Ice-making equipment and its control method

Abstract

The present invention belongs to the technical field of ice-making equipment, and specifically provides an ice-making equipment and a control method thereof. The control method of the present invention includes: obtaining the daily ice production of the ice-making equipment; determining the conventional ice-making time of the ice-making equipment according to the daily ice production; in response to the conventional ice-making time being not greater than the off-peak power consumption period, controlling the ice-making equipment to operate at a first ice-making power within the off-peak power consumption period to obtain ice with the daily ice production; in response to the conventional ice-making time being greater than the off-peak power consumption period, controlling the ice-making equipment to operate at a second ice-making power within the off-peak power consumption period to obtain ice with the daily ice production; wherein, the second ice-making power is greater than the first ice-making power. The ice-making equipment of the present invention not only reduces the power consumption load of the entire power grid during peak power consumption periods, but also reduces the electricity cost of users.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of ice-making equipment, and specifically provides an ice-making equipment and a control method therefor. Background Art

[0002] With the development of technology and the increasing demands of users, some refrigerators now have the function of making ice. Currently, refrigerators with the ice-making function usually start making ice when the ice storage capacity is insufficient, so that the refrigerator has enough ice cubes.

[0003] When the ice cubes in the existing refrigerator are taken by users, often the ice cubes on the upper part are taken away, and the ice cubes at the bottom are left for a long time, resulting in the ice cubes at the bottom not being fresh enough. Moreover, the function of making ice at any time in the existing refrigerator will increase the load on the power grid during peak electricity consumption periods, which is not conducive to achieving the goals of "carbon neutrality" and "carbon peak" proposed by the country. Summary of the Invention

[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide an ice-making equipment and a control method therefor, so that the ice-making equipment can fully utilize the low electricity consumption period to make ice that meets the daily usage of users.

[0005] To achieve the above object, in a first aspect, the present invention provides a control method for an ice-making equipment, including:

[0006] Obtaining the daily ice usage of the ice-making equipment;

[0007] Determining the normal ice-making time of the ice-making equipment according to the daily ice usage;

[0008] In response to the normal ice-making time being not greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making equipment to operate at a first ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period to obtain ice with the daily ice usage;

[0009] In response to the normal ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making equipment to operate at a second ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period to obtain ice with the daily ice usage;

[0010] Wherein, the second ice-making power is greater than the first ice-making power.

[0011] Optionally, the step of, in response to the normal ice-making time being not greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making equipment to operate at a first ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period includes:

[0012] In response to the normal ice-making time being not greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making equipment to operate at the first ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period, and controlling the ice-making equipment to end ice-making when the low electricity consumption period ends.

[0013] Optionally, the controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power during the low electricity consumption period in response to the regular ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period includes:

[0014] In response to the regular ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to completely operate at the second ice-making power during the low electricity consumption period.

[0015] Optionally, before controlling the ice-making device to completely operate at the second ice-making power during the low electricity consumption period, the control method further includes:

[0016] Calculating the second ice-making power according to the daily ice consumption amount and the low electricity consumption period.

[0017] Optionally, the controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power during the low electricity consumption period in response to the regular ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period includes:

[0018] In response to the regular ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to operate at the first ice-making power for a period of time during the low electricity consumption period, and controlling the ice-making device to operate at the second ice-making power for another period of time during the low electricity consumption period.

[0019] Optionally, the control method further includes: obtaining the deep sleep time of the user during the low electricity consumption period;

[0020] The controlling the ice-making device to operate at the second ice-making power for another period of time during the low electricity consumption period includes: controlling the ice-making device to operate at the second ice-making power during the deep sleep time.

[0021] Optionally, the control method further includes:

[0022] If the voltage of the power supply of the ice-making device does not reach the preset threshold, it is determined that the current moment is a low electricity consumption moment, and the set of all consecutive low electricity consumption moments is recorded as the low electricity consumption period; and / or,

[0023] If the voltage of the power supply of the ice-making device reaches the preset threshold, it is determined that the current moment does not belong to the low electricity consumption period.

[0024] Optionally, the control method further includes:

[0025] Recording the low electricity consumption period determined by the ice-making device itself as the first low electricity consumption period;

[0026] Recording the low electricity consumption period received by the ice-making device as the second low electricity consumption period;

[0027] Determine the intersection of the first low - electricity - consumption period and the second low - electricity - consumption period, and use the intersection as the final low - electricity - consumption period.

[0028] Optionally, the ice - making device is a refrigerator, and the refrigerator includes an ice - making module, and the refrigerator makes ice through the ice - making module.

[0029] In addition, in a second aspect, the present invention provides an ice - making device, including a processor, a memory, and execution instructions stored on the memory. The execution instructions are configured to enable the ice - making device to execute the control method described in any one of the first aspects when executed by the processor.

[0030] Based on the foregoing description, those skilled in the art can understand that in the foregoing technical solutions of the present invention, when the conventional ice - making time is not greater than the low - electricity - consumption period, the ice - making device runs at the first ice - making power within the low - electricity - consumption period to obtain ice with the daily ice consumption; when the conventional ice - making time is greater than the low - electricity - consumption period, the ice - making device runs at the second ice - making power within the low - electricity - consumption period to obtain ice with the daily ice consumption, so that the ice - making device of the present invention can make full use of the low - electricity - consumption period to make ice that meets the user's daily usage, and the made ice can be used up by the user the next day, thus ensuring the freshness of the ice used by the user. Therefore, the ice - making device of the present invention not only reduces the power consumption load of the entire power grid during the peak - electricity - consumption period, but also reduces the electricity cost of the user.

[0031] Furthermore, calculate the second ice - making power through the daily ice consumption and the low - electricity - consumption period, and make the ice - making device run completely at the second ice - making power within the low - electricity - consumption period, ensuring that the ice - making device can make ice that meets the user's daily usage within the low - electricity - consumption period.

[0032] Furthermore, by making the ice - making device run at the second ice - making power during the deep - sleep time, it avoids waking up the user by the noise generated by the ice - maker during light sleep. Therefore, the ice - making device of the present invention not only ensures the ice - making efficiency but also ensures the comfort level of the user.

[0033] Furthermore, since the current low electricity consumption period (from 23:00 at night to 08:00 the next morning) is generally designated by the electricity management department and is relatively fixed, this value is not accurate enough. For example, during a certain period from 23:00 to 24:00, it may still be in the peak electricity consumption period. Therefore, to overcome this problem, the present invention also determines the current moment as the low electricity consumption moment by detecting the voltage of the power supply of the ice-making device, and when the voltage of the power supply reaches a preset threshold, and records the set of all consecutive low electricity consumption moments as the low electricity consumption period, so that the ice-making device of the present invention can autonomously determine the actual low electricity consumption period of the entire power grid. In other words, the ice-making device of the present invention can avoid making ice during the pseudo low electricity consumption period as much as possible, effectively reducing the electricity load of the entire power grid.

[0034] Optionally, the low electricity consumption period determined by the ice-making device itself is denoted as the first low electricity consumption period, the low electricity consumption period received by the ice-making device is denoted as the second low electricity consumption period, and the intersection of the first low electricity consumption period and the second low electricity consumption period is determined, and then this intersection is used as the final low electricity consumption period, so that the ice-making device can not only make ice during the actual low electricity consumption period, but also reduce the electricity cost of users.

[0035] Those skilled in the art will understand the above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention more clearly according to the following detailed description of the specific embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, some embodiments of the present invention will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art should understand that the components or parts denoted by the same reference numerals in different drawings are the same or similar; the drawings of the present invention are not necessarily drawn to scale with each other.

[0037] In the drawings:

[0038] Figure 1 is a main step flowchart of the control method of the ice-making device in some embodiments of the present invention;

[0039] Figure 2 is a partial structural schematic diagram of the ice-making device in some embodiments of the present invention;

[0040] Figure 3 is a structural schematic diagram of the ice-making module in some embodiments of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 4 is an effect schematic diagram of the ice-making device in some other embodiments of the present invention;

[0042] Figure 5It is a partial step flowchart of the control method of the ice-making equipment in some other embodiments of the present invention.

[0043] Explanation of reference numerals:

[0044] 1. Cabinet; 2. Ice-making module; 21. Water tank; 22. Water pipe; 23. Water pump; 24. Ice-making tray; 25. Driving device; 26. Ice storage box; 3. Voltage detection module; 4. Power cord; 5. Power supply. Detailed implementation manners

[0045] Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, rather than all embodiments of the present invention. These some embodiments are intended to explain the technical principles of the present invention, rather than to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Based on the embodiments provided by the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts should still fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0046] It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms indicating directions or positional relationships such as "center", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings. This is only for convenience of description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0047] Furthermore, it should be noted that in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, the terms "installation", "connection", "connection" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and it can also be the communication inside two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations.

[0048] In addition, it should be noted that in the description of the present invention, each functional module can be either a physical module composed of multiple structures, components or electronic components, or a virtual module composed of multiple programs; each functional module can exist independently of each other, or can be a module divided from an overall module according to functions. Those skilled in the art should understand that on the premise of being able to implement the technical solutions described in the present invention, no matter how the composition method, implementation method and positional relationship of each functional module change, they will not deviate from the technical principle of the present invention, and therefore should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0049] As Figure 1 shown, in some embodiments of the present invention, the control method of the ice-making device includes:

[0050] Step S110, obtaining the daily ice production of the ice-making device.

[0051] Among them, the ice-making device is an ice maker or a refrigerator. When the ice-making device is a refrigerator, the refrigerator has an ice-making function. For the convenience of description and to enable those skilled in the art to quickly understand the technical solutions of the present invention, only the technical features that are more strongly related (directly or indirectly) to the technical problems and / or technical concepts to be solved by the present invention will be described hereinafter, and the technical features that are less related to the technical problems and / or technical concepts to be solved by the invention will not be elaborated. Since these less-related technical features are common general knowledge in the art, even if the present invention does not describe these less-related features, it will not result in insufficient disclosure of the present invention.

[0052] As Figure 2 shown, in some embodiments of the present invention, the refrigerator includes a box body 1 and an ice-making module 2, and the refrigerator makes ice through the ice-making module 2.

[0053] As Figure 3 shown, in some embodiments of the present invention, the ice-making module 2 includes a water tank 21, a water pipe 22, a water pump 23, an ice-making tray 24, a driving device 25 and an ice storage box 26. Among them, the water tank 21 is detachably installed on the box body 1 and is used for storing water. The water pipe 22 is fixedly installed on the box body 1, one end of the water pipe 22 is communicated with the water tank 21, and the other end of the water pipe 22 is located above the ice-making tray 24. The water pump 23 is fixedly installed on the box body 1, and the water pump 23 is used to pump the water in the water tank 21 into the water pipe 22, so that the water pipe 22 conveys the water into the ice-making tray 24. The ice-making tray 24 is rotatably installed on the box body 1, and the ice-making tray 24 is used to cool the water therein into ice. The driving device 25 is fixedly installed on the box body 1 and is used to drive the ice-making tray 24 to flip. The ice storage box 26 is installed on the box body 1 and is located below the ice-making tray 24, and the ice storage box 26 is used to store ice cubes.

[0054] In an example of the present invention, the driving device 25 includes a motor, the housing of which is fixedly connected to the box body 1, and the rotating shaft of which is drivingly connected to the ice making tray 24. Optionally, a gear set may also be provided between the rotating shaft of the motor and the ice making tray 24 to achieve the function of speed reduction through the gear shaft.

[0055] In some embodiments of the present invention, when the ice making module 2 makes ice, first control the water pump 23 to send the water in the water tank 21 into the ice making tray 24, and then the ice making tray 24 cools the water therein into ice. After the ice making tray 24 cools the water therein into ice, the driving device 25 drives the ice making tray 24 to flip so that the ice cubes in the ice making tray 24 fall into the ice storage box 26.

[0056] In some embodiments of the present invention, the daily ice consumption is the maximum or average amount of ice used by the user every day. The daily ice consumption can be input by the user into the ice making device or obtained by the ice making device itself through calculation.

[0057] If the daily ice consumption is input by the user into the ice making device, a touch screen can be set on the ice making device so that the user can input the daily ice consumption to the ice making device through the touch screen.

[0058] If the daily ice consumption is obtained by the ice making device itself through calculation, the ice making device can count the number of times the ice making tray 24 makes ice every day and determine the user's daily ice consumption accordingly. Exemplarily, the ice making device can use the ice made by all the ice making times of the ice making tray 24 the previous day as the user's daily ice consumption; or use the ice made by the average daily ice making times of the ice making tray 24 in the previous n days as the user's daily ice consumption. Wherein, n is a natural number and is not less than 2.

[0059] Step S120, determine the regular ice making time of the ice making device according to the daily ice consumption.

[0060] Specifically, according to the daily ice consumption and the power of the ice making device for making ice, determine the regular ice making time of the ice making device.

[0061] More specifically, according to the daily ice consumption and the ice making amount of the ice making tray 24 each time, determine the number of times (number of trays) the ice making tray 24 needs to make ice. Then, according to the ice making time of the ice making tray 24 each time, determine the total time for the ice making tray 24 to make the daily ice consumption. This total time is the regular ice making time of the ice making device.

[0062] Step S130, in response to the regular ice making time being not greater than the off-peak power consumption period, control the ice making device to operate at the first ice making power within the off-peak power consumption period to obtain the ice of the daily ice consumption.

[0063] Among them, the off-peak power consumption period is the period received by the ice making device, and it can be obtained at least by any one of the following methods:

[0064] Method 1: When the ice-making equipment is manufactured, the manufacturer stores the off-peak power consumption period on the ice-making equipment.

[0065] Method 2: The user manually inputs through a touch screen or operation buttons set on the ice-making equipment, and the ice-making equipment stores the information after receiving the user input.

[0066] Method 3: Obtained by the communication module of the ice-making equipment itself through the Internet.

[0067] Furthermore, the first ice-making power is the rated ice-making power or the standard ice-making power of the ice-making equipment.

[0068] In some embodiments of the present invention, when the normal ice-making time is less than or equal to the off-peak power consumption period, the ice-making equipment is controlled to operate at the first ice-making power within the off-peak power consumption period, and the ice-making equipment is controlled to end ice-making when the off-peak power consumption period ends. This ensures that the ice used by the user the next day is fresh enough while reducing the power consumption load of the entire power grid and the electricity cost of the user.

[0069] Step S140: In response to the normal ice-making time being greater than the off-peak power consumption period, control the ice-making equipment to operate at the second ice-making power within the off-peak power consumption period to obtain ice with the daily ice consumption.

[0070] Wherein, the second ice-making power is greater than the first ice-making power.

[0071] As Example 1:

[0072] The second ice-making power is the maximum ice-making power of the ice-making equipment. When the normal ice-making time is greater than the off-peak power consumption period, the ice-making equipment is made to operate at the maximum ice-making power within the off-peak power consumption period to obtain ice with the daily ice consumption. Those skilled in the art can understand that in this example, the actual ice-making time of the ice-making equipment may be less than the off-peak power consumption period or may be equal to the off-peak power consumption period.

[0073] As Example 2:

[0074] The second ice-making power is the maximum ice-making power of the ice-making equipment. When the normal ice-making time is greater than the off-peak power consumption period, the ice-making equipment is made to operate at the first ice-making power for a period of time within the off-peak power consumption period, and the ice-making equipment is made to operate at the second ice-making power for another period of time within the off-peak power consumption period. This enables the ice-making equipment to make ice with the daily ice consumption while concentrating all the ice-making time of the ice-making equipment within the off-peak power consumption period to reduce the power consumption load of the power grid and save the electricity cost of the user.

[0075] Those skilled in the art can understand that since the service life of the ice-making equipment when operating at the maximum ice-making power is shorter than that when operating at the rated power, Example 2 not only meets the daily ice demand, reduces the power consumption load of the power grid, and saves the user's electricity expenses, but also ensures the service life of the ice-making equipment.

[0076] Those skilled in the art can also understand that since the noise of the ice-making equipment when operating at the maximum ice-making power is greater than that when operating at the rated power, preferably in Example 2, the ice-making equipment is controlled to operate at the second ice-making power during the deep sleep time.

[0077] Among them, the deep sleep time is the deep sleep time of the user during the low electricity consumption period. This deep sleep time can be any feasible time, such as 1:00 to 3:00 in the early morning, 2:00 to 4:00, 2:00 to 3:00, etc. Further, the ice-making equipment can obtain this deep sleep time in any of the following ways:

[0078] Method 1: When the ice-making equipment is manufactured, the manufacturer stores the deep sleep time on the ice-making equipment.

[0079] Method 2: The user manually inputs it through the touch screen or operation buttons set on the ice-making equipment, and the ice-making equipment stores it after receiving the information input by the user.

[0080] Method 3: Configure a communication module for the ice-making equipment and establish a communication connection between this communication module and the smart bracelet worn by the user or other sleep detection devices. When the user is in deep sleep, the smart bracelet or other sleep detection devices send the corresponding time to the communication module, so that the ice-making equipment can obtain the user's deep sleep time.

[0081] As Example 3:

[0082] The second ice-making power is not greater than the maximum ice-making power of the ice-making equipment and not less than the rated ice-making power of the ice-making equipment.

[0083] When the normal ice-making time is longer than the low electricity consumption period, then calculate the second ice-making power according to the daily ice demand and the low electricity consumption period, and then make the ice-making equipment always operate at the second ice-making power during the low electricity consumption period to make ice with the daily ice demand.

[0084] Among them, the second ice-making power = daily ice demand / low electricity consumption period.

[0085] Based on the foregoing description, those skilled in the art can understand that in some embodiments of the present invention, when the conventional ice-making time is not greater than the off-peak power consumption period, the ice-making device operates at the first ice-making power within the off-peak power consumption period to obtain the ice for daily use; when the conventional ice-making time is greater than the off-peak power consumption period, the ice-making device operates at the second ice-making power within the off-peak power consumption period to obtain the ice for daily use, so that the ice-making device of the present invention can make full use of the off-peak power consumption period to make ice that meets the user's daily consumption, and the made ice can be used up by the user the next day, thereby ensuring the freshness of the ice used by the user. Therefore, the ice-making device of the present invention not only reduces the power consumption load of the entire power grid during the peak power consumption period, but also reduces the user's electricity bill.

[0086] Furthermore, the second ice-making power is calculated based on the daily ice usage and the off-peak power consumption period, and the ice-making device operates completely at the second ice-making power within the off-peak power consumption period, ensuring that the ice-making device can make ice that meets the user's daily consumption within the off-peak power consumption period.

[0087] Furthermore, by making the ice-making device operate at the second ice-making power during the deep sleep time, it avoids waking up the user during light sleep due to the noise generated by the ice maker. Therefore, the ice-making device of the present invention not only ensures the ice-making efficiency but also ensures the comfort level of the user.

[0088] It should be noted that some of the embodiments described above in the present invention are only some basic embodiments that can achieve the purpose of the present invention. In other words, the control method of the ice-making device to be protected by the present invention is not limited to some of the embodiments described above, and it also includes any other feasible embodiments, such as some other embodiments to be described later.

[0089] As Figure 4 shown, in some other embodiments of the present invention, the ice-making device further includes a voltage detection module 3, which is electrically connected to the power cord 4, and the voltage detection module 3 is used to detect the voltage of the power supply 5 of the ice-making device.

[0090] As Figure 5 shown, in some other embodiments of the present invention, before step S130, the control method of the ice-making device further includes:

[0091] Step S210, if the voltage of the power supply 5 of the ice-making device reaches a preset threshold, it is determined that the current time does not belong to the off-peak power consumption period.

[0092] Among them, the preset threshold can be obtained through multiple tests. Specifically, the voltage of the power supply 5 is detected during the low electricity consumption period and the high electricity consumption period respectively, and a voltage value is selected therefrom. This voltage value is less than or equal to the voltage value of the power supply 4 during the high electricity consumption period, and greater than the voltage value of the power supply 5 during the high electricity consumption period. The preset threshold can be any feasible value, such as 200V, 205V, 218V, etc.

[0093] Step S220, if the voltage of the power supply 5 of the ice-making device does not reach the preset threshold, it is determined that the current moment is the low electricity consumption moment, and the set of all consecutive low electricity consumption moments is recorded as the first low electricity consumption period.

[0094] Step S230, record the low electricity consumption period received by the ice-making device as the second low electricity consumption period.

[0095] Among them, the low electricity consumption period received by the ice-making device can be obtained at least by any one of the following methods:

[0096] Method 1, when the ice-making device is manufactured, the manufacturer stores this low electricity consumption period on the ice-making device.

[0097] Method 2, manually input by the user through the touch screen or operation buttons set on the ice-making device, and the ice-making device stores it after receiving the information input by the user.

[0098] Method 3, obtained by the communication module of the ice-making device itself through the Internet.

[0099] Step S240, determine the intersection of the first low electricity consumption period and the second low electricity consumption period, and use the intersection as the final low electricity consumption period.

[0100] Based on the foregoing description, those skilled in the art can understand that in some other embodiments of the present invention, the ice-making device can not only identify the authenticity of the low electricity consumption period and make ice during the real low electricity consumption period, but also reduce the electricity bill expenditure of the user.

[0101] In addition, those skilled in the art can also, according to needs, in other embodiments of the present invention, use the foregoing first low electricity consumption period as the final low electricity consumption period.

[0102] In addition, although not shown in the figure, in some other embodiments of the present invention, the ice-making device further includes a processor, a memory, and execution instructions stored on the memory, and the execution instructions are configured to enable the ice-making device to execute the control method described in any one of the foregoing embodiments when executed by the processor.

[0103] Among them, the memory is used to store the executable instructions, which are specifically computer programs that can be executed. Further, the memory may include a memory and a non-volatile memory, and provide the executable instructions and data to the processor. Exemplarily, the memory may be a high-speed random access memory (Random-Access Memory, RAM), and the non-volatile memory may be at least one disk memory.

[0104] Those skilled in the art can understand that the above control method can be applied to a processor or implemented with the help of a processor. Exemplarily, a processor is an integrated circuit chip with the ability to process signals. During the process of the processor executing the above control method, each step of the above control method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit in hardware form or an instruction in software form in the processor. Further, the above processor may be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a network processor (Network Processor, NP), a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, a microprocessor, and any other conventional processor.

[0105] So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in combination with multiple foregoing embodiments. However, those skilled in the art can easily understand that the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments. Without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, those skilled in the art can split and combine the technical solutions in the above various embodiments, and can also make equivalent changes or replacements to the relevant technical features. Any changes, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the technical concept and / or technical principle of the present invention will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A control method for an ice-making device, comprising: obtaining the daily ice production of the ice-making device; determining the normal ice-making time of the ice-making device according to the daily ice production; in response to the normal ice-making time being not greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to operate at a first ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period to obtain ice of the daily ice production; in response to the normal ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period to obtain ice of the daily ice production; wherein the second ice-making power is greater than the first ice-making power.

2. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 1, wherein the step of, in response to the normal ice-making time being not greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to operate at a first ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period, includes: in response to the normal ice-making time being not greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to operate at the first ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period, and controlling the ice-making device to end ice-making when the low electricity consumption period ends.

3. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 1, wherein the step of, in response to the normal ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period, includes: in response to the normal ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to completely operate at the second ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period.

4. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 3, wherein before controlling the ice-making device to completely operate at the second ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period, the control method further includes: calculating the second ice-making power according to the daily ice production and the low electricity consumption period.

5. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 1, wherein the step of, in response to the normal ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power within the low electricity consumption period, includes: in response to the normal ice-making time being greater than the low electricity consumption period, controlling the ice-making device to operate at the first ice-making power for a period of time within the low electricity consumption period, and controlling the ice-making device to operate at the second ice-making power for another period of time within the low electricity consumption period.

6. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 5, wherein the control method further includes: obtaining the deep sleep time of the user within the low electricity consumption period; the step of controlling the ice-making device to operate at the second ice-making power for another period of time within the low electricity consumption period includes: controlling the ice-making device to operate at the second ice-making power during the deep sleep time.

7. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 1, wherein the control method further includes: if the voltage of the power supply of the ice-making device does not reach the preset threshold, determining the current moment as a low electricity consumption moment, and recording the set of all consecutive low electricity consumption moments as the low electricity consumption period; and / or, If the voltage of the power supply of the ice-making device reaches the preset threshold value, it is determined that the current moment does not belong to the low electricity consumption period.

8. The control method of the ice-making device according to claim 6, wherein, the control method further includes: recording the low electricity consumption period determined by the ice-making device itself as the first low electricity consumption period; recording the low electricity consumption period received by the ice-making device as the second low electricity consumption period; determining the intersection of the first low electricity consumption period and the second low electricity consumption period, and using the intersection as the final low electricity consumption period.

9. The control method of the ice-making device according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein, the ice-making device is a refrigerator, the refrigerator includes an ice-making module, and the refrigerator makes ice through the ice-making module.

10. An ice-making device, comprising a processor, a memory, and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being configured to enable the ice-making device to execute the control method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 when executed by the processor.

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