Wine storage apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wine storage apparatuses face challenges in maintaining optimal conditions due to frequent door openings for checking wine information, leading to rapid ripening of stored wine as the inner temperature changes.
Innovation Solution
A wine storage apparatus with a housing, door, display, rack, sensor, and processor that minimizes door openings by using sensors (pressure, optical, or image) to detect wine presence and quantity, allowing users to access information through a touch panel without opening the door, and adjusting guide information based on the remaining wine amount.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the door is frequently opened to check wine information, then users can access wine storage information, but the inner temperature of the wine cellar changes rapidly causing wine to ripen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses sensors (pressure, optical, or image sensors) to detect the presence and status of wine bottles on the rack, creating a digital representation of the physical state. This copied information is then displayed on the touch panel, allowing users to access wine storage information without opening the door, thus preventing temperature changes that would occur with frequent door openings.
2Temperature
If sensors and display are added to enable door-free monitoring, then door openings are minimized maintaining temperature, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The touch panel serves multiple functions: it displays wine storage information, provides user interface for interacting with the system, and can show guidance information about stored wine. The sensor system is designed to detect various types of information (presence, quantity, type of wine) using a unified approach, reducing overall system complexity despite the added functionality.
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
This solution allows for efficient monitoring of wine storage conditions without frequent door openings, maintaining optimal temperature and humidity levels, thus reducing wine spoilage and providing users with timely information on wine storage and consumption.
Implementation Method 1
The sensor may be configured to obtain information about whether a bottle of wine is stored on the rack, based on detection of a pressure sensor
Implementation Method 2
The sensor may be configured to obtain information about whether a bottle of wine is stored on the rack, based on detection of a pressure sensor, an optical sensor or an image sensor
Implementation Method 3
The processor may be configured to identify the bottle of wine based on a wine image captured by the image sensor
Data Source
AI summary
A wine storage apparatus is provided. The wine storage apparatus includes a housing, a door configured to open and close the housing and including a display, a rack provided inside the housing and configured to hold a bottle of wine, a sensor configured to obtain information about whether a bottle of wine is stored on the rack, and a processor configured to identify whether the bottle of wine is stored on the rack based on the information, and control the display to display guide information of the bottle of wine based on an identification result.