Method for detecting clothing material, washing machine, and computer-readable storage medium

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for detecting the material of clothes, a washing machine and a computer-readable storage medium, including the steps of: determining whether to control the drum to perform dehydration according to a user instruction, obtaining the weight A of the clothes, and running a preset water inlet program to wet the clothes; running a preset dehydration program to perform dehydration, calculating and obtaining the water content X1 of the clothes, and selecting a corresponding drying program to dry the clothes according to the water content X1; obtaining the water content X2 of the current clothes after drying is completed; determining the preset intervals where the clothes weight A and the water contents X1 and X2 of the clothes are located respectively, and obtaining the clothes material types corresponding to the three preset intervals as the material type of the clothes. The present invention dehydrates after water inlet and then dries the clothes, and judges the material of the clothes according to the change of the water content. By adopting this solution, the material of the clothes can be effectively and accurately judged, and the washing machine can be controlled according to the material, so as to better protect the clothes and improve the user experience.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, and particularly to a method for detecting the material of clothes, a washing machine, and a computer-readable storage medium. Background Art

[0002] With the development of science and technology, people's living standards are getting higher and higher, household appliances are becoming more and more complete, and washing machines have also become an essential tool in people's lives, bringing great convenience to people's lives. With the development of washing machine technology, washing machines on the market are becoming more and more diverse, and the functions of washing machines are also increasing. The requirements for washing machines are getting higher and higher. In addition to washing clothes clean, people hope that the washing machine can also take care of the clothes, which involves different programs for different clothing materials. At present, the main methods for washing machines to detect the material of clothes are that users select the material of clothes by themselves, but users may not be very clear about the material of clothes, and this method is not very convenient; there is also a method of determining the material of clothes through image recognition, but this method can only identify the material of the part of the clothes that can be photographed by the picture. If some clothes are covered by other clothes, the material of the clothes cannot be determined, and the cost is relatively high. Summary of the Invention

[0003] In order to solve the technical problem that the washing machine in the above-mentioned prior art cannot accurately judge the material of clothes, the present invention provides a method for detecting the material of clothes, a washing machine, and a computer-readable storage medium.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows:

[0005] The present invention provides a method for detecting the material of clothes, which is characterized by including the steps of:

[0006] Obtaining the weight A of the clothes, and running a preset water inlet program to wet the clothes;

[0007] Running a preset dehydration program for dehydration, calculating to obtain the water content X1 of the clothes, and selecting a corresponding drying program for drying according to the water content X1;

[0008] Obtaining the water content X2 of the clothes after drying is completed;

[0009] Determining the preset intervals where the weight A of the clothes and the water contents X1 and X2 of the clothes are respectively located, and obtaining the clothing material types corresponding to the three preset intervals as the material type of the clothes.

[0010] Further, the step of running a preset water inlet program to wet the dry clothes specifically includes: selecting a preset water inlet level corresponding to the weight A of the clothes, and running with water for a preset wetting time, so that the clothes can be evenly wetted, and the situation of too much or too little water will not occur to affect subsequent judgment.

[0011] Further, before performing the step of obtaining the weight A of the clothes, dehydration is defaulted or it is determined whether to control the drum to perform dehydration according to a user instruction. Dehydration can be directly defaulted to avoid the influence of water on the clothes on the judgment. At the same time, it is also possible to select whether to perform dehydration according to a user instruction, that is, the user can choose not to dehydrate. Both of the above embodiments are within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0012] Further, when there is no corresponding clothing material type in the preset intervals where the water content X1, X2 of the clothes and the weight A of the clothes are located respectively, it is determined that the clothes are mixed clothes. At this time, the mixing ratio of the clothes is very uniform, and it is very difficult to judge which material of the clothes has a greater specific gravity. Subsequently, the washing program corresponding to the mixed clothes can be directly executed.

[0013] Further, running the preset dehydration program for dehydration specifically is: controlling the rotating drum to dehydrate at the preset lowest dehydration speed for the preset wet dehydration time. By setting the lowest dehydration speed, excessive dehydration is avoided, which affects subsequent material judgment.

[0014] Further, selecting the corresponding drying program for drying according to the water content X1 specifically includes the steps of: obtaining the drying temperature and drying time corresponding to the current water content X1 of the clothes from the comparison table of the water content X1 and the drying temperature, and drying at this drying temperature and drying time.

[0015] Specifically, the clothing material types include: polyester, silk, wool, down jacket, towel, cotton and linen, load cloth.

[0016] Further, the washing machine detects the clothing material before entering the washing stage. Ensure that the subsequent washing program can be accurately selected.

[0017] The present invention also proposes a washing machine that uses the above method for detecting the clothing material to detect the clothing material type.

[0018] The present invention also proposes a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, and when the computer program runs, it executes the above method for detecting the clothing material.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the present invention dehydrates after water inlet, then dries the clothes, and judges the material of the clothes according to the change of the water content. By adopting this solution, the material of the clothes can be effectively and accurately judged. By controlling the washing machine according to the material, better protection of the clothes can be achieved, and the user experience can be improved. Moreover, this solution has a low cost and does not increase the original cost of the washing machine. Description of the Drawings

[0020] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings.

[0021] Figure 1 This is the flowchart of the present invention. Specific embodiments

[0022] In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and beneficial effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention.

[0023] The principle and structure of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments.

[0024] Currently, there are mainly several methods for a washing machine to detect the fabric of clothes. One is that the user selects the fabric of the clothes by himself / herself, but the user may not be very clear about the fabric of the clothes, and this method is not very convenient. Another is to determine the fabric of the clothes through image recognition. However, this method can only identify the fabric of the part of the clothes that can be photographed by the picture. If there are clothes covered by other clothes, the fabric of the clothes cannot be determined, and the cost is relatively high. In view of this, the present invention proposes a new method for detecting the fabric of clothes. After water inlet and dehydration, the clothes are dried, and the fabric of the clothes is judged according to the change of the water content. Compared with the existing judgment methods, it can improve the accuracy of judgment and pre-wash the clothes at the same time.

[0025] As Figure 1 shown, the present invention proposes a method for detecting the fabric of clothes, which specifically includes the steps:

[0026] By default, dehydration is performed or it is determined whether to control the drum to dehydrate according to the user's instruction;

[0027] Obtain the weight A of the clothes, and then run the preset water inlet program to add water corresponding to the weight of the clothes to soak the dry clothes;

[0028] Then run the preset dehydration program for dehydration (before the dehydration program runs, it is necessary to run with water, that is, rotate the drum, and through rotation, adjust the position of the clothes in the barrel to prevent some clothes from being placed on the upper layer, resulting in incomplete water absorption or no water absorption). The dry clothes are evenly soaked, and then obtain the water content X1 of the clothes, and select the corresponding drying program for drying according to the water content X1;

[0029] Obtain the water content X2 of the clothes after drying is completed;

[0030] Determine the preset intervals where the clothing weight A and the water contents X1 and X2 of the clothing are located respectively. Each preset interval corresponds to a material type of the clothing. Obtain the material type of the clothing corresponding to the three preset intervals simultaneously as the material type of the clothing.

[0031] In the present invention, before the washing stage, the clothing is pre-wetted and dried to obtain two different water contents of the clothing. Since the water absorption amounts of clothes of different materials are different. For example, the water absorption amounts of down jackets, cotton and linen, and wool are very large, while the water absorption amount of polyester is small. After the first round of wetting the dry clothes, by calculating the water content X1 of the clothing (that is, the current clothing weight A1 minus the clothing weight A), the material type of the clothing can be roughly judged. Then, according to the water content X1, the corresponding drying temperature and time are selected for drying. And the drying efficiencies of clothes of different materials are completely different. The water content X2 (that is, the current clothing weight A2 minus the clothing weight A) is obtained. The specific material type of the clothing can be directly judged through the water contents X1 and X2. The preset relationship comparison table between the water content X1 interval, the water content X2 interval and the material type of the clothing can be obtained in advance through multiple experiments to determine the ranges of the water contents X1 and X2 corresponding to various clothing materials.

[0032] Specifically, before performing the step of obtaining the clothing weight A, dehydration is defaulted to avoid the influence of the water on the clothing on the judgment, or it is determined whether to control the drum to perform dehydration according to the user's instruction. Because the clothes put into the drum by the user are not necessarily completely dry. By performing dehydration first, the clothes can be kept as dry as possible to ensure the accuracy of the subsequent material judgment. If the clothes are dry, the user can choose not to dehydrate and directly obtain the clothing weight A, which can not only speed up the detection speed, but also save energy consumption.

[0033] The above-mentioned preset water inlet program is specifically as follows: Select the water inlet level corresponding to the clothing weight A, and run with water (that is, the drum rotates) for a preset wetting time to wet the clothes. Since the required wetting water amounts for different clothing weights are different, this corresponding relationship can also be obtained in advance through experiments, that is, the clothing weight A is divided into multiple weight intervals, and each weight interval corresponds to a different water inlet level. Thus, as long as the clothing weight put in by the user is within the range that the washing machine can accommodate, the corresponding water inlet level can be obtained through this preset water inlet program to ensure the accuracy of the subsequent judgment.

[0034] In the above step of running the preset dehydration program for dehydration to uniformly wet the dry clothes, the preset dehydration program is specifically as follows: Control the rotating drum to dehydrate at the preset minimum dehydration speed for the preset wetting and dehydration time, so that the clothes can be uniformly wetted without being dehydrated excessively to affect the judgment.

[0035] Select the corresponding drying program for drying according to the water content X1, which specifically includes the steps of: obtaining the drying temperature and drying time corresponding to the water content X1 of the current clothes from the comparison table of water content X1 and drying temperature, and drying at this drying temperature and drying time (it should be noted that the drying time can be set to be the same for all, or a drying time can be set for each drying temperature according to the actual situation). At this time, the selection of the drying temperature T is because the range of clothing materials is narrowed, and in order to better determine the clothing materials, different temperatures are used for drying.

[0036] In a specific embodiment, the types of clothing materials include: polyester, silk, wool, down jackets, towels, cotton and linen, etc.

[0037] Before the washing machine enters the washing stage, run the method for detecting the clothing material proposed by the present invention. Specifically, an automatic material detection button can be set on the washing machine. When the user needs to use this function, press the button, and then the method will be automatically run to detect the clothing material before entering the washing stage. Thus, during the clothing washing stage, the washing program can be adjusted according to different clothing materials to ensure that the clothes can be washed clean in the most efficient and appropriate cleaning state.

[0038] In the above steps, when determining the clothing material type of the current clothes according to the preset relationship comparison table of the clothing water content X1, X2 and the clothing material type, if there is no corresponding clothing material type for the water content X1, X2 of the clothes, it is determined that the clothes are mixed clothes. Because users cannot always place only clothes of the same material. In actual situations, generally, users place mixed clothes, but the proportion of one of the materials is relatively large. And the water content X1, X2 uses range limitation in the preset relationship comparison table, that is, as long as the proportion of a certain material is too large, the general clothing material can be determined through the preset relationship comparison table (that is, the proportion of cotton and linen clothes is large in the clothes put in this time), and the clothing material can be directly determined as the cotton and linen type, and it can be washed through the washing program corresponding to the cotton and linen type.

[0039] Specifically, the following three tables can further illustrate the correlation between the clothing weight A and the water content X1, X2 and the clothing material. The specific values of Z, T, B below are obtained from actual tests, and as long as the values are reasonable, they can be fully realized, and no specific examples are given in the present invention.

[0040] Table 1: Relationship between clothing weight and water inlet level

[0041] Clothing weight A Water inlet level Z A0 ≤ A < A1 Z1 A1 ≤ A < A2 Z2 A2 ≤ A < A3 Z3 ...... ......

[0042] Table 2: Relationship between water content X1 and drying temperature

[0043] Water content X1 Drying temperature T B0 ≤ X1 < B1 T1 B1 ≤ X1 < B2 T2 B2 ≤ X1 < B3 T3 ...... ......

[0044] Table III: Relationship between Clothing Weight A, Water Content X1, X2 and Clothing Material

[0045] Clothing weight A Water content X1 Water content X2 Clothing material A0 ≤ A < A1 B0 ≤ X1 < B1 B0 ≤ X2 < B1 Polyester A0 ≤ A < A1 B0 ≤ X1 < B1 B1 ≤ X2 < B2 Silk A0 ≤ A < A1 B0 ≤ X1 < B1 B2 ≤ X2 < B3 Wool ...... ...... ...... ...... A0 ≤ A < A1 B1 ≤ X1 < B2 B0 ≤ X2 < B1 Down jacket A0 ≤ A < A1 B1 ≤ X1 < B2 B1 ≤ X2 < B2 Towel A0 ≤ A < A1 B1 ≤ X1 < B2 B2 ≤ X2 < B3 Cotton and linen ...... ...... ...... ...... A1 ≤ A < A2 B1 ≤ X1 < B2 B0 ≤ X2 < B1 Load cloth ...... ...... ...... ......

[0046] The material detection method proposed by the present invention dehydrates the clothes after water inlet and then dries the clothes, and judges the material of the clothes according to the change of water content. By adopting this method, the material of the clothes can be effectively and accurately judged. By controlling the washing machine according to the material, better protection of the clothes can be achieved, and the user experience can be improved. Moreover, the cost of this solution is relatively low and will not increase the original cost of the washing machine.

[0047] The present invention also proposes a washing machine that uses the above method for detecting the material of clothes to detect the type of clothing material.

[0048] The present invention also proposes a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, and when the computer program runs, it executes the method for detecting the material of clothes in the above heat exchange system.

[0049] It should be noted that the terms used above are only for describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the exemplary embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the singular form is also intended to include the plural form. In addition, it should be understood that when the terms "comprising" and / or "including" are used in this specification, they indicate the presence of features, steps, operations, devices, components, and / or combinations thereof.

[0050] Unless otherwise specifically stated, the relative arrangements of components and steps, numerical expressions and values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application. At the same time, it should be understood that, for the sake of convenience of description, the sizes of the various parts shown in the drawings are not drawn according to the actual proportional relationship. Technologies, methods and devices known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but where appropriate, the technologies, methods and devices should be regarded as part of the authorization specification. In all the examples shown and discussed here, any specific value should be interpreted as merely exemplary and not as a limitation. Therefore, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: similar reference numerals and letters indicate similar items in the following drawings, and therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further discussed in subsequent drawings.

[0051] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by orientation terms such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, perpendicular, horizontal" and "top, bottom", etc. is usually based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. It is only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description. Without contrary explanation, these orientation terms do not indicate and imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it should not be construed as a limitation on the protection scope of the present application; the orientation terms "inside, outside" refer to the inside and outside relative to the contour of each component itself.

[0052] For ease of description, spatial relative terms such as "above", "over", "on the upper surface", "above-mentioned", etc. can be used here to describe the spatial positional relationship between a device or feature shown in the drawings and other devices or features. It should be understood that the spatial relative terms are intended to cover different orientations in use or operation in addition to the orientation described in the drawings for the device. For example, if the device in the drawing is inverted, the device described as "above other devices or structures" or "over other devices or structures" will then be positioned "below other devices or structures" or "under other devices or structures". Thus, the exemplary term "above" can include both the orientations of "above" and "below". The device can also be positioned in other different ways (rotated 90 degrees or in other orientations), and corresponding interpretations should be made for the spatial relative descriptions used here.

[0053] In addition, it should be noted that the use of words such as "first", "second", etc. to limit components is only for the convenience of differentiating the corresponding components. Without additional statement, the above words have no special meaning. Therefore, it should not be construed as a limitation on the protection scope of the present application.

[0054] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and modifications. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for detecting the material of clothing, characterized in that, Including the steps: Obtain the weight A of the clothes, and run a preset water inlet program to soak the clothes; Run a preset dehydration program for dehydration, calculate and obtain the water content X1 of the clothes, and select a corresponding drying program according to the water content X1 for drying; Obtain the water content X2 of the clothes after drying is completed; Determine the preset intervals where the clothes weight A and the water contents X1 and X2 of the clothes are respectively located, and obtain the clothing material types corresponding to the three preset intervals as the clothing material type; When there is no clothing material type corresponding to the preset intervals where the water contents X1 and X2 of the clothes and the clothes weight A are respectively located at the same time, determine that the clothes are mixed clothes.

2. The method for detecting the material of clothing according to claim 1, wherein, The specific operation of running the preset water inlet program to soak the clothes includes: selecting a preset water inlet level corresponding to the clothes weight A and running with water for a preset soaking time.

3. The method for detecting the material of clothing according to claim 1, wherein, Before performing the step of obtaining the clothes weight A, default to perform dehydration or determine whether to control the drum to perform dehydration according to a user instruction.

4. The method for detecting the material of clothing according to claim 1, wherein The specific operation of running the preset dehydration program for dehydration is: controlling the rotating drum to dehydrate at a preset minimum dehydration speed for a preset soaking and dehydration time.

5. The method for detecting the material of clothing according to claim 1, wherein Selecting a corresponding drying program according to the water content X1 for drying specifically includes the steps: obtaining the drying temperature and drying time corresponding to the current water content X1 of the clothes from the comparison table of water content X1 and drying temperature, and drying at this drying temperature and drying time.

6. The method for detecting the material of clothing according to claim 1, characterized in that, The clothing material types include: polyester, silk, wool, down jacket, towel, cotton and linen, load cloth.

7. The method for detecting the material of clothing according to claim 1, characterized in that, Detect the clothing material before entering the washing stage.

8. A washing machine, characterized in that, Detect the clothing material type by using the method for detecting clothing material according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, characterized in that, When the computer program runs, it executes the method for detecting clothing material according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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