Home Appliance Panel Color Customization Using Lighting Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home appliances, such as refrigerators, require replacement of the entire decoration panel to change their outer appearance, limiting user customization and aesthetic satisfaction.
Innovation Solution
A method that allows users to change the color of appliance panels using graphic objects and color control buttons, adjusting RGB values, saturation, and brightness, with a lighting device that emits light according to selected color information, and includes features like theme selection, sound integration, and dynamic effects, as well as a night mode based on illuminance sensors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the entire decoration panel is replaced to change the outer appearance, then the color and aesthetic appearance can be changed, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The decoration panel is divided into a base panel and a separate color-changing layer (film or coating). This segmentation allows the color-changing function to be independent from the base panel structure, enabling color changes without replacing the entire panel assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses materials or mechanisms that change optical parameters (color, transparency) in response to external stimuli such as electricity, temperature, or light. This allows the panel's appearance to be dynamically adjusted by changing physical parameters rather than physical structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a lighting device is added to enable color changing, then aesthetic satisfaction and user customization improve, but energy consumption and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting device operates periodically or on-demand rather than continuously, activating only when color changes are required or when users interact with the appliance. This reduces overall energy consumption while maintaining full customization capability when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system includes sensors that automatically detect environmental conditions (light levels, temperature) and trigger appropriate color changes or lighting adjustments without user intervention, reducing the need for continuous operation of energy-consuming components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to intuitively and conveniently select colors for their appliance panels, enhancing aesthetic satisfaction by allowing dynamic color changes and theme customization without replacing the entire panel, thereby improving user interaction and satisfaction.
Implementation Method 1
controlling a lighting device to make the panel shine with a color according to color information selected by the user
Implementation Method 2
when the illuminance value detected by the illuminance sensor is below a set value
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a method for changing color of a panel and a home appliance and the method for changing color of a panel includes providing graphic objects and color control buttons corresponding to a plurality of panels of the home appliance; receiving selected color information; and controlling a lighting device to make the panel shine according to received color information.