A complete clothing management solution and smart wardrobe
By designing a smart wardrobe solution, combining wardrobe entity and control system, and using RFID technology and APP for clothing management, the problem of difficulty in effectively managing clothes in the existing technology has been solved, and the optimization of clothing management and improvement of life efficiency has been achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202311293285.8
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-10-08
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-08
AI Technical Summary
The existing smart wardrobe solution is difficult to become a complete and easy-to-use solution, and it is impossible to effectively manage clothes, which increases people's clothing management burden.
A smart wardrobe solution was designed, combining wardrobe entity and control system, and clothing management is carried out through RFID technology and APP to realize functions such as clothing identification, storage and removal.
This plan greatly reduces the burden of clothing management, optimizes the clothing management process, provides users with a good user experience, and improves life efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] Smart home field Background Art
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of smart wardrobe technology, and provides a smart wardrobe design with a complete clothing management solution. Most of the existing smart wardrobe solutions propose solutions for a certain part of wardrobe or clothing management, and it is difficult to become a complete and practical solution. The present application proposes a clothing management solution, which performs customized clothing management in the application of mobile phones or other smart devices, and is closely integrated with the smart wardrobe entity, reducing the burden of people's clothing management, optimizing various processes in clothing management, providing users with a good user experience, and greatly facilitating life efficiency. Summary of the invention
[0003] This design consists of two parts: wardrobe entity and wardrobe control system. Figure 4 Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the fork telescopic mechanism; Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the steps for taking out clothes through the fork telescopic mechanism 1. Wardrobe entity The smart wardrobe entity designed in this scheme is shown in Figure 1. The example diagram shows a wardrobe with a height of 2.5m and a width of 2.5m. The height, width and depth of the wardrobe can be adjusted according to user needs during the specific design. The wardrobe in the example diagram is divided into 10 parts in the height direction, each grid is 25cm high, and the 2.5m in width is divided into 5 parts, each horizontal grid is 50cm, and the depth is set to 75cm, which is divided into three parts. The front and back parts of the example diagram are used to place clothes, and the middle part is used as the working area of the small stacker (see the second part of the clothing conveying mechanism for details). In this way, the entire wardrobe contains 10*4*2=80 wardrobe boxes and the multi-functional area on the right side of the figure. A 25cm*50cm wardrobe box is enough to hold 5 to 10 stacked clothes, so that the cabinet boxes of the entire wardrobe can hold a total of 400-800 pieces of clothing. The multifunctional area on the right includes the top bedding area, clothes hanging area, clothing identification control area and pull-out cabinet area. The functions and space occupied by these areas can be flexibly adjusted according to user needs when designing the wardrobe to meet the user's personalized storage needs.
[0004] 1. Wardrobe entity The smart wardrobe entity designed in this scheme is as follows Figure 1For example, the example diagram shows a wardrobe with a height of 2.5m and a width of 2.5m. The height, width and depth of the wardrobe can be adjusted according to user needs during the specific design. The wardrobe in the example diagram is divided into 10 parts in the direction of height, each grid is 25cm high, and the 2.5m in width is divided into 5 parts, each horizontal grid is 50cm, and the depth is set to 75cm, which is divided into three parts. The front and back parts of the example diagram are used to place clothes, and the middle part is used as the working area of the small stacker (see the second part of the clothing conveying mechanism for details). In this way, the entire wardrobe contains 10*4*2=80 wardrobe boxes and the multi-functional area on the right side of the figure. A 25cm*50cm wardrobe box is enough to hold 5 to 10 stacked clothes, so that the cabinet boxes of the entire wardrobe can hold a total of 400-800 pieces of clothing. The multi-functional area on the right includes the top bedding area, the hanging area, the clothing identification control area and the drawer area. These areas can flexibly adjust the functions and occupied space size according to user needs when designing the wardrobe to meet the user's personalized storage needs.
[0005] In order to facilitate the loading and unloading of clothes by the clothing conveying mechanism, the space of the wardrobe box is designed as follows: like Figure 2 As shown, the cabinet box is divided into 5 small compartments by 4 layers of partitions, which can hold up to 5 layers of clothing (this design drawing takes 5 layers as an example, which can be adjusted in practice). Each partition has a small protruding piece, called a positioning piece. The positioning piece is connected and fixed to the partition as a whole, and is used to mark the number of layers of each partition. The upper and lower bottoms and partitions of the cabinet box in the horizontal direction are retracted in the depth direction relative to the left and right sides in the vertical direction. The space vacated by the retraction is used to accommodate the positioning pieces. The positioning pieces are arranged in sequence in the horizontal direction, so that when the stacker is operated, it is convenient to locate the compartment to be operated according to the position of each positioning piece in the horizontal direction. The relative position of the 4 layers of partitions in the cabinet box to the cabinet box can be fixed or non-fixed: fixed means that the partition can be fixed on the cabinet box, in which case the design of the positioning piece can be removed, and the height detection or layer number sensor can be used to inform the clothing conveying mechanism of the position of each compartment; non-fixed means that the partition is movable inside the cabinet box, and the movable means that the entire partition can move in the vertical direction parallel to the upper and lower bottoms of the cabinet box. This non-fixed solution is more conducive to the rational use of the wardrobe box space when clothes of different thicknesses are placed. In order to prevent the clothes from falling out of the wardrobe box due to unbalanced weight or other reasons after being placed in the wardrobe, the upper and lower bottoms of each cabinet box are designed to have an inclination angle forward and upward relative to the horizontal plane, so that the clothes will tend to shrink into the depths of the cabinet box due to gravity and will no longer fall out. The partitions inside the cabinet box should be parallel to the upper and lower bottoms of the cabinet box.
[0006] 2. Wardrobe control system The entire wardrobe control system consists of three subsystems: the user operation terminal (user mobile terminal APP or electronic screen embedded in the wardrobe, referred to as APP below), clothing recognition control system (clothing recognition control area in the wardrobe example diagram), and clothing conveying mechanism (the working area is located in the small stacker working area in the middle of the wardrobe). Figure 3 Shown First of all, clothing identification is done through RFID technology, which is divided into two parts: the RFID reader, which is embedded in the clothing identification control area of the wardrobe; and the RFID tag, which has a unique serial number (unique to the user) and code (unique in the world) to uniquely identify a piece of clothing.
[0007] The following example uses common user scenarios to illustrate the coordination of the three subsystems: (1) When a user purchases new clothing, he / she needs to attach the RFID tag (the tag is designed to be washable) that comes with the wardrobe to the clothing, and add information to the tag serial number on the APP, and import the link, picture, text introduction and other information of the newly purchased clothing. At this point, the clothing has been included in the clothing management system from the user's perspective. After the tag is attached, it will remain with the clothing during the subsequent wearing and washing process, unless the user no longer needs the clothing and removes the tag from the clothing. The APP background will correspond the serial number to the tag code, which will be used to identify the clothing in the future. The user can set the season of the clothing on the APP and assign the corresponding wardrobe area to the clothing of each season. If the user no longer needs the clothing, he / she can attach the tag to other clothing and replace the clothing information with the serial number on the APP; or directly remove the tag and delete the clothing information on the APP.
[0008] (2) When putting clothes in, the user places the clothes in the clothing identification control area in the wardrobe. Then the clothing identification system starts working, identifies the RFID tag code attached to the clothes, obtains the corresponding serial number, exchanges information with the terminal APP, communicates the status of the clothes being put into the wardrobe, and obtains the user's preferences. Then the calculation and processing part of the control system calculates the free cabinet boxes and compartments in the wardrobe, calculates the specific location where the clothes should be put in according to the category of the clothes and the user's preferences, and then wakes up the clothing transfer mechanism, grabs the clothes and transfers them to the corresponding position of the corresponding wardrobe box.
[0009] (3) When taking out clothes, users can search, browse and select the corresponding clothes on the APP and click to take out. The APP then notifies the clothing recognition control system of the serial number corresponding to the clothing. After the clothing recognition control system finds the last storage location of the tagged clothing, it wakes up the clothing conveying mechanism and notifies it of the operating location. The clothing conveying mechanism takes out the clothing and puts it into the clothing control recognition area, and the user can take it directly.
[0010] The following describes the three subsystems of the wardrobe control system: (1) For the user operation terminal, the specific description is as follows: The user operation terminal can be designed as an APP for electronic products such as mobile phones, WeChat or Alipay applets, smart screen APP embedded in the wardrobe, etc. (hereinafter referred to as APP in this paragraph). The user operation terminal must include the following necessary functions: 1. It can provide users with the function of importing clothing information (or manually adding clothing pictures, descriptions, etc.) to the APP and binding the RFID tag number; 2. It provides users with the function of browsing, deleting added clothing or replacing clothing information of a certain label; 3. It provides users with the function of taking out clothing; 4. It can exchange information with the clothing identification control system of the smart wardrobe entity, issue instructions to take out clothing, and pass on information such as storage areas corresponding to clothing tags. In addition, the APP can add the following design functions: 1. It provides users with the function of dividing storage areas for clothing; 2. It recommends clothing according to the user's itinerary for the day, the location, the weather on the day, etc. (2) The clothing recognition control system is described in detail as follows: The hardware device corresponding to the clothing identification control system is located in the clothing identification control area of the wardrobe entity. The functions of this subsystem are divided into two parts: identification and control. The identification part is completed by the RFID tag reader / writer to identify the RFID tag on the clothing placed in the clothing identification control area. The triggering of the identification function can be triggered by the reader / writer at a fixed time or when the user presses the clothing placement function button. After the identification is completed, the RFID tag reader / writer transmits the tag information to the control part of the system. The control part is responsible for any microprocessor that can complete the control function of this system, and the control system is used as a synonym below. When the control system receives the clothing information, it first issues a control command to the clothing grabbing part in the clothing conveying mechanism, so that it grabs the clothing placed in the clothing identification control area and calculates its height. At this time, the control system will read the user's preferred storage area setting for the clothing from the information stored in the local memory or the user operation terminal (if there is no, the clothing storage area is determined according to the order of the factory setting), and according to the clothing stored in the area and the remaining space, compared with the height of the clothing placed this time, calculate and find the wardrobe box and number of layers that can be placed in the clothing, send the information to the clothing conveying mechanism, and issue a command to place the clothing.
[0011] The control system needs to include a communication module (WIFI module, etc.) that can exchange information with the user operation terminal. It is responsible for obtaining user settings from the user operation terminal, receiving commands issued by the user operation terminal, reporting to the user operation terminal the specific location of the clothes and the current capacity of the wardrobe, and other interactive functions. When the user operation terminal issues a command to take out a piece of clothing, the control system first obtains its storage location, then transmits the location to the clothing conveying mechanism, and sends a command to the clothing conveying mechanism to take out the clothes at that location, and transfers it to the clothing identification control area on the wardrobe, so that the user can take out the clothes easily.
[0012] The control system also needs to include an internal communication module for exchanging information with the clothing conveying mechanism, and the most suitable communication method is infrared communication technology.
[0013] (3) The clothing conveying mechanism is described in detail as follows: The clothing conveying mechanism needs to include a communication module (interconnected with the infrared module of the internal communication module of the clothing identification control system) in order to exchange information with the clothing identification control system and receive instructions for putting in or taking out clothing. The internal communication module in the clothing identification control system is installed in the middle of the wardrobe identification control area, and the clothing conveying mechanism also runs in the middle of the entire wardrobe (relative to the middle of the front and back), that is, the working area of the small stacker in the wardrobe entity, so that the communication between the two modules can meet the point-to-point straight line requirements of infrared communication. The function of the clothing conveying mechanism is similar to that of the existing stacker, including a fork telescopic mechanism, a cargo platform and a power mechanism. The fork telescopic mechanism is the main component for storing and retrieving clothing, which is responsible for taking out clothing from a certain compartment in the cabinet box, or putting clothing taken from the clothing identification control area into a certain compartment in the cabinet box; the cargo platform is a component that carries the fork and clothing and performs lifting and lowering movements; the power mechanism refers to a component that drives the cargo platform to move horizontally, vertically, and front and back in the wardrobe and reach the specified position. The cargo platform and the power mechanism are the functions of the original stacker. The present invention does not involve the innovation of these two parts. The innovation of the clothing conveying mechanism of the present invention lies in the design of the fork telescopic mechanism. Figure 4 shown.
[0014] The fork extension mechanism includes two layers of clamping plates and two layers of positioning plates located outside the clamping plates. The clamping plates are used to clamp clothes, and the positioning plates are used to locate the compartments in a cabinet box. The width of the positioning plates is the same as or slightly narrower than the width of the positioning plates in the wardrobe box. When the fork moves to the horizontal bottom of the designated cabinet box, the steps of taking out are as follows: Figure 5 shown.
[0015] 1. The motor drives the positioning plate on the upper side of the clamp to move to the horizontal position of the positioning piece of the corresponding compartment and extends the positioning plate. At this time, the motor drives the two layers of clamps and the two layers of positioning plates to move up together until they touch the positioning piece and stop. At this time, the compartment where the clothes to be operated are located is located under the fork mechanism; 2. The motor drives the positioning plate on the lower side of the splint to move to the horizontal position of the positioning plate of the corresponding compartment below the corresponding compartment, and The positioning plate is extended; the motor drives the lower clamping plate and the lower positioning plate to move downward together until they touch the positioning piece and stop. At this time, the clothing compartment to be operated is located in the compartment between the two clamping plates of the fork mechanism, and the position of the clothing has been located; 3. The positioning plate is fixed, and the motor drives the two layers of clamps to extend and clamp the clothes, and then retract with the clothes; 4. The positioning plate retracts to the starting position of the fork mechanism; 5. When putting in clothes, the motor action in step 3 is changed to drive the two layers of clamps to clamp the clothes and extend them, and then the clamps relax and retract When the clothing conveying mechanism interacts with the clothing identification control system, it receives infrared instructions, identifies the cabinet box position of the clothing and the compartment position in the cabinet box from the instructions, as well as the command to take out or put in the clothing.
[0016] The above description is only a preferred specific implementation manner of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can make equivalent replacements or changes according to the technical scheme and inventive concept of the present invention within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, which should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.
[0017] Any smart wardrobe or clothing management solution made according to the specific implementation scheme of this patent and after making design changes including but not limited to the following situations, is within the scope of protection of this patent: 1. Increase or decrease the number of wardrobe boxes 2. Simple changes in the length, width and height of the wardrobe box or wardrobe 3. The cabinet box area of the wardrobe changes from two rows in the example picture to one or more rows 4. The angle change of the upper and lower bottoms and partitions of the wardrobe box relative to the horizontal plane 4. Apply this patent to other similar item management scenarios 5. Simple modifications to the wardrobe layout, such as the location of the small stacker working area in the wardrobe, the layout location of the multi-functional area in the wardrobe, the layout adjustment inside the multi-functional area, the functional design adjustment, etc. 6. Changes in the multimedia device where the user operates the terminal 7. Changes in the presentation of user operation terminals 8. The functions of the user-operated terminal are increased or decreased within the scope of this patent description. 9. Other interactive design changes for user operation terminals 10. Changes in the design of RFID tags 11. Whether the RFID tag is separated from the clothes during washing 12. Changes in the way RFID tags are bound to clothing, such as pasting or sewing.
Claims
1. A smart wardrobe entity and clothing management solution, characterized by: It comprises a wardrobe entity (1) and a wardrobe control system (2).
2. The wardrobe entity according to claim 1, characterized in that: The wardrobe includes a wardrobe box area (11), a small stacker working area (12) and a multifunctional area (13).
3. The wardrobe control system (2) according to claim 1, characterized in that It comprises a user operation terminal (21), a clothing identification control system (22), and a clothing conveying mechanism (23).
4. The wardrobe box area (11) according to claim 2, characterized in that The wardrobe box comprises a plurality of wardrobe boxes (111), each of which is divided into n+1 partitions by n partitions, the number of the partitions and the partitions being variable, and the angle relative to the horizontal plane being adjustable. The partitions and the partitions are retracted in the depth direction relative to the left and right sides of the vertical direction, and the space vacated by the retraction is used to accommodate the positioning piece (1111).
5. The positioning sheet (1111) according to claim 4, characterized in that: In the single wardrobe box (111), the positioning pieces (1111) of each partition are arranged in sequence in the horizontal direction without overlapping or crossing, and each positioning piece (1111) can uniquely identify the partition to which it is connected.
6. The multifunctional area (13) according to claim 2, characterized in that It includes a clothing identification control area (131), a bedding area, a clothing hanging area, and a drawer cabinet area.
7. The clothing identification control area (131) according to claim 6, characterized in that The area contains the clothing identification control system (22) and a space for users to put in or take out clothing.
8. The working area (12) of the small stacker according to claim 2 is characterized in that A clothing conveying mechanism (23) is present in the small stacker working area (12), and the small stacker working area (12) is used to provide operating space for the clothing conveying mechanism (23), and the clothing conveying mechanism (23) takes out clothing stored in a wardrobe box or puts clothing into the wardrobe box.
9. The user operation terminal (21) according to claim 3, characterized in that Some basic functions and additional functions related to clothing management can be provided. The basic functions include one or more of the following functions: the function of providing users with importing clothing information; the function of providing users with searching and browsing a certain piece of clothing; the function of providing users with browsing all clothing information in the wardrobe; the function of providing users with sending a certain piece of clothing out of the wardrobe. The additional functions include but are not limited to one or more of the following functions: the function of providing users with recommendations for clothing in the wardrobe according to occasions, weather, etc.; the function of providing users with dividing the storage area of these clothes in the wardrobe according to clothing types, etc.
10. The clothing identification control system (22) according to claim 3, characterized in that The clothing recognition control system (22) can identify clothing placed by a user in the clothing recognition control area (131), and cooperate with the clothing conveying mechanism (23) to complete the function of placing the clothing into the wardrobe box (111); the clothing recognition control system (22) is also characterized in that it receives instructions from the user operation terminal (21) through a communication module, and cooperates with the clothing conveying mechanism (23) to complete the function of taking out clothing from a designated wardrobe box and compartment and placing it into the clothing recognition control area (131). The clothing recognition control system (22) sends instructions to the clothing conveying mechanism (23) through the internal communication module (21).
11. The clothing conveying mechanism (23) according to claim 3, characterized in that It comprises a communication module (232) for exchanging information with the clothing identification control system (22), a fork telescopic mechanism (231), a cargo platform and a power mechanism.
12. The fork telescopic mechanism (231) according to claim 11, characterized in that It comprises two layers of clamping plates (2311) and two layers of positioning plates (2312) outside the clamping plates. The positioning plates (2312) are used to cooperate with the positioning pieces (1111) to position a specific interlayer; the clamping plates (2311) are used to take clothes out from between the two layers of positioning plates (2312) or put clothes into between the two layers of positioning plates (2311) after positioning the interlayer.