Intelligent straw
By integrating sensing electrodes and a wireless communication module into the straw, the problem of the straw being unable to sense the amount of beverage consumed is solved, enabling data transmission and health management, and improving user experience and merchant services.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202423322368.8
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-31
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-17
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-31
AI Technical Summary
Existing straws lack data collection capabilities, cannot sense and record beverage intake, cannot interact with smart devices, and cannot support digital health management.
Design a smart straw comprising a hollow tube, an electrical mounting box, and sensing electrodes. Integrate a microprocessor, wireless communication devices, and a data storage module. Collect liquid volume data through the sensing electrodes and transmit it to a smart device via the wireless communication devices. Equipped with a touch display and a speaker for prompting.
It enables the digital recording and data transmission of beverage intake via straws, supports health analysis and reminders, builds a digital connection between users and merchants, and optimizes customer service.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to drinking vessel technical field, especially intelligent straw. BACKGROUND
[0002] Straw, or drinking tube, is a cylindrical, hollow plastic product, which is mainly used for drinking beverage in a cup or other vessel. In order to facilitate people to drink, a straw is often integrated in some cups or other vessels, especially children's cups, which almost have a built-in straw. In addition, with the development of intelligent technology, the functions of drinking vessels are continuously expanded. For example, the applicant previously proposed a plurality of intelligent cups or intelligent vacuum cups and other intelligent drinking vessels, which integrated temperature sensors, water quantity or water level detection devices, TDS water quality detection devices, liquid identification devices, ultraviolet disinfection devices and the like, and at least included one or more intelligent devices. These intelligent drinking vessels also integrated wireless communication devices, which can interact with intelligent mobile terminals, display liquid parameters in the cup through a loudspeaker, LED lamp, OLED display screen and the like, and prompt users with drinking water quantity and drinking water time. The water quantity or water level detection device is inserted into a detection water level strip of the cup or attached to a detection water level strip of the cup, an ultrasonic water level detection sensor and the like.
[0003] With the popularity of the Internet and the Internet of Things, digital health management has begun to develop. Digital health management needs to record and remind daily behaviors, such as bracelets, watches, steps, blood pressure and the like. Various milk tea and coffee beverages attract a large number of young people. Excessive intake of sugar or caffeine will affect health. Although the existing straw is widely used, it does not have data collection function. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL
[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide an intelligent straw, which is simple in structure, can conveniently sense the amount of beverage taken through the straw, and report to an intelligent device.
[0005] In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:
[0006] The utility model provides an intelligent straw, which comprises a hollow pipe and an electrical installation box, two induction electrodes are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the hollow pipe, a battery and a main control circuit board are arranged in the electrical installation box, a microprocessor and a wireless communication device connected with the microprocessor are integrally arranged on the main control circuit board, the two induction electrodes are connected with the main control circuit board, and are used for collecting liquid quantity data passing through the hollow pipe.
[0007] Specifically, a data storage module is also integrally arranged on the main control circuit board, the liquid quantity data is stored and transmitted to an intelligent device through the wireless communication device.
[0008] Further, the hollow tube comprises a non-metallic tube body and a metallic tube body, and the two induction electrodes are arranged on the non-metallic tube body.
[0009] Further, the front side of the electrical installation box is provided with a touch display device connected with the master control circuit board.
[0010] Further, the electrical installation box is further integrally provided with a loudspeaker and an indicator lamp connected with the master control circuit board.
[0011] Further, the wireless communication device is connected with a mobile terminal and / or a cloud server, receives a control instruction sent by the mobile terminal or the cloud server and prompts through the indicator lamp and the loudspeaker.
[0012] Specifically, the wireless communication device is any one of a Bluetooth communication module, a wireless RF communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module and a 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G communication module.
[0013] By adopting the above technical scheme, the intelligent straw of the embodiment of the present application can collect liquid quantity data passing through the hollow tube by coating and adhering the induction electrodes in the tube wall of the hollow tube along the length direction of the hollow tube, the hollow tube can be made of food-grade materials such as silica gel and food-grade plastic, the intelligent straw has the function of digitalizing drinking water, can transmit data to a mobile phone or a cloud, analyzes health by using data, realizes record reminding, influences young people's healthy diet from behavior, and serves as an Internet of Things intelligent terminal to build a digital connection between a merchant and a user, and further optimizes customer service. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0014] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creative labor.
[0015] Figure 1 The first intelligent straw sectional view structure provided by the embodiment of the present application is shown in the figure.
[0016] Figure 2 The front view structure of the intelligent straw provided by the embodiment of the present application is shown in the figure.
[0017] Figure 3The second kind of intelligent straw section structure diagram provided by the embodiment of the utility model;
[0018] Figure 4 The intelligent straw system structure principle block diagram provided by the embodiment of the utility model;
[0019] Among them, 10-hollow pipe, 11-nonmetallic pipe body, 12-metal pipe body, 20-electrical installation box, 30-induction electrode, 40-touch display device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] The specific embodiments of the utility model will be further described below in combination with the drawings. It needs to be explained here that the description of these embodiments is used to help understanding the utility model, but does not constitute the limitation to the utility model. In addition, the technical features involved in each embodiment of the utility model described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.
[0021] Embodiment 1
[0022] As Figures 1-4 Indicated, the embodiment of the utility model provides a kind of intelligent straw, including hollow pipe 10, electrical installation box 20, two induction electrodes 30 are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the hollow pipe 10, battery, main control circuit board are arranged in the electrical installation box 20, microprocessor is integrally arranged on the main control circuit board, and wireless communication device connected with the microprocessor, two the induction electrode is connected with the main control circuit board, for collecting the liquid volume data passing through the hollow pipe.
[0023] Among them, the principle of induction electrode 30 is as follows:
[0024] When liquid passes through straw, it will pass through two electrodes in turn to reach drinking mouth, and the time difference t between liquid passing through two electrodes is proportional to liquid flow speed V, and the time T that two electrodes simultaneously sense liquid passing through and disappear can be considered as the time of drinking each mouthful;And the cross-sectional area S of straw can be obtained by clamping stroke or pre-setting;Therefore, the drinking water volume of each mouthful can be calculated as follows:
[0025] Drinking water volume=drinking water time X flow rate X cross-sectional area
[0026] =drinking water time X coefficient * time difference X cross-sectional area
[0027] Cumulative drinking water volume of each mouthful, the drinking water volume of each hour, each day is summarized.
[0028] Specifically, data storage module is also integrally arranged on the main control circuit board, and the liquid volume data is stored and transmitted to intelligent device through the wireless communication device.
[0029] As Figure 3 The hollow tube 10 includes a non-metallic tube body 11, a metal tube body 12, and two induction electrodes 30 arranged on the non-metallic tube body 11.
[0030] As shown in FIG. 4, the front side of the electrical installation box 20 is provided with a touch display device 40 connected with the master control circuit board.
[0031] Optionally, the electrical installation box 20 is further provided with a speaker and an indicator lamp, and the speaker and the indicator lamp are connected with the master control circuit board.
[0032] Optionally, the wireless communication device is connected with a mobile terminal and / or a cloud server, receives a control instruction sent by the mobile terminal or the cloud server, and prompts through the indicator lamp and the speaker. A display screen, light, sound, etc. can be set to interact with the APP in various interesting ways, so as to help users develop good habits or to generate better digital interaction between merchants and users.
[0033] Specifically, the wireless communication device is any one of a Bluetooth communication module, a wireless RF communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, and a 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G communication module. Preferably, the wireless communication device is a Bluetooth 4.0 communication module, which can realize data communication with the mobile terminal and can be connected with the cloud server through the mobile terminal or directly connected with the cloud server.
[0034] In use, the self-adaptive adjustment coefficient method can be used to make the intelligent straw more and more accurate: after drinking a cup of beverage with a known volume, the user touches the screen or a button position, and then the known volume and the cumulative volume are compared and the adjustment coefficient is adjusted, so as to eliminate individual differences and make the intelligent straw more and more accurate.
[0035] The intelligent straw of the embodiment of the utility model can collect liquid volume data passing through the hollow tube by coating and adhering the induction electrodes along the length direction of the hollow tube in the tube wall of the hollow tube, the hollow tube can be made of food-grade materials such as silica gel and food-grade plastic, the intelligent straw has the function of digitalizing drinking water, can transmit data to a mobile phone or a cloud, uses data to analyze health, and realizes record reminding, so as to affect young people's healthy diet from behavior, and as an internet of things intelligent terminal, builds a digital connection between merchants and users, and further optimizes customer service.
[0036] The embodiments of the utility model are described in detail above with reference to the drawings, but the utility model is not limited to the described embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various changes, modifications, replacements and modifications can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the utility model, and still fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
Claims
1. A smart straw, characterized in that, The device includes a hollow tube and an electrical mounting box. Two sensing electrodes are arranged sequentially along the length of the hollow tube. The electrical mounting box contains a battery and a main control circuit board. The main control circuit board integrates a microprocessor and a wireless communication device connected to the microprocessor. The two sensing electrodes are connected to the main control circuit board and are used to collect liquid volume data passing through the hollow tube.
2. The smart straw according to claim 1, characterized in that, The main control circuit board also integrates a data storage module, and the liquid volume data is stored and transmitted to the smart device through the wireless communication device.
3. The intelligent straw according to claim 1, characterized in that, The hollow tube includes a non-metallic tube body and a metallic tube body, and the two sensing electrodes are disposed on the non-metallic tube body.
4. The smart straw according to claim 1, characterized in that, A touch display device is provided on the front side of the electrical mounting box, and the touch display device is connected to the main control circuit board.
5. The intelligent straw according to claim 1, characterized in that, The electrical mounting box also integrates a speaker and an indicator light, which are connected to the main control circuit board.
6. The intelligent straw according to claim 5, characterized in that, The wireless communication device is connected to a mobile terminal and / or a cloud server, receives control commands from the mobile terminal or the cloud server, and provides prompts through the indicator lights and the speaker.
7. The intelligent straw according to claim 6, characterized in that, The wireless communication device can be any one of Bluetooth communication module, wireless RF communication module, Wi-Fi communication module, or 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G communication module.
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