70results about "Washing controlling processes" patented technology

Various examples are directed to systems and methods for dishwasher automatic prescrapping. A method includes monitoring a dishwasher to sense placement of dishware within the dishwasher. Upon sensing placement of the dishware, the method includes circulating, using wash arms of the dishwasher, wash water over the dishware. Using a collection tray, the wash water and soil are collected from the dishware. The collection tray includes a slope configured to direct the wash water and the soil to an external separator. The method further includes automatically separating, within the external separator, the soil from the wash water. The external separator provides removal access of the separated soil. The method also includes directing, by the external separator, the separated wash water to a wash sump tank for recirculation in the dishwasher for subsequent wash cycles.

A dishwasher may utilize personalized utensil detection to detect the utensils regularly washed by the dishwasher, in part based upon training of a personalized machine learning model used in personalized utensil detection. One or more scanning aids may also be used to provide a common frame of reference when capturing images of utensils used to train the personalized machine learning model.

Disclosed are a dishwasher capable of adjusting the internal washing frequency of the dishwasher, and a control method therefor. The dishwasher, according to the present disclosure, comprises: a communication interface; a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry. The memory stores: information on a plurality of contamination levels corresponding to a plurality of temperatures and humidities; and information on a plurality of internal washing frequencies corresponding to the plurality of contamination levels. The at least one processor, when the instructions are executed individually or collectively, may: identify a contamination level corresponding to the temperature and humidity of the surrounding environment of the dishwasher from among the plurality of contamination levels; identify an internal washing time point of the dishwasher on the basis of the internal washing frequency corresponding to the contamination level; and transmit a notification for the internal washing of the dishwasher to an external device by using the communication interface.

A method (200) for loading a dishwasher (105) with an extendable dish rack (110) comprises the steps of sensing (210) a dish item (150) to be placed in the dishwasher (105); determining (210) a physical parameter of the dish item (150); determining (225) a storage location in the dish rack (110) based on the physical parameter; and placing (235) the dish item (150) at the storage location. The physical parameter includes a mass of the dish item (150); and the storage location is determined such that, after the dish item (150) has been placed, the center of gravity (155) of the dish rack (110) is approximately close to a predetermined area (160).

The invention discloses a cleaning machine water tank and a control method for automatically opening and closing a cover of the cleaning machine water tank. The cleaning machine water tank comprises a water tank body (1) and a water tank cover (2). The water tank cover (2) is movably connected with the water tank body (1), and a spring bolt (3) is arranged on the water tank cover (2); the control method comprises the following steps that the main controller controls the linear motor (44) to drive the spring bolt hook (45) to stretch out and draw back, the servo motor (5) is controlled to drive the opening and closing angle of the water tank cover (2), the real-time position of the spring bolt (3) relative to the guide part (43) is determined according to the angle fed back by the tilt angle sensor, and locking and unlocking of the spring bolt (3) and the opening and closing angle of the water tank cover (2) are controlled in a closed-loop mode. The requirement for automatic control over opening and closing of the water tank cover of the cleaning machine can be met, locking and releasing of the spring bolt can be automatically controlled, and the sealing performance of the water tank cover is improved.

Various examples are directed to systems and methods for a smart heater for a dishwasher. A method includes monitoring, using a proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) controller, a dishwasher during operation of the dishwasher, and detecting, using the PID controller, an error condition of the dishwasher using signals from one or more sensors. The method also includes reporting, using a communication transceiver, failure information of the error condition, and diagnosing, using the failure information and machine learning, a heating element component failure of the dishwasher. The method further includes generating, based on the diagnosed component failure, service instructions for the component failure of the dishwasher, and displaying, for a user of the dishwasher, the service instructions including identifying information of replacement components for the dishwasher.

A dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to providing a control method for determining whether a filter is clogged. The dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a tub; a sump assembly disposed below the tub and storing washing water; a circulation pump that pumps and circulates the washing water stored in the sump assembly; at least one spraying device for spraying the washing water, pumped by the circulation pump, into the tub; a filter disposed below the tub and filtering foreign substances that flow inside the tub; a current sensor for detecting a driving current input to the circulation pump; a vibration sensor for detecting vibrations in the tub caused by the operation of the circulation pump; and a control unit configured to sense whether the filter is clogged on the basis of information acquired from the current sensor and the vibration sensor.

This application relates to a projection structure, a dishwasher, and a control method thereof. The projection structure includes: a frame; a light source, disposed on the frame, for projecting light onto a receiving surface along a first direction and forming a light spot on the receiving surface; a first lens group connected between the frame and a second lens group, the first lens group including a convex lens, the second lens group including a concave lens, the concave lens and the convex lens being sequentially arranged along the projection path of the light source along the first direction; a first driving member and a second driving member, the first driving member being drively connected to the first lens group, and the second driving member being drively connected to the second lens group; wherein, the first driving member drives the first lens group to move the second lens group synchronously along the first direction or the second direction until the light spot area is a preset area; the second driving member drives the second lens group to move relative to the first lens group along the first direction or the second direction until the light spot contrast is a preset contrast. The light spot formed by the projection structure, dishwasher, and control method provided in this application is easily identifiable.

A control unit (110) configured to control a household appliance (120) is described. The control unit (110) is configured to determine usage data regarding a user (141) and regarding actual usage of the household appliance (120) by the user (141). Furthermore, the control unit (110) is configured to train a prediction entity (200) based on the usage data using a machine-learning algorithm, such that the prediction entity (200) is configured to predict an upcoming usage (205) of the appliance (102) based on input data (201, 202, 203, 204). Furthermore, the control unit (110) is configured to use the prediction entity (200) for controlling the household appliance (120).

A dishwasher appliance includes a door pivotally mounted to a cabinet to provide selective access to a wash chamber, a dispensing assembly including a dispenser cup, a dispenser door for providing selective access to the dispenser cup, and an actuating mechanism for moving the dispenser door from a closed position to an open position, and an optical sensing assembly operably coupled to the dispensing assembly. A controller is configured to energize the actuating mechanism, obtain a signal from the optical sensing assembly, determine that the dispensing assembly has malfunctioned based on the signal from the optical sensing assembly, and implement a responsive action in response to determining that the dispensing assembly has malfunctioned.

Various examples are directed to systems and methods for a smart heater for a dishwasher. A method includes monitoring, using a proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) controller, a dishwasher during operation of the dishwasher, and detecting, using the PID controller, an error condition of the dishwasher using signals from one or more sensors. The method also includes reporting, using a communication transceiver, failure information of the error condition, and diagnosing, using the failure information and machine learning, a heating element component failure of the dishwasher. The method further includes generating, based on the diagnosed component failure, service instructions for the component failure of the dishwasher, and displaying, for a user of the dishwasher, the service instructions including identifying information of replacement components for the dishwasher.

A dishwasher appliance includes a door pivotally mounted to a cabinet to provide selective access to a wash chamber, a dispensing assembly including a dispenser cup, a dispenser door for providing selective access to the dispenser cup, and an actuating mechanism for moving the dispenser door from a closed position to an open position, and a photo-interrupter assembly operably coupled to the dispensing assembly. A controller is configured to energize the actuating mechanism, obtain a signal from the photo-interrupter assembly, determine that the dispensing assembly has malfunctioned based on the signal from the photo-interrupter assembly, and implement a responsive action in response to determining that the dispensing assembly has malfunctioned.

The application provides a dish washing machine control method, device, equipment, dish washing machine and medium. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a vibration frequency during operation of a washing pump of a dish washing machine; if the vibration frequency is greater than a first preset vibration frequency, opening a water inlet valve of the dish washing machine to supplement water to an inner container of the dish washing machine; avoiding dry burning of a heating disc caused by a small amount of water for washing the inner container of the dish washing machine, and reducing the complexity of the structure of the inner container without monitoring the amount of water for washing through a water level pressure switch installed in the inner container.

The invention relates to the technical field of dish-washing machines, particularly provides a dish-washing machine and a control method thereof, and aims to solve the problems that in the running process of an existing dish-washing machine, door opening has no protection control, and people are easily injured after door opening. In order to achieve the purpose, the control method of the dish washing machine comprises the following steps that whether the door opening intention exists or not is determined according to at least one of the hand action, the face position and voice information of a user; when the door opening intention exists, whether a protection mode is carried out or not is determined according to the current mode of the dish-washing machine; and determining whether to open the door according to the running protection mode and whether the door opening intention continues to exist. After the door opening intention exists, potential safety hazards can be eliminated through the operation protection mode, then the door is opened, it can be guaranteed that a user is not hurt, and it can also be guaranteed that a kitchen and the user are not contaminated by sewage.

The invention relates to a household appliance system of a room (0) comprising a non-UWB-capable household appliance (1; 2; 3), a UWB-capable device (4), and a UWB-capable mobile device (5) of a user (6), wherein the UWB-capable device (4) is configured and set up to identify the UWB-capable mobile device (5), to locate the UWB-capable mobile device (5) relative to itself, preferably by means of distance and angle, in the room (0), and to determine the current position (B) of the user (6) based on the user's UWB-capable mobile device (5) relative to the non-UWB-capable household appliance (1; 2; 3) in the room (0), and wherein the non-UWB-capable household appliance (1; 2; 3) is configured and set up to perform user-specific operation if the user (6) is in a predetermined proximity to the non-UWB-capable household appliance (1; 2; 3) in the room (0).

The invention relates to a scale detection system and method, dish washing machine equipment and a storage medium. The scale detection system comprises a control assembly, a light emitting assembly, a barrier plate and a detection assembly. The light emitting assembly, the barrier plate and the detection assembly are mounted at the top of an inner container of the dish-washing machine along the same straight line; the light emitting assembly is arranged on one side of the barrier plate; small holes are formed in the barrier plate; the barrier plate is mounted on a light propagation path of the light emitting assembly; the detection assembly is arranged on the other side of the barrier plate; the control assembly is used for controlling the light emitting assembly to emit target light according to the target illumination instruction; acquiring light spot features recorded by the detection assembly; the scale deposition degree of the dish-washing machine equipment is determined according to the light spot characteristics. Through cooperation of the light emitting assembly, the obstacle plate and the detection assembly, accurate detection of incrustation deposition in the dish-washing machine is achieved through association of the light diffraction phenomenon and the aperture change of the small holes of the obstacle plate, and the situation that the cleaning effect and the equipment service life are affected by excessive incrustation deposition is avoided.

The invention relates to a household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, with a treatment container (3) providing a treatment chamber (4) for receiving items to be treated, wherein the treatment container (3) has a loading opening (5) for loading items to be treated, which can be closed by means of an appliance door (6), and with a door opening device (7) for motor-driven transfer of the appliance door (6) from a locked closed position to a locked open position, wherein the door opening device (7) has a motor unit and a force transmission means (9) interacting therewith, which is designed on the appliance door side corresponding to a retention unit (13) provided by the appliance door (6), wherein the door opening device (7) has means for unlocking the appliance door (6) in the open position.

The invention relates to the technical field of kitchen utensils, in particular to a control method for a dish-washing machine and the dish-washing machine, and aims to solve the problem that an existing dish-washing machine cannot timely discover and process when the rotating speed of a spraying arm is reduced due to pressure relief of water flow in the spraying arm after the spraying arm is damaged. In order to achieve the purpose, the dish-washing machine comprises a spraying arm, a driving motor and a speed sensor used for obtaining the rotating speed of the spraying arm, the driving motor and the speed sensor are both in communication connection with a controller of the dish-washing machine, and the control method comprises the steps that the rotating speed V1 of the driving motor is obtained; the speed sensor is controlled to obtain the actual rotating speed V2 of the spraying arm; the theoretical rotating speed V3 of the spraying arm is obtained based on the rotating speed V1 of the driving motor; the difference value between the actual rotating speed V2 and the theoretical rotating speed V3 of the spraying arm is obtained; and the rotating speed V1 of the driving motor is adjusted based on the difference value between the actual rotating speed V2 and the theoretical rotating speed V3 of the spraying arm. Whether the spraying arm is damaged or not is judged according to the difference between the actual rotating speed and the theoretical rotating speed of the spraying arm, and the rotating speed of the motor is adjusted accordingly.

The invention relates to a sorting device (110) for sorting cleaning materials (112), comprising: - at least one optical image acquisition unit (114), wherein the optical image acquisition unit (114) is configured to capture at least one image of the item being cleaned (112), - at least one classification unit (116), wherein the classification unit (116) is set up to classify the cleaning material (112) into different types of cleaning material (112) by evaluating the recorded image; - at least one sorting device (118), wherein the sorting device has at least one roller (120), wherein the at least one roller (120) is configured to convey the cleaning material (112) in a plurality of different conveying directions (122), wherein the sorting device (118) is configured to select the conveying direction (122) based on a result of the classification of the cleaning material (112).

A method of loading dishes within at least one or more racks of a dishwasher using a mobile device having an imager, a user interface, and a processor. The method further includes capturing an image of a subset of dishes, determining a loading pattern of the subset of dishes based on at least one dish parameter of the subset of dishes and at least one rack parameter of the one or more racks, and providing the loading pattern as an image comprising the at least one or more racks and the subset of dishes.

The invention discloses a dish-washing machine control method and a dish-washing machine. The dish-washing machine control method comprises the steps that S1, when it is monitored that inflow water reaches a set condition, water inflow is stopped; s2, the motor starts to work, and working parameters of the motor are monitored; and S3, the working parameters of the motor are compared with a preset threshold value, and a heater is controlled to work in a preset mode corresponding to a comparison result. According to the method, the working parameters of the motor are compared with the preset threshold value, the heater is controlled to work in the preset mode corresponding to the comparison result, and the situation that the heater is controlled to work due to insufficient water inflow of the dish washing machine or the working parameters of the motor are not matched with the heater, heater dry burning occurs, and the service life of the heater is prolonged is avoided.

The invention provides a tableware placing method of a dish-washing machine and the dish-washing machine. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring an image comprising at least one to-be-placed tableware; performing image recognition on the image to obtain parameters of the tableware; wherein the parameters of the tableware comprise the size, the shape, the depth, the smudginess degree, the type and the number; determining a placement mode of the tableware in the dish-washing machine based on the parameters of the tableware; based on the placement mode of tableware, the tableware is projected to a shelf of the dish-washing machine in a projection mode. In the mode, through scientific and reasonable guidance, the problems that the space of the dish washing machine is wasted and the washing effect is poor due to the fact that a user places tableware according to experience are solved. The arrangement mode of tableware can be adjusted according to different parameters of the tableware, reasonable utilization of the internal space of the dish washing machine is achieved, and the optimal cleaning effect is achieved. In addition, the operation process can be simplified, user experience is improved, and the tedious problem that repeated attempts are needed when a user manually operates misplacement in an existing solution is solved.

A cup washer control method is disclosed. The cup washer control method operates in a management mode for checking whether a cup washer is operating normally and a use mode for washing cups, wherein the use mode may include a preparation mode in which the temperature of water stored in a water tank of the cup washer is lower than a set temperature, a standby mode in which the temperature of the water stored in the water tank is higher than or equal to the set temperature, and a wash mode for washing cups accommodated in the cup washer.

A dishwasher comprises: a body which has an opening and in which an object to be washed is loaded; a door connected to one side of the body to open and close the opening; a driving device for driving the door to be selectively open; a memory for storing at least one instruction; and one or more processors for executing the at least one instruction, wherein the one or more processors acquire an operation state of a heating device around the dishwasher, acquire a door opening time point related to a drying process on the basis of the acquired operation state, and control the driving device to open the door in relation to the drying process on the basis of the acquired door opening time point.

The invention discloses a dish-washing machine intelligent storage method, a storage medium and a dish-washing machine, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the current region temperature and current region humidity from a cloud or a server in response to an environment parameter request signal; the inner cavity temperature and the inner cavity humidity of the current dish washing machine are obtained, and the inner cavity condensation temperature is calculated according to the inner cavity temperature and the inner cavity humidity; according to the inner cavity condensation temperature, the inner cavity temperature, the current region temperature and the inner cavity humidity, the inner cavity condensation risk coefficient of the current dish washing machine is calculated; according to the current region humidity and the inner cavity humidity, the current inner and outer relative humidity trend of the cavity is calculated; based on the inner cavity condensation risk coefficient, the inner and outer relative humidity trend of the cavity, the current region temperature and the inner cavity condensation temperature, a dish-washing machine storage strategy is executed. The temperature and humidity data of the current region are obtained through the cloud, the material cost is reduced, the region temperature and humidity data provided by the cloud reflect the macroscopic environment change, passive response is changed into active intervention, and the storage reliability is improved.

A dishwasher appliance includes a door pivotally mounted to a cabinet to provide selective access to a wash chamber, a dispensing assembly including a dispenser cup, a dispenser door for providing selective access to the dispenser cup, and an actuating mechanism for moving the dispenser door from a closed position to an open position, and a magnetic sensing assembly operably coupled to the dispensing assembly. A controller is configured to energize the actuating mechanism, obtain a signal from the magnetic sensing assembly, determine that the dispensing assembly has malfunctioned based on the signal from the magnetic sensing assembly, and implement a responsive action in response to determining that the dispensing assembly has malfunctioned.

A computing device and / or computer-implemented method determines whether acoustic data associated with operation of a cleaning machine represents normal or anomalous operation of the cleaning machine. In some examples, upon determining that the acoustic data represents anomalous operation of the cleaning machine, the computing device further identifies a root cause(s) of the anomalous operation and / or one or more remedial actions that may be taken in response the root cause of the anomalous operation.

The invention belongs to the technical field of electrical equipment, and particularly relates to tableware treatment equipment and a control method of the tableware treatment equipment. The tableware treatment equipment comprises an inner container and a storage body, wherein the inner container is suitable for containing tableware; the storage body is arranged outside the inner container and located on the side portion of the inner container. The storage body is provided with a liquid storage chamber and a water storage chamber, and the liquid storage chamber and the water storage chamber are both communicated with the inner container; the liquid storage chamber is suitable for containing washing conditions, and the water storage chamber is suitable for storing water. According to the tableware treatment equipment provided by the invention, the storage body is arranged outside the inner container, so that the washing condition liquid in the liquid storage chamber is prevented from being influenced by high temperature when the inner container works, and the risk of failure of the washing condition liquid is reduced; meanwhile, the storage body can be prevented from occupying the internal space of the inner container, and the tableware storage capacity of the inner container can be increased; the storage body is located on the side portion of the inner container, the inner space of the tableware treatment equipment can be fully utilized, and the storage body can be installed without increasing the height of the tableware treatment equipment.

The application discloses a control method of a kitchen appliance, which comprises the following steps: when the kitchen appliance is in a washing mode, if a door of the kitchen appliance is opened, a drainage module of the kitchen appliance is controlled to drain water in a washing cavity of the kitchen appliance; and when the door of the kitchen appliance is opened and then closed again, a water inlet module of the kitchen appliance is controlled to inject water into the washing cavity. The application also discloses a kitchen appliance and a computer readable storage medium. The application aims to avoid user scalding when opening the door and ensure that the kitchen appliance can automatically continue the washing process after the door is closed again, so as to ensure the cleaning effect of kitchen utensils such as tableware.