REFRIGERATOR, TERMINAL, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20150161909A1
• Filed: 11/26/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Won, Sang Chul, Kim, Taek Woon, Yang, Hani, Song, Min Jin
• Application Number:
  US14/555,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20150161909A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/361 Interactive visual displays
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2500/06 Stock management
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 29/00 Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

There is provided a refrigerator, including an input unit configured to receive information on a user, the user'"'"'s health information, and an examination time; a control unit configured to perform control such that the received user information and health information are stored and displayed, identify a reception time at which the health information is received, and perform control such that at least one time of the examination time and the reception time is stored and displayed; a storage unit configured to accumulate and store the user'"'"'s health information and examination time and match the user information and the health information for each examination time and store; and a display unit configured to display the health information in order of the examination time. According to the present disclosure, since a health state is determined according to accumulated health information and the determined health state is displayed through the display unit, the user is continuously informed of the health state and is well aware of health. Further, the user may improve eating habits to prevent and manage various types of diseases.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, comprising:

a memory element;

processing circuitry coupled to the memory element, the processing circuitry configured to control;

an input unit configured to receive information on a user, health information of the user, and an examination time;

a control unit configured to perform control such that the received user information and health information are stored and displayed, identify a reception time at which the health information is received, and perform control such that at least one time of the examination time and the reception time is stored and displayed;

a storage unit configured to accumulate and store the health information and the examination time and match the user information and the health information for each examination time; and

a display unit configured to display the health information in order of the examination time.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising

a communication unit configured to receive the health information and the examination time transmitted from an external device,

wherein the control unit performs control such that the health information and the examination time being received are matched and stored and performs control such that the health information is displayed in order of the examination time.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit matches the reception time and the health information responsive to the examination time not being received.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit performs control such that the health information stored in the storage unit is compared in order of the examination time, a change in a health state of the user corresponding to a time change is analyzed, and a change in the analyzed health state is displayed.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, further comprising

a storage container configured to store food,

wherein the input unit receives food information of food to be stored in the storage container, and

the storage unit stores the received food information.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 5,

wherein the input unit receives a storage location of food to be stored in the storage container, and

the storage unit matches the food information and the received storage location and stores.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 5,

wherein the control unit generates a recommended dish menu based on a current health state of the user and the stored food information.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 6,

wherein the control unit identifies an expiration date in the stored food information and generates a recommended dish menu based on the expiration date of the identified food.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 8,

wherein the control unit determines a display priority of the recommended dish menu based on an expiration date of food used for each recommended dish of the generated recommended dish menu.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 5,

wherein the control unit identifies prohibited food based on the user'"'"'s health information and health state being stored, and the food information stored in the storage unit, and controls display of the identified prohibited food.

11. The refrigerator according to claim 5,

wherein the input unit receives deletion of information on food removed from the storage container, and

the storage unit deletes information on food of which removal is received from the stored food information.

12. The refrigerator according to claim 5,

wherein the control unit identifies food used for the recommended dish, compares the identified food with the stored food information, identifies food that is not in the storage container among the identified food, adds the identified food to a wish list, and controls display of the wish list.

13. The refrigerator according to claim 12, further comprising

a communication unit configured to communicate with a food server,

wherein the control unit performs control such that the communication unit transmits an order list selected by the user among the wish list to the food server.

14. The refrigerator according to claim 12,

wherein the control unit receives food information transmitted from the food server and controls storage of the received food information.

15. The refrigerator according to claim 14,

wherein the control unit analyzes the received food information and recommends a storage location for each food.

16. A method of controlling a refrigerator having a user interface unit, the method comprising:

receiving information on a user;

receiving health information of the user and an examination time;

matching and storing the health information and examination time being received;

displaying the health information in order of the examination time;

comparing the stored health information in order of the examination time, and analyzing and displaying a change in a health state of the user;

generating a recommended dish menu based on the analyzed change in the health state and food stored in a storage container; and

displaying the generated recommended dish menu.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising

receiving the health information and the examination time transmitted from an external device, and

matching and storing the health information and the examination time being received.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising

responsive to the examination time not being received in reception of the health information from the external device, matching and storing a reception time at which the health information is received and the health information.

19. The method according to claim 16, further comprising,

responsive to a plurality of users, matching user information of each user and health information for each examination time and storing.

20. The method according to claim 16, further comprising

receiving food information and a storage location of food to be stored in the storage container;

and

matching and storing the received food information and the storage location.

21. The method according to claim 16,

wherein the generating of the recommended dish menu includes:

identifying an expiration date among the stored food information; and

generating the recommended dish menu based on the identified expiration date of food.

22. The method according to claim 21,

wherein the displaying of the generated recommended dish menu includes:

identifying food used for each recommended dish in the generated recommended dish menu;

identifying an expiration date of the identified food; and

determining a display priority of the recommended dish menu such that a recommended dish menu made of food having the shortest expiration date among the identified expiration dates is set to a top priority.

23. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

identifying prohibited food based on the health information and the health state being stored, and food information stored in the storage unit; and

displaying the identified prohibited food.

24. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

receiving deletion of information on food removed from the storage container; and

deleting information on food of which removal is received from the stored food information.

25. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

identifying food used for the recommended dish menu;

comparing the identified food with the stored food information and identifying food that is not in the storage container among the identified food;

adding and storing the identified food to a wish list; and

displaying the wish list.

26. The method according to claim 25, further comprising

transmitting food selected by the user among the wish list to the food server.

27. A terminal, comprising:

a memory element;

processing circuitry coupled to the memory element, the processing circuitry configured to control;

an examination unit configured to examine health information of a user;

a control unit configured to control transmission of the health information and an examination time; and

a communication unit configured to transmit the health information and the examination time to a refrigerator.

28. The terminal according to claim 27, further comprising:

an input unit configured to receive at least one of the examination time and the health information; and

a display unit configured to display the health information and the examination time.