Clothes dryer, control method and control device thereof and storage medium

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of clothes dryers, and provides a clothes dryer and a control method and device thereof and a storage medium. The control method of the clothes dryer comprises the steps that the first current water level of a first water box is obtained; determining that the first current water level meets a preset condition, and controlling the drainage pump to drain for first drainage time; obtaining a second current water level of the first water box again after the drainage is completed and a first interval time is spaced; and controlling the clothes dryer to drain water or give an alarm based on the second current water level. The water level is detected after the drainage is completed and the first interval time, so that the drainage speed of the second water box falling into the first water box is higher than the water pumping speed of the drainage pump, and redundant condensate water in the second water box can completely overflow back to the first water box to be detected; the defect that an alarm cannot be given normally due to the fact that the water level height is low when water level detection is started immediately after drainage is avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of clothes dryers, and in particular, relates to a clothes dryer and a control method, a control device and a storage medium thereof. Background Art

[0002] In the related art, a clothes dryer usually includes a first water box and a second water box. The second water box is arranged above the first water box. The drainage pump is used to transport water from the first water box to the second water box. The water overflowing from the second water box is suitable for flowing back to the first water box. The water level of the first water level is detected by a water level sensor to control the dryer to drain or alarm.

[0003] However, in the operation of the existing clothes dryer, there is often a problem that there is no normal alarm after the water in the second water box is full, resulting in the water in the second water box overflowing to the front control panel of the clothes dryer, affecting the normal use of the clothes dryer. Summary of the invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present application provide a clothes dryer and a control method, a control device and a storage medium thereof, so as to solve the problem that the existing clothes dryer cannot alarm normally during operation.

[0005] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control method for a clothes dryer, wherein the clothes dryer comprises a first water box, a second water box, and a drainage pump, wherein the second water box is disposed above the first water box, and the drainage pump is used to transport water from the first water box to the second water box, and water overflowing from the second water box is suitable for flowing back to the first water box, and the control method comprises:

[0006] Obtaining a first current water level of the first water box;

[0007] Determining that the first current water level meets a preset condition, and controlling the drainage pump to drain water for a first drainage time;

[0008] After the drainage is completed and a first interval time has elapsed, obtaining a second current water level of the first water box again;

[0009] Based on the second current water level, the clothes dryer is controlled to drain water or alarm.

[0010] In some embodiments of the present application, controlling the clothes dryer to drain water or alarm based on the second current water level includes:

[0011] When the second current water level still meets the preset condition, controlling the clothes dryer to continue draining water;

[0012] determining a drain cycle of the clothes dryer;

[0013] After a preset number of drainage cycles, if the second current water level still meets the preset condition, the dryer is controlled to alarm.

[0014] In some embodiments of the present application, the method for determining the drainage cycle of the clothes dryer includes:

[0015] Initializing the drainage cycle;

[0016] After controlling the drainage pump to drain water each time, the count value of the drainage cycle is increased by 1;

[0017] When it is detected that the second current water level is lower than the preset water level and the duration is greater than the second preset time, the count value of the drainage cycle is reset to zero.

[0018] In some embodiments of the present application, after the dryer alarm is detected and the water in the second water box is poured out, before obtaining the first current water level of the first water box, the method further includes: controlling the drain pump to drain the water for the first drainage time.

[0019] In some embodiments of the present application, the control method further includes:

[0020] Obtaining a working stage of the clothes dryer;

[0021] When the working stage is a pause stage or an anti-wrinkle stage, the drainage pump is controlled to be turned off.

[0022] In some embodiments of the present application, determining that the first current water level meets a preset condition includes:

[0023] When the first current water level is greater than or equal to a preset water level and the duration is greater than a first preset time, it is determined that the first current water level meets the preset condition.

[0024] In some embodiments of the present application, the first drainage time is 20-25s, and the first interval time is 15-20s.

[0025] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control device for a clothes dryer, the clothes dryer comprising a first water box, a second water box and a drainage pump, the second water box being arranged above the first water box, the drainage pump being used to transport water from the first water box to the second water box, and water overflowing from the second water box being suitable for flowing back to the first water box, the control device comprising:

[0026] A first acquisition module, used to acquire a first current water level of the first water box;

[0027] a first control module, configured to determine that the first current water level meets a preset condition, and control the drainage pump to drain water for a first drainage time;

[0028] A second acquisition module, used for acquiring a second current water level of the first water box again after the drainage is completed and a first interval time has elapsed;

[0029] The second control module is used to control the dryer to drain water or alarm based on the second current water level.

[0030] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a clothes dryer, comprising:

[0031] Drying drum;

[0032] a first water box and a second water box, wherein the first water box is used to collect condensed water generated during the drying process of the drying drum, and the second water box is disposed above the first water box, and water overflowing from the second water box is suitable for flowing back to the first water box;

[0033] a drainage pump, used for conveying water in the first water box to the second water box;

[0034] A water level sensor, used to detect the current water level of the first water box;

[0035] The controller is electrically connected to the water level sensor and the drain pump, and is configured to execute the control method of the clothes dryer according to any one of the above embodiments.

[0036] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the control method for a clothes dryer as described in any of the above embodiments.

[0037] The control method of the clothes dryer provided in the embodiment of the present application includes obtaining the first current water level of the first water box; determining that the first current water level meets the preset condition, controlling the drainage pump to drain the water for the first drainage time; obtaining the second current water level of the first water box again after the drainage is completed and the first interval time has elapsed; and controlling the clothes dryer to drain or alarm based on the second current water level. By detecting the water level again after the drainage is completed and the first interval time has elapsed, it can be ensured that the drainage speed of the second water box falling into the first water box is greater than the pumping speed of the drainage pump, and that the excess condensed water of the second water box can all overflow back into the first water box for detection, thereby avoiding the defect that the water level height is low and the normal alarm cannot be triggered when the water level is detected immediately after drainage. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0038] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

[0039] In order to more completely understand the present application and its beneficial effects, the following description will be given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the same reference numerals represent the same parts.

[0040] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the process of the control method of the clothes dryer provided in the embodiment of the present application Figure 1 .

[0041] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the process of the control method of the clothes dryer provided in the embodiment of the present application Figure 2 .

[0042] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the process of the control method of the clothes dryer provided in the embodiment of the present application Figure 3 .

[0043] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the structure of a control device for a clothes dryer provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0044] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] The following is a further detailed description of the implementation of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are used to illustrate the present application but cannot be used to limit the scope of the present application.

[0046] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside" and the like indicate positions or positional relationships based on the positions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, which are only for the convenience of describing the embodiments of the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the embodiments of the present application. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0047] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "connected" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0048] In the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, a first feature being "above" or "below" a second feature may mean that the first and second features are in direct contact, or the first and second features are in indirect contact through an intermediate medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above", "above" or "above" a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature being "below", "below" or "below" a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.

[0049] In the description of this specification, the description with reference to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" etc. means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the embodiments of the present application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner. In addition, those skilled in the art may combine and combine the different embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of the different embodiments or examples, without contradiction.

[0050] In the related art, a clothes dryer is usually provided with a lower water box (first water box) and an upper water box (second water box). The first water box is arranged at the bottom of the clothes dryer to collect moisture from the clothes during the rotation and heating process. The first water box is usually non-detachable, and the second water box is located above the first water box, that is, the second water box is usually detachably arranged on the top of the dryer. The water in the first water box is pumped into the second water box by a drainage pump, and when the water in the second water box reaches a certain amount, the excess water can overflow into the first water box below through a pipe. If the water level in the first water box is still high after the drainage pump is started to drain, the dryer will alarm to prompt the user to pour out the water in the second water box.

[0051] In existing dryers, there is a phenomenon that the alarm is not triggered after the second water box is full of water, causing the water in the second water box to overflow to the front control panel of the dryer. Part of the overflowed water directly evaporates inside the dryer, causing various components inside the dryer to come into contact with water vapor, affecting the safety performance of the dryer. After research, it was found that the reason why the dryer cannot alarm normally is that the drainage speed of the drainage pump is greater than the speed of drainage from the second water box to the first water box, and the detection time of the water level sensor is less than the time of the drainage pump, resulting in the failure of normal alarm. The water accumulated in the second water box becomes more and more, and eventually leaks out from the gap at the bottom of the water box, seriously affecting the user experience.

[0052] The present application provides a clothes dryer and a control method, a control device and a storage medium thereof to solve the problem of high noise during the operation of the existing clothes dryer. Figure 1-5 Provide explanation.

[0053] According to one embodiment of the present application, referring to Figure 1 As shown, the control method of the clothes dryer includes:

[0054] S101: Obtaining a first current water level of a first water box;

[0055] For example, the water level in the first water box may be detected by a water level sensor such as a float switch, and the water level sensor transmits the water level information to a control unit of the clothes dryer for further processing.

[0056] S102: Determine that a first current water level meets a preset condition, and control a drainage pump to drain water for a first drainage time;

[0057] When it is detected that the first current water level of the first water box meets the preset condition, the drainage pump is started to pump the water in the first water box to the second water box to lower the water level in the first water box and prevent the water in the first water box from overflowing. In this process, the system will set a first drainage time and control the drainage pump to stop after the first drainage time to ensure that enough water in the first water box is discharged to the second water box.

[0058] Exemplarily, the first drainage time is set to 20s-25s. For example, the first drainage time can be 20s, 21s, 22s, 23s, 24s or 25s. The purpose of setting this drainage time range is to avoid the water in the second water box from overflowing from the front control panel due to the water pumping volume being too large and not being able to be drained to the first water box in time.

[0059] In an optional embodiment, determining that the first current water level satisfies the preset condition includes: when the first current water level is greater than or equal to the preset water level and the duration is greater than a first preset time, determining that the first current water level satisfies the preset condition.

[0060] It is understandable that the first current water level of the first water box may temporarily exceed the preset water level due to reasons such as vibration of the clothes dryer. By setting a continuous first preset time, it is possible to avoid false triggering of the drain pump due to short-term water level fluctuations, reduce the frequent start-up of the drain pump, improve drainage efficiency, extend the life of the equipment, and reduce the noise caused by frequent drainage. Optionally, the first preset time can be 5s, and the timing starts when the current water level of the first water box is greater than or equal to the preset water level. When the first current water level of the first water box is greater than or equal to the preset water level for 5 consecutive seconds, it is determined that the first current water level meets the preset condition, indicating that the water level in the first water box is high, and the drain pump needs to be turned on to drain the first water box.

[0061] S103: After the drainage is completed and the first interval time has elapsed, the second current water level of the first water box is obtained again;

[0062] After the drain pump stops working, the dryer will wait for a set first interval time, and then detect the second current water level of the first water box again, so as to ensure that after the water in the second water box is full, the excess water can be discharged into the first water box through the corresponding pipeline, so that the water levels in the first water box and the second water box are stable before detection, thereby ensuring the accuracy of water level detection and avoiding the situation that when the detection starts immediately after drainage, the excess water has not yet flowed back into the first water box, resulting in a lower water level in the first water box monitored by the water level sensor, and the alarm cannot be triggered normally even if the water in the two water boxes is full.

[0063] Exemplarily, the first interval time is set to 15s-20s, for example, the first interval time is 15s, 16s, 17s, 18s, 19s or 20s. This interval time range is set to ensure that after the second water box is full, excess water can be fully drained into the first water box, so that the next time the water level in the first water box meets the preset conditions, the next round of drainage can be started.

[0064] It can be understood that the first current water level is the water level height of the first water box in the initial state, and the second current water level is the water level height of the first water box after the drainage pump drains and stabilizes.

[0065] S104: Based on the second current water level, control the clothes dryer to drain water or alarm.

[0066] In an optional embodiment, controlling the dryer to drain or alarm includes: controlling the dryer to continue draining when the second current water level still meets the preset conditions; determining the drainage cycle of the dryer; and controlling the dryer to alarm after a preset number of drainage cycles when the second front water level still meets the preset conditions.

[0067] In this embodiment, after drainage, if it is monitored that the second current water level of the first water box still meets the preset conditions, the dryer is controlled to continue draining according to the above steps S102 and S103, and the number of drainage cycles is calculated. After executing the above drainage steps for a preset number of times, if it is monitored that the second current water level still meets the preset conditions (for example, the second current water level is greater than or equal to the preset water level for a duration of 5s), it means that the water in the second water box in the dryer is full, and the alarm system of the dryer is triggered to alarm.

[0068] Optionally, the preset number of cycles is three times, that is, if the second current water level of the first water box is still monitored to meet the preset condition after the first water box is drained three times, the dryer is controlled to stop working, the water tank icon in the display panel of the dryer is controlled to flash to remind the user, and the digital tube is controlled to display the alarm code "FUL" to remind the user to pour out the water in the second water box.

[0069] In an optional embodiment, the method for determining the drainage cycle of a dryer includes: initializing the drainage cycle; adding 1 to the count value of the drainage cycle after each control of the drainage pump to drain water; and clearing the count value of the drainage cycle when it is detected that the second current water level is lower than the preset water level and the duration is greater than the second preset time.

[0070] Optionally, before the dryer starts running or the drainage process begins, the value of the drainage cycle is initialized to 0, and each time the drain pump is controlled to drain, the count value of the drainage cycle is increased by 1, and the number of drainage times is recorded. After the drainage is completed, it is monitored that the second current water level of the first water box is lower than the preset water level and the duration exceeds the second preset time (for example, 5s). It means that the drainage system of the dryer is working normally, and the water below the water box has been effectively drained to the second water box. At this time, the count value of the drainage cycle is cleared, the counting cycle is reset, and the drainage cycle is continued to be calculated after the drain pump is triggered to drain next time.

[0071] In an optional embodiment, after the dryer alarm is detected and the water in the second water box is poured out, before obtaining the current water level of the first water box, the method further includes: controlling the drain pump to drain water for a first drainage time.

[0072] In this embodiment, after the dryer triggers the drainage alarm, the user is required to manually pour out the water in the second water box to prevent the water in the second water box from overflowing onto the front control panel of the dryer. The dryer is then restarted and the drainage pump is turned on for the first drainage time (e.g., 20s) to pump the water in the first water box into the second water box. The drainage logic is then continued in a cycle according to steps S101-S104 above until the second current water level in the first water box is below the preset water level.

[0073] Specifically, whether the user pours out the water in the second water box can be detected by means of a visual sensor or the like.

[0074] In an alternative embodiment, reference Figure 2 As shown, the control method of the clothes dryer further includes:

[0075] S201: Obtaining the working stage of the dryer;

[0076] S202: When the working stage is a pause stage or an anti-wrinkle stage, control the drainage pump to turn off.

[0077] In this embodiment, when it is detected that the dryer is in the pause stage or the anti-wrinkle stage, the water level sensor does not detect the water level of the first water box. The dryer will not perform drying operations during the pause stage, and the anti-wrinkle stage is generally performed in the last stage after the drying cycle. In these two processes, the washing machine will not perform drying operations, and the water in the first water box will not overflow. Even if the second current water level of the first water box reaches the preset water level, it will not affect the drying effect of this time and the normal drying next time. When the dryer is restarted and ready to dry, it will perform drainage operations according to the above control logic. Even if all the water remaining in the air duct and the pipeline flows into the first water box, it will not affect the normal alarm logic of the dryer. Furthermore, turning off the drainage pump during the pause and anti-wrinkle stages can reduce the generation of noise and improve the user experience.

[0078] In a specific embodiment, reference Figure 3 As shown, the control method of the clothes dryer includes:

[0079] (1) The drainage algorithm logic is modularized so that other functions can more conveniently call the drainage logic. The drainage function is triggered only when drainage is needed. The condition for achieving the drainage logic is to detect the water level conduction for 5 consecutive seconds, start the pump for 20 seconds, and wait for 15 seconds. This is a drainage cycle, and the cycle count is set to 1. The purpose of designing the drainage for 20 seconds is to ensure that the water discharged to the second water box each time can just not overflow the front control panel. If the drainage is drained for a few more seconds, the water stored under the second water box may overflow. The purpose of designing the waiting time for 15 seconds is to allow the excess water in the second water box to flow to the first water box through the lower drainage, so that the water accumulation problem can be cleared in the next drainage, and the next drainage can start again.

[0080] (2) The logic of the first drainage can ensure that the water does not overflow or accumulate, preparing for the next cycle. The subsequent detection only needs to detect the drainage cycle. If the water level is disconnected for 5 consecutive seconds, the cycle count is reset to zero. If the water level is connected for 5 consecutive seconds, the cycle is carried out according to the cycle, and the drainage cycle count is increased by 1.

[0081] (3) After three consecutive drainage cycles, if the water level is still detected for 5 seconds, the entire water level detection time is greater than the total time of three drainages. In order to ensure that the alarm can be processed, avoid the situation where there is no detection logic when the alarm condition is reached. When the alarm condition is reached for 5 seconds for the fourth time, the whole machine stops working, the water tank icon on the display board flashes, and the digital tube displays the alarm code "FUL".

[0082] (4) To clear the alarm, the user needs to clean out the water in the second water box in time. After clearing the water in the second water box, restart the system and let the drain pump drain for 20 seconds. Then continue the above cycle drainage logic to execute the unfinished program.

[0083] The control method of the clothes dryer of this embodiment starts to detect the water level after the first interval time after drainage, ensuring that the water overflowing from the second water box can all flow into the first water box; the time for detecting the closing of the float switch is greater than the pumping time of the drainage pump, ensuring that the float switch is still detected after drainage, and when the water in the second water box is drained to the first water box, it is necessary to ensure that the speed of the drainage is greater than the pumping speed of the drainage pump, so that more water is drained into the first water box, and the user can be notified in time when the first water box is full, and the user does not have to worry about the risk of forgetting to dispose of the water in the water box in time. When the water flows to the first water box, it will not cause the water to flow out from the surface of the dryer, and then will not cause the water to evaporate into the inner barrel; improving the drainage problem of the water box from the algorithm level, there is no need to improve the structure of the water box (increase the capacity), which can save a lot of material costs.

[0084] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control device for a clothes dryer, the clothes dryer comprising a first water box, a second water box and a drainage pump, the second water box being arranged above the first water box, the drainage pump being used to transport water from the first water box to the second water box, and water overflowing from the second water box being suitable for flowing back to the first water box, Figure 4 As shown, the control device of the clothes dryer includes:

[0085] A first acquisition module 401 is used to acquire a first current water level of a first water box;

[0086] The first control module 402 is used to determine that the first current water level meets the preset condition and control the drainage pump to drain water for a first drainage time;

[0087] The second acquisition module 403 is used to acquire the second current water level of the first water box again after the drainage is completed and the first interval time has elapsed;

[0088] The second control module 404 is used to control the clothes dryer to drain water or alarm based on the second current water level.

[0089] All of the above technical solutions can be arbitrarily combined to form optional embodiments of the present application, which will not be described in detail here.

[0090] The control device for a clothes dryer provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to the clothes dryer. During the use of the clothes dryer, by completing the drainage and then detecting the water level after a first interval, it can be ensured that the drainage speed of the second water box falling into the first water box is greater than the pumping speed of the drainage pump, and that the excess condensed water in the second water box can all overflow back into the first water box for detection, thereby avoiding the defect that the water level height is too low when the water level detection starts immediately after drainage and the normal alarm cannot be given.

[0091] In the third aspect, the embodiments of the present application also provide a dryer, including a drying drum, a first water box, a second water box, a drainage pump and a water level sensor, wherein the first water box is used to collect condensed water during the drying process of the drying drum, the second water box is arranged above the first water box, and the water overflowing from the second water box is suitable for flowing back to the first water box; the drainage pump is used to transport the water in the first water box to the second water box; the water level sensor is used to detect the current water level of the first water box; the controller is electrically connected to the water level sensor and the drainage pump, and is configured to execute the control method of the dryer of any of the above embodiments.

[0092] The dryer may be a dryer having only a drying function, or may be a washer-dryer having both washing and drying functions, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment.

[0093] Figure 5 An example of a physical structure diagram of an electronic device is shown in FIG. Figure 5 As shown, the electronic device may include: a processor 501 (processor), a communication interface 502 (Communications Interface), a memory 503 (memory) and a bus 504, wherein the processor 501, the communication interface 502, and the memory 503 communicate with each other through the communication bus 504. The processor 501 may call the logic instructions in the memory 503 to execute the steps of the control method of the clothes dryer.

[0094] In addition, the logic instructions in the above-mentioned memory 503 can be implemented in the form of a software functional unit and can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium when it is sold or used as an independent product. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes a number of instructions to enable a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory 503 (ROM, Read-Only Memory), a random access memory 503 (RAM, Random Access Memory), a disk or an optical disk, and other media that can store program codes.

[0095] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium, and the computer program includes program instructions. When the program instructions are executed by a computer, the computer can execute the control method of the dryer provided by the above-mentioned method embodiments.

[0096] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which is implemented when the processor 501 executes the control method of the dryer provided in the above embodiments.

[0097] Computer-readable storage media can be any available media or data storage devices that can be accessed by the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (such as floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MO), etc.), optical storage (such as CD, DVD, BD, HVD, etc.), and semiconductor storage (such as ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state drive (SSD)), etc.

[0098] The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, i.e., they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art may understand and implement it without creative effort.

[0099] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that each implementation method can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, it can also be implemented by hardware. Based on this understanding, the above technical solution is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as ROM / RAM, a disk, an optical disk, etc., including a number of instructions for a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods of each embodiment or some parts of the embodiment.

[0100] In the above embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

[0101] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, rather than to limit it. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or make equivalent replacements for some of the technical features therein. However, these 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 application.

Claims

1. A control method for a clothes dryer, characterized in that: The clothes dryer comprises a first water box, a second water box and a drainage pump, wherein the second water box is arranged above the first water box, the drainage pump is used to transport water from the first water box to the second water box, and water overflowing from the second water box is suitable for flowing back to the first water box, and the control method comprises: Obtaining a first current water level of the first water box; Determining that the first current water level meets a preset condition, and controlling the drainage pump to drain water for a first drainage time; After the drainage is completed and a first interval time has elapsed, obtaining a second current water level of the first water box again; Based on the second current water level, the clothes dryer is controlled to drain water or alarm.

2. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The controlling the clothes dryer to drain water or alarm based on the second current water level includes: When the second current water level still meets the preset condition, controlling the clothes dryer to continue draining water; determining a drain cycle of the clothes dryer; After a preset number of drainage cycles, if the second current water level still meets the preset condition, the clothes dryer is controlled to alarm.

3. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 2, characterized in that: The method for determining the drainage cycle of the clothes dryer comprises: Initializing the drainage cycle; After controlling the drainage pump to drain water each time, the count value of the drainage cycle is increased by 1; When it is detected that the second current water level is lower than the preset water level and the duration is greater than the second preset time, the count value of the drainage cycle is reset to zero.

4. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: After the alarm of the clothes dryer is detected and the water in the second water box is poured out, before obtaining the first current water level of the first water box, the method further includes: controlling the drainage pump to drain water for the first drainage time.

5. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The control method further comprises: Obtaining a working stage of the clothes dryer; When the working stage is a pause stage or an anti-wrinkle stage, the drainage pump is controlled to be turned off.

6. The control method of a clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: Determining that the first current water level meets a preset condition includes: When the first current water level is greater than or equal to a preset water level and the duration is greater than a first preset time, it is determined that the first current water level meets the preset condition.

7. The control method of a clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first drainage time is 20-25 seconds, and the first interval time is 15-20 seconds.

8. A control device for a clothes dryer, characterized in that: The clothes dryer comprises a first water box, a second water box and a drainage pump, wherein the second water box is arranged above the first water box, the drainage pump is used to transport water from the first water box to the second water box, and water overflowing from the second water box is suitable for flowing back to the first water box, and the control device comprises: A first acquisition module, used to acquire a first current water level of the first water box; a first control module, configured to determine that the first current water level meets a preset condition, and control the drainage pump to drain water for a first drainage time; A second acquisition module, used for acquiring a second current water level of the first water box again after the drainage is completed and a first interval time has elapsed; The second control module is used to control the dryer to drain water or alarm based on the second current water level.

9. A clothes dryer, characterized in that: include: Drying drum; a first water box and a second water box, wherein the first water box is used to collect condensed water generated during the drying process of the drying drum, and the second water box is disposed above the first water box, and water overflowing from the second water box is suitable for flowing back to the first water box; a drainage pump, used for conveying water in the first water box to the second water box; A water level sensor, used to detect the current water level of the first water box; A controller is electrically connected to the water level sensor and the drain pump, and is configured to execute the control method for the clothes dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the control method for a clothes dryer as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7 are implemented.

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