modules on the sink and using a large model for linkage, the problem of the lack of interactive experience function in the existing sink is solved, and personalized food processing and cooking suggestions for the smart sink are realized, improving the user experience and sink function.

CN119933235APending Publication Date: 2025-05-06NINGBO OULIN IND CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202411766691.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-04
Publication Date
2025-05-06

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Technical Problem

The existing sink lacks the ability to interact with users and cannot provide personalized ingredient handling and cooking advice.

Method used

A connection bracket is designed to be installed on the sink and is equipped with an interactive module, a thawing module, a weighing module, a camera module, a sensor module and a lighting module. These modules are linked through large models to identify ingredients categories, provide cleaning, matching and cooking solutions, and realize user interaction with the system through voice modules.

Benefits of technology

The intelligent function of the sink is realized, allowing users to obtain personalized food processing and cooking suggestions, improve the cooking experience and diet matching effects, and enhance the functionality and user interaction of the sink.

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Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of water tanks, and provides a connecting support for a water tank and an intelligent water tank, the connecting support is provided with an interaction module, and the interaction module is used for identifying the category of food materials in the water tank to generate food material information; wherein the food material information is one or more of a food material cleaning method, a food material matching scheme and a food material cooking scheme; and the interaction module is configured to learn the preference of the user to generate corresponding food material information. The connecting support has the advantages that on one hand, the connecting support is provided, the connecting support can be installed in a common water tank in an existing kitchen, equivalently, the existing common water tank is transformed so that the connecting support can have the intelligent function, and meanwhile a large model is combined to help a user to obtain better cooking experience and diet matching; meanwhile, on the other hand, the intelligent water tank can be provided with an intelligent interaction system relying on a large model, so that a user can obtain cooking knowledge in the interaction process, and voice control interaction of the water tank is achieved.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of water sinks, and in particular to a connecting bracket for water sinks and an intelligent water sink. Background Art

[0002] The sink is an indispensable core component in the modern kitchen. It not only undertakes daily cleaning tasks, such as washing vegetables, fruits, and tableware, but also gradually evolves into a home element that combines functionality and aesthetics.

[0003] At present, most sinks on the market are installed in the kitchen in the form of hardware kitchenware, and are mainly used to hold water and collect excess water to complete the cleaning function.

[0004] From the classification point of view, sinks are divided into single-basin and double-basin types to meet the needs of different families for space utilization and personal preferences. Single-basin sinks provide ample operating space and are suitable for handling larger pots and pans; while double-basin sinks are divided into two areas to achieve more flexible functional allocation, such as one side for washing and the other side for preparing ingredients or soaking items. In addition, there are wing-shaped or platform sinks with an additional work surface next to the main basin, which is convenient for placing freshly washed items or as a temporary work area. Summary of the invention

[0005] The object of the present invention is to provide a connection bracket for a sink and an intelligent sink, so as to solve the problem that the existing sink lacks the function of interactive experience with users.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:

[0007] A connection bracket, used for installation on a water tank, wherein an interactive module is arranged on the connection bracket, and the interactive module generates food information by identifying the category of food in the water tank;

[0008] The food information is one or more of food cleaning methods, food matching plans, and food cooking plans; and the interactive module is configured to learn user preferences and generate corresponding food information.

[0009] Furthermore, a thawing module is arranged on the connecting bracket, and the thawing module is arranged to execute thawing of the food according to a thawing scheme generated by the interactive module; the thawing scheme at least includes a thawing time and a thawing temperature.

[0010] Furthermore, the thawing time and thawing temperature are determined according to the food category identified by the interactive module.

[0011] Furthermore, a weighing module is arranged on the connecting bracket, and the interactive module obtains the weight information of the food based on the weighing module to generate the energy information of the food, and the energy information is used to generate a matching plan of the food.

[0012] Furthermore, a camera module is provided on the connecting bracket or the water tank, and the camera module is used to identify the category of food in the water tank.

[0013] Furthermore, the interactive module is configured to issue a reminder to the user when there is kitchen waste in the sink and the camera module recognizes that the kitchen waste contains a preset food category.

[0014] Furthermore, the camera module is also used to record one or more of the user's physical examination report, pathology report, and homemade diet plan.

[0015] Furthermore, a sensor module is configured on the connecting bracket, and the sensor module is used to obtain brightness information of the current environment; a lighting module is set on the connecting bracket, and the interactive module is configured to control the lighting module to compensate for the brightness of the sink according to the brightness information obtained by the sensor module.

[0016] Furthermore, a voice module is arranged on the connecting bracket, and the voice module is used to obtain the sound made by the user, so as to form a question-and-answer dialogue between the user and the interaction module.

[0017] The present invention further provides a smart water tank, comprising: a connecting bracket and a water tank body, wherein the interactive module is installed on the connecting bracket or embedded in the water tank body.

[0018] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0019] (1) On one hand, the present invention provides a connection bracket, which can be installed in an ordinary sink in an existing kitchen, which is equivalent to modifying the existing ordinary sink to make it have intelligent functions;

[0020] (2) The connecting bracket provided by the present invention is provided with an interactive module, which, combined with the large model, helps users to obtain a better cooking experience and food pairing;

[0021] (3) The connecting bracket provided by the present invention is equipped with a plurality of functional modules. Through the linkage between these functional modules, the sink has more intelligent functions, and at the same time, combined with the large model, it provides users with corresponding demand answers;

[0022] (4) Another aspect of the present invention provides a smart sink, which can be equipped with an intelligent interactive system based on a large model, so that users can obtain cooking knowledge and realize voice control of the sink during the interaction process. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific implementation methods of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the specific implementation methods or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some implementation methods of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0024] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a smart water tank in an embodiment provided by the present invention;

[0025] Figure 2 It is a framework diagram of the functional modules configured on the connecting bracket in the embodiment provided by the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "connection", "fixation", etc. should be understood in a broad sense. For example, "fixation" 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 an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise clearly defined. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0027] In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the fact that ordinary technicians in the field can implement it. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be implemented, it should be deemed that such combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the scope of protection required by the present invention.

[0028] The following are specific embodiments of the present invention, and the technical solutions of the present invention are further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

[0029] According to one embodiment of the present invention, a smart sink, such as Figure 1 As shown, it includes a sink body and a connecting bracket installed on the sink body, and the connecting bracket is detachably connected to the sink body or formed integrally with the sink body. The sink body is configured as a sink with an intelligent controller.

[0030] An interactive module is installed on the connection bracket or embedded in the sink body. The interactive module is physically connected to the sink and electrically connected to the intelligent controller configured on the sink body. In addition, the interactive interface in the interactive module is exposed outside the sink, so that the user can perceive the interactive interface.

[0031] The interactive module is equipped with pre-trained large models, including large models in various forms such as language, vision, and multimodality.

[0032] Visually, the interactive module is equipped with an image recognition model, which can recognize food images and determine the food category of the image. At the same time, based on the pre-trained large model, it recommends one or more food information such as the cleaning method of the corresponding food, the matching scheme of the food, and the cooking scheme of the food to the user. Of course, when the user searches for food information in the interactive interface, the large model can self-learn to recommend food information to the user based on the user's preference data, helping the user to eat more diversely and healthier.

[0033] A camera module is provided on the connecting bracket or the sink body, which can collect images in the sink area. When the user places food in the sink area, the camera module will take pictures and collect them in time, and then send the collected image information to the large model in the interactive module, so that the large model can recognize the food and finally form the corresponding food information.

[0034] When there is kitchen waste left in the sink, the camera module will also capture images of the kitchen waste in the sink area to identify the types of food in the kitchen waste. Since the sink is equipped with a garbage disposer, the camera module can identify fibrous food, chicken bones and other food that are not easy to put into the garbage disposer, and remind the user to remove this part of the kitchen waste separately, so that the garbage disposer in the sink will not be blocked or have other malfunctions.

[0035] On the other hand, the camera module can also be used as an input device to import the user's physical examination report, pathology report or homemade diet plan into the interactive module, thereby generating a dietary steward's guide, which can also be sent to the mobile terminal to help users make food purchase plans, while displaying recipes before making a purchase decision to facilitate the purchase of ingredients. Then, the activity trajectory of the purchased ingredients in the sink is recorded by the camera module in the interactive module, and then key data such as the meal distribution results and processing date according to the dietary plan will be stored in the interactive module. On the one hand, it is convenient for users to retrieve previous data for improvement, and on the other hand, these data can also allow the large model to self-learn the user's choices.

[0036] In terms of language, since the connecting bracket is equipped with a voice module, it can obtain the sound made by the user and send the collected information to the language model of the interactive module, so that the user can form a question-and-answer dialogue with the interactive module.

[0037] In these question-and-answer conversations, users can ask the interactive module questions about various aspects such as food information. The interactive model recognizes the user's questions through the language model, and then outputs the answers to the questions the user wants based on the model analysis, and then communicates with the user through the display interface or the voice broadcast of the voice module.

[0038] On this basis, the interactive module, due to the existence of the large model, also has the interactive experience of playing weather, news, time, and music for users, so that users can have emotions and fun when working at the sink.

[0039] In addition to having a large model, the interactive module can also be interconnected with other modules installed on the connecting bracket or the sink body, so that the sink has a variety of functional settings.

[0040] First, a thawing module is provided on the connecting bracket, and the thawing module can be linked with the camera module and the interactive module. When the user needs to thaw the food, the camera module can take a photo of the food to be thawed and identify it, and then generate a thawing plan corresponding to the food based on the large model. In the thawing plan, the large model can form different thawing times and thawing temperatures according to the different categories of food. After the thawing plan is generated, the thawing module will thaw the food according to the thawing plan, so as to ensure that the user can obtain the best freshness of the food.

[0041] Secondly, a weighing module is also provided on the connection bracket, which can collect the weight information of the food, and link the camera module to identify and record the food, so as to form the user's intake of each type of food. At the same time, by collecting the weight information of the food, the energy information of the food can be generated by the large model in the interactive module, and the energy information can generate the food matching plan to provide to the user.

[0042] Third, due to the limited position of the kitchen sink area, when the user operates at the sink position, it is easy to form a backlight between the top light, so that the user's operation in the sink is always in dim light. The arrangement of the light module on the connecting bracket can improve the user experience. Therefore, the connecting bracket is also provided with a sensor module and a light module. The sensor module is used to obtain the brightness information of the current environment. The interactive module can control the light module to compensate for the brightness of the sink according to the brightness information obtained by the sensor module.

[0043] On one hand, the present invention provides a connecting bracket, which can be installed in an ordinary sink in an existing kitchen, which is equivalent to modifying the existing ordinary sink to make it have intelligent functions, and at the same time combined with a large model to help users get a better cooking experience and diet matching.

[0044] On the other hand, the present invention provides a smart sink, which can be equipped with an intelligent interactive system relying on a large model, so that the user can obtain cooking knowledge and realize voice control of the sink during the interaction process.

[0045] The specific embodiments described herein are merely examples of the spirit of the present invention. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications or additions to the specific embodiments described or replace them in similar ways, but they will not deviate from the spirit of the present invention or exceed the scope defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A connecting bracket for installation on a sink, characterized in that: An interactive module is arranged on the connecting bracket, and the interactive module generates food information by identifying the category of food in the water tank; The food information is one or more of food cleaning methods, food matching plans, and food cooking plans; and the interactive module is configured to learn user preferences and generate corresponding food information.

2. A connecting bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that: A thawing module is arranged on the connecting bracket, and the thawing module is arranged to execute thawing of the food according to a thawing scheme generated by the interactive module; the thawing scheme at least includes a thawing time and a thawing temperature.

3. A connecting bracket according to claim 2, characterized in that: The thawing time and thawing temperature are determined according to the food category identified by the interactive module.

4. The connecting bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that: A weighing module is disposed on the connecting bracket, and the interactive module obtains the weight information of the food based on the weighing module to generate the energy information of the food, and the energy information is used to generate a matching plan of the food.

5. The connecting bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that: A camera module is arranged on the connecting bracket or the water tank, and the camera module is used to identify the type of food in the water tank.

6. The connecting bracket according to claim 5, characterized in that: The interactive module is configured to issue a reminder to the user when there is kitchen waste in the sink and the camera module identifies that the kitchen waste contains a preset food category.

7. The connecting bracket according to claim 5, characterized in that: The camera module is also used to record one or more of the user's physical examination report, pathology report, and homemade diet plan.

8. The connecting bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that: The connecting bracket is provided with a sensor module, and the sensor module is used to obtain brightness information of the current environment; the connecting bracket is provided with a lighting module, and the interactive module is configured to control the lighting module to compensate for the brightness of the sink according to the brightness information obtained by the sensor module.

9. The connecting bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that: The connecting bracket is provided with a voice module, which is used to obtain the sound made by the user, so that the user and the interactive module can form a question-and-answer dialogue.

10. A smart water tank, characterized in that: include: According to the connecting bracket and the sink body as described in any one of claims 1 to 9, the interactive module is installed on the connecting bracket or embedded in the sink body.

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