Clothes processing equipment and control method thereof

Abstract

The invention discloses clothes processing equipment and a control method thereof.The clothes processing equipment comprises an inner barrel and a machine door and further comprises a clothes storage chamber arranged on the machine door and used for temporarily storing clothes added midway; the clothes information acquisition unit is used for acquiring information of clothes; the clothes putting mechanism is used for adding clothes in the clothes storage chamber into the inner barrel; and the control unit is in communication connection with the clothes information acquisition unit and the clothes putting mechanism, judges that the clothes added midway can be mixed with the clothes in the inner drum, and controls the clothes putting mechanism to put the clothes in the clothes storage chamber into the inner drum. According to the invention, the information of the clothes is acquired through the clothes information acquisition unit, the control unit judges that the clothes added midway and the clothes in the inner drum can be subjected to shuffling, and the clothes putting mechanism is controlled to put the clothes added midway into the inner drum, so that the problem of color crossing caused by adding the clothes midway by a user is solved, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of washing equipment, and in particular, relates to a clothing processing equipment and a control method thereof. Background Art

[0002] With the improvement of people's consumption level, washing equipment has become a must-have household appliance. At present, washing equipment is deeply loved by consumers due to its high degree of automation. However, while washing equipment brings convenience, it also brings new problems. For example, when the washing machine is running, the door is locked, and the user cannot add clothes in the middle. The user can only pause the washing program and open the door to operate when the washing machine has not started running or the washing machine is at a low temperature and no water is added. In addition, if mixed-color clothes are put into the washing machine, the washing effect will be seriously affected.

[0003] Chinese patent application number 201915365954.1 discloses a drum washing machine capable of adding clothes midway and a control method thereof, comprising a washing tub and a washing machine door for opening and closing the washing tub, as well as a clothes adding door and a clothes adding channel.

[0004] In the above technical solution, by opening the adding door, the clothes are fed into the washing tub through the adding channel, which overcomes the problem of adding clothes by opening a secondary door on the side door and being affected by the water level and the washing process, and prevents water overflow. However, there is still the problem of putting clothes with mixed colors into the washing machine to affect the washing effect. If the user is solely relied on to judge whether the clothes have mixed colors, the user experience is seriously reduced.

[0005] In view of this, the present invention is proposed. Summary of the invention

[0006] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art and provide a clothing processing device to obtain information about clothing, determine whether clothing added in the middle can be mixed with clothing in the inner drum, and control the clothing delivery mechanism to deliver the clothing added in the middle into the inner drum, thereby solving the problem of color mixing caused by users adding clothing in the middle and improving user experience.

[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a control method applied to the above-mentioned clothing processing device.

[0008] In order to solve the above technical problems, the basic concept of the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:

[0009] A clothes processing device, comprising an inner drum and a door, further comprising:

[0010] A clothes storage chamber, arranged on the machine door, for temporarily storing clothes added during the machine operation;

[0011] A clothing information acquisition unit, used to acquire clothing information;

[0012] A clothing delivery mechanism, used to add clothing in the clothing storage chamber into the inner drum;

[0013] The control unit is connected to the clothing information acquisition unit and the clothing delivery mechanism for communication, receives clothing information, determines whether the clothing added during the washing process can be mixed with the clothing in the inner drum, and controls the clothing delivery mechanism to deliver the clothing added during the washing process in the clothing storage chamber into the inner drum.

[0014] Furthermore, a delivery opening for delivering clothes into the clothing storage chamber is provided on the outward side of the door.

[0015] Furthermore, the delivery port is also provided with an openable and closable door cover.

[0016] Furthermore, the clothing storage chamber is arranged in the machine door or on the inner side of the machine door, and the clothing storage chamber is arranged on a clothing throwing passage, and the clothing throwing passage is used to provide a path for throwing clothes from the clothing storage chamber into the inner drum.

[0017] Furthermore, the clothing storage chamber is protruding from the machine door, and the clothing throwing channel is provided on the bottom surface of the clothing storage chamber.

[0018] Furthermore, the clothing delivery mechanism comprises:

[0019] A movable part, pivotally mounted in the clothing throwing passage, and used for opening and closing the clothing throwing passage;

[0020] The driving part is used to provide a force to drive the movable part to move.

[0021] Furthermore, a control method of a clothes processing device includes:

[0022] Get clothing information;

[0023] Receive clothing information;

[0024] It is determined that the clothes added during the washing process can be mixed with the clothes in the inner drum, and a signal for putting the clothes added during the washing process into the inner drum is obtained.

[0025] Furthermore, before obtaining the clothing information, the method also includes:

[0026] Get the command to open the door cover;

[0027] Obtain the signal for adding clothes to the storage chamber during delivery;

[0028] Get the command to close the door.

[0029] Further, after obtaining the signal of adding clothes to the clothing storage chamber during delivery, the method includes:

[0030] After a piece of clothing is put into the clothing storage chamber each time, it is determined that the clothing added in the clothing storage chamber and the clothing in the inner drum cannot be mixed for washing, and a signal for communicating with the user is obtained.

[0031] Further, after the clothes added in the middle of the process are put into the inner drum or the clothes added in the storage chamber (12) are taken out, the process includes:

[0032] The control driving part drives the movable part to reset.

[0033] After adopting the above technical scheme, the present invention has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art.

[0034] The present invention cooperates with a clothing storage chamber and a clothing information acquisition unit. The clothing information acquisition unit is used to acquire information about clothing and temporarily store clothing added midway in the clothing storage chamber. The clothing information acquisition unit and the clothing delivery mechanism are both communicatively connected with the control unit. The control unit determines that the clothing added midway can be mixed with the clothing in the inner drum, and controls the clothing delivery mechanism to deliver the clothing added midway into the inner drum, thereby solving the problem of color mixing caused by users adding clothing midway and improving the user experience.

[0035] The present invention automatically puts the clothes added in the clothes storage chamber into the inner drum through the clothes putting mechanism, thus realizing the automation of clothes putting.

[0036] The specific implementation modes of the present invention are further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] The accompanying drawings are part of the present invention and are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention, but do not constitute an improper limitation of the present invention. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work. In the accompanying drawings:

[0038] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of a housing and a door on the housing of the present invention;

[0039] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the housing of the present invention;

[0040] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the use process of the clothing dispensing mechanism of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 4 It is a flow chart of the mid-course adding clothes control method of the present invention.

[0042] In the figure: 1, shell; 11, delivery port; 12, clothing storage chamber; 121, driving unit; 122, clothing information acquisition unit; 123, movable part; 13, inner drum; 14, outer drum; 15, machine door; 16, door cover.

[0043] It should be noted that these drawings and textual descriptions are not intended to limit the conceptual scope of the present invention in any way, but are intended to illustrate the concept of the present invention for those skilled in the art by referring to specific embodiments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0044] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. The following embodiments are used to illustrate the present invention but are not used to limit the scope of the present invention.

[0045] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by terms such as “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “inside” and “outside” are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0046] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", and "connected" 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 a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0047] like Figures 1 to 3As shown, the clothes processing device of the present invention is applied to a washing machine. The present invention is applied to a washing machine as an example, and includes: a housing 1, which constitutes the appearance of the washing machine; an outer drum 14, which is supported in a hanging manner inside the housing 1, and is used to hold washing water; an inner drum 13, which is rotatably arranged inside the outer drum 14, and is used to perform washing and dehydration; a machine door 15, which is arranged on the housing 1, and is used to open or close the inner drum 13; and a clothes storage chamber 12 arranged on the machine door 15, which is used to temporarily store clothes added midway; the clothes processing device also includes a clothes information acquisition unit 122, which is used to acquire clothes information; a clothes delivery mechanism, which is used to add clothes in the clothes storage chamber 12 to the inner drum 13; a control unit, which is connected to the clothes information acquisition unit 122 and the clothes delivery mechanism, and is used to receive clothes information, and judge that the clothes added midway can be mixed with the clothes in the inner drum 13, and then control the clothes delivery mechanism to deliver the clothes added midway in the clothes storage chamber 12 into the inner drum 13. The problem of color mixing caused by users adding clothes midway is solved, and the user experience is improved.

[0048] The clothing information acquisition unit 122 of the present invention is connected to the control unit and the clothing delivery mechanism by wired and / or wireless means, and the clothing information acquisition unit 122 sends the acquired clothing information to the control unit. If the control unit determines that the clothes added midway can be mixed with the clothes in the inner drum 13, the clothing delivery mechanism is controlled to deliver the clothes added midway in the clothing storage chamber 12 into the inner drum 13. The clothing information includes the material and color of the clothes, etc.

[0049] Preferably, the clothing information acquisition unit 122 can be arranged in the machine door 15 and / or the door cover 16 and / or the clothing storage chamber 12, and the clothing information can be acquired by taking a photo with a mobile phone, scanning a barcode (barcode, QR code), RFID, NFC and other technologies. The clothing information acquisition unit 122 of the present invention is arranged in the clothing storage chamber 12 as an example.

[0050] The door 15 of the present invention is provided with a delivery port 11 for delivering clothes to the clothes storage chamber 12 on the outward side, and a door cover 16 that can be opened and closed is also provided on the delivery port 11. A handle is installed on the door cover 16, and clothes added during the process are delivered to the clothes storage chamber 12 by opening the door cover 16. The door cover 16 of the present invention can be an ordinary manual door, one end of which is fixed, and the handle is pulled to rotate around the fixed end to open at a certain angle; it can also be a push-pull sliding door with the door body retracted into the washing machine door 15, and the push-pull sliding door occupies less space and is simple and convenient to use.

[0051] The door cover 16 of the present invention is provided with a clothing storage chamber 12 on the inner side thereof, and clothing can be put into the clothing storage chamber 12 by opening or closing the door cover 16 .

[0052] Furthermore, the door cover 16 and the delivery port 11 are both roughly semicircular, and the cross-section consists of an arc edge and a straight edge. The straight edge can be a diameter of the arc edge or a chord of the arc edge. The straight edge extends in the horizontal direction, and the arc edge is located above the straight edge. The door cover 16 rotates 180 degrees.

[0053] As an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom surface of the clothing storage chamber 12 is inclined. The user opens the door cover 16 to put the clothes added midway into the clothing storage chamber 12. The clothes slide along the inclined bottom surface of the outer shell due to their own gravity and slide to the lower end of the inclined bottom surface of the outer shell. The clothing information acquisition unit 122 obtains the information of the clothes and sends it to the control unit. The control unit receives the clothing information obtained by the clothing information acquisition unit 122, and determines that the clothes added midway can be mixed with the clothes in the inner drum 13. The control unit controls the action of the clothing delivery mechanism. The clothing delivery mechanism only needs to appropriately expand the angle formed by the inclined bottom surface and the horizontal plane, so that the clothes can be smoothly delivered to the inner drum 13, thereby further improving the efficiency of the clothes added midway.

[0054] The door 15 of the present invention has a certain thickness, and the clothing storage chamber 12 can be arranged inside the door 15 or on the inner side of the door 15. The clothing storage chamber 12 is arranged on the clothing throwing passage, which is used to provide a path for throwing clothes from the clothing storage chamber 12 into the inner drum 13.

[0055] The clothing storage chamber 12 of the present invention is arranged to protrude from the machine door 15 , and the clothing throwing passage is provided on the bottom surface of the clothing storage chamber 12 .

[0056] The clothing delivery mechanism of the present invention includes a movable part 123 and a driving part 121, and the movable part 123 is pivotally installed in the clothing delivery channel. The movable part 123 is fixedly connected to the driving part 121, and the driving part 121 is used to provide a force to drive the movable part 123 to move. The movable part 123 reciprocates under the drive of the driving part 121 to open and close the clothing delivery channel. If the clothing delivery channel is opened, the clothes added in the middle of the storage chamber 12 are delivered to the inner drum 13 by the clothing delivery mechanism and washed together with the clothes in the inner drum 13; if the clothing delivery channel is closed, clothes are no longer delivered into the storage chamber 12. The driving part 121 of the present invention can be a motor, and the movable part 123 can be a connecting rod structure. The rotation of the motor drives the connecting rod structure connected to the output end of the motor to make a semicircular reciprocating motion around the fixed end of the connecting rod structure, thereby realizing the opening and closing of the clothing delivery channel.

[0057] like Figure 4 As shown, the present invention also provides a control method for a clothes processing device, comprising:

[0058] Get clothing information;

[0059] Receive clothing information;

[0060] It is determined that the clothes added during the washing process can be mixed with the clothes in the inner drum 13 , and a signal for putting the clothes added during the washing process into the inner drum 13 is obtained.

[0061] Furthermore, the user opens the door cover 16 to put the clothes added midway into the clothing storage chamber 12, the clothing information acquisition unit 122 acquires the clothing information, and sends the acquired clothing information to the control unit, the control unit receives the clothing information, and compares the information of the clothes in the clothing storage chamber 12 with the information of the clothes in the inner drum 13, determines that the clothes in the clothing storage chamber 12 and the clothes in the inner drum 13 can be washed together, obtains a signal for putting the clothes added midway into the inner drum 13, and controls the clothing putting mechanism to put the clothes added midway into the inner drum 13.

[0062] Before obtaining clothing information, the present invention also includes:

[0063] Get the instruction to open the door cover 16;

[0064] Acquire a signal for adding clothes to the clothes storage chamber 12 during the delivery process;

[0065] An instruction to close the door cover 16 is obtained.

[0066] During the operation of the clothing processing device of the present invention, after the user presses the washing button on the operating panel of the shell 1, the washing machine enters the mid-adding mode. After the user obtains the instruction to unlock the door cover 16, the user pulls down and opens the door cover 16, thereby opening the clothing delivery channel, and the clothes added midway are delivered to the clothing storage chamber 12 through the delivery port 11. If the clothes added midway in the clothing storage chamber 12 and the clothes in the inner drum 13 can be washed together, the user obtains the instruction to lock the delivery port 11, determines that there are no clothes remaining in the clothing storage chamber 12, pulls up and closes the door cover 16, and closes the clothing delivery channel.

[0067] After obtaining the signal of adding clothes to the clothes storage chamber 12 during the delivery, the present invention includes:

[0068] Each time a piece of clothing is put into the storage chamber 12, the information of the clothing added into the storage chamber 12 is compared with the information of the clothing in the inner drum 13, it is determined that the clothing put into the storage chamber 12 and the clothing in the inner drum 13 cannot be washed together, and a signal for communicating with the user is obtained.

[0069] Furthermore, the control unit of the present invention compares the information of the clothes added in the storage chamber 12 with the information of the clothes in the inner drum 13, and determines that they cannot be washed together. The control unit controls the clothes feeding mechanism not to act, that is, the clothes added in the storage chamber 12 are no longer fed into the inner drum 13. The control unit also obtains a signal for communication with the user, reminding the user not to perform the action of adding clothes to the storage chamber 12, and then reminding the user to take out the added clothes in the storage chamber 12.

[0070] After the clothes added in the middle of the process are put into the inner drum 13 or the clothes added in the storage chamber 12 are taken out, the method includes:

[0071] The driving part 121 is controlled to drive the movable part 123 to reset.

[0072] Further, the control unit determines that the clothes in the clothing storage chamber 12 and the clothes in the inner drum 13 can be washed together, and after the clothes added in the middle are put into the inner drum 13, no more clothes added in the middle are put into the clothing storage chamber 12; or the control unit determines that the clothes in the clothing storage chamber 12 and the clothes in the inner drum 13 cannot be washed together, after taking out the clothes put in the clothing storage chamber 12, the control unit controls the driving part 121 of the clothing feeding mechanism to start driving the movable part 123 to reset again, and close the clothing feeding channel. After the inner drum 13 rotates for a preset time, the weight of the clothes in the inner drum 13 is obtained, and the water level of the weight of the clothes in the inner drum 13 is obtained. If the water level is lower than the preset water level, water starts to be added to the inner drum 13. In addition, the amount of detergent corresponding to the weight of the clothes in the inner drum 13 is determined according to the weight of the clothes in the inner drum 13, and the detergent is added. The temperature of the water in the inner drum 13 is obtained. If the temperature is lower than the preset temperature, the water in the inner drum 13 is heated until the water level, the amount of detergent and the temperature are determined, and then the clothes in the inner drum 13 are washed.

[0073] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention in any form. Although the present invention has been disclosed as a preferred embodiment as above, it is not used to limit the present invention. Any technician familiar with this patent can make some changes or modifications to equivalent embodiments of equivalent changes by using the technical content suggested above without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention. The implementation scheme in the above embodiment can also be further combined or replaced. However, any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiment based on the technical essence of the present invention without departing from the content of the technical solution of the present invention still falls within the scope of the solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A clothes processing device, comprising an inner drum (13) and a door (15), characterized in that: Also includes, A clothes storage chamber (12), arranged on the machine door (15), for temporarily storing clothes added during the process; A clothing information acquisition unit, used to acquire clothing information; A clothing delivery mechanism, used for adding clothing in the clothing storage chamber (12) into the inner drum (13); The control unit is in communication with the clothing information acquisition unit and the clothing delivery mechanism, receives clothing information, determines whether the clothing added during washing can be mixed with the clothing in the inner drum, and controls the clothing delivery mechanism to deliver the clothing added during washing in the clothing storage chamber (12) into the inner drum (13).

2. The clothes processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The outward side of the door (15) is provided with a delivery opening (11) for delivering clothes into the clothing storage chamber (12).

3. The clothes processing device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The delivery port is also provided with an openable and closable door cover (16).

4. The clothes processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clothing storage chamber (12) is arranged in the machine door (15) or on the inner side of the machine door (15), and the clothing storage chamber is arranged on a clothing delivery channel, and the clothing delivery channel is used to provide a path for delivering clothing from the clothing storage chamber (12) to the inner drum (13).

5. The clothes processing device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The clothing storage chamber (12) is arranged to protrude from the machine door (15), and the clothing throwing passage is provided on the bottom surface of the clothing storage chamber (12).

6. The clothes processing device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that: The clothing delivery mechanism comprises: A movable part (123) is pivotally mounted in the clothing throwing passage and is used for opening and closing the clothing throwing passage; The driving part (121) is used for providing a force to drive the movable part (123) to move.

7. A method for controlling a clothes processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: include, Get clothing information; Receive clothing information; It is determined that the clothes added during washing can be mixed with the clothes in the inner drum (13), and a signal for putting the clothes added during washing into the inner drum (13) is obtained.

8. The control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 7, characterized in that: Before obtaining clothing information, it also includes, Obtaining an instruction to open the door cover (16); Acquire a signal for adding clothes to the clothes storage chamber (12) during the delivery process; Get the instruction to close the door cover (16).

9. The control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 8, characterized in that: After obtaining the signal of adding clothes to the clothes storage chamber (12) during the delivery, the method includes: Each time a piece of clothing is put into the clothing storage chamber (12), it is determined that the clothing added midway in the clothing storage chamber (12) and the clothing in the inner drum (13) cannot be mixed for washing, and a signal for communicating with the user is obtained.

10. The control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 9, characterized in that: After the clothes added in the middle of the process are put into the inner drum (13) or the clothes added in the middle of the process are taken out from the clothes storage chamber (12), the method includes: The driving part (121) is controlled to drive the movable part (123) to reset.

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