Display device for refrigerator door
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional refrigerator doors made of opaque materials hinder the visibility of stored goods and require separate display modules, leading to reduced space, increased production costs, and compromised aesthetics.
Innovation Solution
A display device for refrigerator doors featuring a transparent first and second panel with a display module arranged between them, utilizing light-emitting elements and intersecting wires to integrate information display with the transparent panel, eliminating the need for a separate display module.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a separate display module is mounted on the refrigerator door, then information can be displayed, but the visible space is reduced and production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display module is merged with the transparent panel structure by positioning it between the first and second transparent panels. This integration allows the display function to be incorporated into the door structure itself, eliminating the need for a separate externally mounted display module and thereby preserving the visible space through the transparent panel.
Solution Approach 2:
The display module is positioned in the spatial dimension between the first and second transparent panels, utilizing the depth dimension of the door structure. This dimensional placement allows the display function to coexist with the transparent panel's visual function without occupying the same visual plane, thus maintaining visibility while enabling information display.
2Loss of information
If a separate display module is mounted on the refrigerator door, then information can be displayed, but production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display module is merged with the transparent panel structure by positioning it between the first and second transparent panels. This integration allows the display function to be incorporated into the door structure itself, eliminating the need for a separate externally mounted display module and thereby preserving the visible space through the transparent panel.
Solution Approach 2:
The space between the first and second transparent panels, which could be structurally empty, is utilized to house the display module. This multi-functional use of the same structural space combines the transparent panel's visual function with the display module's information function, reducing the need for additional components and lowering production costs.
3Loss of information
If a separate display module is mounted on the refrigerator door, then information can be displayed, but aesthetic quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display module is merged with the transparent panel structure by positioning it between the first and second transparent panels. This integration allows the display function to be incorporated into the door structure itself, eliminating the need for a separate externally mounted display module and thereby preserving the visible space through the transparent panel.
Solution Approach 2:
The display module is positioned in a specific local region between the first and second transparent panels, utilizing the depth dimension of the door structure. This localized placement allows the display function to coexist with the transparent panel's visual function without occupying the same visual plane, thus maintaining visibility while enabling information display.
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
Enhances visibility of stored goods, reduces production costs, and improves aesthetics by allowing information display directly on the transparent panel, widening the visible space and simplifying access to stored items.
Implementation Method 1
a display module arranged between the first panel and the second panel; and wherein the display module includes: a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a predetermined pattern
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a display device for a refrigerator door. The display device for a refrigerator door, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a first panel made of a transparent material; a second panel made of a transparent material, and disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first panel by a predetermined interval; and a display module disposed between the first panel and the second panel, wherein the display module comprises a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in a predetermined pattern, a first wire electrically connected to the light emitting elements, and a second wire electrically connected to the light emitting elements, and disposed so as to intersect with the first wire. The present invention has benefit of enabling user to easily visually check, from the outside of a refrigerator, information related to the refrigerator and stored goods stored inside the refrigerator.