Refrigerator and control method therefor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing refrigerators require users to manually gather and analyze multiple data points to assess storage environments, making the process inefficient and non-intuitive.
Innovation Solution
A refrigerator system that includes a control device, state parameter detectors, and an illuminating lamp, which adjusts its light state based on detected temperature, humidity, and gas composition to provide an intuitive visual representation of the storage environment, allowing users to assess conditions quickly and efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple data channels are used to present storage environment parameters, then the information completeness is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple state parameter detectors (temperature, humidity, gas composition) into a single integrated detection system that presents all parameters through one unified light display interface. This merging approach maintains complete information presentation while reducing the complexity of multiple separate data channels and interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The illuminating lamp is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides normal illumination and simultaneously displays multiple storage environment parameters through different light states. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate display devices for each parameter, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining information completeness.
2Loss of information
If multiple data channels are used to present storage environment parameters, then the information completeness is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses different light colors or light states of the illuminating lamp to represent different storage environment parameters and their states. This visual encoding allows users to quickly and intuitively understand multiple parameters at once without complex interfaces, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining complete information presentation.
3Device complexity
If a single illuminating lamp is used to display multiple parameters, then the device complexity and manufacturing cost are reduced, but the information capacity must be optimized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameters of the light (color, intensity, duration) to encode multiple state parameters. By varying these light parameters, the single illuminating lamp can convey temperature, humidity, gas composition, and other environmental data, maintaining full information capacity while using simplified hardware.
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AI summary
Provided are a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The control method includes: acquiring a wake-up instruction for an illuminating lamp of a refrigerator; determining whether the wake-up instruction is a storage environment checking command received by the refrigerator; acquiring, if YES, state parameters inside the refrigerator; and adjusting a light state of the illuminating lamp according to the state parameters. When the wake-up instruction for the illuminating lamp is a storage environment checking command received by the refrigerator, the light state of the illuminating lamp is adjusted according to the state parameters inside the refrigerator, such that a user may know a storage environment in the refrigerator according to the light state of the illuminating lamp. Because the state parameters may reflect an actual storage environment in the refrigerator from multiple aspects, by reflecting the state parameters inside the refrigerator with the light state, the user may determine a state of the storage environment by an intuitive visual perception. The method is simple and efficient, analysis and comparison of each piece of data is avoided, and the user experience and the intelligence degree are improved.