Clothes drying equipment control method and device, equipment and storage medium

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of clothes drying, particularly provides a clothes drying equipment control method and device, equipment and a storage medium, and aims to solve the problem that whether clothes are dried or not cannot be judged due to the fact that a current humidity value cannot be accurately obtained after a humidity sensor is abnormal in an existing method. And the clothes can be damaged due to over-drying of the clothes. In order to achieve the purpose, the control method for the clothes drying equipment comprises the steps that whether a dryness and humidity judging sensor is abnormal or not is determined; if yes, state information of the clothes drying equipment in the drying process is obtained; and controlling the clothes drying equipment based on the state information. In this way, the situation that clothes are too dry possibly after the humidity sensor is abnormal is prevented, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of clothes drying, and specifically provides a clothes drying equipment control method, device, equipment and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] At present, existing clothes drying equipment, especially washing and drying equipment or clothes dryers, only use humidity sensors for judging dryness in the drying process. In some cases, the humidity sensors for judging dryness may have the risk of failure or abnormality. After the humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, the current humidity value cannot be accurately obtained, resulting in the inability to judge whether the clothes have been dried, which may cause the clothes to be over-dried and damaged, affecting the user experience.

[0003] Accordingly, the art requires a new control solution for clothes drying equipment to solve the above problems. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to overcome the above defects, the present invention is proposed to solve or at least partially solve the above technical problems. The present invention provides a control method, device, equipment and storage medium for a clothes drying device.

[0005] In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for controlling a clothes drying device, the method comprising:

[0006] Determine whether the humidity sensor is abnormal;

[0007] If yes, obtaining status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process;

[0008] The clothes drying device is controlled based on the status information.

[0009] In one embodiment, determining whether the humidity sensor is abnormal includes:

[0010] Acquire a first humidity value collected by the humidity sensor;

[0011] Determining whether the first humidity value meets a first preset condition within a preset time period;

[0012] If so, it is determined that the humidity sensor is abnormal.

[0013] In one embodiment, the state information includes at least one of a compressor speed, a compressor exhaust temperature, a compressor suction temperature, a condenser temperature, a laundry weight, an air inlet temperature of a dryer drum, and an air outlet temperature of a dryer drum;

[0014] The obtaining of the status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process comprises: obtaining at least one of a compressor speed, a compressor exhaust temperature, a compressor suction temperature, a condenser temperature, a clothes weight, an air inlet temperature of a drying drum, and an air outlet temperature of a drying drum during the drying process of the clothes drying device.

[0015] In one embodiment, the controlling the clothes drying device based on the status information includes:

[0016] determining whether the clothes drying is completed based on the status information;

[0017] If yes, the clothes drying device is controlled to stop drying.

[0018] In one embodiment, judging whether the clothes drying is completed based on the status information includes:

[0019] Build a network model and train it;

[0020] Inputting the state information into the network model and outputting a second humidity value;

[0021] Determining whether the second humidity value meets a second preset condition;

[0022] If so, it is determined that the clothes drying is completed.

[0023] In one embodiment, the determining whether the second humidity value satisfies a preset condition includes:

[0024] Determining whether the second humidity value is less than a preset humidity threshold;

[0025] If so, it is determined that the second humidity value meets the second preset condition.

[0026] In one embodiment, the network model includes any one of a convolutional neural network, a region-based convolutional neural network, and a deep neural network.

[0027] In a second aspect, the present invention provides a control device for a clothes drying device, the device comprising:

[0028] A determination module configured to determine whether the humidity sensor is abnormal;

[0029] An acquisition module, configured to acquire status information of the clothes drying device during a drying process when the dryness and humidity determination sensor is abnormal;

[0030] A control module is configured to control the clothes drying device based on the status information.

[0031] In a third aspect, a clothes drying device is provided, which includes at least one processor and at least one storage device, wherein the storage device is suitable for storing multiple program codes, and the program codes are suitable for being loaded and run by the processor to execute any of the aforementioned clothes drying device control methods.

[0032] In a fourth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein a plurality of program codes are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, wherein the program codes are suitable for being loaded and run by a processor to execute any of the aforementioned control methods for a clothes drying device.

[0033] The above one or more technical solutions of the present invention have at least one or more of the following beneficial effects:

[0034] The clothes drying device control method of the present invention includes determining whether the dryness and humidity sensor is abnormal; if so, obtaining the state information of the clothes drying device during the drying process; and controlling the clothes drying device based on the state information. In this way, when the dryness and humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, the clothes drying device can be further controlled according to the state information during the drying process, thereby preventing the clothes from being over-dried due to the inability to obtain the humidity value when the dryness and humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, thereby improving the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0035] The disclosure of the present invention will become more easily understood with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is easy for those skilled in the art to understand that these drawings are only for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. In addition, similar numbers in the figures are used to represent similar components, among which:

[0036] Figure 1 is a schematic flow chart of main steps of a method for controlling a clothes drying device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0037] Figure 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a clothes dryer in one embodiment;

[0038] Figure 3 is a flow chart of determining whether a humidity sensor is abnormal in one embodiment;

[0039] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a process of controlling a clothes drying device based on status information in an embodiment;

[0040] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a main structural block diagram of a control device for a clothes drying device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of a clothes drying device in one embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0042] Some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only used to explain the technical principles of the present invention and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

[0043] In the description of the present invention, "module" and "processor" may include hardware, software or a combination of the two. A module may include hardware circuits, various suitable sensors, communication ports, and memories, and may also include software parts, such as program codes, or a combination of software and hardware. The processor may be a central processing unit, a microprocessor, an image processor, a digital signal processor, or any other suitable processor. The processor has data and / or signal processing functions. The processor may be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of the two. Non-temporary computer-readable storage media include any suitable medium that can store program codes, such as a magnetic disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a random access memory, and the like. The term "A and / or B" means all possible combinations of A and B, such as only A, only B, or A and B. The term "at least one A or B" or "at least one of A and B" has a similar meaning to "A and / or B", and may include only A, only B, or A and B. The singular terms "one" and "the" may also include plural forms.

[0044] At present, traditional clothes drying equipment, especially washing and drying equipment or clothes dryers, only use humidity sensors for judging dryness in the drying process. In some cases, the humidity sensors for judging dryness may have the risk of failure or abnormality. After the humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, the current humidity value cannot be accurately obtained, resulting in the inability to judge whether the clothes have been dried, which may cause the clothes to be over-dried and damaged, affecting the user experience.

[0045] To this end, the present application proposes a method, device, equipment and storage medium for controlling a clothes drying device, including determining whether a dryness and humidity sensor is abnormal; if so, obtaining state information of the clothes drying device during the drying process; and controlling the clothes drying device based on the state information. In this way, in the case where the dryness and humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, the clothes drying device can be further controlled according to the state information during the drying process, thereby preventing the clothes from being over-dried due to the inability to obtain the humidity value when the dryness and humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, thereby improving the user experience.

[0046] See attached Figure 1 , Figure 1 1 is a flow chart of main steps of a method for controlling a clothes drying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0047] like Figure 1 As shown, the clothes drying device control method in the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes the following steps S100 to S300.

[0048] Step S100: Determine whether the humidity sensor is abnormal;

[0049] Step S200: If yes, obtaining status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process;

[0050] Step S300: controlling the clothes drying device based on the status information.

[0051] Based on the above steps S100 to S300, it includes determining whether the dryness and humidity sensor is abnormal; if so, obtaining the status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process; and controlling the clothes drying device based on the status information. In this way, when the dryness and humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, the clothes drying device can be further controlled according to the status information during the drying process, thereby preventing the situation where the humidity value cannot be obtained when the dryness and humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, resulting in the clothes being over-dried, thereby improving the user experience.

[0052] Clothes drying equipment includes washing and drying machines and clothes dryers.

[0053] like Figure 2 The illustrated clothes dryer may be taken as an example of a clothes drying device, but is not limited thereto.

[0054] Specific as Figure 2 As shown, the clothes dryer includes a clothes dryer drum 111, a heat exchange assembly 114 and a compressor 116. The clothes dryer drum 111 has an air inlet 112 and an air outlet 113. The heat exchange assembly 114 includes at least a condenser 115. In addition, the heat exchange assembly 114 may also include a throttling element ( Figure 2 not shown) and / or evaporator ( Figure 2 The compressor 116 includes an air inlet 118 and an air outlet 117 .

[0055] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the following is a detailed description of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. Figure 2 The clothes dryer shown is used as an example of a clothes drying setting to describe the clothes drying device control method of the present application in detail. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the clothes drying device control method described in the present invention to use a clothes dryer as a clothes drying device.

[0056] The above steps S100 to S300 are further explained below.

[0057] Specific as Figure 3As shown, the above step S100 can be implemented through the following steps S101 to S104.

[0058] Step S101: obtaining a first humidity value collected by the humidity sensor.

[0059] The dryness humidity sensor can be arranged at the air outlet 113 of the drying drum 111, and is used to collect the humidity value at the air outlet of the drying drum in real time, that is, the first humidity value, based on which it can be determined whether the clothes are completely dried.

[0060] Step S102: determining whether the first humidity value within a preset time period satisfies a first preset condition.

[0061] The preset time period may be a pre-set time period, such as a time period of 15 to 20 minutes after the drying program is started.

[0062] The first preset condition may be whether the first humidity value has no change.

[0063] Specifically, it is determined whether the first preset condition is met according to the plurality of first humidity values ​​collected within the preset time period. Specifically, it is determined whether the first humidity value within the preset time period has no change, if so, step S103 is executed; if not, step S104 is executed.

[0064] Step S103: Determine whether the humidity sensor is abnormal.

[0065] Step S104: Determine that the humidity sensor is not abnormal or has not failed.

[0066] In addition, when the dryness determination humidity sensor shows no reading, it is also determined that the dryness determination humidity sensor is abnormal.

[0067] The above is a further description of step S100 , and the following is a further description of step S200 .

[0068] With respect to step S200, when it is determined that the humidity sensor is abnormal or fails, the status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process is obtained.

[0069] In a specific embodiment, the status information includes at least one of a compressor speed, a compressor exhaust temperature, a compressor suction temperature, a condenser temperature, a clothes weight, an air inlet temperature of a dryer, and an air outlet temperature of a dryer; and obtaining the status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process includes: obtaining at least one of a compressor speed, a compressor exhaust temperature, a compressor suction temperature, a condenser temperature, a clothes weight, an air inlet temperature of a dryer, and an air outlet temperature of a dryer during the drying process.

[0070] Specifically, a temperature sensor may be provided at the exhaust hole 117 of the compressor 116 to collect the compressor exhaust temperature. A temperature sensor may be provided at the air intake hole 118 of the compressor 116 to collect the compressor intake temperature. A temperature sensor may be provided on the condenser 115 to collect the condenser temperature. Temperature sensors may be provided at the air inlet 112 of the dryer 111 and the air outlet 113 of the dryer 111 to collect the air inlet temperature and the air outlet temperature of the dryer, respectively. The compressor speed during the drying process or the weight of the clothes in the dryer may also be collected.

[0071] In addition, a temperature sensor may be provided at the bottom of the drying drum to collect the temperature value in the drying drum during the drying process, and use it as status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process.

[0072] The above is a further description of step S200 , and the following is a further description of step S300 .

[0073] Specific as Figure 4 As shown, the above step S300 can be implemented through the following steps S301 to S302.

[0074] Step S301: Determine whether the clothes drying is completed based on the status information.

[0075] Specifically, whether the clothes drying is completed can be determined by at least one of the compressor speed, compressor exhaust temperature, compressor suction temperature, condenser temperature, clothes weight, temperature value in the dryer, air inlet temperature of the dryer and air outlet temperature of the dryer.

[0076] In a specific embodiment, judging whether the clothes drying is completed based on the status information includes: constructing a network model and training it; inputting the status information into the network model and outputting a second humidity value; judging whether the second humidity value meets a second preset condition; if so, determining that the clothes drying is completed.

[0077] The second humidity value may be a determined humidity value at the same time as the state information, which is mainly obtained through a network model or algorithm.

[0078] Specifically, a network model may be constructed to obtain a second humidity value, and whether the clothes drying is completed may be determined based on whether the second humidity value satisfies a second preset condition.

[0079] In a specific embodiment, the network model includes any one of a convolutional neural network, a region-based convolutional neural network, and a deep neural network.

[0080] The network model can be any one of a convolutional neural network (CNN), a region-based convolutional neural network (R-CNN), and a deep neural network (DNN), without limitation.

[0081] After the network model is constructed, historical data can be used to train the network model, specifically to obtain the historical compressor speed, compressor exhaust temperature, compressor suction temperature, condenser temperature, clothing weight, temperature value in the dryer, at least one of the air inlet temperature of the dryer and the air outlet temperature of the dryer at a certain historical moment and the historical humidity value, and use the historical compressor speed, compressor exhaust temperature, compressor suction temperature, condenser temperature, clothing weight, temperature value in the dryer, at least one of the air inlet temperature of the dryer and the air outlet temperature of the dryer as the input of the network model, and adjust the network model based on the output value and the historical humidity value until the network converges to obtain a trained network model.

[0082] After obtaining the trained network model, at least one of the real-time collected compressor speed, compressor exhaust temperature, compressor suction temperature, condenser temperature, clothing weight, temperature value in the dryer, air inlet temperature of the dryer and air outlet temperature of the dryer is input into the trained network model, and the real-time humidity value corresponding to the status information, i.e., the second humidity value, can be output.

[0083] In addition, the second humidity value may also be obtained by using a classification algorithm or a regression algorithm, such as a Sktime algorithm or a Scikit-learn algorithm.

[0084] In a specific embodiment, the determining whether the second humidity value satisfies a preset condition includes: determining whether the second humidity value is less than a preset humidity threshold; if so, determining that the second humidity value satisfies the second preset condition.

[0085] Specifically, whether the second humidity value meets the preset condition is determined by judging whether the second humidity value is less than the preset humidity threshold. If the second humidity value is less than the preset humidity threshold, it is determined that the second humidity value meets the second preset condition; if the second humidity value is not less than the preset humidity threshold, it is determined that the second humidity value does not meet the second preset condition.

[0086] Step S302: If yes, control the clothes drying device to stop drying.

[0087] Specifically, when the second humidity value meets the second preset condition, the clothes drying device is controlled to stop drying or stop the drying program.

[0088] In the case that the drying temperature sensor is abnormal, by collecting status information of the clothes drying equipment during the drying process, such as at least one of the compressor speed, compressor exhaust temperature, compressor suction temperature, condenser temperature, clothes weight, temperature value in the dryer drum, air inlet temperature of the dryer drum and air outlet temperature of the dryer drum, and using a model or algorithm to obtain a real-time second humidity value, finally determining whether the drying is completed by comparing the second humidity value with the humidity threshold value, thereby avoiding over-drying of clothes when the drying humidity sensor is abnormal or fails, and improving the user experience while ensuring accuracy.

[0089] It should be pointed out that although the various steps in the above embodiments are described in a specific order, those skilled in the art can understand that in order to achieve the effects of the present invention, different steps do not have to be performed in such an order. They can be performed simultaneously (in parallel) or in other orders. These changes are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0090] Furthermore, the present invention also provides a control device for a clothes drying device.

[0091] See attached Figure 5 , Figure 5 1 is a main structural block diagram of a control device for a clothes drying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0092] like Figure 5 As shown, the clothes drying equipment control device in the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes a determination module 11, an acquisition module 12 and a control module 13. In some embodiments, one or more of the determination module 11, the acquisition module 12 and the control module 13 can be combined into one module.

[0093] In some embodiments, the determination module 11 may be configured to determine whether the humidity sensor is abnormal.

[0094] The acquisition module 12 may be configured to acquire status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process when the humidity sensor for determining the dryness is abnormal.

[0095] The control module 13 may be configured to control the clothes drying device based on the state information. In one embodiment, the description of the specific implementation functions may refer to the description of step S100 to step S300.

[0096] Based on the above-mentioned clothes drying equipment control device, the determination module determines whether the dryness and humidity sensor is abnormal; the acquisition module 12 acquires the state information of the clothes drying equipment during the drying process when the dryness and humidity sensor is abnormal; and the control module controls the clothes drying equipment based on the state information. In this way, when the dryness and humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, the clothes drying equipment can be further controlled according to the state information during the drying process, thereby preventing the situation where the humidity value cannot be acquired when the dryness and humidity sensor fails or is abnormal, resulting in the clothes being over-dried, thereby improving the user experience.

[0097] The above-mentioned clothes drying equipment control device is used to execute Figure 1 The embodiment of the clothes drying equipment control method shown in the figure has similar technical principles, technical problems solved and technical effects produced. Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and conciseness of description, the specific working process and related instructions of the clothes drying equipment control device can refer to the contents described in the embodiment of the clothes drying equipment control method, which will not be repeated here.

[0098] It is understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention implements all or part of the processes in the method of the above embodiment, and can also be completed by instructing the relevant hardware through a computer program, and the computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the computer program can implement the steps of the above-mentioned various method embodiments when executed by the processor. Among them, the computer program includes computer program code, and the computer program code can be in source code form, object code form, executable file or some intermediate form. The computer-readable storage medium may include: any entity or device, medium, U disk, mobile hard disk, disk, optical disk, computer memory, read-only memory, random access memory, electric carrier signal, telecommunication signal and software distribution medium that can carry the computer program code. It should be noted that the content contained in the computer-readable storage medium can be appropriately increased or decreased according to the requirements of legislation and patent practice in the jurisdiction. For example, in some jurisdictions, according to legislation and patent practice, computer-readable storage media do not include electric carrier signals and telecommunication signals.

[0099] Furthermore, the present invention also provides a clothes drying device. In one embodiment of the clothes drying device according to the present invention, Figure 6As shown, the clothes drying device includes at least one processor 61 and at least one storage device 62, the storage device can be configured to store a program for executing the clothes drying device control method of the above method embodiment, and the processor can be configured to execute the program in the storage device, which includes but is not limited to the program for executing the clothes drying device control method of the above method embodiment. For ease of explanation, only the part related to the embodiment of the present invention is shown. For specific technical details not disclosed, please refer to the method part of the embodiment of the present invention.

[0100] The above-mentioned multiple processors may be processors deployed on the same device. For example, the above-mentioned electronic device may be a high-performance device composed of multiple processors, and the above-mentioned multiple processors may be processors configured on the high-performance device. In addition, the above-mentioned multiple processors may also be processors deployed on different devices. For example, the above-mentioned electronic device may be a server cluster, and the above-mentioned multiple processors may be processors on different servers in the server cluster.

[0101] Furthermore, the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium. In a computer-readable storage medium embodiment according to the present invention, the computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store a program for executing the clothes drying device control method of the above method embodiment, and the program can be loaded and run by the processor to implement the above clothes drying device control method. For ease of explanation, only the parts related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown. For specific technical details not disclosed, please refer to the method part of the embodiment of the present invention. The computer-readable storage medium can be a storage device formed by various electronic devices. Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium in the embodiment of the present invention is a non-temporary computer-readable storage medium.

[0102] Further, it should be understood that since the setting of each module is only for illustrating the functional units of the device of the present invention, the physical devices corresponding to these modules may be the processor itself, or a part of the software in the processor, a part of the hardware, or a part of the combination of software and hardware. Therefore, the number of each module in the figure is only schematic.

[0103] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the device can be adaptively split or merged. Such splitting or merging of specific modules will not cause the technical solution to deviate from the principle of the present invention, and therefore, the technical solutions after splitting or merging will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0104] So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. However, it is easy for those skilled in the art to understand that the protection scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Without departing from the principle of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make equivalent changes or substitutions to the relevant technical features, and the technical solutions after these changes or substitutions will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a clothes drying device, characterized in that: The method comprises: Determine whether the humidity sensor is abnormal; If yes, obtaining status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process; The clothes drying device is controlled based on the status information.

2. The clothes drying equipment control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step of determining whether the humidity sensor is abnormal includes: Acquire a first humidity value collected by the humidity sensor; Determining whether the first humidity value meets a first preset condition within a preset time period; If so, it is determined that the humidity sensor is abnormal.

3. The clothes drying equipment control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The state information includes at least one of a compressor speed, a compressor exhaust temperature, a compressor suction temperature, a condenser temperature, a laundry weight, an air inlet temperature of a drying drum, and an air outlet temperature of a drying drum; The obtaining of the status information of the clothes drying device during the drying process comprises: obtaining at least one of a compressor speed, a compressor exhaust temperature, a compressor suction temperature, a condenser temperature, a clothes weight, an air inlet temperature of a drying drum, and an air outlet temperature of a drying drum during the drying process of the clothes drying device.

4. The clothes drying equipment control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The controlling the clothes drying device based on the status information comprises: determining whether the clothes drying is completed based on the status information; If yes, the clothes drying device is controlled to stop drying.

5. The method for controlling a clothes drying device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The determining whether the clothes drying is completed based on the state information includes: Build a network model and train it; Inputting the state information into the network model and outputting a second humidity value; Determining whether the second humidity value meets a second preset condition; If so, it is determined that the clothes drying is completed.

6. The method for controlling a clothes drying device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The determining whether the second humidity value satisfies a preset condition includes: Determining whether the second humidity value is less than a preset humidity threshold; If so, it is determined that the second humidity value meets the second preset condition.

7. The method for controlling a clothes drying device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The network model includes any one of a convolutional neural network, a region-based convolutional neural network and a deep neural network.

8. A clothes drying equipment control device, characterized in that: The device comprises: A determination module configured to determine whether the humidity sensor is abnormal; An acquisition module, configured to acquire status information of the clothes drying device during a drying process when the dryness and humidity determination sensor is abnormal; A control module is configured to control the clothes drying device based on the status information.

9. A clothes drying device, comprising at least one processor and at least one storage device, wherein the storage device is suitable for storing a plurality of program codes, wherein: The program code is suitable for being loaded and run by the processor to execute the laundry drying device control method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of program codes, characterized in that: The program code is suitable for being loaded and run by a processor to execute the laundry drying device control method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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