JP2020076568A - Refrigerator control program, refrigerator control method, information terminal control program and information terminal control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display an in-store image suitable for a mobile phone's preference on an information terminal. SOLUTION: When an imager captures an image in a refrigerator, the emission color or brightness of the light in the refrigerator is controlled according to the content of a command received from an information terminal received by the communication means. [Selection diagram] Fig. 5

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a refrigerator control program, a refrigerator control method, an information terminal control program, and an information terminal control method.

  Some refrigerators are equipped with an image pickup device. The image pickup device picks up an image of the inside of the storage room, which is an image of the inside of the storage room, in a lighting state of the inside lamp, and the image pickup result of the inside image of the storage is transmitted to the information terminal via the Internet network. This information terminal is carried by the owner of the refrigerator, and displays it on its own display in response to receiving the imaged result of the inside image.

JP2012-226748A

  In the case of a conventional refrigerator, the interior light is lit with a constant illuminance and a constant emission color when capturing the interior video, so the appearance of the interior video of the information terminal tends to be uniform. there were.

  The control program for the refrigerator according to the embodiment includes an interior light that illuminates the interior of the storage room, an imager that captures an internal video that is an image of the interior of the storage compartment, and the storage compartment when the imager captures an internal video. In a refrigerator provided with a control means for turning on an internal light and a communication means for transmitting a result of capturing an image of the inside of the refrigerator by the image pickup device to an external information terminal, the control means is configured to perform external communication from the information terminal. It includes a step of controlling a light emission color or brightness of the interior light when the image pickup device captures an image of the interior according to the content of the command received by the communication unit through the line.

The figure which shows Example 1 (the figure which shows a refrigerator) Diagram showing the electrical configuration of the refrigerator The figure which shows a refrigerating room (a is a Xa view, b is sectional drawing which follows the Xb line) Diagram showing a refrigerator network The figure which shows the imaging processing of the communication control circuit Figure showing the screen of the information terminal A view corresponding to FIG. 5 showing the second embodiment. Figure 6 equivalent FIG. 5 corresponding to FIG. 5 showing the third embodiment Figure 6 equivalent

  Refrigerator 1 of FIG. 1 has a refrigerating compartment 2. The refrigerator 1 has a refrigerating cycle 3 (see FIG. 2), and cold air is supplied from the refrigerating cycle 3 into the refrigerating compartment 2. The refrigerating compartment 2 has a front opening and corresponds to a storage compartment. A left door 4 and a right door 5 are attached to the front of the refrigerator compartment 2. The left door 4 is rotatable around a vertical axis at the left end, and the right door 5 is rotatable around a vertical axis at the right end. The left door 4 and the right door 5 are opened / closed in response to the rotational operation. A plurality of shelves 6 are mounted in the refrigerator compartment 2. The plurality of shelves 6 are transparent and arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, and foods are placed on the upper surfaces of the respective shelves 6.

  As shown in FIG. 1, three door pockets 7 are fixed to the left door 4 and the right door 5 at intervals in the vertical direction. These six door pockets 7 are transparent in which food is stored, and the three door pockets 7 of the left door 4 are stored in the refrigerating compartment 2 with the left door 4 closed and the three of the right doors 5 are stored. The door pocket 7 is stored in the refrigerating compartment 2 with the right door 5 closed.

  A chilled chamber 8 is formed in the refrigerating chamber 2 as shown in FIG. The chilled chamber 8 has an open front surface and is arranged at the lowest portion in the refrigerating chamber 2. In this chilled chamber 8, as shown in FIG. 1, two chilled containers 9 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction. These two chilled containers 9 are transparent in which food is stored, and are slidable in the front-rear direction between the stored state stored in the chilled chamber 8 and the pulled-out state pulled out from the chilled chamber 8 to the front. ing.

  Inside the refrigerating compartment 2, as shown in FIG. The internal storage lamp 10 is arranged on the upper surface of the refrigerating compartment 2, and has a plurality of upper LEDs 11 arranged in the front-rear direction and a translucent lens 12 that covers the plurality of upper LEDs 11 from below. The plurality of upper LEDs 11 are white LEDs that project white light from top to bottom, and the interior of the refrigerating room 2 is illuminated from above in response to the plurality of upper LEDs 11 emitting light. Each of the plurality of upper LEDs 11 corresponds to a light source, and the internal storage lamp 10 corresponds to an internal light.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a left inside lamp 13 is fixed in the refrigerator compartment 2. The left inside lamp 13 is arranged on the left side surface of the refrigerating compartment 2, and has a plurality of left LEDs 14 arranged in the front-rear direction and a translucent lens 15 that covers the plurality of left LEDs 14 from the right. The plurality of left LEDs 14 are white LEDs that project white light from left to right, and the interior of the refrigerating room 2 is illuminated from the left in response to the plurality of left LEDs 14 emitting light. Each of the plurality of left LEDs 14 corresponds to a light source, and the left inside lamp 13 corresponds to an inside lamp.

  Inside the refrigerating compartment 2, as shown in FIG. 3, a right inside lamp 16 is fixed. The right inside lamp 16 is arranged on the right side surface of the refrigerating compartment 2, and has a plurality of right LEDs 17 arranged in the front-rear direction and a translucent lens 18 that covers the plurality of right LEDs 17 from the left. The plurality of right LEDs 17 are white LEDs that project white light from right to left, and the inside of the refrigerating room 2 is illuminated from the right in response to the plurality of right LEDs 17 emitting light. Each of the plurality of right LEDs 17 corresponds to a light source, and the right inside lamp 16 corresponds to an inside lamp.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a light 19 in the lower storage is fixed in the refrigerator compartment 2. The lower interior lamp 19 is arranged on the upper surface of the chilled chamber 8, and has a plurality of lower LEDs 20 arranged in the front-rear direction and a translucent lens 21 that covers the plurality of lower LEDs 20 from below. The plurality of lower LEDs 20 are white LEDs that project white light from top to bottom, and the inside of the chilled chamber 8 is illuminated from above according to the light emission of the plurality of lower LEDs 20. Each of the plurality of lower LEDs 20 corresponds to a light source, and the lower interior light 19 corresponds to an interior light.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the refrigerator 1 has a built-in operation control circuit 22 and LED circuit 23. The operation control circuit 22 has a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and supplies cold air into the refrigerating compartment 2 in response to electrically controlling the drive source of the refrigeration cycle 3. The LED circuit 23 outputs a PWM signal to each of the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20 for each LED. The duty ratio of the PWM signal is adjusted for each LED according to the electrical control of the LED, and the duty ratio of the PWM signal is adjusted for each LED according to the LED. The brightness of each of the lamp 13, the right inside lamp 16, and the lower inside lamp 19 is controlled. The operation control circuit 22 corresponds to control means and storage means.

  The left door sensor 24 in FIG. 2 changes its electrical state depending on whether or not the left door 4 is closed, and the operation control circuit 22 outputs the left door sensor 24 according to the electrical state of the left door sensor 24. It is determined whether the door 4 is closed. The electrical state of the right door sensor 25 changes depending on whether or not the right door 5 is closed, and the operation control circuit 22 determines that the right door 5 operates according to the electrical state of the right door sensor 25. When it is determined whether or not both the left door 4 and the right door 5 are closed, the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are turned off. State.

  Illuminance information is recorded in the RAM of the operation control circuit 22. This illuminance information defines the illuminance for each one of the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20, and the operation control circuit 22 sets the left door 4 and When it is determined that at least one of the right doors 5 is not closed, the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are brought into a light emitting state with the illuminance corresponding to the illuminance information of the RAM for each LED. An initial value Ixi is previously recorded as the illuminance in the ROM of the operation control circuit 22. In the initial state, all the illuminances of the illuminance information in the RAM are set to the initial value Ixi, and the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of LEDs are provided. The lower LED 20 is made to emit light with the illuminance Ixi.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the refrigerator 1 has a communication control circuit 26 built therein. The communication control circuit 26 transmits / receives information to / from the operation control circuit 22 via wiring, and has a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. As shown in FIG. 4, this communication control circuit 26 is connected to an external communication line 28 formed of the Internet network via a router 27, and connects the router 27 and the communication line 28 with an external information terminal 29. Send and receive information via. The communication control circuit 26 corresponds to communication means.

  The information terminal 29 is carried by the owner of the refrigerator 1 and is composed of a smartphone or a tablet computer. As shown in FIG. 4, this information terminal 29 has a liquid crystal display 30, and a transparent touch panel is mounted on the surface of the liquid crystal display 30. The liquid crystal display 30 displays a key image for imaging, and when the key image for imaging is touched through the touch panel, an image capturing command is sent from the information terminal 29 to the communication control circuit 26 through the communication line 28. Will be sent.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an imaging camera 31 is fixed to the right door 5, and the imaging camera 31 is connected to the communication control circuit 26 via wiring. The imaging camera 31 is arranged on the rear surface of the right door 5 in the closed state and has a lens and an image sensor. The image pickup camera 31 captures an image P (see FIG. 6) of the inside of the refrigerating compartment 2 with the right door 5 closed and the angle of view of the image pickup camera 31 when the right door 4 is closed. It is set in the entire area in the left-right direction and the up-down direction in the refrigerator compartment 2. The image pickup camera 31 corresponds to an image pickup device.

  The communication control circuit 26 picks up a color inside image P in accordance with the electric control of the image pickup camera 31, and acquires the image pickup result of the inside image P from the image pickup camera 31 as a color image signal. .. The communication control circuit 26 sets the internal video data by compressing the video signal with an algorithm of a reversible compression format. The setting result of the internal video data is sent to the server 32 (FIG. 4) through the router 27 and the communication line 28. Please refer to). The server 32 records the in-store image data from the communication control circuit 26 in association with the information terminal 29, and the information terminal 29 acquires the in-store image data from the server 32 through the communication line 28.

  The image pickup process of FIG. 5 is started when the CPU of the communication control circuit 26 receives the image pickup command from the information terminal 29. When the CPU starts the image pickup process, is there door closing information in step S1? Determine whether or not. This door closing information is transmitted to the communication control circuit 26 when the operation control circuit 22 determines that both the left door 4 and the right door 5 are closed, and the CPU has the left door 4 and the right door 5. When at least one of the doors 5 is not closed, it is determined in step S1 that there is no door closing information, and the process proceeds to step S2.

  When the CPU proceeds to step S2, it sends an image pickup disable command to the information terminal 29 through the router 27 and the communication line 28. This information terminal 29 displays a message (unable to take an image !!) on the liquid crystal display 30 when it receives an image pickup disable command, and when at least one of the left door 4 and the right door 5 is not closed. It becomes impossible to acquire the in-compartment image P using the information terminal 29.

  When both the left door 4 and the right door 5 are closed, the CPU determines that there is door closing information from the operation control circuit 22 in step S1, and sends a lighting command to the operation control circuit 22 in step S3. The operation control circuit 22 detects illuminance information from the RAM when a lighting command is received. When the illuminance information is detected, the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are used to output the illuminance information for each LED. It is turned on by the illuminance. That is, the inside of the refrigerating room 2 is illuminated with the illuminance according to the illuminance information of the operation control circuit 22 when the image P in the refrigerator is imaged by the imaging camera 31, and the user turns the left door 4 or the right door 5 on. Even when it is opened, it is illuminated with the same brightness as when the image P of the inside of the refrigerator is captured according to the same illuminance information as when the image P of the inside of the refrigerator is captured.

  When the CPU transmits the lighting command in step S3, the CPU drives the imaging camera 31 in step S4 to capture an image of the inside of the refrigerator compartment 2. Then, in step S5, the video signal from the imaging camera 31 is acquired, and in step S6, the internal video data is set by compressing the acquired result of the video signal. In step S7, the internal video data setting result is set to the server 32 To the communication line 28. This server 32 transmits the reception result of the internal video data to the corresponding information terminal 29 when the internal video data is received, and the information terminal 29 displays its own liquid crystal when the internal video data is received. The in-compartment image P is displayed on the container 30 according to the reception result of the in-compartment image data.

  FIG. 6 shows an in-compartment image P displayed on the liquid crystal display 30 of the information terminal 29. The inside image P is an image inside the refrigerating compartment 2 acquired by the imaging camera 31, and is displayed in a vertically long rectangular window Wi that imitates the wall surface of the refrigerating compartment 2. This in-compartment image P is captured in a state in which the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are lit with the brightness according to the illuminance information of the operation control circuit 22, and the user is in-compartment image of the information terminal 29. By visually recognizing P, it is possible to confirm the current storage state of the food in the refrigerating room 2 while staying away.

  On the liquid crystal display 30, as shown in FIG. 6, an upper key image Ku, a left key image Kl, a right key image Kr, a lower key image Kd, a dark key image D and a bright key image L are displayed. The upper key image Ku to the light key image L are displayed on the information terminal 29 in response to the server 32 transmitting the image data prerecorded in the server 32 to the information terminal 29, and together with the in-house image P. The image is displayed outside the in-compartment image P.

  The upper key video image Ku is displayed on the internal video image P. The upper key image Ku has a plurality of LED patterns arranged in the left-right direction, and the number of LED patterns of the upper key image Ku is set to be the same as the number of the upper LEDs 11. The upper key image Ku has a picture (F) corresponding to the front located at the left end and a picture (R) corresponding to the rear located at the right end.

  The left key image Kl is displayed to the left of the in-compartment image P. The left key image Kl has a plurality of LED patterns arranged vertically, and the number of LED patterns of the left key image Kl is set to be the same as the number of the left LEDs 14. The left key image Kl has a picture (F) corresponding to the front located at the upper end and a picture (R) corresponding to the rear located at the lower end.

  The right key image Kr is displayed to the right of the in-compartment image P. This right key image Kr has a plurality of LED patterns arranged vertically, and the number of LED patterns of the right key image Kr is set to be the same as the number of right LEDs 17. The right key image Kr has a picture (F) corresponding to the front located at the upper end and a picture (R) corresponding to the rear located at the lower end.

  The down key image Kd is displayed below the in-compartment image P. This lower key image Kd has a plurality of LED patterns arranged in the left-right direction, and the number of LED patterns of the lower key image Kd is set to be the same as the number of lower LEDs 20. The lower key image Kd is attached with the picture of (F) corresponding to the front at the left end, and the picture of (R) corresponding to the rear at the right end.

  The dark key image D is displayed below the down key image Kd. When the dark key image D is touched via the touch panel of the liquid crystal display 30, the communication control circuit from the information terminal 29 through the communication line 28. A dark command is sent to 26. The bright key image L is displayed to the right of the dark key image D, and when the bright key image L is touched via the touch panel of the liquid crystal display 30, the communication control circuit from the information terminal 29 through the communication line 28. A bright command is transmitted to 26. Each of the bright key image L and the dark key image D corresponds to a button.

  When the CPU transmits the setting result of the in-compartment video data in step S7, the CPU transmits an extinguishing command to the operation control circuit 22 in step S8. The operation control circuit 22 turns off the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 when the turn-off command is received, and the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 use the imaging camera 31 to display the in-house image P. The light is turned on only for the minimum time required to capture an image.

  After transmitting the turn-off command in step S8, the CPU determines in step S9 whether or not there is an LED designation command. This LED designation command is used when the Nth one from the left of the patterns of the plurality of LEDs of the upper key image Ku is touched via the touch panel and when the Nth one of the patterns of the plurality of LEDs of the left key image Kl is the Nth from the top. When one is touched through the touch panel, when the Nth one from the top among the plurality of LED patterns of the right key image Kr is touched through the touch panel, and when the plurality of LED patterns of the lower key image Kd are touched When one of the Nth from the left is touched via the touch panel, it is transmitted from the information terminal 29 to the communication control circuit 26 through the communication line 28, and the CPU determines in step S9 that there is no LED designation command. In that case, the process proceeds to step S11. If it is determined in step S9 that there is an LED designating command, the LED designating command is recorded in its own RAM in step S10, and the process proceeds to step S11.

  When the CPU proceeds to step S11, it determines whether or not there is a dark command or a bright command from the information terminal 29. If it is determined that there is a dark command or a bright command, the illuminance information is detected from the RAM of the operation control circuit 22 in step S12, and it is determined in step S13 whether or not the LED designation command is recorded in its own RAM. To do. Here, if it is determined that the LED designation command is recorded in its own RAM, the process proceeds to illuminance information processing 1 in step S14, and if it is determined that the LED designation command is not recorded, illuminance information in step S15. Go to process 2.

The illuminance information processing 1 changes the detection result of the illuminance information. This processing is performed by changing the illuminance of only one of the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20 that corresponds to the LED designation command of the RAM, and When the command is received, the illuminance is changed to dark by the unit amount ΔIx, and when the bright command is received, the illuminance is changed to be bright by ΔIx. The following 1) to 4) show which LED's illuminance is changed according to the LED's LED designation command. When the illuminance information is changed, the CPU erases the LED designation command from the RAM.
1) When the LED designating command designates the Nth pattern from the left among the patterns of the plurality of LEDs of the upper key image Ku, the illuminance corresponding to the Nth upper LED 11 from the front is changed.
2) When the LED designating command designates the Nth pattern from the top among the plurality of LED patterns of the left key image Kl, the illuminance corresponding to the Nth left LED 14 from the front is changed.
3) When the LED designating command designates the Nth pattern from the top among the plurality of LED patterns of the right key image Kr, the illuminance corresponding to the Nth right LED 17 from the front is changed.
4) When the LED designation command designates the Nth pattern from the left among the patterns of the plurality of LEDs of the lower key image Kd, the illuminance corresponding to the Nth lower LED 20 from the front is changed.

  The illuminance information processing 2 changes the detection result of the illuminance information. This processing is performed by changing the illuminance for each of the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20 for each LED, and when a dark command is received. , The illuminance is changed to be dark by ΔIx, and when the bright command is received, the illuminance is changed to be bright by ΔIx.

  After changing the illuminance information in step S14 or S15, the CPU transmits the change result of the illuminance information to the operation control circuit 22 in step S16. This operation control circuit 22 rewrites the illuminance information in its own RAM with the illuminance information change result when it receives the illuminance information change result, and when the refrigerating room 2 is opened after rewriting the illuminance information. The plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are turned on with the illuminance according to the result of rewriting the illuminance information.

  After transmitting the illuminance information change result in step S16, the CPU retransmits the lighting command to the operation control circuit 22 in step S3. When the operation control circuit 22 receives the lighting command again, the operation control circuit 22 turns on the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 again according to the result of rewriting the illuminance information, and the user operates the information terminal 29. When the illuminance information is changed by, the inside of the refrigerating room 2 is illuminated again according to the rewriting result of the illuminance information.

  When the CPU retransmits the lighting command in step S3, the imaging camera 31 is driven in step S4 to image the inside of the refrigerating room 2 again, and in step S8 through steps S5 to S7, the operation control circuit 22 is again instructed to turn off the command. Send. Therefore, when the user changes the illuminance information by operating the information terminal 29, the inside of the refrigerating room 2 is imaged again with the result of rewriting the illuminance information and the illumination state is changed by the information terminal 29. The inside image P is displayed.

According to the above-mentioned Example 1, the following effects are produced.
Information that the communication control circuit 26 receives the brightness of each of the interior light 10, the interior light 13, the interior light 16, and the interior light 19 when the imaging camera 31 captures the image P in the interior. It controlled according to the content of the command from the terminal 29. Therefore, the user can operate the information terminal 29 to set the illumination when the in-room image P is captured to a desired brightness, so that the user can easily see the in-house image P in which the food is stored. You can check it at.

  The operation control circuit 22 stores the content of the command from the information terminal 29 as the illuminance information, and when the refrigerating room 2 is opened, the storage result of the illuminance information is output to each of the upper interior lamp 10 to the lower interior lamp 19. Since the lighting state is set to the brightness corresponding to, the interior of the refrigerating room 2 is illuminated with the desired brightness set by operating the information terminal 29 when the user opens the refrigerating room 2.

  When the imaging camera 31 captures the in-compartment image P, the brightness of the plurality of upper LEDs 11 of the interior light 10 according to the content of the command from the information terminal 29 is changed to the content of the command from the information terminal 29. Controlled accordingly. Therefore, the user can change the brightness of a part of the refrigerator compartment 2 in the front-rear direction by operating the information terminal 29. It is possible to acquire the one whose brightness is changed. This effect is the same for the left inside lamp 13, the right inside lamp 16, and the lower inside lamp 19.

  Since the dark key image D and the light key image L are displayed on the information terminal 29, the user can indirectly touch the dark key image D or the light key image L by a simple operation to carry out the interior light 10 to the interior light. The brightness of 19 can be adjusted.

  Each of the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20 is a full-color LED. This full-color LED is one in which three LEDs of red, green, and blue are sealed in one package, and the operation control circuit 22 controls the LED circuit 23 to change the emission colors of the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20. Control is performed for each LED.

  Light emission color information is recorded in the RAM of the operation control circuit 22. This emission color information defines the emission color for each of the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20, and the operation control circuit 22 includes the left door. When it is determined that at least one of the right door 4 and the right door 5 is not closed, the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are made to emit light in a light emission color according to the light emission color information of the RAM for each LED, and the left door is opened. When it is determined that both 4 and the right door 5 are closed, the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are turned off. The initial color Ci is pre-recorded in the ROM of the operation control circuit 22. In the initial state, all the emission colors of the emission color information of the RAM are set to the initial color Ci, so that a plurality of upper LEDs 11 to a plurality of lower LEDs are formed. The LED 20 is made to emit light with the initial color Ci.

  The image capturing process of FIG. 7 is performed by the CPU of the communication control circuit 26 in place of the image capturing process of FIG. 5, and the CPU transmits a lighting command to the operation control circuit 22 in step S3, and drives the image capturing camera 31 in step S4. By doing so, the inside of the refrigerator compartment 2 is imaged. Then, through steps S5 and S6, the setting result of the in-compartment video data is transmitted to the information terminal 29 in step S7, and an extinguishing command is transmitted to the operation control circuit 22 in step S8.

  When the operation control circuit 22 receives the lighting command, it detects the issued color information from the RAM and sets the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 to the lighting state with the emission color of the emission color information for each LED. The inside of the refrigerating room 2 is imaged in a state in which the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are lit in the emission color corresponding to the same emission color information as when the refrigerating room 2 is opened.

  The inside image P in FIG. 8 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 30 of the information terminal 29 according to the setting result of the inside image data, and has a color corresponding to the emission color of the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20. have. The cold key image C and the warm key image W are displayed in place of the dark key image D and the light key image L, and when the cold key image C is touched via the touch panel, the information terminal 29 communicates with the communication line. When the cold color command is transmitted to the communication control circuit 26 through 28 and the warm color key image W is touched through the touch panel, the information terminal 29 transmits the warm color command to the communication control circuit 26 through the communication line 28.

  After transmitting the turn-off command in step S8, the CPU determines in step S9 whether or not there is an LED designation command from the information terminal 29. If it is determined that the LED designation command is present, the LED designation command is recorded in the RAM in step S10, and the process proceeds to step S21. If it is determined that the LED designation command is not present, the process proceeds to step S21.

  When the CPU proceeds to step S21, it determines whether there is a cold color command or a warm color command from the information terminal 29. If it is determined that there is a cold color command or a warm color command, the issued color information is detected from the RAM of the operation control circuit 22 in step S22, and it is determined in step S23 whether or not the LED designation command is recorded in its own RAM. to decide. If it is determined that the LED designation command is recorded in its own RAM, the process proceeds to the emission color information processing 1 of step S24, and if it is determined that the LED designation command is not recorded, the light emission of step S25 is performed. Shift to color information processing 2.

  The emission color information processing 1 changes the detection result of the emission color information, and when the detection result of the emission color information is changed, the LED designation command is erased from the RAM. This processing is performed by changing the emission color of the emission color information for only one of the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20 corresponding to the LED designation command of the RAM. When a cold color command is received, the emission color is changed to the cold side (blue-white side) by one step, and when a warm color command is received, the emission color is changed by one step to the warm side (orange). Color side) is changed.

  The emission color information processing 2 changes the detection result of the emission color information. This processing is performed by changing the emission color of the emission color information for each of the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20. When received, the luminescent color is changed to the cold side by one step, and when the warm color command is received, the luminescent color is changed to the warm side by one step.

  After changing the emission color information in step S24 or step S25, the CPU transmits the change result of the emission color information to the operation control circuit 22 in step S26. When the operation control circuit 22 receives the change result of the emission color information, it rewrites the emission color information of its own RAM with the change result of the emission color information, and the refrigerating room 2 is opened after the change of the emission color information. In this case, the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are turned on in the emission color according to the rewriting result of the emission color information.

  After transmitting the change result of the emission color information in step S26, the CPU retransmits the lighting command to the operation control circuit 22 in step S3. When the operation control circuit 22 receives the lighting command again, the operation control circuit 22 turns on the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 again according to the rewriting result of the emission color information, and the user operates the information terminal 29. Therefore, when the emission color information is changed, the interior of the refrigerator compartment 2 is illuminated again according to the result of rewriting the emission color information.

  When the CPU retransmits the lighting command in step S3, the imaging camera 31 is driven in step S4 to image the inside of the refrigerating room 2 again, and in step S8 through steps S5 to S7, the operation control circuit 22 is again instructed to turn off the command. Send. Therefore, when the user operates the information terminal 29 to change the luminescent color information, the inside of the refrigerating room 2 is imaged again with the result of rewriting the luminescent color information, and the information terminal 29 is illuminated. The changed inside image P is displayed.

According to the above-mentioned Example 2, the following effects are produced.
Information that the communication control circuit 26 receives the respective light emission colors of the upper interior lamp 10, the left interior lamp 13, the right interior lamp 16 and the lower interior lamp 19 when the imaging camera 31 captures the interior image P. It controlled according to the content of the command from the terminal 29. Therefore, the user can operate the information terminal 29 to set the illumination when the in-chamber image P is captured to a desired color, and thus obtain the in-chamber image P having a color that matches his or her preference. can do.

  The operation control circuit 22 stores the content of the command from the information terminal 29 as light emission color information, and when the refrigerating room 2 is opened, each of the upper interior lamp 10 to the lower interior lamp 19 is provided with the emission color information. Since the lighting color is set to the lighting state according to the storage result, the inside of the refrigerating room 2 is illuminated with the desired emitting color set by operating the information terminal 29 when the user opens the refrigerating room 2.

  When the imaging camera 31 captures the image P in the warehouse, the emission color of the plurality of upper LEDs 11 of the interior lamp 10 corresponding to the content of the instruction from the information terminal 29 is changed to the content of the instruction from the information terminal 29. Controlled accordingly. Therefore, since the user can change the emission color for a part of the front-rear direction of the refrigerating compartment 2 by operating the information terminal 29, the inside image P for the part of the front-rear direction of the refrigerating compartment 2 can be obtained. It is possible to acquire the one whose emission color has been changed. This effect is the same for the left inside lamp 13, the right inside lamp 16, and the lower inside lamp 19.

  Since the cold color key image C and the warm color key image W are displayed on the information terminal 29, the user can indirectly touch the cold color key image C or the warm color key image W by a simple operation to make the interior light 10 to the interior light. The emission color of 19 can be adjusted.

  The image capturing process in FIG. 9 is performed by the CPU of the communication control circuit 26 in place of the image capturing process in FIG. 7, and the CPU transmits a lighting command to the operation control circuit 22 in step S3, and proceeds to steps S4 to S11. .. Illuminance information and light emission color information are recorded in the RAM of the operation control circuit 22, and when the operation control circuit 22 receives a lighting command, the operation control circuit 22 outputs a plurality of upper LED 11 to a plurality of lower LED 20 of the emission color information for each LED. The illuminating color and the illuminance of the illuminance information are turned on. That is, the inside of the refrigerator compartment 2 is imaged in a state in which the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are lit with the emission color of the emission color information and the illuminance of the illuminance information.

  FIG. 10 shows the in-compartment image P displayed on the liquid crystal display 30 of the information terminal 29 according to the setting result of the in-compartment image data, and the in-compartment image P is the emission color of the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20. It has the appropriate color and brightness according to the illuminance. On the liquid crystal display 30, a dark key image D, a light key image L, a cold key image C and a warm color key image W are displayed together with the in-compartment image P.

  When the CPU determines in step S11 that there is a dark command or a bright command from the information terminal 29, the CPU detects illuminance information from the RAM of the operation control circuit 22 in step S12, and proceeds to step S13. If it is determined that the LED designation command is recorded in its own RAM, the process returns to step S3 through steps S14 and S16, and if it is determined that the LED designation command is not recorded, steps S15 and S16. After that, the process returns to step S3.

  When the CPU determines in step S11 that there is neither a dark command nor a bright command, it determines in step S21 whether there is a cold color command or a warm color command from the information terminal 29. If it is determined that there is a cold color command or a warm color command, the issued color information is detected from the RAM of the operation control circuit 22 in step S22, and the process proceeds to step S23. If it is determined that the LED designation command is recorded in its own RAM, the process returns to step S3 through steps S24 and S26, and if it is determined that the LED designation command is not recorded, steps S25 and S26. After that, the process returns to step S3.

  That is, when the dark key image D or the bright key image L of the information terminal 29 is operated, a part or all of the illuminances of the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are changed and the inside of the refrigerator compartment 2 is illuminated. In response to being imaged again in the changed state, the inside image P with the changed illuminance is displayed on the information terminal 29. When the cold key image C or the warm key image W of the information terminal 29 is operated, a part or all of the emission colors of the plurality of upper LEDs 11 to the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are changed, and the refrigerating room 2 emits light. In response to the image being picked up in the color changing state, the in-compartment image P whose emission color has been changed is displayed on the information terminal 29. Therefore, the user operates the information terminal 29 while watching the in-compartment image P to acquire the in-compartment image P according to his / her preference.

  In the first and third embodiments, when the refrigerating room 2 is opened, the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are irrelevant to the illuminance information of the operation control circuit 22. The light emitting state may be set at a constant illuminance, and the light emitting state may be set based on the illuminance information of the operation control circuit 22 when the image P in the refrigerator is imaged.

  In the second and third embodiments, when the refrigerating room 2 is opened, the plurality of upper LEDs 11, the plurality of left LEDs 14, the plurality of right LEDs 17, and the plurality of lower LEDs 20 are irrelevant to the light emission color information of the operation control circuit 22. The light emitting state may be set to a different light emitting color, and the light emitting state may be set based on the light emitting color information of the operation control circuit 22 when the in-compartment image P is captured by the imaging camera 31.

In the first to third embodiments described above, the image capturing camera 31 may capture an image of the interior of the freezing compartment, the vegetable compartment, or the ice making compartment.
Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the scope equivalent thereto.

  1 is a refrigerator, 2 is a refrigerating room (storage room), 10 is a light inside the warehouse (light inside the warehouse), 11 is an upper LED (light source), 13 is a light inside the warehouse (light inside the warehouse), 14 is a left LED ( Light source), 16 is a right internal light (internal light), 17 is a right LED (light source), 19 is a lower internal light (internal light), 20 is a lower LED (light source), 22 is an operation control circuit (control) Means, storage means), 26 is a communication control circuit (communication means), 29 is an information terminal, and 31 is an imaging camera (imaging device).

Claims (7)

An internal light that illuminates the storage room,
An image pickup device for picking up an image of the inside of the storage, which is an image of the inside of the storage chamber,
Control means for turning on the interior light when the imager captures an image of the interior of the interior;
A communication unit that transmits the image pickup result of the inside image by the image pickup device to an external information terminal,
According to the content of the instruction received by the communication unit from the information terminal through an external communication line, the control unit controls the light emission color or brightness of the interior light when the imager captures an image of the interior. Including controlling steps,
Refrigerator control program. The refrigerator includes a storage unit that stores the content of the command from the information terminal,
The control means, when the storage compartment is opened, sets the interior lamp to a lighting state with an emission color or brightness according to the stored contents of the storage means.
The control program for the refrigerator according to claim 1. The interior light has a plurality of light sources different in arrangement,
The control means controls the emission color or the brightness of the plurality of light sources according to the content of the command from the information terminal among the plurality of light sources when the imager captures an image in the refrigerator. To do
The control program for the refrigerator according to claim 1. An internal light that illuminates the storage room,
An image pickup device for picking up an image of the inside of the storage, which is an image of the inside of the storage chamber,
Control means for turning on the interior light when the imager captures an image of the interior of the interior;
A communication unit for transmitting the image pickup result of the inside image by the image pickup device to an external information terminal,
The information terminal sends a command to the communication unit through an external communication line for the control unit to control the emission color or brightness of the interior light when the image pickup device captures an image in the store Including the steps to
Information terminal control program. The interior light has a plurality of light sources different in arrangement,
The information terminal includes, in the command, information that specifies a light source for controlling the emission color or brightness of the interior light by the control unit among the plurality of light sources when the imager captures an image in the interior. ,
The control program of the information terminal according to claim 4. An internal light that illuminates the storage room,
An image pickup device for picking up an image of the inside of the storage, which is an image of the storage chamber,
Control means for turning on the interior light when the imager captures an image of the interior,
A communication unit that transmits the image pickup result of the inside image by the image pickup device to an external information terminal,
According to the content of the instruction received by the communication unit from the information terminal through an external communication line, the control unit controls the light emission color or brightness of the interior light when the imager captures an image of the interior. Including controlling steps,
How to control the refrigerator. An internal light that illuminates the storage room,
An image pickup device for picking up an image of the inside of the storage, which is an image of the inside of the storage chamber,
Control means for turning on the interior light when the imager captures an image of the interior of the interior;
A communication unit for transmitting the image pickup result of the inside image by the image pickup device to an external information terminal,
The information terminal sends a command to the communication unit through an external communication line for the control unit to control the emission color or brightness of the interior light when the image pickup device captures an image in the store Including the steps to
Information terminal control method.

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