Soft water control method and device, water heater and storage medium

Abstract

The invention discloses a soft water control method and device, a water heater and a storage medium, the method is applied to the water heater, the water heater comprises a control part and a water storage tank, and the method comprises the steps that height information of a current to-be-measured target object in the water storage tank in the water heater is obtained; determining real-time state information of the water storage tank based on the height information of the to-be-measured target object; and on the basis of the real-time state information, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is controlled through the control component. According to the scheme, the real-time state of the water storage tank is determined by detecting the height of the environment object in the water storage tank in the water heater, and then the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is automatically controlled to be started or disabled according to the real-time state; the situation that the soft water regeneration function cannot be automatically adjusted according to the real-time state of the water storage tank after the soft water regeneration function is manually started is avoided, and the water softening effect and the user experience feeling are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of household appliances, and in particular to a soft water control method, device, water heater and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous development of science and technology, water heaters have become an indispensable household appliance for every family. Existing water heaters mainly include instant water heaters and storage water heaters. Instant water heaters can heat water quickly, with unlimited hot water supply, can continuously supply hot water, are small in size, exquisite in appearance, and are easy and quick to install and use. Storage water heaters are provided with a water tank for storing hot water.

[0003] As people's living standards continue to improve, people's requirements for water heaters are getting higher and higher. Water heaters with water softening function are becoming more and more popular. That is, a water softening device is added on the basis of the existing water heater. The water softening device can soften ordinary water and turn it into soft water, so that the water heater can provide users with soft water for bathing. However, the activation of the water softening function of the existing water heater mainly depends on the manual operation of the user, and the use status of the materials in the water softening device cannot be determined, resulting in the inability to activate the water softening function normally when there is a lack of materials, resulting in poor water softening effect, which greatly affects the user experience. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present application provides a soft water control method, device, water heater and storage medium, which can detect the real-time status of the water heater and automatically control the opening or closing of the soft water function, effectively improve the soft water effect and intelligence, and thus improve the user experience.

[0005] In a first aspect, the present application provides a soft water control method, which is applied to a water heater, the water heater comprising a control component and a water storage tank, and the soft water control method comprises:

[0006] Obtain the height information of the target object to be measured in the water storage tank of the water heater;

[0007] Determining the real-time status information of the water storage tank based on the height information of the target object to be measured;

[0008] Based on the real-time status information, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is controlled by the control component.

[0009] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, a detection component is provided in the water storage tank, and obtaining height information of a target object to be detected in the water storage tank of the water heater includes:

[0010] Identify each target object to be detected currently in the water storage tank of the water heater by the detection component;

[0011] The height information of each target object to be detected in the water tank of the water heater is obtained by the detection component, and the height information is used to represent the vertical distance between the target object to be detected and the detection component.

[0012] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, a salt box is provided in the water storage tank, and the salt box is provided above the water surface in the water storage tank, and determining the real-time status information of the water storage tank based on the height information of the target object to be measured includes:

[0013] Compare the height information corresponding to each of the target objects to be measured to obtain a corresponding height comparison result;

[0014] If it is detected that the height comparison result is highly consistent, the real-time state information of the water storage tank is determined to be a first state, and the first state is used to indicate that the salt block in the salt box is taken out;

[0015] If it is detected that the height comparison result is inconsistent, the real-time status information of the water storage tank is determined to be in the second state, and the first state is used to indicate that the salt block in the salt box has not been taken out.

[0016] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, controlling the soft water regeneration function of the water heater by the control component based on the real-time status information includes:

[0017] Based on the real-time status information of the water storage tank, generating a control instruction for the water heater;

[0018] In response to the control instruction, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is enabled or disabled by the control component.

[0019] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after disabling the soft water regeneration function of the water heater by the control component, the method further includes:

[0020] Detecting the switch state of the salt box in the water storage tank by a detection component;

[0021] If it is detected that the salt box is opened and then closed, the height information of the current target object to be detected in the water storage tank in the water heater is obtained again by the detection component;

[0022] Based on the height information, it is determined whether it is necessary to start the soft water regeneration function of the water heater.

[0023] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, determining whether it is necessary to start a soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the height information includes:

[0024] Comparing the height information corresponding to each of the target objects to be measured to obtain a corresponding height comparison result;

[0025] If it is detected that the height comparison result is inconsistent, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is turned on by the control component;

[0026] If it is detected that the height comparison result is highly consistent, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater continues to be disabled through the control component.

[0027] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the determining whether it is necessary to start a soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the height information further includes:

[0028] Detecting the liquid concentration in the water storage tank to obtain liquid concentration information;

[0029] If it is detected that the height comparison result is highly consistent and the liquid concentration information is higher than a preset threshold, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is turned on by the control component.

[0030] In a second aspect, the present application provides a soft water control device, comprising:

[0031] An acquisition module is used to obtain the height information of the target object to be measured in the water storage tank of the water heater;

[0032] A determination module, used to determine the real-time status information of the water storage tank based on the height information of the target object to be measured;

[0033] A control module is used to control the soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the real-time status information.

[0034] In a third aspect, the present application provides a water heater, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the steps of the soft water control method as described in the first aspect when executing the computer program.

[0035] In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the soft water control method as described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0036] As described above, the present application provides a soft water control method, device, water heater and storage medium, firstly obtaining the height information of each target object to be measured in the water tank of the water heater, then determining the real-time status information of the water tank based on the height information of each target object to be measured, and finally controlling the soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the implementation status information through the control component. It can be seen that the soft water control scheme provided by the present application can determine the real-time status information of the water heater by obtaining the height of the environmental objects in the water tank, thereby automatically controlling the water heater to turn on or off the soft water function according to the real-time status information, without the need to manually control the soft water function of the water heater, avoiding the situation in which the prior art cannot automatically adjust the switch of the soft water function according to the real-time status of the water heater, resulting in poor soft water effect and user experience, effectively improving the automation degree and effect of the soft water function of the water heater, and thus improving the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

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[0039] Figure 1 It is an application environment diagram of the soft water control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

[0040] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the water heater provided in the embodiment of the present application.

[0041] Figure 3 It is a flow chart of the soft water control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

[0042] Figure 4 It is another flow chart of the soft water control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

[0043] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the soft water control device provided in the embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0044] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0045] In the following description, reference is made to “some embodiments”, which describe a subset of all possible embodiments, but it will be understood that “some embodiments” may be the same subset or different subsets of all possible embodiments and may be combined with each other without conflict.

[0046] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this application belongs. The terms used herein are only for the purpose of describing the embodiments of this application and are not intended to limit this application.

[0047] The soft water control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied in Figure 1 In an application environment, the application environment includes: a processor 1, a memory 2, a detection component 31, and a control component 32, and the processor 1 is electrically connected to the memory 2, the detection component 31, and the control component 32.

[0048] When the processor 1 executes the computer program, the following steps are implemented: controlling the detection component 31 to obtain the height information of the target object to be detected in the water tank of the water heater; determining the real-time status information of the water tank based on the height information of the target object to be detected obtained by the control component 21; and controlling the soft water regeneration function of the water heater through the control component 32 based on the real-time status information. Thus, the soft water function can be automatically turned on or off by detecting the real-time status of the water heater, effectively improving the soft water effect and intelligence, and thus improving the user experience.

[0049] Figure 1 The application environment is suitable for water heaters, such as Figure 2 The diagram shows part of the water heater structure. Figure 2 In the embodiment, the water heater comprises: a control component ( Figure 2 Not shown), water heater housing ( Figure 2 Not shown), water storage tank ( Figure 2 Not shown), salt box 21, detection component 22, memory ( Figure 2 Not shown), processor ( Figure 2 The invention relates to a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein a salt block 23 can be placed in the salt box 21, the salt block 23 has a central opening, and a detection component 22 is installed directly above the opening for detecting the height of the current salt block 23 and the height of the current water level, as well as the height of the environmental objects below, to determine whether the salt box 21 has been drawn out at this time.

[0050] It is understandable that the water heater may also include other components, such as a power supply component, the input end of the power supply component is electrically connected to the AC power supply, and the output end of the power supply component inputs electrical energy to the electrical components of the water heater (that is, the control component, the detection component, the memory, the processor), which is not limited here.

[0051] The present invention is described in detail below through specific embodiments.

[0052] See also Figure 3 As shown, Figure 3 A schematic flow chart of a first implementation of a soft water control method provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The soft water control method is applied to a water heater, which includes a control component and a water storage tank. The soft water control method may specifically include:

[0053] S1. Obtain the height information of the target object to be measured in the water tank of the water heater;

[0054] Specifically, for step S1, the water heater in this embodiment has a softening function. When the user turns on the automatic softening function switch of the water heater, the height information of each target object to be measured in the water tank in the water heater can be obtained through the detection component, where the target object to be measured can be a salt block in a salt box or the current water level in the water tank.

[0055] S2. Determine the real-time status information of the water tank based on the height information of the target object to be measured;

[0056] Specifically, for step S2, the real-time status information of the current water storage tank is determined mainly based on the height information of each target object to be measured in the water storage tank obtained by the detection component, that is, the vertical distance between each target object to be measured and the detection component, so as to determine the status of the current salt box and the salt blocks therein according to the real-time status information, for example, whether the salt box has been pulled out and whether there are still salt blocks in the salt box.

[0057] S3. Based on the real-time status information, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is controlled by the control component;

[0058] Specifically, for step S3, after obtaining the real-time status information of the water storage tank, it is determined whether the soft water regeneration function of the water heater needs to be turned on or off based on the real-time status information, thereby automatically controlling the water heater to turn on or off its soft water regeneration function based on the determination result through the control component.

[0059] In summary, this embodiment determines the real-time status information of the water heater by obtaining the height of environmental objects in the water storage tank, and automatically controls the water heater to turn on or disable the softening function according to the real-time status information. There is no need to manually control the softening function of the water heater, which avoids the situation where the prior art cannot automatically adjust the switch of the softening function according to the real-time status of the water heater, resulting in poor softening effect and user experience, effectively improving the automation degree and effect of the softening function of the water heater, thereby improving the user experience.

[0060] Furthermore, in some embodiments, a detection component is provided in the water storage tank in this embodiment, and step S1 "obtaining height information of the current target object to be detected in the water storage tank in the water heater" may specifically include:

[0061] S11. Identify each target object to be tested in the water tank of the water heater by detecting the component;

[0062] S12. Acquire the height information of each target object to be detected in the water storage tank of the water heater through the detection component, where the height information is used to represent the vertical distance between the target object to be detected and the detection component.

[0063] Specifically, in this embodiment, a detection component is provided in the water tank, and the detection component is provided just above the salt box, wherein the salt box contains a salt block, and a hole is opened in the middle of the salt block, and the above-mentioned detection component is provided just above the hole. In this embodiment, the height information of each target object to be measured currently existing in the water tank in the water heater is mainly obtained by the detection component. First, the detection component is used to identify whether each target object to be measured currently exists in the water tank, and then the height information of each target object to be measured is detected by the detection component, such as detecting the height of the current salt block and the water level height of the current water tank, that is, respectively detecting the vertical distance between the salt block and the water surface from the detection component. Among them, the detection component in this embodiment can be a ToF (Time offlight, time of flight) sensor, which calculates the distance between the object to be measured by measuring the "flight time" of ultrasonic or light signals between the transmitter and the receiver. The sensor that realizes the distance measurement function using the ToF principle is called a ToF sensor. Commonly used ToF sensors include ultrasonic, infrared and laser. In this embodiment, the height information of the target object to be measured is mainly obtained by the detection component, thereby improving the accuracy of subsequent judgment of the state of the water heater.

[0064] Further, in some embodiments, a salt box is provided in the water tank in this embodiment, and the salt box is provided above the water surface in the water tank. Step S2 "determining the real-time status information of the water tank based on the height information of the target object to be measured" may specifically include:

[0065] S21. Compare the height information corresponding to each target object to be measured to obtain the corresponding height comparison result;

[0066] S22. If the height comparison result is detected to be highly consistent, the real-time state information of the water storage tank is determined to be the first state, and the first state is used to characterize that the salt block in the salt box is taken out;

[0067] S23. If the height comparison result is detected to be inconsistent, the real-time status information of the water storage tank is determined to be the second status, and the first status is used to indicate that the salt block in the salt box has not been taken out.

[0068] Specifically, the water heater in this embodiment has a water softening function, so a salt box for placing salt blocks is provided in the water tank, and the salt box is provided above the water surface of the water tank. For step S2, after obtaining the height information of each target object to be detected, such as the height of the salt block and the height of the water surface, the height comparison result is obtained by comparing the height of the salt block and the height of the water surface. If the height comparison result is that the height of the salt block is consistent with the height of the water surface, it can be determined that the real-time status information of the water tank is the first state, that is, the salt block in the salt box has been taken out, or the salt block has been consumed; if the height comparison result is that the height of the salt block is inconsistent with the height of the water surface, it is determined that the real-time status information of the water tank is the second state, that is, the salt block in the salt box has not been taken out, or the salt block has not been consumed, and there are still salt blocks in the salt box. This embodiment can accurately identify the state of the salt block by comparing the distance between the salt block and the water surface and the detection component.

[0069] Furthermore, in some embodiments, Figure 4 As shown, step S3 "controlling the soft water regeneration function of the water heater through the control component based on the real-time status information" may specifically include:

[0070] S31. Generate control instructions for the water heater based on the real-time status information of the water storage tank;

[0071] S32. In response to the control instruction, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is enabled or disabled through the control component.

[0072] Specifically, for step S3, after the real-time status information of the water tank of the water heater is determined, a control instruction for the water heater is generated according to the real-time status information. For example, when the real-time status information of the water tank is determined to be in the first state, a first control instruction for turning off the soft water function is generated. For another example, when the real-time status information of the water tank is determined to be in the second state, a second control instruction for turning on the soft water function is generated. Finally, in response to different control instructions, the control component automatically controls whether the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is turned on or off, thereby realizing automatic control of the soft water function and improving the soft water effect and user experience.

[0073] Furthermore, in some embodiments, Figure 4 As shown, after disabling the soft water regeneration function of the water heater through the control component, the following steps may be specifically included:

[0074] S33. Detect the switch status of the salt box in the water storage tank by the detection component;

[0075] S34. If it is detected that the salt box is opened and then closed, the height information of the current target object to be measured in the water tank of the water heater is obtained again by the detection component;

[0076] S35. Based on the height information, determine whether it is necessary to turn on the soft water regeneration function of the water heater.

[0077] In a specific embodiment, after the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is disabled by the control component, the present embodiment will continue to detect the switch state of the salt box in the water tank through the detection component to detect whether the salt box has been opened, or whether the salt box has been closed after being opened. When it is detected that the salt box is opened and then closed again, it is determined that the user has replenished the salt block in the salt box. At this time, the height information of the current target object to be detected in the water tank is detected by the detection component, that is, the height of the environmental object below is monitored by the detection component, such as the height of the salt block and the height of the water surface. Finally, according to the height information of the target object to be detected, it is determined whether the height of the target object to be detected is consistent, so as to determine whether it is necessary to turn on the soft water regeneration function of the water heater. For example, when it is detected that the height of the salt block is inconsistent with the height of the water surface, it is determined that the salt block has been placed in the salt box. At this time, the control component is used to control the water heater to turn on the soft water regeneration function. After disabling the soft water regeneration function, the present embodiment automatically controls the water heater to turn on the soft water function by detecting whether the salt block is replenished, thereby improving the automation of the soft water function.

[0078] Further, in some embodiments, step S35 “determine whether to start the soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the height information” may specifically include:

[0079] S351. Compare the height information corresponding to each target object to be measured to obtain the corresponding height comparison result;

[0080] S352. If the height comparison result is detected to be inconsistent, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is turned on by the control component;

[0081] S353. If the height comparison result is detected to be highly consistent, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater continues to be disabled through the control component.

[0082] Specifically, for step S35, after disabling the soft water regeneration function, the height of the environmental objects below is monitored by the detection component, the height information of each target object to be measured in the water storage tank is obtained, and the height comparison result is obtained by comparing the height information of each target object to be measured; if the height comparison result is detected to be inconsistent with the height of each target object to be measured, for example, the height of the salt block is inconsistent with the height of the water surface, it is determined that the salt block has been placed, and the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is turned on by the control component to perform soft water regeneration; if the height comparison result is detected to be consistent with the height of each target object to be measured, for example, the height of the salt block is consistent with the height of the water surface, it is considered that the salt block has not been replenished, and the soft water regeneration function of the water heater continues to be disabled by the control component.

[0083] Further, in some embodiments, step S35 “determine whether to start the soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the height information” may further include:

[0084] S354. Detect the liquid concentration in the water storage tank and obtain liquid concentration information;

[0085] S355. If it is detected that the height comparison result is highly consistent and the liquid concentration information is higher than the preset threshold, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is turned on through the control component.

[0086] In a specific embodiment, this embodiment also provides another soft water control method. First, the current liquid concentration of the water tank, such as the salt water concentration, is detected by the detection component to obtain liquid concentration information. Then, the height of the environmental objects below is monitored by the detection component. If the height comparison result of the target object to be detected in the water tank is detected to be highly consistent, that is, the height of the salt block is consistent with the height of the water surface, and the current liquid concentration information is higher than the preset threshold, it is considered that although there is no salt block at present, its liquid concentration meets the soft water regeneration requirements. At this time, the control component can be used to control the water heater to start the soft water regeneration function, effectively improving the intelligence and effect of the soft water function.

[0087] See also Figure 5 As shown, this embodiment also provides a soft water control device, which is applied to a water heater. The water heater includes a control component and a water storage tank. The soft water control device may specifically include:

[0088] An acquisition module 100 is used to acquire height information of a target object to be measured in a water storage tank in a water heater;

[0089] A determination module 200, for determining real-time status information of the water storage tank based on height information of the target object to be measured;

[0090] The control module 300 is used to control the soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the real-time status information.

[0091] This embodiment obtains the height of environmental objects in the water storage tank to determine the real-time status information of the water heater, and automatically controls the water heater to turn on or off the softening function according to the real-time status information. There is no need to manually control the softening function of the water heater, which avoids the situation in which the prior art cannot automatically adjust the switch of the softening function according to the real-time status of the water heater, resulting in poor softening effect and user experience. The automation degree and effect of the softening function of the water heater are effectively improved, thereby improving the user experience.

[0092] The process of each module in the soft water control device provided in this embodiment realizing its own function can be specifically referred to the aforementioned Figure 3 The description of the illustrated embodiment and other related method embodiments will not be repeated here.

[0093] It should be noted that the information interaction, execution process, etc. between the above-mentioned devices / units are based on the same concept as the method embodiment of the present application. Their specific functions and technical effects can be found in the method embodiment part and will not be repeated here.

[0094] See also Figure 2 As shown, in one embodiment, a water heater is provided, the water heater comprising: a control component ( Figure 2 Not shown), water heater housing ( Figure 2 Not shown), water storage tank ( Figure 2 Not shown), salt box 21, detection component 22, memory ( Figure 2 Not shown), processor ( Figure 2 The invention relates to a method for controlling the soft water of the present invention and a method for controlling the soft water of the present invention. The method comprises: a device for controlling the soft water of the present invention and a computer program ...

[0095] This embodiment obtains the height of environmental objects in the water storage tank to determine the real-time status information of the water heater, and automatically controls the water heater to turn on or off the softening function according to the real-time status information. There is no need to manually control the softening function of the water heater, which avoids the situation in which the prior art cannot automatically adjust the switch of the softening function according to the real-time status of the water heater, resulting in poor softening effect and user experience. The automation degree and effect of the softening function of the water heater are effectively improved, thereby improving the user experience.

[0096] In one embodiment, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of any one of the above-mentioned soft water control methods are implemented.

[0097] This embodiment obtains the height of environmental objects in the water storage tank to determine the real-time status information of the water heater, and automatically controls the water heater to turn on or off the softening function according to the real-time status information. There is no need to manually control the softening function of the water heater, which avoids the situation in which the prior art cannot automatically adjust the switch of the softening function according to the real-time status of the water heater, resulting in poor softening effect and user experience. The automation degree and effect of the softening function of the water heater are effectively improved, thereby improving the user experience.

[0098] It should be noted that the above functions or steps that can be implemented by the computer-readable storage medium or computer device can refer to the relevant descriptions on the server side and the client side in the aforementioned method embodiment. To avoid repetition, they will not be described one by one here.

[0099] Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be completed by instructing the relevant hardware through a computer program, and the computer program can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed, it can include the processes of the embodiments of the above-mentioned methods. Among them, any reference to memory, storage, database or other media used in the embodiments provided in this application can include non-volatile and / or volatile memory. Non-volatile memory can include read-only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) or flash memory. Volatile memory can include random access memory (RAM) or external cache memory. As an illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms, such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous link (Synchlink) DRAM (SLDRAM), memory bus (Rambus) direct RAM (RDRAM), direct memory bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

[0100] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and simplicity of description, only the division of the above-mentioned functional units and modules is used as an example. In actual applications, the above-mentioned functions can be distributed and completed by different functional units and modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the device can be divided into different functional units or modules to complete all or part of the functions described above.

[0101] The embodiments described above are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit the same. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments may still be modified, or some of the technical features may be replaced by equivalents. Such modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A soft water control method, characterized in that: The method is applied to a water heater, the water heater comprising a control component and a water storage tank, and the method comprises: Obtain the height information of the target object to be measured in the water storage tank of the water heater; Determining the real-time status information of the water storage tank based on the height information of the target object to be measured; Based on the real-time status information, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is controlled by the control component.

2. The soft water control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The water storage tank is provided with a detection component, and the method of obtaining the height information of the target object to be detected in the water storage tank of the water heater includes: Identify each target object to be detected currently in the water storage tank of the water heater by the detection component; The height information of each target object to be detected in the water tank of the water heater is obtained by the detection component, and the height information is used to represent the vertical distance between the target object to be detected and the detection component.

3. The soft water control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The water tank is provided with a salt box, and the salt box is provided above the water surface in the water tank. The real-time status information of the water tank is determined based on the height information of the target object to be measured, including: Compare the height information corresponding to each of the target objects to be measured to obtain a corresponding height comparison result; If it is detected that the height comparison result is highly consistent, the real-time state information of the water storage tank is determined to be a first state, and the first state is used to indicate that the salt block in the salt box is taken out; If it is detected that the height comparison result is inconsistent, the real-time status information of the water storage tank is determined to be in the second state, and the first state is used to indicate that the salt block in the salt box has not been taken out.

4. The soft water control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The controlling of the soft water regeneration function of the water heater by the control component based on the real-time status information includes: Based on the real-time status information of the water storage tank, generating a control instruction for the water heater; In response to the control instruction, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is enabled or disabled by the control component.

5. The soft water control method according to claim 4, characterized in that: After disabling the soft water regeneration function of the water heater by the control component, the method further includes: Detecting the switch state of the salt box in the water storage tank by a detection component; If it is detected that the salt box is opened and then closed, the height information of the current target object to be detected in the water storage tank in the water heater is obtained again by the detection component; Based on the height information, it is determined whether it is necessary to start the soft water regeneration function of the water heater.

6. The soft water control method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The determining whether to start the soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the height information includes: Compare the height information corresponding to each of the target objects to be measured to obtain a corresponding height comparison result; If it is detected that the height comparison result is inconsistent, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is turned on by the control component; If it is detected that the height comparison result is highly consistent, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater continues to be disabled through the control component.

7. The soft water control method according to claim 6, characterized in that: The determining whether to start the soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the height information further includes: Detecting the liquid concentration in the water storage tank to obtain liquid concentration information; If it is detected that the height comparison result is highly consistent and the liquid concentration information is higher than a preset threshold, the soft water regeneration function of the water heater is turned on by the control component.

8. A soft water control device, characterized in that: include: An acquisition module is used to obtain the height information of the target object to be measured in the water storage tank of the water heater; A determination module, used to determine the real-time status information of the water storage tank based on the height information of the target object to be measured; A control module is used to control the soft water regeneration function of the water heater based on the real-time status information.

9. A water heater, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that: When the processor executes the computer program, the steps of the soft water control method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 are implemented.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the soft water control method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 are implemented.

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