U.S. patent application number 14/082270 was filed with the patent office on 2015-05-21 for smart temperature conservation container.
This patent application is currently assigned to AQUAWAYS Co., Ltd. The applicant listed for this patent is AQUAWAYS Co., Ltd. Invention is credited to CHIH-LIANG FAN, TE-LUN KAO, Ching-Cheng Wu.
Application Number | 20150136629 14/082270 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 53172198 |
Filed Date | 2015-05-21 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150136629 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wu; Ching-Cheng ; et
al. |
May 21, 2015 |
SMART TEMPERATURE CONSERVATION CONTAINER
Abstract
A smart temperature conservation container comprises a container
main body, a cover body, at least a display unit, a temperature
sensor, a controller and a power supply module. A containing space
of the container main body is provided for containing liquid. The
cover body covers the container main body to seal the containing
space. The display unit, the temperature sensor, the controller and
the power supply module are disposed to the container main body.
The temperature sensor can perform temperature sensing for liquid
contained in the containing space to generate a signal that is
further transmitted to the controller so that the display unit can
perform correspondingly display to allow the user to understand the
temperature of the liquid contained in the temperature conservation
container through the display unit.
Inventors: |
Wu; Ching-Cheng; (Taoyuan
County, TW) ; FAN; CHIH-LIANG; (Taoyuan County,
TW) ; KAO; TE-LUN; (Taoyuan County, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
AQUAWAYS Co., Ltd |
Taoyuan County |
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TW |
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Assignee: |
AQUAWAYS Co., Ltd
Taoyuan County
TW
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Family ID: |
53172198 |
Appl. No.: |
14/082270 |
Filed: |
November 18, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/459.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47G 2019/225 20130101;
A47G 19/2227 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
206/459.1 |
International
Class: |
A47G 19/22 20060101
A47G019/22 |
Claims
1. A smart temperature conservation container comprising: a
container main body having a containing space and an opening
communicating with the containing space, the containing space for
containing liquid; a cover body covered to the opening of the
containing main body to seal the containing space; at least a
display unit disposed to the container main body and forming
display effect toward an exterior of the container main body; a
temperature sensor disposed to the container main body to perform
temperature sensing for the liquid received in the containing space
so as to generate a signal; a controller disposed to the container
main body to respectively connect the display unit and the
temperature sensor to receive the signal that is further
transmitted to the display unit for correspondingly displaying; and
a power supply module, disposed to the container main body, for
connecting the controller to provide power source.
2. The smart temperature conservation container of claim 1, wherein
the controller is further connected to a start-up unit, and the
start-up unit is disposed to the container main body, and the
start-up unit receives an exterior signal to enable the power
supply module supplying power or not through a control of the
controller.
3. The smart temperature conservation container of claim 2, wherein
the start-up unit is an optical sensor.
4. The smart temperature conservation container of claim 2, wherein
the start-up unit is a gravity directional sensor.
5. The smart temperature conservation container of claim 2, wherein
the start-up unit is a touch sensor.
6. The smart temperature conservation container of claim 1, wherein
the display unit is a liquid crystal display, a flexible display or
a seven-segment display.
7. The smart temperature conservation container of claim 1, wherein
a connector is further disposed between the display unit and the
controller to connect the display unit and the controller.
8. The smart temperature conservation container of claim 1, wherein
the power supply module is disposed with at least a battery and a
charging insertion slot connected to the battery, and the charging
insertion slot is exposed to the container main body.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a smart temperature conservation
container, and more particularly to a smart temperature
conservation container capable of providing related information of
liquid inside a temperature conservation container to a user.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Temperatures of drink contained inside cups (bottles) in the
past may quickly change due to generated heat or absorbed heat
after placing them for a while at normal temperature, and such
temperatures are gradually close to outside temperature to achieve
the state of temperature balancing finally. Therefore, someone
provides a temperature container, by utilizing heat insulation,
that prevents heat of inside drink from being cooled down due to
dissipation or being raised due to exterior heat absorption so that
drink contained in the temperature conservation container can be
retained for long term condition at warming/hot or cold state, and
the cups (bottles) bodies are no need to be frequently placed in a
refrigerator for conservation and are no need to be reheated by a
heating device, thus reducing consumed energy required by changing
temperature of drink again.
[0005] Although the vacuum bottles can provide certain temperature
conservation effect, the drink therein can be gradually cooled down
in accordance with time. Moreover, normal temperature conservation
containers do not provide related information of inside temperature
of the temperature conservation container to the user.
Consequently, the user may not obtain current temperature of the
drink to determine whether or not the drink can be drunk, resulting
in carelessly scald when the user drinks. it
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Therefore, upon the foregoing problems of prior art, it is
an objective of the present invention to provide a smart
temperature conservation container, and more particularly to the
smart temperature conservation container capable of providing
related information of liquid inside a temperature conservation
container to a user.
[0007] To achieve the foregoing objective, the smart temperature
conservation container according to the invention comprises a
container main body, a cover body, at least a display unit, a
temperature sensor, a controller and a power supply module. A
containing space inside the container main body can contain liquid.
The cover body is disposed to the container main body to seal the
containing space. The display unit, the temperature sensor, the
controller and the power supply module can be disposed to the
container main body.
[0008] The temperature sensor can perform temperature sensing for
liquid contained in the containing space to generate a signal, and
the signal is transmitted to the controller so that the display
unit can perform correspondingly display to allow the user to
obtain temperature of liquid contained in the temperature
conservation container.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The detailed structure, operating principle and effects of
the present invention will now be described in more details
hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings that show
various embodiments of the invention as follows.
[0010] FIG. 1 is a structural three-dimensional diagram of a
temperature conservation container according to the invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a temperature conservation
container according to the invention;
[0012] FIG. 3 is another structural three-dimensional diagram of a
temperature conservation container according to the invention;
[0013] FIG. 4 is another block diagram of a temperature
conservation container according to the invention;
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0014] The technical content of the present invention will become
apparent by the detailed description of the following embodiments
and the illustration of related drawings as follows.
[0015] With reference to FIG. 1 for a three-dimensional diagram of
a temperature conservation container according to the invention and
FIG. 2 for a block diagram of a temperature conservation container
according to the invention are depicted. The temperature
conservation container 1 according to the invention comprises a
container main body 10, a cover body 20, at least a display unit
30, a temperature sensor 40, a controller 50 and a power supply
module 60.
[0016] The container main body 10 has a containing space 11 and an
opening 12 communicating with the containing space 11. The
containing space 11 can contain liquid.
[0017] The cover body 20 can cover the opening 12 of the container
main body 10 and the display unit 30 form a display effect toward
the exterior of the container main body 10, wherein the display
unit 30 can be a liquid crystal display, a flexible display or a
seven-stage display (as shown in FIG. 3).
[0018] The temperature sensor 40 is disposed to the container main
body 10 and could perform temperature sensing for liquid contained
in the containing space 11 to generate signals.
[0019] The controller 50 is disposed to the container main body 10
to respectively connect the display unit 30 and the temperature
sensor 40 to receive the signal. The signal is further transmitted
to the display unit 30 to perform correspondingly display. A
connector (not shown in the figure) is further disposed between the
display unit 30 and the controller 50 to connect the display unit
and the controller.
[0020] The power supply module 60 is disposed to the container main
body 10 to connect the controller 50 to supply power source,
wherein the power supply module 60 is disposed with at least a
battery 61 and a charging insertion slot 62 connected to the
battery 61. The charging insertion slot 62 is exposed to the
container main body 10. In the embodiment, the charging insertion
slot 62 is an universal series bus (USB).
[0021] When the container main body 10 contains liquid, the
temperature sensor 40 can perform temperature sensing for the
liquid contained inside the containing space 11 to generate a
signal. The signal is transmitted to the display unit 30 through
the controller 50 to perform correspondingly display. For example,
a measured temperature value (i.e. 55 degrees Celsius) can be
directly displayed, or the seven-segment display can be utilized as
a display unit for displaying temperatures so that the user can
determine whether or not the current temperature of the liquid
inside the temperature conservation container is too hot to prevent
the user from being scaled while in drinking.
[0022] Moreover, the controller 50 is further connected to a
start-up unit 70 as shown in FIG. 4. The start-up unit 70 is
disposed to the container main body (not shown in the figure). An
external signal is received by the start-up unit 70 to allow the
power supply module 60 supplying power or not through the control
of the controller 50, thereby achieving power saving effect. The
start-up unit 70 can be an optical sensor for generating the signal
to enable the power supply module 60 supplying power to the display
unit 30 for normally emitting light and displaying when ambient
light is not good enough. Of course, the start-up unit 70 can also
be a gravity directional sensor or a touch sensor.
[0023] While the means of specific embodiments showing a preferable
and feasible smart temperature conservation container according to
the present invention has been described by reference drawings,
numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by
those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and
spirit of the invention set forth in the claims. The modifications
and variations should in a range limited by the specification of
the present invention.
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