Method and apparatus for grouping home appliances, electronic device, storage medium

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of household appliances, and discloses a method for grouping household appliances, which comprises the following steps: obtaining an alternative combination scheme of the household appliances; displaying the alternative combination scheme of the household appliances to a user; and grouping the household appliances according to the alternative combination scheme corresponding to a selection instruction of the user. In this way, the alternative combination scheme of the household appliances is directly recommended to the user, the user only needs to select the desired combination, and the user does not need to click the household appliances that need to be combined one by one. The user operation can be optimized, and the user operation is simpler. Therefore, the household appliances can be conveniently combined, and the efficiency of combining the household appliances is improved. The application further discloses an apparatus for grouping household appliances, an electronic device and a storage medium.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of home appliance technology, such as a method and apparatus for grouping home appliances, electronic devices, and storage media. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, to provide users with a better experience using home appliances, these appliances are often grouped, allowing them to operate in tandem within the same group. One related technology displays all the appliances on a screen, and the user clicks on the appliances they want to combine. However, this method of sequentially clicking on the appliances is cumbersome and inefficient. Summary of the Invention

[0003] To provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosed embodiments, a brief summary is given below. This summary is not intended as a general commentary, nor is it intended to identify key / important components or describe the scope of protection of these embodiments, but rather as a prelude to the detailed description that follows.

[0004] This disclosure provides a method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium for grouping home appliances to facilitate the convenient combination of home appliances.

[0005] In some embodiments, a method for grouping home appliances includes: obtaining alternative combination schemes for home appliances; displaying the alternative combination schemes for home appliances to a user; and, in response to a user's selection instruction, grouping the home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instruction.

[0006] In some embodiments, obtaining alternative combinations of home appliances includes: obtaining devices to be bound and bound devices; the bound devices are used to represent home appliances that are already connected to the network; the devices to be bound are used to represent home appliances that are not connected to the network; and determining alternative combinations of home appliances based on the devices to be bound and the bound devices.

[0007] In some embodiments, determining alternative combination schemes for home appliances based on the device to be bound and the bound device includes: obtaining a first device model of the device to be bound and a second device model of the bound device; if the second device model is the same as the first device model, determining the combination of the bound device and the device to be bound corresponding to the second device model as the alternative combination scheme for home appliances.

[0008] In some embodiments, obtaining alternative combination schemes for home appliances includes: obtaining bound combinations; the bound combinations are used to characterize combination schemes among multiple bound home appliances; and determining alternative combination schemes for home appliances based on the device to be bound and the bound combinations.

[0009] In some embodiments, before obtaining alternative combinations of home appliances, the method further includes: obtaining devices to be bound; and, upon receiving a binding instruction from a user, obtaining alternative combinations of home appliances; wherein the binding instruction is used to instruct the device to be bound corresponding to the binding instruction to perform network binding.

[0010] In some embodiments, after combining the home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instruction, the method further includes: in response to the user's channel setting instruction, setting the channel of the combined home appliances to the channel corresponding to the channel setting instruction.

[0011] In some embodiments, after combining home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instruction, the method further includes: responding to the user's scheme selection instruction, operating the home appliances according to the combined scheme corresponding to the scheme selection instruction; the combined scheme is used to characterize the combination scheme corresponding to the combined home appliances.

[0012] In some embodiments, an apparatus for grouping home appliances includes: an acquisition module configured to acquire alternative combination schemes of home appliances; a display module configured to display the alternative combination schemes of home appliances to a user; and a combination module configured to combine home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the user's selection instruction.

[0013] In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a processor and a memory storing program instructions, the processor being configured to perform the above-described method for grouping home appliances when executing the program instructions.

[0014] In some embodiments, the storage medium stores program instructions that, when executed, perform the method described above for grouping home appliances.

[0015] The method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium for grouping home appliances provided in this disclosure can achieve the following technical effects: By acquiring alternative combination schemes for home appliances, these schemes are displayed to the user. In response to the user's selection command, the home appliances are grouped according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection command. Thus, by directly recommending alternative combination schemes to the user, the user only needs to select the desired combination, without needing to click on the home appliances to be combined sequentially. This optimizes user operation and simplifies the process, thereby facilitating the convenient combination of home appliances and improving the efficiency of home appliance combination.

[0016] The above general description and the description below are exemplary and illustrative only and are not intended to limit this application. Attached Figure Description

[0017] One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings. These illustrations and drawings do not constitute a limitation on the embodiments. Elements having the same reference numerals in the drawings are shown as similar elements. The drawings are not to be scaled. And wherein:

[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a method for grouping home appliances provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0019] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the display interface during the speaker binding process provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0020] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the display interface during the speaker assembly process provided in the embodiments of this disclosure;

[0021] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of a speaker placement provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0022] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of a combined scheme selection interface provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0023] Figure 6 This is another schematic diagram of speaker placement provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0024] Figure 7 This is another schematic diagram of speaker placement provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0025] Figure 8 This is another schematic diagram of speaker placement provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0026] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of a device for grouping home appliances provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0027] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure.

[0028] Figure label:

[0029] 1: Television; 2: Sofa; 3: First speaker; 4: Second speaker; 5: Third speaker; 6: Fourth speaker; 7: Fifth speaker; 8: Subwoofer; 9: Sixth speaker. Detailed Implementation

[0030] To provide a more detailed understanding of the features and technical content of the embodiments of this disclosure, the implementation of the embodiments of this disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of this disclosure. In the following technical description, for ease of explanation, several details are used to provide a full understanding of the disclosed embodiments. However, one or more embodiments may still be implemented without these details. In other cases, well-known structures and devices may be simplified in their depiction to simplify the drawings.

[0031] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in the specification, claims, and accompanying drawings of this disclosure 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 for the embodiments of this disclosure described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion.

[0032] Unless otherwise stated, the term "multiple" means two or more.

[0033] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the character " / " indicates that the objects before and after it are in an "or" relationship. For example, A / B means: A or B.

[0034] The term "and / or" describes an association between objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B means: A or B, or A and B.

[0035] The term "correspondence" can refer to an association or binding relationship. The correspondence between A and B means that there is an association or binding relationship between A and B.

[0036] In some embodiments, the home appliance is an audio-visual device. Examples of audio-visual devices include smart TVs, projectors, and smart speakers.

[0037] In some embodiments, home appliances include refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, audio-visual equipment, etc.

[0038] In some embodiments, the electronic device is a home appliance or user terminal equipped with a touch screen. The user terminal includes, for example, a mobile phone or tablet.

[0039] Combination Figure 1 As shown, this disclosure provides a method for grouping home appliances, including:

[0040] Step S101: The electronic device obtains alternative combination schemes of home appliances.

[0041] In step S102, the electronic device displays alternative combinations of home appliances to the user.

[0042] In step S103, the electronic device responds to the user's selection command and combines the home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection command.

[0043] The method for grouping home appliances provided in this disclosure obtains alternative combination schemes for the home appliances. These alternative combination schemes are then displayed to the user. In response to the user's selection command, the home appliances are grouped according to the corresponding alternative combination scheme. This directly recommends alternative combination schemes to the user, who only needs to select the desired combination without having to click on each appliance individually. This optimizes user operation and simplifies the process, thereby facilitating convenient combination of home appliances and improving the efficiency of home appliance combination.

[0044] Optionally, obtaining alternative combination schemes for home appliances includes: obtaining devices to be bound and already bound devices; the already bound devices represent home appliances that are already connected to the network and bound; the devices to be bound represent home appliances that are not connected to the network and bound; and determining alternative combination schemes for home appliances based on the devices to be bound and the already bound devices. In this way, determining alternative combination schemes for home appliances based on the devices to be bound and the already bound devices allows for a simple and convenient way to obtain alternative combination schemes for home appliances.

[0045] Optionally, alternative combination schemes for home appliances are determined based on the device to be bound and the already bound devices. This includes: obtaining the first device model of the device to be bound and the second device model of the already bound devices; if the second device model is the same as the first device model, determining the combination of the already bound device and the device to be bound corresponding to the second device model as the alternative combination scheme for home appliances. In this way, when the home appliances are of the same model, the interoperability between them is better. Therefore, constructing combination schemes for home appliances of the same model can make the linkage between home appliances smoother.

[0046] In some embodiments, there are two bound devices, such as bound device F and bound device G. The first device model of the device to be bound is obtained, for example, type H. The second device model of bound device F is obtained, for example, type H. The second device model of bound device G is obtained, for example, type I. Since the second device model of bound device F is the same as the first device model, the combination of bound device F and the device to be bound, "bound device F and device to be bound," is determined as an alternative combination scheme for the home appliance.

[0047] Optionally, the alternative combination scheme of home appliances is determined based on the device to be bound and the bound devices, including: when there are multiple bound devices, determining one or more combinations between the device to be bound and the multiple bound devices as alternative combination schemes of home appliances.

[0048] In some embodiments, there are two bound devices, such as bound device A and bound device B. There are two possible combinations between the device to be bound and the bound devices, such as the combination of the device to be bound with bound device A, and the combination of the device to be bound with bound device B. Both combinations are designated as alternative combinations for the home appliance.

[0049] Optionally, obtaining alternative combination schemes for home appliances includes: obtaining already bound combinations; the already bound combinations represent combination schemes among multiple bound home appliances; and determining alternative combination schemes for home appliances based on the device to be bound and the already bound combinations. In this way, by grouping the device to be bound with the already bound combinations, it is easier to add the device to be bound to an existing combination.

[0050] Furthermore, based on the device to be bound and the already bound combinations, alternative combination schemes for home appliances are determined, including: when there are multiple already bound combinations, determining one or more combination methods between the device to be bound and the multiple already bound combinations as alternative combination schemes for home appliances.

[0051] In some embodiments, there are two bound combinations, such as bound combination C and bound combination D. There are two possible combinations between the device to be bound and the bound combinations, such as the combination of the device to be bound with bound combination C and the combination of the device to be bound with bound combination D. Both combination methods are determined as alternative combination schemes for the home appliances. Bound combination C includes, for example, a combination of bound devices F and G. Bound combination D includes, for example, a combination of bound devices A and B.

[0052] Optionally, alternative combinations of home appliances can be displayed to the user, including sending these combinations to a preset display screen and triggering the display screen to show the alternative combinations. The preset display screen may be, for example, the display screen built into the electronic device. This allows the user to easily select from the alternative combinations.

[0053] Optionally, before obtaining alternative combinations of home appliances, the process further includes: obtaining the device to be bound; and, upon receiving a binding instruction from the user, obtaining alternative combinations of home appliances. The binding instruction is used to instruct the device to be bound to connect to the network for binding. In this way, alternative combinations of home appliances are only displayed when the user binds the device to be bound, reducing the operational load on electronic devices.

[0054] Optionally, upon receiving a binding instruction from a user, the method further includes: performing network binding on the device to be bound corresponding to the binding instruction.

[0055] Furthermore, the device to be bound to the binding command is network-bound, including: triggering the already bound device to notify the device to be bound of the password for the network connection device.

[0056] In some embodiments, the bound device notifies the unbound device of the password for connecting to the network using Bluetooth mesh networking technology or Wi-Fi mesh networking technology. For example, the bound device notifies the unbound device of the password for connecting to the network using a mesh node protocol.

[0057] In some embodiments, when there are multiple devices to be bound and a user's binding instruction is received, the multiple devices to be bound are bound in batches. When obtaining alternative combination schemes for home appliances, the combination schemes between the devices to be bound in batches and the already bound devices are obtained as alternative combination schemes for home appliances.

[0058] Optionally, after obtaining the device to be bound, the method also includes: displaying a binding prompt message to the user.

[0059] In some embodiments, Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the display interface during the speaker pairing process, such as... Figure 2 As shown, the display interface shows a binding prompt, such as: "1 smart speaker device found, please bind." The interface also displays buttons, such as "Cancel" and "OK." If the user clicks "OK," the binding command is received. The smart speaker device is then connected to the network for binding. After successful network binding, the smart speaker device name is displayed, such as "Smart Speaker 1." Clicking on "Smart Speaker 1" displays the smart speaker device details page. This page includes the device parameters, such as channel settings and the smart speaker brand name.

[0060] Optionally, before obtaining alternative combinations of home appliances, the process further includes: obtaining the devices to be bound; obtaining the number of bound devices; incrementing the number of bound devices by 1 to obtain the total number of devices; and obtaining alternative combinations of home appliances when a binding instruction is received from the user and the total number of devices is greater than or equal to a preset value. The preset value is 2.

[0061] Optionally, after combining the home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instruction, the method further includes: responding to the user's channel setting instruction, setting the channels of the combined home appliances to the channels corresponding to the channel setting instruction. The channels corresponding to the channel setting instruction may be, for example, left channel, right channel, left rear channel, right rear channel, center channel, etc.

[0062] In some embodiments, there are two alternative combination schemes, such as alternative combination scheme O and alternative combination scheme Q. Alternative combination scheme Q is a combination of the already bound device A and the device to be bound. The user's selection instruction is to select alternative combination scheme O. The home appliances are then combined according to alternative combination scheme O. Then, in response to the user's channel setting instruction, the already bound device A in alternative combination scheme O is set to the left channel, and the device to be bound in alternative combination scheme O is set to the right channel.

[0063] In some embodiments, Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the display interface during the speaker assembly process, such as... Figure 3 As shown, when two smart speaker devices are present, the display interface will show the details page for each smart speaker device, such as "2.1 Channel Smart Combination Device Details Page". It will also display the details page for the combined smart speakers; for example, the display interface will show Smart Speaker 1, Smart Speaker 2, and the smart combination.

[0064] Optionally, after combining the home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instruction, the method further includes: responding to the user's scheme selection instruction, operating the home appliances according to the combined scheme corresponding to the scheme selection instruction; the combined scheme is used to characterize the combination scheme corresponding to the combined home appliances.

[0065] In some embodiments, Figure 4 This is a diagram showing the placement of a speaker, combined with... Figure 4 As shown, a television 1 and a sofa 2 are arranged in the room. Television 1 and sofa 2 are positioned opposite each other. A first speaker 3 and a second speaker 4 are positioned on either side of television 1. A third speaker 5 and a fourth speaker 6 are positioned behind the sofa. Consider the following configurations: a two-speaker configuration and a four-speaker configuration. In a two-speaker configuration, for example, the first speaker and the second speaker are combined, with the first speaker's channel set to the left and the second speaker's channel set to the right. In a four-speaker configuration, for example, the first speaker, the second speaker, the third speaker, and the fourth speaker are combined, with the first speaker's channel set to the left, the second speaker's channel set to the right, the third speaker's channel set to the left rear channel, and the fourth speaker's channel set to the right rear channel. Figure 5 As shown, the display interface shows both a two-speaker and a four-speaker configuration. If the user clicks on the two-speaker option and confirms, the speakers will operate according to the two-speaker configuration. If the user clicks on the four-speaker option and confirms, the speakers will operate according to the four-speaker configuration.

[0066] In some embodiments, Figure 6 A diagram showing the placement of another speaker. (Combined) Figure 6As shown, there are six speakers, for example: speaker 3 (first speaker), speaker 4 (second speaker), speaker 5 (third speaker), speaker 6 (fourth speaker), speaker 7 (fifth speaker), and subwoofer 8. The user's viewing position is at the center of the circle, and speakers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are placed around the center on the edge of the circle. The angles between speakers 1 and 2 are 30 degrees, between speakers 1 and 3 are 30 degrees, between speakers 1 and 4 are 120 degrees, and between speakers 1 and 5 are 120 degrees. The angles between speakers 1 and 4 can be between 100 and 120 degrees. The subwoofer is positioned between speakers 1 and 2. In this configuration, the first speaker is set to the center channel, the second speaker to the left channel, the third speaker to the right channel, the fourth speaker to the left rear channel, and the fifth speaker to the right rear channel. Optionally, the first speaker can be a speaker that comes with the television. Thus, after the speakers are arranged in the preset positions, the user can select alternative speaker combinations to achieve a 2.1-channel or 5.1-channel synchronized effect during operation.

[0067] In some embodiments, Figure 7 A diagram showing the placement of another speaker. (Combined) Figure 7 As shown, there are seven speakers, for example: speaker 3 (first speaker), speaker 4 (second speaker), speaker 5 (third speaker), speaker 6 (fourth speaker), speaker 7 (fifth speaker), subwoofer 8 (subwoofer), and speaker 9 (sixth speaker). The user's viewing position is located at the center of the circle. Speakers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are placed side-by-side directly opposite the viewing position, with the subwoofer placed to the left of speaker 1. Speakers 5 and 6 are placed on the edge of the circle, opposite the viewing position. The channel of speaker 1 is set to the left channel, the channel of speaker 2 to the center channel, the channel of speaker 3 to the right channel, the channel of speaker 4 to the center channel, the channel of speaker 5 to the left rear channel, and the channel of speaker 6 to the right rear channel.

[0068] In some embodiments, Figure 8This diagram illustrates the placement of another speaker. There are seven speakers, for example: speaker 3 (first speaker), speaker 4 (second speaker), speaker 5 (third speaker), speaker 6 (fourth speaker), speaker 7 (fifth speaker), subwoofer 8, and speaker 9. The user's viewing position is located at the center of the circle. Position the first and second speakers directly in front of the viewing position. Place the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth speakers around the edge of the circle, surrounding the center. Specifically, the third speaker is positioned to the left front of the viewing position, the fourth speaker to the right front, the fifth speaker to the left rear, and the sixth speaker to the right rear. The channels of the first and second speakers are set to center, the third speaker to left, the fourth speaker to right, the fifth speaker to left rear, and the sixth speaker to right rear.

[0069] In some embodiments, the left rear channel is the left surround channel (LS), the right rear channel is the right surround channel (RS), and the center channel is the center channel (C).

[0070] In some embodiments, after the home appliances are combined according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instructions, the alternative combination scheme is called the combined scheme.

[0071] In some embodiments, home appliances are combined according to alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instruction, that is, a linkage relationship is established between each home appliance in the alternative combination scheme. Here, the linkage relationship means that when one home appliance is operating, other home appliances in the same combination scheme as that home appliance also operate synchronously.

[0072] In some embodiments, parameter configuration for individual appliances within a combined solution is not supported. Furthermore, the combined solution can be decomposed.

[0073] Combination Figure 9 As shown, this embodiment of the disclosure provides an apparatus 13 for grouping home appliances, including an acquisition module 10, a display module 11, and a combination module 12. The acquisition module 10 is configured to acquire alternative combination schemes for home appliances; the display module 11 is configured to display the alternative combination schemes for home appliances to the user; and the combination module 12 is configured to combine home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the user's selection instruction.

[0074] The apparatus for grouping home appliances provided in this disclosure acquires alternative combination schemes for the home appliances through an acquisition module. A display module presents these alternative combination schemes to the user. A combination module responds to the user's selection command and combines the home appliances according to the corresponding alternative combination scheme. In this way, by directly recommending alternative combination schemes to the user, the user only needs to select the desired combination, without needing to click on the home appliances to be combined sequentially. This optimizes user operation and simplifies the process, thereby facilitating convenient combination of home appliances and improving the efficiency of home appliance combination.

[0075] Combination Figure 10 As shown, this embodiment of the disclosure provides an electronic device 14, including a processor 15 and a memory 16. Optionally, the device may further include a communication interface 17 and a bus 18. The processor 15, communication interface 17, and memory 16 can communicate with each other via the bus 18. The communication interface 17 can be used for information transmission. The processor 15 can invoke logical instructions in the memory 16 to execute the method for grouping home appliances described in the above embodiment.

[0076] The electronic device provided in this disclosure acquires alternative combination schemes for home appliances. These alternative combination schemes are then displayed to the user. In response to the user's selection command, the home appliances are combined according to the corresponding alternative combination scheme. By directly recommending alternative combination schemes to the user, the user only needs to select the desired combination, eliminating the need to click on each appliance individually. This optimizes user operation and simplifies the process, thereby facilitating convenient combination of home appliances and improving the efficiency of appliance combination.

[0077] Furthermore, the logical instructions in the aforementioned memory 16 can be implemented as software functional units and, when sold or used as independent products, can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.

[0078] The memory 16, as a computer-readable storage medium, can be used to store software programs and computer-executable programs, such as program instructions / modules corresponding to the methods in the embodiments of this disclosure. The processor 15 executes functional applications and data processing by running the program instructions / modules stored in the memory 16, thereby implementing the method for grouping home appliances in the above embodiments.

[0079] The memory 16 may include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store the operating system and applications required for at least one function; the data storage area may store data created based on the use of the terminal device. Furthermore, the memory 16 may include high-speed random access memory and may also include non-volatile memory.

[0080] This disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions configured to perform the above-described method for grouping home appliances.

[0081] This disclosure provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium. The computer program includes program instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the above-described method for grouping home appliances.

[0082] The aforementioned computer-readable storage medium may be a transient computer-readable storage medium or a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

[0083] The technical solutions of this disclosure can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes one or more instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in this disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium can be a non-transitory storage medium, including: a USB flash drive, a portable hard drive, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and other media capable of storing program code; it can also be a transient storage medium.

[0084] The foregoing description and accompanying drawings fully illustrate embodiments of this disclosure to enable those skilled in the art to practice them. Other embodiments may include structural, logical, electrical, procedural, and other changes. The embodiments represent only possible variations. Individual components and functions are optional unless explicitly required, and the order of operation may vary. Parts and features of some embodiments may be included in or replace parts and features of other embodiments. Moreover, the terminology used in this application is for describing embodiments only and is not intended to limit the claims. As used in the description of embodiments and claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to equally include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Similarly, the term “and / or” as used in this application means including one or more of the associated listed items and all possible combinations thereof. Additionally, when used in this application, the term "comprise" and its variations "comprises" and / or "comprising" refer to the presence of stated features, integrals, steps, operations, elements, and / or components, but do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integrals, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprises a..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, or apparatus that includes said element. In this document, each embodiment may focus on the differences from other embodiments, and similar or identical parts between embodiments can be referred to mutually. For methods, products, etc., disclosed in the embodiments, if they correspond to the method section disclosed in the embodiments, the relevant parts can be referred to the description of the method section.

[0085] Those skilled in the art will recognize that the units and algorithm steps of the various examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the embodiments of this disclosure. Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the sake of convenience and brevity, the specific working processes of the systems, devices, and units described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0086] The methods and products (including but not limited to devices and equipment) disclosed in the embodiments herein can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For instance, the division of units may be merely 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. In addition, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection between the shown or discussed units may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection between devices or units may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms. The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate. 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 the units may be selected to implement this embodiment according to actual needs. Furthermore, the functional units in the embodiments of this disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

[0087] The flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to embodiments of this disclosure. In this regard, each block in a flowchart or block diagram may represent a module, segment, or portion of code containing one or more executable instructions for implementing a specified logical function. In some alternative implementations, the functions marked in the blocks may occur in a different order than that shown in the drawings. For example, two consecutive blocks may actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they may sometimes be executed in reverse order, depending on the functions involved. In the descriptions corresponding to the flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings, the operations or steps corresponding to different blocks may also occur in a different order than disclosed in the description, and sometimes there is no specific order between different operations or steps. For example, two consecutive operations or steps may actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they may sometimes be executed in reverse order, depending on the functions involved. Each block in a block diagram and / or flowchart, and combinations of blocks in a block diagram and / or flowchart, can be implemented using a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified function or action, or using a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

Claims

1. A method for grouping household appliances, characterized in that, include: Get the device to be bound; Get the number of bound devices; Increment the number of bound devices by 1 to get the total number of devices; Upon receiving a user's binding instruction, and provided that the total number of devices is greater than or equal to a preset value, obtain alternative combinations of home appliances. Show users alternative combinations of home appliances; In response to the user's selection command, the home appliances are combined according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection command; Obtain alternative combination schemes for home appliances, including: obtaining bound combinations, which represent combination schemes among multiple bound home appliances; When there are multiple already bound combinations, one or more combinations of the device to be bound with the multiple already bound combinations are determined as alternative combination schemes for the home appliance.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, Obtain alternative combinations of home appliances, including: Obtain the device to be bound and the device already bound; the device already bound is used to represent a home appliance that has been connected to the network and bound; the device to be bound is used to represent a home appliance that has not been connected to the network and bound. Based on the devices to be bound and the devices already bound, determine the alternative combination schemes of home appliances.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, Based on the devices to be bound and the devices already bound, determine the alternative combinations of home appliances, including: Get the first device model of the device to be bound and the second device model of the already bound device; If the second device model is the same as the first device model, the combination of the bound device and the device to be bound corresponding to the second device model is determined as the alternative combination scheme for the home appliance.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, Before obtaining alternative combinations of home appliances, the following steps are also required: Get the device to be bound; Upon receiving a binding instruction from a user, the system obtains alternative combinations of home appliances; the binding instruction is used to instruct the device to be bound to the network for binding.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, After combining home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instructions, the following are also included: In response to the user's channel setting command, the channels of the combined home appliances are set to the channels corresponding to the channel setting command.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, After combining home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection instructions, the following are also included: In response to the user's scheme selection command, the home appliances are operated according to the pre-combined scheme corresponding to the scheme selection command; the pre-combined scheme is used to characterize the combination scheme corresponding to the combined home appliances.

7. A device for grouping household appliances, characterized in that, include: The acquisition module is configured to: acquire devices to be bound; acquire the number of bound devices; increment the number of bound devices by 1 to obtain the total number of devices; Upon receiving a user's binding instruction, and provided that the total number of devices is greater than or equal to a preset value, the system retrieves alternative combinations of home appliances and displays these alternative combinations to the user. In response to the user's selection command, the home appliances are combined according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the selection command; Obtaining alternative combination schemes for home appliances includes: obtaining already bound combinations, which represent combination schemes among multiple already bound home appliances; and, in the case of multiple already bound combinations, determining one or more combination methods between the device to be bound and multiple already bound combinations as alternative combination schemes for home appliances. The display module is configured to showcase alternative combinations of home appliances to users. The combination module is configured to combine home appliances according to the alternative combination schemes corresponding to the user's selection command.

8. An electronic device comprising a processor and a memory storing program instructions, characterized in that, The processor is configured to perform, when executing the program instructions, the method for grouping home appliances as described in any one of claims 1 to 6.

9. A storage medium storing program instructions, characterized in that, When the program instructions are executed, they perform the method for grouping home appliances as described in any one of claims 1 to 6.

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