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Clothes dryer and control method thereof

A technology for clothes dryers and control devices, which is applied to household clothes dryers, textiles, papermaking, washing devices, etc. It can solve the problems of long drying time and poor user experience, and achieve intuitive grasp, good user experience, and improved The effect of accuracy

Active Publication Date: 2014-11-12
HAIER GRP CORP +1
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The current tumble dryer with time display does not display accurate time during automatic drying. Generally, the displayed time is the longest time when drying the most clothes. The intuitive feeling for the user is that the drying time is too long, while In fact, the time required to dry clothes of different weights is different. For example, the time required to dry 4kg clothes is different from the time required to dry 8kg clothes. The time usually displayed by the clothes dryer in the prior art cannot reflect this. The difference will bring confusion to users during use, and the user experience is not good enough

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[0024] figure 1 It is the weight input and time display interface of the clothes dryer provided in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, which has a weight input device for inputting the weight of the clothes to be dried, and the weight of the clothes is estimated by the user based on experience. In this embodiment, a weight selection device is preferably used, and four weight levels of 2kg, 4kg, 6kg, and 8kg are provided for the user to choose. The user first estimates the total weight of the clothes to be dried when using it. The total weight of the clothes in the dry state is estimated, and the corresponding weight level is selected according to the estimated result. After the user selects the weight, the weight input device sends the weight information selected by the user to the control device.

[0025] The control device will calculate the approximate drying time according to the weight information input by the weight input device. The calculation process is preferably...

Embodiment 2

[0027] Furthermore, the drying time of clothes of different materials, such as cotton, blended, wool, chemical fiber and down, etc., varies greatly under the same drying intensity, such as the drying time of clothes made of wool and chemical fiber It is much shorter than the drying time of cotton clothes, so when calculating the drying time, the influence of the material of the clothes should also be fully considered.

[0028] Therefore, in addition to the control device, the display device and the weight input device, the clothes dryer is also provided with a clothing material selection device for the user to input the material of the clothes to be dried and send the material information to the control device.

[0029] The control device will calculate the approximate drying time according to the weight information input by the weight input device and the material information input by the clothing material selection device. The calculation process is preferably completed by lo...

Embodiment 3

[0031] Furthermore, under different drying modes, such as strong, standard, ironing mode, etc., the drying power is different, and the drying time of clothes of the same weight and material in different drying modes is also very different. big.

[0032] For this reason, in addition to the control device, the display device and the weight input device, the clothes dryer is also provided with a drying mode selection device for sending the drying mode information selected by the user to the control device.

[0033] The control device will calculate the approximate drying time according to the weight information input by the weight input device and the mode information input by the drying mode selection device. The calculation process is preferably completed by looking up a table: the drying weight is pre-stored in the control device -Mode-time comparison table, the drying weight-mode-time comparison table is obtained through previous multiple experiments and statistical analysis ...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a clothes dryer and a control method thereof. The clothes dryer comprises a control device, a display device and a weight input device; the display device and the weight input device both are connected with the control device; the weight input device is used for inputting the weight of clothes to be dried and sending the weight information to the control device; the control device is capable of calculating time needed for drying according to the weight information. Due to the devices, a washing machine is capable of calculating and displaying appropriate time needed for drying according to the estimated clothes weight input by a user and providing the user with more visual and accurate time reference, and therefore, the user can control the time needed for drying in use and the experience effect of the user can be improved.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a clothes dryer and a control method thereof, more specifically, to a clothes dryer with a weight input device and a clothes weight selection function and a control method thereof, which can be displayed according to the weight of clothes to be dried inputted by the user Approximate time required for drying to complete. Background technique [0002] Most of the drying technology of ordinary domestic tumble dryers in my country comes from Europe, including the interface settings, etc., but there are differences in the usage habits of Chinese users and European users. my country's standards for dryer energy consumption Also different from Europe. Due to the design of energy consumption standards and user habits in Europe, there is no choice of clothes weight on the interface of the dryer, and the default is the maximum drying capacity and drying time. However, domestic users in my country basically dry half-loaded clothe...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): D06F58/00D06F58/28
CPCD06F58/20D06F58/30D06F58/38D06F2101/02
Inventor 姚龙平王冀海朱冬冬曲华延
Owner HAIER GRP CORP
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