A method, apparatus and dryer for controlling warm clothes

Abstract

This invention provides a method, apparatus, and dryer for controlling warming clothes. The method includes: determining the user's clothes retrieval time; acquiring the ambient temperature at the retrieval time; and determining the target warming temperature of the warming device based on the ambient temperature. This solves the technical problem of existing warming programs being relatively fixed, leading to a poor user experience.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of smart home appliances, specifically to a method and device for controlling clothes heating and a clothes dryer. Background Art

[0002] Currently, most parts of China are experiencing cold weather after the onset of winter. When people wake up, there is a significant difference between body temperature and indoor temperature. Clothing is much colder than body temperature, resulting in a strong feeling of cold that is difficult to accept.

[0003] To address the aforementioned issues, dryers with a warming function have emerged on the market. Users can place clothes into the drum for warming. However, the current warming function is relatively simple, essentially just a timed drying function, and it has the following drawbacks: firstly, it cannot adjust the warming temperature according to different weather conditions; secondly, it turns off directly after the warming process is complete. If the user delays removing the clothes, the warming effect is greatly reduced, and the clothes may even become cold. By the time the user needs to wear clothes, the warming function has already failed.

[0004] In view of this, the present invention is hereby proposed. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The purpose of this invention is to overcome the above-mentioned technical deficiencies and provide a clothes warming control method, device and clothes dryer, which solves the technical problem that the clothes warming program in the prior art is relatively fixed, resulting in a low user experience.

[0006] According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling clothing heating is provided, comprising: determining a user's clothing retrieval time; acquiring the ambient temperature at the clothing retrieval time; and determining a target clothing heating temperature for a clothing heating device based on the ambient temperature.

[0007] Further, determining the user's clothing pickup time includes: if the user's appointment time is obtained, determining the user's appointment time as the clothing pickup time; if the user's appointment time is not obtained, determining the current time as the clothing pickup time.

[0008] Furthermore, after determining the target warming temperature of the clothing warming device based on the ambient temperature, the method further includes: when the current time arrives at the clothing retrieval time, controlling the clothing warming device to perform warming operations according to the target warming temperature.

[0009] Furthermore, after controlling the clothing warming device to perform the warming operation according to the target warming temperature, the method further includes: continuously acquiring the first temperature of the air inlet of the clothing warming device and the first temperature of the air outlet of the clothing warming device; and determining whether the warming operation is completed based on the first temperature of the air inlet of the clothing warming device and the first temperature of the air outlet of the clothing warming device.

[0010] Furthermore, determining whether the clothing warming operation is completed based on the first temperature at the air inlet and the first temperature at the air outlet of the clothing warming device includes: determining that the clothing warming operation is completed if the difference between the first temperature at the air inlet and the first temperature at the air outlet of the clothing warming device is less than a preset difference within a continuous preset time period.

[0011] Furthermore, after the warming operation is completed, the method further includes: if the door of the warming device is detected to be closed, obtaining the second temperature of the air inlet of the warming device and the second temperature of the air outlet of the warming device, and deciding whether to restart the warming operation based on the second temperature of the air inlet of the warming device and the second temperature of the air outlet of the warming device; if the door of the warming device is detected to be open, controlling the warming device to be shut down.

[0012] Furthermore, determining whether to restart the clothing warming operation based on the second temperature at the air inlet and the second temperature at the air outlet of the clothing warming device includes: calculating the average temperature of the second temperature at the air inlet and the second temperature at the air outlet of the clothing warming device; and controlling the clothing warming device to restart the clothing warming operation according to the target clothing warming temperature if the difference between the target clothing warming temperature and the average temperature exceeds a preset threshold.

[0013] Furthermore, obtaining the user's appointment time includes: obtaining the user's schedule information through an APP running on the user's terminal device; and obtaining the appointment time based on the schedule information.

[0014] According to a second aspect of the present invention, a clothes warming device is provided, comprising: a first determining unit for determining a user's clothes retrieval time; an acquiring unit for acquiring the ambient temperature at the clothes retrieval time; and a second determining unit for determining a target clothes warming temperature of the clothes warming device based on the ambient temperature.

[0015] According to a third aspect of the present invention, a clothes dryer is provided, including the aforementioned clothes warming device.

[0016] This invention provides a method, apparatus, and dryer for controlling warming clothes. The method includes: determining the user's clothes retrieval time; acquiring the ambient temperature at the retrieval time; and determining the target warming temperature of the warming device based on the ambient temperature. This solves the technical problem of existing warming programs being relatively fixed, leading to a poor user experience. Attached Figure Description

[0017] Figure 1 This is a flowchart of the clothing warming control method provided in the embodiments of the present invention;

[0018] Figure 2 This is a flowchart of an optional clothing warming control method provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the clothing warming control device provided in an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0020] To enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort should fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0021] To effectively solve the above problems, the present invention provides a control method and device for an air conditioner, which will be described in detail below.

[0022] Example 1

[0023] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling clothing warmth is provided, combined with Figure 1 The method includes:

[0024] Step S11: Determine the user's clothing pickup time.

[0025] Specifically, the method of this solution can be applied to clothes warming devices, which can be clothes dryers. The executing entity of this solution can be the controller of the clothes dryer. The user's clothes retrieval time can be the user's scheduled retrieval time or the time when the user needs to retrieve the clothes.

[0026] Step S13: Obtain the ambient temperature at the time of clothing retrieval.

[0027] Specifically, this solution can obtain the ambient temperature T at the time of garment retrieval. 气温 For example, if a user's scheduled pickup time is 6:00 AM, this solution obtains the 6:00 AM temperature (T) from a weather station platform. 气温 .

[0028] Step S15: Determine the target warming temperature of the clothing warming device based on the ambient temperature.

[0029] Specifically, this solution can determine the appropriate target warm clothing temperature T based on the ambient temperature under different ambient temperatures. 目标 The aforementioned target warming temperature can be the target heating temperature of the dryer. In one optional embodiment, T 目标 It depends on the temperature when you pick up the clothes, T 目标 ≧T 气温 T 目标 With T 气温 The relationships between them can be as follows:

[0030] When T 气温 At ≥25℃, T 目标 =40℃; when T 气温 At ≥10℃, T 目标 =50℃

[0031] When T 气温 At ≥0℃, T 目标 =55℃; when T 气温 At ≥-10℃, T 目标 =60℃

[0032] When T 气温 When <-10℃, T 目标 =65.

[0033] It should be noted that this solution differs from existing technologies that control the dryer to execute a fixed heating target temperature. Instead, it achieves different warming temperatures based on different air temperatures, thus solving the technical problem of low user experience when warming clothes in existing technologies.

[0034] Optionally, step S11 determines the user's clothing pickup time, including:

[0035] Step S111: If the user's appointment time is obtained, the user's appointment time is determined as the clothing pickup time.

[0036] Specifically, in this solution, the aforementioned clothes retrieval time can be pre-arranged by the user. Optionally, the dryer's Wi-Fi module can obtain the user's scheduled clothes retrieval time and the temperature at that time, and determine different target warming temperatures based on different temperatures.

[0037] Step S112: If the user's appointment time is not obtained, the current time is determined as the clothing pickup time.

[0038] Specifically, in this solution, if the user has not scheduled a pickup time, the current time will be set as the pickup time, and the temperature at the current time will be obtained to determine the target warm clothing temperature.

[0039] Optionally, after determining the target warming temperature of the clothing warming device based on the ambient temperature in step S15, the method further includes:

[0040] Step S17: When the current time arrives at the clothing retrieval time, control the clothing warming device to perform warming operations according to the target clothing warming temperature.

[0041] Specifically, this solution does not always run the dryer, but only starts it to warm the clothes to the target temperature when it is time to pick them up, thus saving unnecessary power consumption.

[0042] Optionally, after step S17, which controls the clothing warming device to perform the warming operation according to the target clothing temperature, the method further includes:

[0043] Step S19: Continuously obtain the first temperature T at the air inlet of the clothes warming device. 进1 And the first temperature T at the air outlet of the clothes warmer 出1 .

[0044] Step S21, based on the first temperature T at the air inlet of the clothes warming device 进1 And the first temperature T at the air outlet of the clothes warmer 出1 Determine whether the warm clothing task is completed.

[0045] Specifically, in this solution, after the warming process is completed, due to changes in the internal and external environmental factors of the dryer, the actual temperature of the clothes heated inside the dryer may not be equal to the target warming temperature. Therefore, this solution uses the first temperature T at the air inlet of the warming device as a reference. 进1 And the first temperature T at the air outlet of the clothes warmer 出1 Determine whether the warm clothing task is completed.

[0046] Optionally, step S21 determines whether the clothes-warming operation is complete based on the first temperature at the air inlet and the first temperature at the air outlet of the clothes-warming device, including:

[0047] Step S211: If the difference between the first temperature at the air inlet of the clothes warming device and the first temperature at the air outlet of the clothes warming device is less than a preset difference within a continuous preset time period, the clothes warming operation is determined to be completed.

[0048] Specifically, this solution monitors the drum inlet air temperature T in real time. 进1 and outlet air temperature T 出1 When T is detected within N consecutive minutes (i.e., the aforementioned preset actual segment) 进1 -T 出1 The warming process is complete when the temperature is ≤A℃. The value of N ranges from 1 to 10 minutes, with a preferred value of 3 minutes; the value of A (the aforementioned preset difference) ranges from 1 to 20℃, with a preferred value of 10℃.

[0049] Optionally, after the warming process is completed, the method further includes the following two parallel steps:

[0050] Step S212: If the door of the clothing warming device is not opened, the second temperature of the air inlet of the clothing warming device and the second temperature of the air outlet of the clothing warming device are obtained, and a decision is made on whether to restart the clothing warming operation based on the second temperature of the air inlet of the clothing warming device and the second temperature of the air outlet of the clothing warming device.

[0051] Specifically, after the clothes warming process is complete, users may delay opening the door to retrieve their clothes. Therefore, this solution can continuously monitor the second temperature T at the air inlet of the clothes warming device even when the door is not open. 进2 And the second temperature T at the heating vent 出2 And based on the second temperature T at the air inlet 进2 And the second temperature T at the heating vent 出2 This determines whether to restart the clothing warming process, so that when there is a delay in clothing retrieval, the heat preservation mode can be activated to ensure the warming effect and improve the user experience of the clothing warming process.

[0052] Step S213: If the door of the clothes heating device is detected to be open, control the clothes heating device to be turned off.

[0053] Specifically, if the user opens the door to retrieve their clothes immediately after the clothes-warming process is completed, this solution will directly shut down the clothes-warming equipment, completely ending the clothes-warming program.

[0054] Optionally, step S212 determines whether to restart the clothes-warming operation based on the second temperature at the air inlet and the second temperature at the air outlet of the clothes-warming device, including:

[0055] Step S2121: Calculate the average temperature of the second temperature at the air inlet of the clothes warming device and the second temperature at the air outlet of the clothes warming device.

[0056] Step S2122: If the difference between the target warming temperature and the average temperature exceeds a preset threshold, control the warming device to perform the warming operation again according to the target warming temperature.

[0057] Specifically, the controller monitors in real time whether the machine door is open. If the door is not open, the temperature sensor detects the inlet air temperature T of the drum. 进2 and outlet air temperature T 出2 And calculate its average value T. 平均 ,

[0058] When T 目标 -T 平均 When the temperature reaches ≥B℃, the drying system is restarted for warm clothing preservation. The value of B (i.e., the preset threshold mentioned above) ranges from 1 to 30℃, with a preferred value of 20℃.

[0059] Optionally, obtaining the user's appointment time includes:

[0060] The app obtains the user's schedule information through the app running on the user's terminal device;

[0061] The appointment time is obtained based on the schedule information.

[0062] Specifically, the dryer controller can establish a communication relationship with the user's terminal device, and then obtain the user's schedule through the app on the user's terminal device (such as calendar or notepad), and then obtain the scheduled pick-up time based on the schedule, which can greatly improve the user experience, eliminating the need for the user to manually set the pick-up time.

[0063] The following is combined Figure 2 Here is an optional embodiment of this solution:

[0064] (1) First, the dryer controller determines whether the user has scheduled a pickup time.

[0065] (2) In the absence of a scheduled clothing pickup time, this solution obtains the current temperature, determines the optimal target temperature for warming clothes, and then controls the dryer to operate at the optimal target temperature to start warming clothes. Then it determines whether the target temperature for warming clothes has been reached. If the target temperature for warming clothes has been reached, the dryer is controlled to stop and it is determined whether the user has opened the door. If the door is opened, the warming program ends. If the door is not opened, it checks whether the temperature inside the dryer drum has reached the insulation temperature difference. If the insulation temperature difference has not been reached, the dryer is controlled to stop. If the insulation temperature difference has been reached, the dryer is controlled to re-execute the warming program until the target temperature for warming clothes is reached.

[0066] (3) If the user has scheduled a pick-up time, this solution will obtain the temperature at the pick-up time and determine the optimal target temperature for warming clothes. Then, it will enter the reservation waiting period until the scheduled start time is reached. Then, it will start warming clothes until the target temperature is reached. After the target temperature is reached, it will control the dryer to stop and determine whether the user has opened the door. If the door is opened, the warming program will end. If the door is not opened, it will check whether the temperature inside the dryer drum has reached the insulation temperature difference. If the insulation temperature difference has not been reached, it will control the dryer to stop. If the insulation temperature difference has been reached, it will control the dryer to re-execute the warming program until the target temperature is reached.

[0067] In summary, this application proposes a method for controlling heated clothing, which automatically achieves different heated clothing temperatures for different air temperatures. At the same time, when there is a delay in taking off the clothes, the heat preservation mode is activated to ensure the heating effect and improve the user experience of heated clothing.

[0068] Example 2

[0069] This application also provides a clothing warming device that can be used to perform the method of Embodiment 1 described above, in combination with... Figure 3 ,include:

[0070] The first determining unit 30 is used to determine the user's clothing retrieval time.

[0071] The acquisition unit 32 is used to acquire the ambient temperature at the time of clothing retrieval.

[0072] The second determining unit 34 is used to determine the target warming temperature of the warming device based on the ambient temperature.

[0073] The aforementioned clothes warming device, through its multiple units, differs from existing technologies that control dryers to execute a fixed heating target temperature. Instead, it achieves different clothes warming temperatures based on different air temperatures, thus solving the technical problem of low user experience in existing clothes warming technologies.

[0074] This application also provides a clothes dryer that can be equipped with the aforementioned clothes warming device.

[0075] It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," etc., in the specification, claims, and accompanying drawings of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate so that the embodiments of this application described herein can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus.

[0076] Optionally, specific examples in this embodiment can refer to the examples described in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0077] The sequence numbers of the embodiments in this application are for descriptive purposes only and do not represent the superiority or inferiority of the embodiments.

[0078] If the integrated units in the above embodiments are implemented as software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in the aforementioned computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause one or more computer devices (which may be personal computers, servers, or network devices, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

[0079] In the above embodiments of this application, the descriptions of each embodiment have different focuses. For parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment, please refer to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

[0080] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed client can be implemented in other ways. The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative; for example, the division of units is only a logical functional division, and in actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not executed. Furthermore, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection between units or modules, and may be electrical or other forms.

[0081] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of these units may be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0082] In addition, the functional units in the various embodiments of the present application may be integrated into a single processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into a single unit. The aforementioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units.

[0083] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of this application. It should be noted that for those skilled in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principle of this application, and these improvements and modifications should also be considered within the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

1. A method for controlling clothing warmth, characterized in that, include: Determine the user's clothing pickup time; Obtain the ambient temperature at the time the clothes were retrieved; The target warming temperature of the clothing warming device is determined based on the ambient temperature. After determining the target warming temperature of the clothing warming device based on the ambient temperature, the method further includes: When the current time arrives at the clothing retrieval time, control the clothing warming device to perform warming operations according to the target clothing temperature; After the warm-up clothing operation is completed, the method further includes: If the door of the clothing warming device is not opened, the second temperature of the air inlet and the second temperature of the air outlet of the clothing warming device are obtained, and a decision is made on whether to restart the clothing warming operation based on the second temperature of the air inlet and the second temperature of the air outlet of the clothing warming device. If the door of the clothing warmer is detected to be open, the clothing warmer will be turned off. Determining the user's clothing pickup time includes: If the user's appointment time is obtained, the user's appointment time will be determined as the clothing pickup time; If the user's appointment time is not obtained, the current time will be determined as the clothing pickup time.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, After controlling the clothing warming device to perform warming operations according to the target clothing warming temperature, the method further includes: The first temperature at the air inlet of the clothes warming device and the first temperature at the air outlet of the clothes warming device are continuously obtained; The completion of the clothes-warming operation is determined based on the first temperature at the air inlet and the first temperature at the air outlet of the clothes-warming device.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, Determining whether the clothes-warming operation is complete based on the first temperature at the air inlet and the first temperature at the air outlet of the clothes-warming device includes: If the difference between the first temperature at the air inlet of the clothes warming device and the first temperature at the air outlet of the clothes warming device is less than a preset difference within a continuously preset time period, the clothes warming operation is determined to be completed.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The decision to restart the clothes-warming operation is based on the second temperature at the air inlet and the second temperature at the air outlet of the clothes-warming device, including: Calculate the average temperature of the second temperature at the air inlet of the clothes warming device and the second temperature at the air outlet of the clothes warming device; If the difference between the target warming temperature and the average temperature exceeds a preset threshold, the warming device is controlled to perform the warming operation again according to the target warming temperature.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, Obtaining the user's appointment time includes: The app obtains the user's schedule information through the app running on the user's terminal device; The appointment time is obtained based on the schedule information.

6. A clothing warming device, characterized in that, The clothing warming device is used to perform the clothing warming control method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the clothing warming device comprising: The first determining unit is used to determine the user's clothing retrieval time; The acquisition unit is used to acquire the ambient temperature at the time of clothing retrieval; The second determining unit is used to determine the target warming temperature of the warming device based on the ambient temperature.

7. A clothes dryer, characterized in that, Includes the clothing warming device as described in claim 6.

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