US 11,965,692 B2
Human-machine interaction method for storage device inside refrigerator, and refrigerator
Tao Li, Qingdao (CN); Jianguo Hou, Qingdao (CN); and Xiang Fei Su, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/788,081
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/134243
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/129363, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201911370133.7 (CN), filed on Dec. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045006 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 29/005 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); F25D 25/025 (2013.01); F25D 2400/361 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A human-machine interaction method for a storage device inside a refrigerator, wherein the storage device is arranged in a storage compartment of the refrigerator, and the storage device is provided with an operation panel inside the refrigerator; an operation surface of the operation panel is provided with a knob module having a touch-control display screen arranged in a center of the knob module, and a touch-sensitive key module separate from the knob module; and the human-machine interaction method comprises:
acquiring a startup trigger signal of the operation panel;
acquiring an operation instruction received by the knob module and/or the touch-sensitive key module;
making a response to the operation instruction according to a preset interaction solution, and driving the display screen to display a corresponding interface;
wherein a response set in the interaction solution comprises switching display interfaces of multiple stages of menus or switching and selecting items in each stage of menu;
wherein the menu comprises: a first-stage menu; and items set in the first-stage menu comprise a temperature area function that can be achieved by the storage device;
wherein before acquiring a startup trigger signal of the operation panel, the human-machine interaction method further comprises:
sending a function query request to a controller of the refrigerator; and
configuring the interaction solution according to a feedback of the controller in response to the function query request.