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 its control method. The ice-making equipment of the present invention includes a water tank, an ice-making tray, a driving device, and an ice storage box. The water tank is used to supply water to the ice-making tray, the ice-making tray is used to freeze the water thereon into ice, and the driving device is used to drive the ice-making tray to flip so that the ice on the ice-making tray falls into the ice storage box. The control method of the present invention includes: obtaining the previous ice-making times of the ice-making tray in the previous ice-making cycle; obtaining the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box; comparing the remaining ice amount with the single ice-making amount of the ice-making tray; and determining the next ice-making times of the ice-making tray in the next ice-making cycle according to the comparison result and the previous ice-making times. The ice-making equipment of the present invention can accurately identify the user's ice-using habits, and then produce the corresponding amount of ice, so that while producing the amount of ice required by the user, it also avoids excessive ice-making of the ice-making equipment, thereby avoiding waste of electric energy.

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 thereof. Background Art

[0002] With the development of technology and the increasing demands of users, some refrigerators now have the ice-making function. Specifically, some refrigerators with the ice-making function include a water tank, a water pump, a water pipe, an ice-making tray, a driving device, and an ice storage box. Among them, the water tank is used to store water. One end of the water pipe is communicated with the water tank, and the other end of the water pipe is located above the ice-making tray. The water pump is used to pump the water in the water tank into the water pipe, so that the water pipe conveys the water into the ice-making tray. The ice-making tray is used to cool the water therein into ice. The ice storage box is located below the ice-making tray and is used to store ice cubes. The driving device is used to drive the ice-making tray to flip, so as to pour the ice cubes in the ice-making tray into the ice storage box.

[0003] Currently, refrigerators with the ice-making function usually make ice when the ice cubes in the ice storage box are not full, so that the ice storage box always remains full of ice. However, for most users, they hardly use up the ice cubes in the ice storage box in a very short time, which results in the continuous existence of ice cubes in the ice storage box. In other words, existing refrigerators usually overmake ice, causing waste of electric energy. Moreover, when users take ice, they generally only take the ice cubes in the upper part of the ice storage box, resulting in the ice cubes at the bottom of the ice storage box being retained for a long time, and thus the ice cubes at the bottom of the ice storage box are not fresh enough. Summary of the Invention

[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide an ice-making equipment and a control method thereof, so that the ice-making equipment can meet the ice-using needs of users while avoiding waste of electric energy caused by overmaking ice.

[0005] To achieve the above object, in the first aspect, the present invention provides a control method for an ice-making equipment. The ice-making equipment includes a water tank, an ice-making tray, a driving device, and an ice storage box. The water tank is used to supply water to the ice-making tray. The ice-making tray is used to freeze the water thereon into ice. The driving device is used to drive the ice-making tray to flip, so that the ice on the ice-making tray falls into the ice storage box. The control method includes:

[0006] Obtaining the previous ice-making times of the ice-making tray in the previous ice-making cycle;

[0007] Obtaining the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box;

[0008] Comparing the remaining ice amount with the single ice-making amount of the ice-making tray;

[0009] Determining the next ice-making times of the ice-making tray in the next ice-making cycle according to the comparison result and the previous ice-making times.

[0010] Optionally, determining the next ice-making times of the ice-making tray in the next ice-making cycle according to the comparison result and the previous ice-making times includes:

[0011] If the remaining ice amount is less than the single ice-making amount and greater than 0, make the next ice-making times equal to the previous ice-making times; and / or,

[0012] If the remaining ice amount is equal to 0, make the next ice-making times equal to the previous ice-making times plus 1; and / or,

[0013] If the remaining ice amount is greater than the single ice-making amount, make the next ice-making times equal to the previous ice-making times minus M, where M is a natural number not less than 1.

[0014] Optionally, M is 1; or, M is the integer part of the result of dividing the remaining ice amount by the single ice-making amount.

[0015] Optionally, the control method further includes: in the first ice-making cycle, making the ice-making tray make ice a preset number of times, and the preset number of times is a natural number not less than 1.

[0016] Optionally, the preset number of times is the ice-making times when the ice storage box is filled with ice by the ice-making tray.

[0017] Optionally, the ice-making cycle is 24 hours.

[0018] Optionally, the ice-making device further includes an instruction receiving module; the control method further includes: in response to the instruction receiving module receiving ice-making times adjustment information, in the current ice-making cycle, making the ice-making tray increase or decrease the ice-making times according to the ice-making times adjustment information.

[0019] Optionally, the ice-making times increased or decreased by the ice-making tray due to the ice-making times adjustment information are not used as a determining factor for the next ice-making times.

[0020] Optionally, the ice-making device is a refrigerator.

[0021] In addition, in a second aspect, the present invention further provides an ice-making device, including 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 item of the first aspect when being executed by the processor.

[0022] Based on the foregoing description, those skilled in the art can understand that in the foregoing technical solution of the present invention, by obtaining the number of ice-making operations in the previous ice-making cycle of the ice-making tray, obtaining the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box, and then comparing the remaining ice amount with the single ice-making amount of the ice-making tray, and then determining the next ice-making number of the ice-making tray in the next ice-making cycle according to the comparison result and the number of ice-making operations in the previous cycle, the ice-making device of the present invention can autonomously learn the user's ice-using habits. Especially after the ice-making device repeats multiple ice-making cycles, it can accurately confirm the user's ice-using habits, and then make the corresponding amount of ice, so as to avoid over-icing of the ice-making device while making the amount of ice required by the user, and thus avoid wasting electric energy.

[0023] Further, by enabling the ice-making tray of the ice-making device to increase or decrease the number of ice-making operations according to the ice-making number adjustment information in the current ice-making cycle, the sudden increase or decrease in the user's ice-using demand is satisfied. By making the number of ice-making operations increased or decreased by the ice-making tray due to the ice-making number adjustment information not be a determining factor for the next ice-making number, the sudden increase or decrease in the user's ice-using demand is avoided from affecting the ice-making amount of the ice-making device in the next ice-making cycle.

[0024] According to the following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art will become more clear about the above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention. Description of the Drawings

[0025] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution 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 numeral in different drawings are the same or similar; the drawings of the present invention are not necessarily drawn to scale with each other.

[0026] In the drawings:

[0027] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the effect of the ice-making device in some embodiments of the present invention;

[0028] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the composition of the ice-making module in some embodiments of the present invention;

[0029] Figure 3 is a main step flowchart of the control method of the ice-making device in some embodiments of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the effect of the ice-making device in some other embodiments of the present invention. Detailed Embodiments

[0031] Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments described below are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments of the present invention. This part of the embodiments is intended to explain the technical principles of the present invention and is not intended 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.

[0032] 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 and does not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus cannot be understood as a limitation of the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0033] Furthermore, it should also be noted that in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, the terms "installation", "connection", and "coupling" 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 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.

[0034] In addition, it should also be noted that in the description of the present invention, each functional module can be 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 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 manner, implementation manner, and positional relationship of each functional module change, they will not deviate from the technical principles of the present invention, and thus should all fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0035] The ice-making device of the present invention is an ice maker or a refrigerator. When the ice-making device is a refrigerator, the refrigerator has an ice-making function.

[0036] Next, refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2Taking a refrigerator as an example, the main structure of the ice-making device of the present invention will be described in detail. For the convenience of description and to enable those skilled in the art to quickly understand the technical solution of the present invention, only the technical features that are 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 weakly related to the technical problems and / or technical concepts to be solved by the invention will not be elaborated. Since these weakly related technical features belong to the common general knowledge in the art, even if the present invention does not describe these weakly related features, it will not result in insufficient disclosure of the present invention.

[0037] As Figure 1 shown, in some embodiments of the present invention, when the ice-making device is a refrigerator, the ice-making device includes a device body 1 and an ice-making module 2, and the ice-making device makes ice through the ice-making module 2.

[0038] As Figure 2 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 device body 1 and is used for storing water. The water pipe 22 is fixedly installed on the device 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 device 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 device 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 device body 1 and is used to drive the ice-making tray 24 to flip. The ice storage box 26 is installed on the device body 1 and is located below the ice-making tray 24, and the ice storage box 26 is used to store ice cubes.

[0039] In an example of the present invention, the driving device 25 includes a motor, the housing of the motor is fixedly connected to the device body 1, and the rotating shaft of the motor is drivingly connected to the ice-making tray 24. Optionally, a gear set is further 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, so that the motor drives the ice-making tray 24 to rotate slowly.

[0040] In some embodiments of the present invention, when the ice-making device makes ice, first control the water pump 23 to pump the water in the water tank 21 into the ice-making tray 24, and then make the ice-making tray 24 cool 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.

[0041] Alternatively, in other embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can also replace the water pump 23 with an electromagnetic valve as needed, and arrange the water tank 21 above the ice-making tray 24. The electromagnetic valve is used to control whether the water in the water tank 21 flows to the ice-making tray 24. Specifically, when the electromagnetic valve is opened, the water in the water tank 21 flows to the ice-making tray 24 under the action of its own gravity.

[0042] The following will Figure 3 be used to detail the control method of the ice-making device in some embodiments of the present invention.

[0043] As Figure 3 shown, in some embodiments of the present invention, the control method of the ice-making device includes:

[0044] Optional step S110: In the first ice-making cycle of the ice-making device, make the ice-making tray 24 make ice a preset number of times.

[0045] Wherein, the preset number of times is a natural number not less than 1. Preferably, the preset number of times is the number of ice-making times when the ice storage box 26 is filled with ice by the ice-making tray 24, and its specific value can be obtained through experiments. Each time the ice-making tray 24 makes ice, the ice storage box 26 can obtain a tray of ice cubes.

[0046] Alternatively, those skilled in the art can also set the preset number of times to any other feasible value as needed, such as 5 times, 7 times, 8 times, etc.

[0047] In some embodiments of the present invention, in the first ice-making cycle of the ice-making device, making the ice-making tray 24 make ice a preset number of times is to enable the ice-making device to quickly determine the actual ice usage of the user. And the closer the ice made by the ice-making tray 24 for the preset number of times is to the actual ice usage of the user, the faster the ice-making device can determine the actual ice usage of the user. This will be described in detail later.

[0048] Step S120: Obtain the previous ice-making times of the ice-making tray 24 in the previous ice-making cycle.

[0049] In some embodiments of the present invention, the previous ice-making cycle and the next ice-making cycle are adjacent in time. In other words, the previous ice-making cycle and the next ice-making cycle are two consecutive and adjacent ice-making cycles.

[0050] Preferably, each ice-making cycle of the ice-making device is 24 hours, that is, the ice-making cycle of the ice-making device is one day, so that the ice-making device can manufacture enough ice to meet the daily ice usage requirements of the user in each ice-making cycle.

[0051] Furthermore, the start and end times of the ice-making cycle can be any feasible time, such as 22:00, 23:00, 24:00, 1:00, etc.

[0052] Optionally, a processor and a memory are provided on the ice-making device, and the memory is used to store the number of ice-making times of the ice-making tray 24 in the previous ice-making cycle. The ice-making device reads the data on the memory through the processor to obtain the number of ice-making times of the ice-making tray 24 in the previous ice-making cycle.

[0053] Step S130: Obtain the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26.

[0054] As an example 1, the ice-making device further includes a weighing sensor, which is used to weigh the ice storage box 26. The ice-making device weighs the ice storage box 26 through the weighing sensor, and then subtracts the weight of the ice storage box 26 itself from the weighed weight to obtain the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26.

[0055] As an example 2, the ice-making device further includes a lifting rod and a detection sensor, which is triggered when the detection sensor touches an obstacle during the descending process of the lifting rod. The detection sensor can be any sensor that realizes this function, such as a microswitch or a pressure sensor. The lifting rod can extend into the ice storage box 26. Further, when the lifting rod touches the bottom wall of the ice storage box 26 or the ice cubes in the ice storage box 26 during the downward movement, the detection sensor is triggered, and then the lifting rod rises to its original position. In this example, the descending speed of the lifting rod can be made constant, and then the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is determined by obtaining the descending time of the lifting rod. Those skilled in the art can understand that the longer the descending time of the lifting rod, the closer the lifting rod is to the bottom wall of the ice storage box 26, and the less the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26; the shorter the descending time of the lifting rod, the farther the lifting rod is from the bottom wall of the ice storage box 26, and the more the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26.

[0056] Preferably, step S130 is executed when the previous ice-making cycle is approaching the end or at the beginning of the next ice-making cycle to ensure that all the ice-making times of the ice-making tray 24 in the previous ice-making cycle are counted.

[0057] Step S140: Compare the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 with the single ice-making amount of the ice-making tray 24.

[0058] Among them, the single ice-making amount of the ice-making tray 24 is stored on the ice-making device by the manufacturer during the generation or assembly of the ice-making device. The single ice-making amount of the ice-making tray 24 can be obtained through any feasible method, such as first making a tray of ice with the ice-making tray 24, and then weighing or calculating the volume of the tray of ice.

[0059] Step S150: Determine the next ice-making times of the ice-making tray 24 in the next ice-making cycle according to the comparison result and the previous ice-making times.

[0060] In some embodiments of the present invention, step S150 includes parallel steps S151, S152, and S153, which are specifically as follows:

[0061] Step S151, if the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is less than the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24 and greater than 0, then make the next ice - making times equal to the previous ice - making times. Those skilled in the art can understand that when the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is less than the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24 and greater than 0, it means that the ice cubes in the ice storage box 26 were not used up in the previous ice - making cycle, and the remaining ice cubes are less than the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24. In this case, the ice amount produced by the ice - making device not only meets the user's usage requirements, but also has very little remaining, and the waste of ice cubes can be almost ignored.

[0062] Those skilled in the art can also understand that in step S151, since new ice cubes may be added to the ice storage box 26 in each ice - making cycle, as the number of ice - making cycles increases, the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 will be greater than the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24. If such a situation occurs, the ice - making device will execute step S153.

[0063] Step S152, if the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is equal to 0, then make the next ice - making times equal to the previous ice - making times plus 1. Those skilled in the art can understand that when the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is equal to 0, it means that the ice cubes in the ice storage box 26 have been completely used, and there may still be a situation where the ice cubes are not enough for the user. Therefore, in order to meet the user's ice - using needs, it is necessary to make the ice - making tray 24 produce at least one more tray of ice in the next ice - making cycle. However, in order to avoid excessive ice - making by the ice - making tray 24 in the next ice - making cycle, it is only necessary to make the ice - making times of the ice - making tray 24 in the next ice - making cycle one more than that in the previous ice - making cycle. If the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is still equal to 0 at the end of the ice - making cycle, then increase the ice - making times of the ice - making tray 24 by 1 again until the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is less than the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24 and greater than 0.

[0064] Those skilled in the art can understand that since it is difficult for the user to completely take out all the ice cubes in the ice storage box 26, in order to avoid the remaining ice cubes in the ice storage box 26 affecting the ice - making times of the ice - making tray 24 in the next ice - making cycle, those skilled in the art can also, as needed, determine that the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is equal to 0 when the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is less than a set value, so as to improve the intelligence and accuracy of the ice - making device. This preset value can be any feasible value. For example, this preset value can be less than the weight of 1 ice cube (the ice cubes produced by the ice - making tray 24), can also be equal to the weight of 1 ice cube, or can also be equal to the weight of 2 or 3 ice cubes.

[0065] Step S153, if the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is greater than the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24, then set the next ice - making times to be equal to the previous ice - making times minus M, where M is a natural number not less than 1. Those skilled in the art can understand that when the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is greater than the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24, it means that the ice in the ice storage box 26 was not used up in the previous ice - making cycle, and the remaining ice is more than the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24. To avoid waste of ice and electricity, the ice - making tray 24 can make M fewer trays of ice in the next ice - making cycle.

[0066] As Example 1, M = 1. That is, when the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 is greater than one tray (the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray 24), the ice - making tray 24 makes 1 fewer tray of ice in the next ice - making cycle.

[0067] Considering that the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26 in the previous ice - making cycle may be multiple trays, so to quickly reduce the energy consumption of the refrigeration device and enable the refrigeration device to quickly and accurately make the amount of ice required by the user, the present invention also provides Example 2: M is the integer part of the result of dividing the remaining ice amount by the single - ice - making amount.

[0068] Based on the foregoing description, those skilled in the art can understand that in some embodiments of the present invention, by obtaining the previous ice - making times of the ice - making tray 24 in the previous ice - making cycle, obtaining the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box 26, then comparing the remaining ice amount with the single - ice - making amount of the ice - making tray, and then determining the next ice - making times of the ice - making tray 24 in the next ice - making cycle according to the comparison result and the previous ice - making times, the ice - making device of the present invention can independently learn the user's ice - using habits. Especially after the ice - making device repeats multiple ice - making cycles, it can accurately confirm the user's ice - using habits, and then make the corresponding amount of ice, thereby avoiding over - ice - making of the ice - making device while making the amount of ice required by the user, and thus avoiding waste of electricity.

[0069] It should be noted that although the embodiments described above explain the control method of the ice - making device in a sequential order, this does not mean that the steps must be in this order to achieve the object of the present invention. In fact, the sequential order of some steps can be adjusted. For example, step S130 can be executed first, and then step S120.

[0070] Furthermore, it should be noted that some of the embodiments described above in the present invention are only some basic embodiments that can achieve the object 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.

[0071] Such asFigure 4 As shown, the ice-making device further includes an instruction receiving module 3, which is configured to enable the ice-making device to receive a control instruction issued by a user. Exemplarily, the instruction receiving module 3 is a display touch screen provided on the device body 1, so that the user can issue a control instruction to the ice-making device through the display touch screen.

[0072] Further, during the current ice-making cycle, if the ice cubes produced by the ice-making tray 24 cannot meet the user's usage requirements, or the user believes that the number of ice cubes produced by the ice-making tray 24 is too large, the user can adjust the number of ice-making trays of the ice-making tray 24 through the instruction receiving module 3.

[0073] In some other embodiments of the present invention, the control method of the ice-making device further includes: in response to the instruction receiving module 3 receiving ice-making times adjustment information, during the current ice-making cycle, enabling the ice-making tray 24 to increase or decrease the ice-making times according to the ice-making times adjustment information.

[0074] Specifically, when the instruction receiving module 3 receives an instruction issued by the user, the ice-making device enables the ice-making tray 24 to increase or decrease the corresponding ice-making times (number of trays) on the basis of the number of times in the current ice-making cycle.

[0075] Alternatively, those skilled in the art can also, as needed, when the instruction receiving module 3 receives an instruction issued by the user, enable the ice-making tray 24 to produce ice cubes corresponding to the number of trays according to the number of trays instruction issued by the user.

[0076] Since the change in the user's demand for ice quantity may be temporarily proposed, in order to avoid the change in the ice-making quantity of the ice-making device due to the user's temporary demand, in some other embodiments of the present invention, preferably, the ice-making times increased or decreased by the ice-making tray 24 due to the ice-making times adjustment information are not used as a determining factor for the next ice-making times.

[0077] Therefore, some other embodiments of the present invention, compared with the embodiments described above, at least further have the technical effect that: the ice-making tray 24 can increase or decrease the ice-making times according to the ice-making times adjustment information during the current ice-making cycle, meeting the user's suddenly increased or decreased ice usage requirements. By making the ice-making times increased or decreased by the ice-making tray 24 due to the ice-making times adjustment information not be used as a determining factor for the next ice-making times, it avoids the influence of the user's suddenly increased or decreased ice usage requirements on the ice-making quantity of the ice-making device in the next ice-making cycle.

[0078] 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 an execution instruction stored on the memory, and the execution instruction is configured to enable the ice-making device to execute the control method described in any of the foregoing embodiments when executed by the processor.

[0079] Further, the ice-making device has a conventional ice-making mode and an intelligent ice-making mode. A function button for user operation is provided on the refrigeration device, so that the user can use this function button to make the ice-making device operate in the conventional ice-making mode or the intelligent ice-making mode. When the ice-making device operates in the conventional ice-making mode, the control method for ice-making of the ice-making device is the same as the traditional control method, and no further description will be given here. When the ice-making device operates in the intelligent ice-making mode, the ice-making device uses the control method described in any of the foregoing embodiments to make ice.

[0080] Among them, the memory is used to store executable instructions, and the executable instructions are specifically computer programs that can be executed. Further, the memory may include a memory and a non-volatile memory, and provide 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.

[0081] Those skilled in the art can understand that the above control method can be applied to the processor or implemented with the help of the processor. Exemplarily, the 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, microprocessors and any other conventional processors.

[0082] So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in combination with multiple foregoing embodiments. However, it is easy for those skilled in the art to 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-mentioned 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, the ice-making device including a water tank, an ice-making tray, a driving device, and an ice storage box, the water tank being configured to supply water to the ice-making tray, the ice-making tray being configured to freeze the water thereon into ice, and the driving device being configured to drive the ice-making tray to flip so that the ice on the ice-making tray falls into the ice storage box; The control method includes: Obtaining the previous ice-making times of the ice-making tray in the previous ice-making cycle; During the ice-making cycle, the ice-making times of the ice-making tray are less than or equal to a preset number, and the preset number is a natural number not less than 1; Obtaining the remaining ice amount in the ice storage box; Comparing the remaining ice amount with the single ice-making amount of the ice-making tray; Determining the next ice-making times of the ice-making tray in the next ice-making cycle according to the comparison result and the previous ice-making times.

2. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 1, wherein, The determining the next ice-making times of the ice-making tray in the next ice-making cycle according to the comparison result and the previous ice-making times includes: If the remaining ice amount is less than the single ice-making amount and greater than 0, then making the next ice-making times equal to the previous ice-making times; and / or, If the remaining ice amount is equal to 0, then making the next ice-making times equal to the previous ice-making times plus 1; and / or, If the remaining ice amount is greater than the single ice-making amount, then making the next ice-making times equal to the previous ice-making times minus M, where M is a natural number not less than 1.

3. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 2, wherein, M is 1; or, M is the integer part of the result of dividing the remaining ice amount by the single ice-making amount.

4. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 1, wherein, The control method further includes: In the first ice-making cycle, making the ice-making tray make ice for the preset number of times.

5. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 4, wherein, The preset number of times is the ice-making times when the ice-making tray fills the ice storage box with ice.

6. The control method for the ice-making device according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein, The ice-making cycle is 24 hours.

7. The control method for the ice-making device according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein, The ice-making device further includes an instruction receiving module; The control method further includes: In response to the instruction receiving module receiving ice-making times adjustment information, in the current ice-making cycle, making the ice-making tray increase or decrease the ice-making times according to the ice-making times adjustment information.

8. The control method for the ice-making device according to claim 7, wherein, The ice-making times by which the ice-making tray increases or decreases due to the ice-making times adjustment information are not used as a determining factor for the next ice-making times.

9. The control method for the ice-making device according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein, The ice-making device is a refrigerator.

10. An ice-making device, including 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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