Clothing care system with control system
By introducing control systems and user interfaces into the clothing care system, detecting and adjusting the running time prediction of the clothing care program, the problem of inaccurate running time prediction in traditional equipment is solved, and the accuracy and user experience of prediction are improved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411207027.8
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2023-08-30
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-30
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-28
AI Technical Summary
Traditional clothing care equipment is inaccurate when predicting the running time of clothing care programs, especially when dealing with cotton laundry programs, and the prediction is too high, resulting in inconvenient user time management.
Design a clothing care system with a control system that includes a clothing care device and a user interface to adjust the running time prediction of subsequent clothing care programs by detecting the actual running time after each clothing care program and fine-tuning it according to the running time of the previous program.
The accuracy of the operation time prediction of clothing care programs is achieved, especially in the case of multiple clothing care programs, which avoids the huge jump in operation time prediction and improves the user's ability to predict and manage clothing care times.
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[0001] The present invention relates to a clothing care system with a control system, in particular to a clothing care system comprising a clothing care device with a control system, and a method for caring for clothing in the clothing care system. Background Art
[0002] A garment care appliance will typically display a run time forecast before starting a garment care program. In conventional garment care appliances, this is typically based on the nominal load of the garment care appliance. However, the average amount of laundry that a garment care appliance user washes is often less than the nominal load of the garment care appliance, particularly in laundry programs that process cotton.
[0003] Therefore, when a traditional clothing care device starts to execute a clothing care program, the prediction of the program running time is often inaccurate, especially the prediction is too high. Summary of the invention
[0004] The object of the present invention is to provide a clothing care system comprising a clothing care device and a method for caring for clothing in the clothing care system, by which the running time of a clothing care program of the clothing care device can be predicted as effectively as possible.
[0005] This object is achieved by the features of the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments are the subject matter of the dependent claims, the description and the drawings.
[0006] According to a first aspect, the task of the present invention is solved by a clothing care system, which includes a clothing care device, the clothing care device having a clothing chamber for receiving clothing and a control system, wherein the control system stores a clothing care program for treating a first clothing received in the clothing chamber, the clothing care program having a first run time prediction; a user interface, which is connected to the control system, wherein the user interface is designed to receive the first run time prediction from the control system and display the first run time prediction to a user before executing the first clothing care process; wherein the control system is designed to execute the clothing care program in the first clothing care process and detect the first run time of the clothing care program after the first clothing care process; wherein the control system and / or an external control system outside the clothing care device is designed to determine a second run time prediction of a second clothing care process of the clothing care program based on the first run time prediction of the clothing care program and the first run time of the clothing care program before executing the clothing care program in the second clothing care process; wherein the user interface is designed to receive the second run time prediction from the control system and / or the external control system and display the second run time prediction to the user before executing the clothing care program in the second clothing care process; wherein the control system is designed to execute the clothing care program in the second clothing care process to treat the second clothing received in the clothing chamber.
[0007] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the run time prediction of the second laundry care program, in particular the run time prediction of a plurality of laundry care programs after the second laundry care program, can be adjusted according to the actual run time of the laundry care program. Furthermore, in the case of a plurality of laundry care programs, the run time of the first laundry care program, in particular the run time of the preceding laundry care program, can be included with a lower weight, so that even if a user of the laundry care device, for example a user of the first laundry care program, in particular a user of the preceding laundry care program, loads laundry with unusual characteristics into the laundry chamber, for example an unusually small or large number, an unusually small or large weight and / or unusually wet or unusually dry laundry, no large jump will occur in the run time prediction.
[0008] The user interface may be an internal user interface of the clothing care device. The user interface may be an external user interface of the clothing care device, which is connected to the clothing care device control system and / or the clothing care device external control system through a communication interface and a communication network.
[0009] A laundry care device may be understood as a device for laundry care, such as a laundry dryer, a washing machine or a washer-dryer, in particular a device with a drying function. Such a laundry care device may be understood in particular as a household laundry care device. In other words, such a laundry care device is used in household management and processes laundry in normal household quantities.
[0010] In one embodiment, the second clothing care program follows the first clothing care program. In particular, between the first clothing care process based on the clothing care program and the second clothing care process based on the clothing care program, there is no further clothing care process based on the clothing care program.
[0011] In an advantageous embodiment, the first run time prediction value of the laundry care programme is assigned to a nominal load size of the laundry care programme.
[0012] This achieves the technical advantage that simple reference values can be used for the first runtime prediction.
[0013] In a preferred embodiment, the user interface is designed to transmit a first assessment of the drying state of the first clothing to a control system and / or an external control system based on a first input from a user after a first clothing care process is completed, wherein the control system and / or the external control system is designed to increase or decrease a second operating time of the clothing care program by a predetermined operating time fine-tuning value based on the transmitted first assessment of the drying state of the first clothing during a second clothing care process.
[0014] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that after the clothing care device has executed the first clothing care program, the control system and / or the external control system of the clothing care device can obtain the user's first evaluation of the clothing drying state through the user interface, so that the control system and / or the external control system can automatically adjust the running time of the second clothing care program after the first clothing care program to meet the user's expectation of the clothing drying state. This can enable the user of the clothing care device to perform clothing care more effectively.
[0015] For example, the control system may be designed to trigger the first evaluation via the user interface when an appliance door of the garment care appliance is opened to allow the user to access the garment compartment.
[0016] In an advantageous embodiment, the control system and / or the external control system is designed to determine a second run time forecast for a second laundry care process of the laundry care program based on the first run time forecast, the first run time of the laundry care program and the predetermined run time fine-tuning value.
[0017] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the fine adjustment of the run time of the laundry care program resulting from the first evaluation by the user can also be used to determine the second run time forecast.
[0018] In a preferred embodiment, the control system and / or the external control system is designed to determine the result of a first function, in particular the result of a linear multivariable function, to determine a second run time prediction value of the clothing care program, wherein in the first function, the first run time prediction value and the first run time are respectively weighted with a first weighting factor, and the predetermined run time fine-tuning value is weighted with a second weighting factor, wherein in particular the second weighting factor is greater than the first weighting factor, in particular twice the first weighting factor.
[0019] Thereby, the technical advantage of being able to efficiently determine the second runtime prediction value is achieved.
[0020] In a preferred embodiment, the control system is designed to detect a second running time of the clothing care program in a second clothing care process, wherein the control system and / or the external control system is designed to determine a third running time prediction of a third clothing care process of the clothing care program based on the second running time prediction of the clothing care program and the second running time before executing the clothing care program in the third clothing care process; wherein the user interface is designed to receive the third running time prediction from the control system and / or the external control system and display the third running time prediction to a user before executing the clothing care program in the third clothing care process; wherein the control system is designed to execute the clothing care program in the third clothing care process to process the third clothing received in the clothing chamber.
[0021] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the running time prediction can be repeatedly and iteratively adjusted during the subsequent clothing care process.
[0022] In a preferred embodiment, the user interface is designed to transmit a second assessment of the drying state of the second clothing to the control system and / or the external control system based on a second input from the user after the second clothing care process ends, wherein the control system and / or the external control system is designed to increase or decrease a third operating time of the clothing care process by a predetermined operating time fine-tuning value based on the transmitted second assessment of the drying state of the second clothing during a third clothing care process.
[0023] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that after the clothing care device has executed the second clothing care program, the user can inform the control system and / or the external control system of the clothing care device through the user interface of the second evaluation of the clothing drying state, so that the control system and / or the external control system can automatically adjust the running time of the third clothing care program in a favorable manner that meets the user's expectations of the clothing drying state after the second clothing care program. This can enable the user of the clothing care device to perform clothing care more effectively.
[0024] In one embodiment, the third clothing care program follows the second clothing care program. In particular, between the second clothing care process based on the clothing care program and the third clothing care process based on the clothing care program, there is no further clothing care process based on the clothing care program.
[0025] In an advantageous embodiment, the control system and / or the external control system is designed to determine a third run time forecast for a third laundry care process of the laundry care program based on the second run time forecast, the second run time of the laundry care program and the predetermined run time adjustment value.
[0026] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the fine adjustment of the run time of the laundry care program resulting from the second evaluation by the user can also be used to determine the third run time forecast.
[0027] In a preferred embodiment, the control system and / or the external control system is designed to determine the result of a second function, in particular the result of a linear multivariable function, to determine a third operating time prediction value for the clothing care process, wherein in the second function, the second operating time prediction value and the second operating time are respectively weighted with a first weighting factor, and the predetermined operating time fine-tuning value is weighted with a second weighting factor, wherein in particular the second weighting factor is greater than the first weighting factor, in particular twice the first weighting factor.
[0028] Thereby, the technical advantage of efficiently determining the third runtime prediction value is achieved.
[0029] In a preferred embodiment, the user interface includes a touch screen of the clothing care device, which touch screen is designed to detect a first and / or second input from a user for a first and / or second assessment of the dryness state of the first and / or second clothing, wherein the touch screen is designed to transmit the first and / or second assessment of the dryness state of the clothing to the control system and / or an external control system.
[0030] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the user can evaluate the laundry directly on the laundry care device immediately after taking the laundry out of the laundry chamber of the laundry care device.
[0031] In a preferred embodiment, the user interface includes a mobile user device, in particular a smart phone, a smart tablet, a laptop or a personal computer, which is connected to the control system and / or the external control system via a communication network, and is used to detect the user's first and / or second input for the first and / or second evaluation of the dryness state of the first and / or second clothing, and transmit the first and / or second evaluation of the dryness state of the first and / or second clothing to the control system and / or the external control system.
[0032] Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the user can evaluate the laundry away from the laundry care device, for example when the laundry is placed in a piece of furniture. In particular, an application can be executed on the mobile user device, which application is intended to communicate with the control system and / or an external control system.
[0033] In a preferred embodiment, the clothing care device includes an electronic memory, which is designed to store multiple data sets and multiple clothing care programs, wherein the multiple clothing care programs include the clothing care program, and at least one of the multiple data sets is assigned to each clothing care program in the multiple clothing care programs, wherein one of the multiple data sets assigned to the clothing care program includes a first operating time and a second operating time, in particular a third operating time, and / or a first operating time prediction and a second operating time prediction, in particular a third operating time prediction.
[0034] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that a dedicated data set can be used for each laundry care program in order to efficiently carry out a run time prediction for a specific laundry care program.
[0035] In a preferred embodiment, the control system and / or the external control system is designed to determine a value that is associated with a change in the operating time and / or operating time prediction value of a data set configured for a clothing care program over a predetermined time period, wherein the control system and / or the external control system is designed to execute an automatic cleaning program for the clothing care device, in particular for automatically cleaning the filter of the clothing care device, based on a comparison of the value with a reference value.
[0036] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that changes in the running time of a laundry care program can be detected during the service life and product life of the laundry care appliance, which changes indicate the accumulation of fluff and / or dust. As a result, the laundry care appliance can be effectively and automatically maintained, in particular in a laundry care appliance with a heat pump.
[0037] The predetermined time period may in particular be a rolling time period, ie comprising a predetermined number of runtime forecasts and / or runtimes most recently stored in the data set.For example, the reference value may be a threshold value assigned to said value.
[0038] In a preferred embodiment, the control system and / or the external control system is designed to determine a value that is associated with a change in the operating time and / or a predicted operating time of a data set associated with a clothing care program over a predetermined time period, wherein the control system and / or the external control system is designed to determine user information based on a comparison of the value with a reference value, wherein the user interface is designed to display user information to the user, the user information including instructions for manually cleaning the clothing care device (in particular the filter of the clothing care device) and / or manually starting a program for automatically cleaning the clothing care device (in particular the filter of the clothing care device).
[0039] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that changes in the running time of a laundry care program can be detected during the service life and product life of the laundry care appliance, which changes indicate a build-up of lint and / or dust. This allows efficient manual or semi-automatic maintenance of the laundry care appliance, in particular in the case of a laundry care appliance with a heat pump.
[0040] The predetermined time period may in particular be a rolling time period, ie comprising the last stored runtime prediction value in the data set and / or a predetermined number of runtimes.For example, the reference value may be a threshold value assigned to said value.
[0041] According to a second aspect, the task is solved by a method for caring for clothes in a clothing care system, wherein the clothing care system comprises: a clothing care device having a clothing chamber for receiving clothes and a control system, wherein a clothing care program with a first running time prediction for processing a first clothing received in the clothing chamber is stored in the control system; and a user interface connected to the control system; wherein the method comprises the following method steps: receiving the first running time prediction from the control system, and displaying the first running time prediction to a user through the user interface before executing the clothing care program in a first clothing care process; executing the clothing care program in the first clothing care process to process the first clothing received in the clothing chamber; after the first clothing care process, detecting the first running time of the clothing care program through the control system; before executing the clothing care program in the second clothing care process, determining the second running time prediction of a second clothing care process of the clothing care program based on the first running time prediction of the clothing care program and the first running time through the control system and / or an external control system; receiving the second running time prediction from the control system and / or the external control system, and displaying the second running time prediction to the user through the user interface before executing the clothing care program in the second clothing care process; and executing the clothing care program in the second clothing care process through the control system to process the second clothing received in the clothing chamber.
[0042] The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the run time prediction of the second clothing care program, in particular the run time prediction of a plurality of clothing care programs after the second clothing care program, can be adjusted according to the actual run time of the clothing care program. In addition, the run time of the first clothing care program, in particular the run time of the preceding clothing care program in case there are a plurality of clothing care programs, can be included with a lower weight, so that even if a user of the clothing care device, for example a user of the first clothing care program, in particular a user of the preceding clothing care program, loads clothing with unusual characteristics into the clothing compartment, for example an unusually small or large number, an unusually small or large weight and / or unusually wet or unusually dry clothing, no large jump will occur in the run time prediction.
[0043] Embodiments of the garment care system according to the first aspect are also embodiments of the method according to the second aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0044] Exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings and are described in more detail below.
[0045] In the attached figure:
[0046] Figure 1 A schematic diagram showing a clothing care device according to one embodiment;
[0047] Figure 2 A schematic diagram showing a clothing care system including a clothing care device according to one embodiment;
[0048] Figure 3 A program running time diagram is shown, which is a curve process of the running time of the clothing care program in the clothing care process which is continuous in time according to the clothing care system of one embodiment; and
[0049] Figure 4 A schematic diagram is shown of a method for caring for clothing in a clothing care system according to one embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0050] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a clothing care device 100, such as a clothing dryer, a washing machine or a washer-dryer, is shown according to one embodiment. The clothing care device 100 may have a device housing 102 having a device opening 104 that can be closed by a device door 103 for loading the clothing care device 100. Through the device opening 104, a user of the clothing care device 100 may load clothing into a clothing chamber 105 in the device housing 102, Figure 1 The laundry room is only shown schematically.
[0051] The clothing care device 100 comprises Figure 1 1. A control system 107 is only schematically shown in FIG. 1. A laundry care program for treating a first laundry item received in the laundry chamber 105 is stored in the control system 107, the laundry care program having a first run time forecast. The first run time forecast of the laundry care program can be assigned to a nominal load assigned to the laundry care program.
[0052] like Figure 1 As shown, the user interface 101 of the clothing care device 100 may include a touch screen, through which the user of the clothing care device 100 can communicate with the control system 107 of the clothing care device 100 , for example, to select and / or configure a clothing care program. The user interface 101 is connected to the control system 107 .
[0053] The user interface 101 is designed to receive a first run time prediction from the control system 107 and display the first run time prediction to the user before executing the first clothing care process. The control system 107 is configured to execute the clothing care program during the first clothing care process and detect a first run time of the clothing care program after the first clothing care process.
[0054] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a garment care system 200 is shown, which includes a garment care device 100 , a user interface 101 , and an external control system 108 , according to one embodiment. Figure 2 The clothing care device 100 of the clothing care system 200 shown is particularly Figure 1 The user interface 101 corresponds to the clothing care device 100 shown in the figure, with the difference that the user interface 101 can be an external user interface outside the clothing care device 100.
[0055] The user interface 101 may be connected to the control system 107 and / or to an external control system 108 outside the garment care device 100 via a communication network 109. Figure 2 As schematically shown, the user interface 101 may include a mobile user device, in particular a smartphone, a smart tablet, a laptop or a personal computer.
[0056] The communication network 109 comprises in particular a wireless communication network 109. The clothing care device 100, the user interface 101 and the external control system 108 all have communication interfaces that are communicatively connected to the communication network 109.
[0057] exist Figure 2In the illustrated embodiment, the communication connections between the clothing care device 100 and the user interface 101, between the clothing care device 100 and the external control system 108, and between the external control system 108 and the user interface 101 are implemented by the same communication network 109. However, data exchange between the clothing care device 100, the user interface 101 and / or the external control system 108 may also use different communication networks 109.
[0058] The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 outside the clothing care device 100 is designed to determine a second running time prediction for a second clothing care process of the clothing care program based on the first running time prediction and the first running time of the clothing care program before executing the clothing care program in the second clothing care process.
[0059] The user interface 101 is designed to receive the second runtime prediction from the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 and to display the second runtime prediction to the user before executing the garment care program in the second garment care process.
[0060] The user interface 101 may be designed to transmit, after the first clothing care process is finished, a first evaluation of the drying state of the first clothing to the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 according to a first input from the user. The user interface 101, in particular the touch-sensitive screen of the clothing care device 100 and / or the mobile user device, may be designed to detect a first input from the user of the first evaluation of the drying state of the first clothing.
[0061] The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine the result of the first function, in particular the result of the linear multivariate function, to determine the second run time prediction of the laundry care program. In the first function, the first run time prediction value and the first run time may be weighted with a first weighting factor, respectively, and the predetermined run time fine adjustment value may be weighted with a second weighting factor. The second weighting factor may be greater than the first weighting factor, in particular twice as large.
[0062] The control system 107 is designed to execute the laundry care program in the second laundry care process to process the second laundry received in the laundry chamber 105 .
[0063] The control system 107 may be designed to detect the second running time of the clothing care program in the second clothing care process. The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine a third running time prediction of a third clothing care process of the clothing care program based on the second running time prediction of the clothing care program and the second running time of the clothing care program before executing the clothing care program in the third clothing care process.
[0064] The user interface 101 may be designed to transmit, after the second clothing care process is finished, a second evaluation of the drying state of the second clothing to the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 according to a second input of the user. The user interface 101, in particular the touch-sensitive screen of the clothing care device 100 and / or the mobile user device, may be designed to detect a second input of the user's second evaluation of the drying state of the second clothing.
[0065] The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to increase or decrease the third running time of the clothing care program by a predetermined running time fine-tuning value according to the transmitted second evaluation of the drying state of the second clothing during the third clothing care process.
[0066] The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine a third run time prediction for a third garment care process of the garment care program based on the second run time prediction, the second run time of the garment care program and a predetermined run time fine-tuning value.
[0067] The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine a result of a second function, in particular a result of a linear multivariate function, to determine a third run time prediction of the laundry care process. In the second function, the second run time prediction value and the second run time may be weighted by a first weighting factor, respectively, and the predetermined run time fine-tuning value may be weighted by a second weighting factor.
[0068] The user interface 101 may be designed to receive the third runtime prediction from the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 and display the third runtime prediction to the user before executing the garment care program in the third garment care process.
[0069] The control system 107 may be designed to execute a laundry care program in the third laundry care process to process the third laundry received in the laundry chamber 105 .
[0070] In particular, in addition to determining the third run time prediction, the run time predictions of other clothing care processes of the clothing care device may also be determined iteratively accordingly. The following will be described using the first example as an example, wherein the corresponding calculation example is shown in a circle.
[0071] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine that the first run time prediction is 200 minutes based on the nominal load size of the garment care program.
[0072] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 can be designed to determine the second running time of the second clothing care process to 110 minutes according to the item "0.5*200+0.5*110" based on the first running time prediction and the first running time of the first clothing care process of the clothing care program (which is determined to be 155 minutes, for example).
[0073] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 can be designed to determine the third operating time prediction of the third clothing care process to be 130 minutes according to the item "0.5*155+0.5*105" based on the second operating time prediction and the second operating time of the second clothing care process of the clothing care program (which is determined to be 105 minutes, for example).
[0074] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 can be designed to determine the fourth operating time prediction of the fourth clothing care process to be 133 minutes according to the item "0.5*130+0.5*135" based on the third operating time prediction and the third operating time of the third clothing care process of the clothing care program (which is determined to be 135 minutes, for example).
[0075] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 can be designed to determine the fifth operating time prediction of the fifth clothing care process to be 129 minutes according to the item "0.5*133+0.5*125" based on the fourth operating time prediction and the fourth operating time of the fourth clothing care process of the clothing care program (which is determined to be 125 minutes, for example).
[0076] The inclusion of the run time fine adjustment value is exemplified according to the second example, wherein the corresponding calculation example is represented by a circle. In the following, the run time fine adjustment value results in the laundry care program being extended by 12 minutes in a predetermined manner. Of course, more or less than 12 minutes is also possible.
[0077] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine that the first run time prediction is 200 minutes based on the nominal load size of the garment care program.
[0078] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to receive a first input from a user, which is assigned to, for example, insufficient dryness of the first laundry, i.e., the user indicates here that the first laundry is too wet through the user interface 101. The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may determine the second run time prediction value of the second laundry care process as 167 minutes according to the first run time prediction, the first run time of the first laundry care process of the laundry care program (which is determined to be, for example, 110 minutes) and the run time fine-tuning value according to the item “0.5*200+0.5*110+1*12”.
[0079] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to receive a second input from the user, which is, for example, assigned to insufficient dryness of the second laundry, i.e., the user again indicates through the user interface 101 that the second laundry is too wet. The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine the third run time prediction of the third laundry care process as 157 minutes according to the item “0.5*167+0.5*122+1*12” based on the second run time prediction, the second run time of the second laundry care process of the laundry care program (determined to be 122 minutes, for example), and the run time fine-tuning value.
[0080] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to receive a user input, such as a sufficient dryness assigned to the third laundry, that is, the user indicates here through the user interface 101 that the third laundry is completely dry. For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may determine the fourth run time prediction of the fourth laundry care process as 145 minutes according to the item “0.5*157+0.5*134” based on the third run time prediction and the third run time of the third laundry care process of the laundry care program (which is determined to be 134 minutes, for example).
[0081] For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to receive a user input, which is, for example, assigned to the sufficient dryness of the fourth laundry, i.e., the user again indicates here through the user interface 101 that the fourth laundry is completely dry. For example, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine the fifth run time prediction of the fifth laundry care process as 140 minutes according to the item “0.5*134+0.5*145” based on the fourth run time prediction and the fourth run time of the fourth laundry care process of the laundry care program (which is, for example, determined to be 134 minutes).
[0082] Thus, the run time prediction and the run time can be adapted, so that even if the run time temporarily increases, the run time prediction can be reduced, that is, they are adapted. In addition, the extension of the clothing care program can also be concealed by the run time fine adjustment value.
[0083] Figure 3 The program run time diagram 300 shows the course of a run time curve 301 of temporally consecutive clothing care programs of a clothing care system 200 according to one embodiment. The clothing care system 200 is particularly suitable for Figure 2 The garment care system 200 shown corresponds.
[0084] The clothing care programs that are consecutive in time may include a first clothing care process, a second clothing care process and in particular a third clothing care process in sequence. The running time of the clothing care programs is displayed on the ordinate of the program running time diagram 300, and the time sequence of the clothing care programs is represented by time on the abscissa of the program running time diagram 300.
[0085] The clothing care device 100 may include an electronic memory, which is designed to store a plurality of data sets and a plurality of clothing care programs. The plurality of clothing care programs may include the clothing care program. Each of the plurality of clothing care programs may be assigned at least one of the plurality of data sets. The data sets assigned to the clothing care programs in the plurality of data sets may include a first operating time, a second operating time, and in particular a third operating time, and / or a first operating time prediction, a second operating time prediction, and in particular a third operating time prediction.
[0086] like Figure 3 As schematically shown, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to determine values 305a, 305b associated with a change in the running time of a data set associated with a garment care program within a predetermined time period 303a, 303b.
[0087] even though Figure 3 Not shown in the figure, the value 305a, 305b may also be additionally or alternatively associated with a change in the run time prediction of the data set related to the garment care program within the predetermined time period 303a, 303b.
[0088] even though Figure 3 The running time of the laundry care program is only schematically shown in FIG. 3 , and the values 305a , 305b may also be determined by, for example, the running time determined by linear regression and / or the slope of the regression line of the running time prediction.
[0089] The control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to execute a program for automatically cleaning the laundry care device 100 , in particular for automatically cleaning a filter of the laundry care device 100 , depending on the comparison of said values 305a , 305b with reference values.
[0090] Alternatively, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may determine the user information based on a comparison of the values 305a, 305b with the reference values. The user interface 101 may be designed to display the user information 115a-b to the user. The user information may include instructions for manually cleaning the clothing care device 100 (in particular the filter of the clothing care device 100) and / or manually starting a program for automatically cleaning the clothing care device 100 (in particular the filter of the clothing care device).
[0091] For example, the reference value may be stored in a memory.For example, the reference value may be a threshold value associated with the values 305a, 305b.
[0092] like Figure 3 As shown in the schematic diagram of the first time period 303a, if the corresponding value 305a is lower than the threshold value within the relevant time period 303a, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 can be designed not to perform the above functions.
[0093] like Figure 3 As shown in the schematic diagram of the second time period 303b in FIG. 1 , if the corresponding value 305b is above the threshold value within the relevant time period 303b, the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 may be designed to perform one of the above functions.
[0094] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a method 400 for caring for clothing in a clothing care system 200 according to one embodiment is shown. Figure 1 and Figure 2 As described in the embodiment of the present invention, the clothing care system 200 includes a clothing care device 100 having a clothing chamber 105 for receiving clothing and a control system 107, wherein a clothing care program for treating a first clothing received in the clothing chamber 105 is stored in the control system 107, and the clothing care program has a first run time prediction. The clothing care system 200 also includes a user interface 101 connected to the control system 107.
[0095] As a first method step, the method 400 comprises: receiving 401 a first runtime forecast from the control system 107 and displaying the first runtime forecast to a user via the user interface 101 before executing a garment care program 403 in a first garment care process.
[0096] As a second method step, the method 400 comprises: executing 403 a laundry care program in a first laundry care process to treat a first laundry item received in the laundry chamber 105 .
[0097] As a third method step, the method 400 comprises, after the first laundry care process, detecting 405 a first running time of the laundry care program by the control system 107 .
[0098] As a fourth method step, the method 400 includes: before executing 411 the clothing care program in the second clothing care process, determining 407 a second operating time prediction for a second clothing care process of the clothing care program through the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 based on the first operating time prediction and the first operating time of the clothing care program.
[0099] As a fifth method step, the method 400 comprises: receiving a second run time prediction from the control system 107 and / or the external control system 108 and displaying the second run time prediction to the user via the user interface 101 before executing 411 the garment care program in the second garment care process.
[0100] As a sixth method step, the method 400 comprises: executing 411 a laundry care program in a second laundry care process by the control system 107 to treat the second laundry received in the laundry chamber 105 .
[0101] All features explained and shown in conjunction with the individual embodiments of the invention can be provided in different combinations within the subject matter of the invention in order to achieve their advantageous effects simultaneously.
[0102] The scope of protection of the present invention is given by the claims and is not limited by the features explained in the description or shown in the drawings.
[0103] List of reference numerals:
[0104] 100 Clothing Care Equipment
[0105] User Interface 101
[0106] 102 Equipment housing
[0107] 103 Equipment Door
[0108] 104 equipment openings
[0109] 105 Clothing Room
[0110] 107 Control System
[0111] 108 External control system
[0112] 109 Communication Network
[0113] 200 Clothing Care System
[0114] 300 program running time diagram
[0115] 301 Clothing Care Program Running Time Curve
[0116] 303a,b time period
[0117] 305a,b value
[0118] 400 Method for caring for clothing in a clothing care system
[0119] 401 First method step: receiving and displaying a first run time prediction value
[0120] 403 Second method step: Execute clothing care program in the first clothing care process
[0121] 405 Third method step: record initial running time
[0122] 407 Fourth method step: Determine second runtime prediction
[0123] 409 Fifth method step: receiving and displaying a second runtime prediction
[0124] 411 Sixth method step: Execute a clothing care program in the second clothing care process.
Claims
1. A clothing care system (200), comprising: A clothing care device (100) comprising a clothing chamber (105) for receiving clothing and a control system (107), wherein a clothing care program with a first run time prediction is stored in the control system (107) for processing a first clothing received in the clothing chamber (105); a user interface (101) connected to the control system (107), wherein the user interface (101) is configured to receive the first run time prediction from the control system (107) and display the first run time prediction to a user before executing a first garment care process; wherein the control system (107) is configured to execute the clothing care program during the first clothing care process and detect a first running time of the clothing care program after the first clothing care process; The control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) outside the clothing care device (100) is configured to determine a second running time prediction for a second clothing care process of the clothing care process based on the first running time prediction and the first running time of the clothing care process before executing the clothing care program in the second clothing care process; wherein the user interface (101) is configured to receive a second run time prediction from the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) and display the second run time prediction to a user before executing a clothing care program in a second clothing care process; and The control system (107) is configured to execute the clothing care program in a second clothing care process to process second clothing received in the clothing chamber (105).
2. The clothing care system (200) according to claim 1, characterized in that: A first run time forecast for the laundry care program is assigned to a nominal load volume assigned to the laundry care program.
3. The clothing care system (200) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that: The user interface (101) is configured to transmit, after a first clothing care process, a first evaluation of a drying state of a first clothing to the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) based on a first input from a user, wherein the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) is configured to increase or decrease a second operating time of the clothing care program in a second clothing care process by a predetermined operating time fine-tuning value based on the transmitted first evaluation of the drying state of the first clothing.
4. The clothing care system (200) according to claim 3, characterized in that: The control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) is configured to determine a second run time prediction for a second clothing care process of the clothing care program based on the first run time prediction, the first run time of the clothing care program and the predetermined run time fine-tuning value.
5. The clothing care system (200) according to claim 4, characterized in that: The control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) is constructed to determine the result of a first function, in particular the result of a linear multivariable function, to determine a second run time prediction of the clothing care program, wherein in the first function, the first run time prediction and the first run time are respectively weighted with a first weighting coefficient, wherein the predetermined run time fine-tuning value is weighted with a second weighting coefficient, wherein in particular the second weighting coefficient is greater than the first weighting coefficient, in particular twice the first weighting coefficient.
6. The clothing care system (200) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that The control system (107) is configured to detect a second running time of the clothing care program during a second clothing care process, wherein the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) is configured to determine a third running time prediction of a third clothing care process of the clothing care process according to the second running time prediction and the second running time of the clothing care process before executing the clothing care program in the third clothing care process; wherein the user interface (101) is configured to receive a third run time prediction from the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) and display the third run time prediction to a user before executing a clothing care program in a third clothing care process; and The control system (107) is configured to execute the clothing care program in the third clothing care process to treat the third clothing received in the clothing chamber (105).
7. The clothing care system (200) according to claim 6, characterized in that: The user interface (101) is configured to transmit, after the second clothing care process, a second evaluation of the drying state of the second clothing to the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) based on a second input from a user, wherein the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) is configured to increase or decrease a third operating time of the clothing care program by a predetermined operating time fine-tuning value based on the transmitted second evaluation of the drying state of the second clothing during a third clothing care process.
8. The clothing care system (200) according to claim 7, characterized in that: The control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) is configured to determine a third run time prediction for a third clothing care process of the clothing care program based on the second run time prediction, the second run time of the clothing care program and the predetermined run time fine-tuning value.
9. The clothing care system (200) according to claim 8, characterized in that: The control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) is constructed to determine the result of a second function, in particular the result of a linear multivariable function, to determine a third running time prediction of the clothing care program, wherein, in the second function, the second running time prediction and the second running time are respectively weighted with a first weighting coefficient, wherein the predetermined running time fine-tuning value is weighted with a second weighting coefficient, wherein in particular the second weighting coefficient is greater than the first weighting coefficient, in particular twice the first weighting coefficient.
10. The clothing care system (200) according to any one of claims 3 to 5 or 7 to 9, characterized in that: The user interface (101) comprises a touch screen of the clothing care device (100), the touch screen being configured to detect a first and / or second input of a user for a first and / or second evaluation of a dry state of a first and / or second clothing item, wherein the touch screen being configured to transmit the first and / or second evaluation of the dry state of the clothing item to the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108).
11. The clothing care system (200) according to any one of claims 3 to 5, 7 to 9 or 10, characterized in that: The user interface (101) comprises a mobile user device, in particular a smart phone, a smart tablet, a laptop or a PC, wherein the mobile user device is connected to the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) via a communication network (109) and is configured to detect a first and / or second input of a user for a first and / or second evaluation of the drying state of the first and / or second clothes, and transmit the first and / or second evaluation of the drying state of the first and / or second clothes to the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108).
12. The clothing care system (200) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that The clothing care device (100) comprises an electronic memory configured to store a plurality of data sets and a plurality of clothing care programs, wherein the plurality of clothing care programs comprises the clothing care program, wherein at least one data set of the plurality of data sets is respectively assigned to each of the plurality of clothing care programs, wherein the data sets of the plurality of data sets assigned to the clothing care program comprise a first operating time, a second operating time and in particular a third operating time, and / or a prediction of the first operating time, a prediction of the second operating time and in particular a prediction of the third operating time.
13. The clothing care system (200) according to claim 12, characterized in that: The control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) are configured to determine a value (305a, 305b) assigned to a run time of a data set assigned to the clothing care program and / or a change in a predicted run time within a predetermined time period (303a, 303b), wherein the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) are configured to execute a program for automatically cleaning the clothing care device (100), in particular a filter of the clothing care device (100), based on a comparison of the value (305a, 305b) with a reference value segment.
14. The clothing care system (200) according to claim 12, characterized in that: The control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) are configured to determine a value (305a, 305b) assigned to a run time and / or a change in a run time preset value of a data set assigned to the clothing care program within a predetermined time period (303a, 303b), wherein the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108) are configured to determine user information based on a comparison of the value (305a, 305b) with a reference value, wherein the user interface (101) is configured to display the user information (115a-b) to a user, wherein the user information includes instructions for manually cleaning the clothing care device (100), in particular a filter of the clothing care device (100), and / or instructions for manually starting a program for automatically cleaning the clothing care device (100), in particular a filter of the clothing care device (100).
15. A method (400) for caring for clothing in a clothing care system (200), wherein the clothing care system (200) comprises: A clothing care device (100) comprising a clothing chamber (105) for receiving clothing and a control system (107), wherein a clothing care program for processing a first clothing received in the clothing chamber (105) is stored in the control system (107), the clothing care program having a first run time prediction; and a user interface (101) connected to the control system (107); wherein the method (400) comprises the following method steps: receiving (401) the first run time prediction from the control system (107) and displaying the first run time prediction to a user via the user interface (101) before executing a garment care program (403) in a first garment care process; executing (403) the clothing care program in the first clothing care process to treat a first clothing received in the clothing chamber (105); detecting (405) a first running time of the clothing care program after the first clothing care process by the control system (107); Characterized in that the method (400) further comprises the following method steps: Before executing (411) the clothing care program in the second clothing care process, determining (407) a second running time prediction for a second clothing care process of the clothing care program based on the first running time prediction and the first running time of the clothing care program by the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108); receiving (409) a second run time prediction from the control system (107) and / or the external control system (108), and displaying the second run time prediction to a user via the user interface (101) before executing (411) a garment care program in a second garment care process; and A laundry care program (411) is executed in the second laundry care process by the control system (107) to treat second laundry received in the laundry chamber (105).