Bottle storage and system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wine coolers either require large and cumbersome equipment for temperature control or risk excessively cooling wine, causing the bottle to become wet and making label visibility difficult.
Innovation Solution
A bottle storage system with a housing portion, cooling-warming portion, rotation mechanism, image capture portion, controller, information manager, and output portion that captures and analyzes the bottle image to identify the brand and display relevant information, ensuring label visibility and optimal temperature control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If ice water is used to cool wine bottles, then cooling capability is improved, but the bottle becomes wet and label visibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary cooling mechanism that does not involve direct contact with liquid ice water. Instead, it uses a cooling device that maintains wine bottles at appropriate temperatures while preventing condensation and moisture on the bottle surface, thus preserving label visibility while achieving cooling capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical ice water cooling system with an alternative cooling mechanism that avoids direct liquid contact. This substitution eliminates the harmful effect of moisture on labels while maintaining the beneficial cooling effect through a different physical approach.
2Temperature
If conventional wine cellars with compressors are used, then temperature management is improved, but device size increases and portability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential cooling function from the bulky conventional wine cellar system. By removing the compressor and large insulation structure, it retains only the necessary cooling capability in a compact form factor suitable for tabletop use, achieving temperature management without the volume penalty.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a simpler, more compact cooling mechanism that does not require the heavy-duty components of conventional cellars. This approach accepts reduced durability in exchange for significantly smaller size and portability, making the device suitable for temporary or mobile use scenarios.
3Temperature
If conventional wine cellars with compressors are used, then temperature management is improved, but noise from compressors and fans increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the noisy mechanical compressor and fan system with a quieter cooling mechanism. This substitution eliminates the primary noise sources while maintaining cooling capability, making the device suitable for quiet environments such as dining areas or bedrooms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a simpler cooling approach that does not rely on heavy mechanical components. This results in significantly reduced noise levels, though it may have limitations in sustained cooling performance compared to robust compressor-based systems.
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
The system effectively presents brand information and maintains suitable wine temperatures while keeping the bottle dry, enhancing user experience and label visibility.
Implementation Method 1
cooling-warming portion that is provided around the housing portion
Data Source
AI summary
A bottle storage includes: a housing portion that houses a bottle therein; a cooling-warming portion (cooling-warming devices) that is provided around the housing portion; a rotation portion (rotation motor) that rotates the bottle housed in the housing portion; an image capture portion that captures an image of the bottle housed in the housing portion; a controller that controls the bottle rotation performed by the rotation portion and the image capture performed by the image capture portion, based on the bottle image captured by the image capture portion; an information manager (storage manager) that identifies at least a brand of the bottle, based on the bottle image captured by the control of the controller; and an output portion (display portion) that outputs at least one of the brand identified by the information manager and relevant information regarding the identified brand.


