Control method of clothes dryer

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a control method of a clothes dryer, the clothes dryer comprises a plurality of drying areas, the drying areas comprise drying assemblies, the method comprises the steps that the drying areas distributed for clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying assemblies of the drying areas are obtained, and therefore different clothes materials and different areas of the clothes are dried in a targeted mode; clothes are dried uniformly and prevented from being deformed and damaged; according to the air outlet temperature of the drying assembly, the drying assembly is controlled to dry the clothes, and the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying assembly are obtained, so that the local temperature and humidity of the clothes in the drying process can be accurately controlled, and the drying efficiency is improved; and according to the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying assembly, the working state of the drying assembly is controlled, and therefore energy consumption can be reduced under the condition that clothes drying is guaranteed.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of household appliance control, and in particular to a control method for a clothes dryer. Background Art

[0002] During the rainy season in southern China, clothes are always wet and slow to dry, so dryers are essential household appliances for drying clothes quickly in southern China. As urban density increases, the space for drying clothes at home is small, and the user group using dryers to dry clothes is gradually expanding. Dryers on the market currently dry clothes by circulating hot air in a closed space, but because the drying time of dryers is too long and the clothes are dried unevenly, the material of the clothes may be deformed and damaged. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a control method for a clothes dryer.

[0004] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a control method for a clothes dryer, wherein the clothes dryer includes a plurality of drying zones, each of which includes a drying component, and the method includes:

[0005] Acquire the drying zone allocated for the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying components in the drying zone;

[0006] Controlling the drying component to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying component, and obtaining the current temperature and current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying component;

[0007] The working state of the drying component is controlled according to the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component.

[0008] Optionally, the clothes dryer further comprises at least one movable partition; the plurality of drying zones are formed by the partition, and the sizes of the drying zones are adjusted by moving the partition.

[0009] Optionally, before obtaining the drying zone corresponding to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying zone, the method further includes:

[0010] The material information of the clothes to be dried and the drying temperature suitable for the clothes are obtained, and a prompt message is output to the user; the prompt message is used to remind the user to allocate a drying area for the clothes according to the material information and the drying temperature of the clothes, and to set the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying area.

[0011] Optionally, controlling the working state of the drying component according to the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component includes:

[0012] When the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component reach preset conditions, the drying component is controlled to stop working.

[0013] Optionally, the clothes dryer further includes a display component and a scanning component, and the obtaining of material information of the clothes to be dried and a drying temperature suitable for the clothes, and outputting prompt information to the user, includes:

[0014] Scanning the material information of the clothes to be dried by the scanning component, and determining a drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes;

[0015] Outputting prompt information to the user through the display component.

[0016] Optionally, the clothes dryer further includes a plurality of temperature detectors and a plurality of humidity detectors, and the temperature detectors and the humidity detectors correspond to the drying component; and obtaining the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component includes:

[0017] According to the temperature detector corresponding to the drying component, obtaining the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component;

[0018] According to the humidity detector corresponding to the drying component, the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component is obtained.

[0019] Optionally, the obtaining of the drying area allocated to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying components in the drying area includes:

[0020] The drying zone assigned by the user to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature set for the drying component of the drying zone are obtained from the user terminal.

[0021] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a clothes dryer, comprising: a controller and a plurality of drying zones, wherein the drying zones include drying components;

[0022] The controller is used to obtain the drying area allocated to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying area; control the drying component to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying component, and obtain the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component; control the working state of the drying component according to the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component.

[0023] Optionally, the clothes dryer further comprises at least one movable partition; the plurality of drying zones are formed by the partition, and the sizes of the drying zones are adjusted by moving the partition.

[0024] Optionally, the clothes dryer further comprises: an output module;

[0025] The controller is further used to obtain material information of the clothes to be dried and a drying temperature suitable for the clothes;

[0026] The output module is used to output prompt information to the user; the prompt information is used to remind the user to allocate a drying area for the clothes according to the material information and drying temperature of the clothes, and to set the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying area.

[0027] Optionally, the controller is used to control the drying component to stop working when the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component reach preset conditions.

[0028] Optionally, the clothes dryer further comprises a display component and a scanning component;

[0029] The controller is used to scan the material information of the clothes to be dried through the scanning component, and determine the drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes; and output prompt information to the user through the display component.

[0030] Optionally, the clothes dryer further comprises a plurality of temperature detectors and a plurality of humidity detectors;

[0031] The controller is used to obtain the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component according to the temperature detector corresponding to the drying component; and to obtain the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component according to the humidity detector corresponding to the drying component.

[0032] Optionally, the controller is used to obtain the drying zone assigned by the user to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature set for the drying component of the drying zone, which are sent by the user terminal.

[0033] Optionally, the drying assembly is arranged on the inner wall of the dryer and on both sides of the partition.

[0034] The embodiments of the present invention include the following advantages:

[0035] The clothes dryer of the embodiment of the present invention includes multiple drying zones, and the drying zones include drying components. The clothes dryer can obtain the air outlet temperatures of the drying zones and the drying components allocated to the clothes to be dried, so as to dry different clothing materials and different areas of the clothes in a targeted manner, so that the clothes are dried evenly and deformation and damage of the clothes are avoided; the drying components are controlled to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying components, and the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying components are obtained, so that the local temperature and humidity of the clothes during the drying process can be accurately controlled to improve the drying efficiency; the working state of the drying components is controlled according to the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying components, so that energy consumption can be saved while ensuring the drying of the clothes. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0037] Figure 1 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0038] Figure 2 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0039] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a control method for a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0040] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of another control method for a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of another control method for a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0042] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of another control method for a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0043] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of another control method for a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0044] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of another control method for a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0045] Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of another control method for a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0046] Fig.10 It is a structural block diagram of a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0047] Description of reference numerals:

[0048] Drying area 31, drying component 32, partition 33. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0049] The present invention proposes a control method for a clothes dryer, the purpose of which is to save energy consumption of the clothes dryer while ensuring the drying and quality of clothes. To achieve this goal, the clothes dryer in an embodiment of the present invention includes multiple drying zones, and the drying zones include drying components. By dividing the drying positions into zones, different clothes materials and different areas of clothes are dried in a targeted manner. According to the current temperature and current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying components, the working state of the drying components is controlled, so that the clothes will not be continuously dried and damaged, and the energy consumption of the clothes dryer can be saved.

[0050] The clothes dryer of the embodiment of the present invention may have an intelligent device, such as a controller, which can sense temperature and humidity and control the drying program, and can also provide the user with an automatic program selection function. The user can also use the controller to remotely start, stop or adjust the drying program of the clothes dryer through an application on a mobile terminal.

[0051] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0052] Reference Figure 1 , a flow chart showing a method for controlling a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The clothes dryer includes a plurality of drying zones, each of which includes a drying component. The method may specifically include the following steps:

[0053] Step 101, obtaining the drying area allocated to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying components in the drying area;

[0054] In an embodiment of the present invention, the clothes dryer includes a plurality of drying zones, each of which includes a drying component, and the drying component is used to blow air to dry clothes. Each drying zone may include a plurality of drying components to ensure that all parts of the clothes can be dried. When a user needs to dry clothes, the controller can identify the material of the clothes to be dried and provide a temperature treatment method according to the material of the clothes. The user can group the clothes according to the material or drying temperature of the clothes, and allocate drying zones to clothes in different groups, and set the air outlet temperature of the drying components in each drying zone. The controller can control the operation of different drying zones according to the drying zones allocated by the user to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying components in the drying zones.

[0055] The embodiment of the present invention divides the drying position of the clothes dryer into a plurality of drying zones, so that different clothing materials and different areas of clothing can be dried in a targeted manner, thereby drying the clothing evenly and preventing deformation and damage to the clothing.

[0056] Step 102, controlling the drying component to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying component, and obtaining the current temperature and current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying component;

[0057] In an embodiment of the present invention, the controller can control the drying component to output hot air of the corresponding temperature according to the air outlet temperature set by the user for the drying component of each drying zone, so as to dry the clothes. At the same time, the controller can obtain the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component during the drying process. Specifically, each drying component can have a corresponding temperature detector and humidity detector. The controller can detect the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component through the temperature detector corresponding to each drying component, and detect the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component through the humidity detector corresponding to each drying component, so as to accurately control the local temperature and humidity of the clothes during the drying process and improve the drying quality.

[0058] Step 103, controlling the working state of the drying component according to the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component.

[0059] In an embodiment of the present invention, the controller can determine whether the clothes have reached the drying completion condition based on the current temperature and humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying component, and control the working state of the drying component according to the determination result. For example, when a part of the clothes area reaches the drying completion condition, the controller can control the drying component corresponding to the area to stop working, so as to save energy consumption of the dryer.

[0060] The clothes dryer of the embodiment of the present invention includes multiple drying zones, and the drying zones include drying components. The clothes dryer can obtain the air outlet temperatures of the drying zones and the drying components allocated to the clothes to be dried, so as to dry different clothing materials and different areas of the clothes in a targeted manner, so that the clothes are dried evenly and deformation and damage of the clothes are avoided; the drying components are controlled to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying components, and the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying components are obtained, so that the local temperature and humidity of the clothes during the drying process can be accurately controlled to improve the drying efficiency; the working state of the drying components is controlled according to the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying components, so that energy consumption can be saved while ensuring the drying of the clothes.

[0061] Reference Figure 2 , shows a flowchart of another method for controlling a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the method may specifically include the following steps:

[0062] Step 201, obtaining material information of the clothes to be dried and a drying temperature suitable for the clothes, and outputting prompt information to the user; the prompt information is used to remind the user to allocate a drying zone for the clothes according to the material information and the drying temperature of the clothes, and to set the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying zone;

[0063] In one embodiment, the clothes dryer further includes a display component and a scanning component, and the step of obtaining the material information of the clothes to be dried and the drying temperature suitable for the clothes, and outputting prompt information to the user may further include the following sub-steps:

[0064] Sub-step S11, scanning the material information of the clothes to be dried by the scanning component, and determining a drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes;

[0065] Sub-step S12: outputting prompt information to the user through the display component.

[0066] In an embodiment of the present invention, the clothes dryer further includes a display component and a scanning component, and the display component and the scanning component can be connected to the controller. The controller can scan the material information of the clothes to be dried through the scanning component, and determine the drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes, and then output prompt information to the user through the display component, and the prompt information may include the material information of the clothes to be dried and the drying temperature suitable for the clothes, which is used to remind the user to group the clothes according to the material information and the drying temperature of the clothes, and allocate drying areas for the clothes in different groups, and set the air outlet temperature of the drying components of each drying area.

[0067] The embodiment of the present invention allocates drying zones and sets the air outlet temperature according to the material of the clothes and the required temperature, which can ensure that each type of clothes can be dried under the best conditions and improve the drying effect. Setting appropriate temperatures for different clothes can avoid energy waste and improve drying efficiency. Clothes of different materials are allocated to different drying zones, which can avoid the impact of temperature discomfort on clothes.

[0068] In one embodiment, the user can also scan the clothes through the application of the mobile terminal, and the application intelligently identifies the material of the clothes and gives the drying temperature recommendation. In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the embodiments of the present invention, the following is a Figure 3-9 Embodiments of the present invention are described.

[0069] Reference Figure 3 , which shows a schematic diagram of a control method for a clothes dryer provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 As shown, users can scan the clothes that need to be dried on the app.

[0070] Reference Figure 4 , which shows a schematic diagram of another method for controlling a clothes dryer provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 As shown, the mobile terminal interface can output the material and temperature processing method of the clothing. The user can check the recognition results of the application, confirm that the scanning of a piece of clothing is completed after checking that it is correct, and then continue to add other clothes.

[0071] Reference Figure 5 , which shows a schematic diagram of another method for controlling a clothes dryer provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 As shown, after scanning all the clothes, the mobile terminal interface can distinguish the clothes with the same material thickness by the same color reminder.

[0072] Reference Figure 6 , which shows a schematic diagram of another method for controlling a clothes dryer provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 As shown, users can group clothes of the same material or the same drying temperature.

[0073] Reference Figure 7 , which shows a schematic diagram of another method for controlling a clothes dryer provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 As shown, the user can select the area to make different settings for each drying area.

[0074] Reference Figure 8 , showing a schematic diagram of another control method for a clothes dryer provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 8 In the example, the number of drying components in each drying zone is 4, and the default air outlet temperature of the 4 drying components is displayed. Users can adjust the air outlet temperature of each drying component separately, and can also control the opening and closing of each drying component according to the detection results of the temperature detector and humidity detector. Users can also switch different drying zones by sliding the screen left and right to set each drying zone separately.

[0075] Reference Fig. 9 , which shows a schematic diagram of another method for controlling a clothes dryer provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 9 As shown, the drying area assigned by the user to the clothes to be dried, as well as the air outlet temperature set for the drying components in each drying area. After clicking confirm to start, the controller can control the drying components to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying components.

[0076] Through image recognition and machine learning technology, the application can accurately identify different clothing materials (such as cotton, linen, silk, wool, chemical fiber, etc.), avoiding excessively high or low drying temperatures due to misjudgment of materials. According to the characteristics of different materials, the application can recommend the most suitable drying temperature, effectively preventing problems such as shrinkage, deformation, fading, and pilling of clothing, and extending the service life of clothing. Users do not need to manually find clothing labels or memorize the drying requirements of different materials. They only need to scan the clothing to get the best drying solution, simplify the operation process, and save time and energy. The intelligent suggestions provided by the application can also help users avoid damage to clothing caused by improper operation, reducing unnecessary troubles and economic losses. Scanning clothing through the mobile terminal application, intelligently identifying the material and giving drying temperature recommendations can not only effectively protect clothing, save users' time and energy, but also save energy consumption of the dryer.

[0077] Step 202, obtaining the drying zone assigned by the user to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature set for the drying components in the drying zone, which are sent by the user terminal;

[0078] In an embodiment of the present invention, a user can group clothes according to their material or drying temperature, and the controller can obtain the drying zones assigned by the user to clothes in different groups, as well as the air outlet temperature of the drying components set for each drying zone. The controller can control the operation of different drying zones according to the drying zones assigned by the user to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying components in the drying zones. By dividing the drying position of the dryer into multiple drying zones, the embodiment of the present invention can specifically dry clothes of different materials and different areas of clothes, thereby drying the clothes evenly and avoiding deformation and damage of the clothes.

[0079] Step 203, controlling the drying component to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying component, and obtaining the current temperature and current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying component;

[0080] In one embodiment, the clothes dryer further includes a plurality of temperature detectors and a plurality of humidity detectors, and the temperature detectors and the humidity detectors correspond to the drying component; the step of obtaining the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component may further include the following sub-steps:

[0081] Sub-step S21, obtaining the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component according to the temperature detector corresponding to the drying component;

[0082] Sub-step S22, obtaining the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component according to the humidity detector corresponding to the drying component.

[0083] In an embodiment of the present invention, the clothes dryer may further include a plurality of temperature detectors and a plurality of humidity detectors, the temperature detectors and the humidity detectors corresponding to the drying components, the temperature detectors being used to detect the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to each drying component, and the humidity detectors being used to detect the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to each drying component. The controller may control the drying component to output hot air of the corresponding temperature according to the air outlet temperature set by the user for the drying component of each drying zone, so as to dry the clothes; at the same time, during the drying process, the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component is detected by the temperature detector corresponding to each drying component, and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component is detected by the humidity detector corresponding to each drying component.

[0084] The embodiments of the present invention can ensure a more accurate drying process by real-time monitoring of temperature and humidity, avoid over- or under-drying, and improve the drying effect; they can also prevent damage to clothing caused by high temperature or long-term drying, and extend the life of clothing; by real-time monitoring of temperature and humidity, they can also avoid risks such as fires caused by overheating, and enhance safety; by humidity monitoring, they can also reduce wrinkles on clothing and reduce the need for subsequent ironing. The above detection method not only improves drying efficiency and user experience, but also prevents overheating to protect clothing and enhances safety.

[0085] Step 204: When the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component reach preset conditions, the drying component is controlled to stop working.

[0086] In an embodiment of the present invention, the controller can determine whether the clothes have reached the drying completion condition according to the current temperature and humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying component, and control the working state of the drying component according to the determination result. For example, when a part of the clothes area reaches the drying completion condition, the controller can control the drying component corresponding to the area to stop working, or, because the clothes are short and part of the drying component is not used, the user can turn off part of the drying component, thereby avoiding the ineffective operation of the drying component and saving energy consumption of the dryer.

[0087] The embodiment of the present invention automatically stops drying according to preset temperature and humidity conditions, which can ensure that the clothes reach the ideal drying state and avoid over- or under-drying. No manual intervention by the user is required, the drying process is automated, and the operation is easier. Stopping work after reaching the preset conditions can avoid safety problems such as overheating caused by long-term operation of the equipment. Stopping drying in time can reduce the exposure time of clothes to high temperatures, reduce wrinkles, and reduce the need for subsequent ironing. At the same time, the drying time can be accurately controlled to avoid ineffective operation and improve the efficiency of the dryer.

[0088] In one embodiment, the clothes dryer further comprises at least one movable partition; the plurality of drying zones are formed by the partition, and the sizes of the drying zones are adjusted by moving the partition.

[0089] In an embodiment of the present invention, the dryer may further include at least one movable partition, and a plurality of drying zones are formed by the partition. The partition may be installed on a slide rail inside the dryer. The size of the drying zone may be adjusted by moving the partition, and the number of drying zones may be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the partition. According to the size of the dryer, the clothing capacity of each drying zone of the dryer has a certain upper limit, and the mobile terminal may remind the user when the number of clothes in the same group reaches the upper limit. The partition design of the embodiment of the present invention allows the user to adjust the size and number of drying zones according to the amount of clothes or drying requirements, thereby improving space utilization; by adjusting the partition, the layout of the drying zone may also be optimized to accommodate more clothing drying scenarios.

[0090] The drying component can be arranged on the inner wall of the clothes dryer and on both sides of the partition. Figure 8 As shown, the drying components are respectively arranged on the upper and lower sides of the inner wall of the dryer and the sides of the partition. The embodiment of the present invention uses the drying components distributed up and down on the sides of the dryer to enable heat and airflow to cover the clothes more evenly, avoid local overheating or insufficient drying, and improve the drying effect. The multi-directional drying components can also ensure that the clothes are fully exposed to the hot air, thereby improving the drying efficiency. Moreover, drying in multiple directions at the same time can shorten the drying time and improve efficiency. The dispersed drying components can reduce the damage to the clothes caused by concentrated high temperature and extend the life of the clothes. The drying components are arranged on the side of the partition, and the drying effect can remain consistent even if the partition is adjusted to change the size or number of the drying areas. The drying components are distributed on the inner wall and the side of the partition, which can make full use of the internal space of the dryer and avoid occupying too much effective area.

[0091] The clothes dryer of the embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of drying zones, and the drying zones include drying components. The clothes dryer can obtain the air outlet temperature of the drying zones and the drying components of the drying zones allocated to the clothes to be dried, so as to dry the clothes of different materials and different areas of the clothes in a targeted manner, so as to make the clothes dry evenly and avoid deformation and damage of the clothes; the clothes are dried by controlling the drying components according to the air outlet temperature of the drying components, and the current temperature and current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying components are obtained, so as to accurately control the local temperature and humidity of the clothes during the drying process and improve the drying efficiency. At the same time, the embodiment of the present invention can independently control the temperature and intelligently sense the dryness and humidity of the clothes. By scanning the clothes, the material of the clothes can be intelligently identified and the drying temperature recommendation can be given. After the temperature detector and the humidity detector detect that the clothes have reached the drying standard, the drying components can be controlled to stop working, so that the clothes will not be continuously dried to cause damage to the clothes, and the energy consumption of the clothes dryer can be saved.

[0092] For the method embodiments, for the sake of simplicity, they are all described as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited by the order of the actions described, because according to the embodiments of the present invention, some steps can be performed in other orders or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification are all preferred embodiments, and the actions involved are not necessarily required by the embodiments of the present invention.

[0093] Reference Fig.10 , shows a structural block diagram of a clothes dryer provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The clothes dryer includes a controller (not shown in the figure) and a plurality of drying zones 31, and the drying zones 31 include drying components 32;

[0094] The controller is used to obtain the drying area allocated to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying area; control the drying component to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying component, and obtain the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component; control the working state of the drying component according to the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component.

[0095] In an embodiment of the present invention, the clothes dryer includes a plurality of drying zones, and the drying zones include drying components, and the drying components are used to blow air to dry clothes. Each drying zone may include a plurality of drying components to ensure that all parts of the clothes can be dried. When a user needs to dry clothes, the controller can identify the material of the clothes to be dried, and provide a temperature treatment method according to the material of the clothes. The user can group the clothes according to the material or drying temperature of the clothes, and allocate drying zones to clothes in different groups, and set the air outlet temperature of the drying components in each drying zone. By dividing the drying position of the clothes dryer into a plurality of drying zones, different materials of clothes and different areas of clothes can be dried in a targeted manner, so that the clothes are dried evenly and deformation and damage of the clothes are avoided.

[0096] In one embodiment, the controller is used to obtain the drying zone assigned by the user to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature set for the drying component of the drying zone, which are sent by the user terminal.

[0097] In an embodiment of the present invention, the controller can obtain the drying zone assigned by the user for the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature set for the drying components in the drying zone, which are sent by the user terminal. The controller can control the drying components to output hot air of the corresponding temperature according to the air outlet temperature set by the user for the drying components in each drying zone, so as to dry the clothes.

[0098] At the same time, the controller can obtain the current temperature and humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component during the drying process. Specifically, each drying component can have a corresponding temperature detector and humidity detector. The controller can detect the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component through the temperature detector corresponding to each drying component, and detect the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component through the humidity detector corresponding to each drying component, thereby accurately controlling the local temperature and humidity of the clothing during the drying process and improving the drying quality.

[0099] The controller can determine whether the clothes have reached the drying completion conditions based on the current temperature and humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying component, and control the working state of the drying component based on the judgment result. When part of the clothes area reaches the drying completion conditions, the controller can control the drying component corresponding to the area to stop working to save energy consumption of the dryer. At the same time, it can avoid safety problems such as overheating caused by long-term operation of the equipment. Stopping the drying in time can reduce the exposure time of clothes to high temperatures, reduce wrinkles, and reduce the need for subsequent ironing. At the same time, the drying time can be accurately controlled to avoid ineffective operation and improve the efficiency of the dryer.

[0100] In one embodiment, the clothes dryer further comprises at least one movable partition 33 ; the plurality of drying zones 31 are formed by the partition 33 , and the size of the drying zone 31 is adjusted by moving the partition 33 .

[0101] In an embodiment of the present invention, the dryer may further include at least one movable partition, and a plurality of drying zones are formed by the partition. The partition may be installed on a slide rail inside the dryer. The size of the drying zone may be adjusted by moving the partition, and the number of drying zones may be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the partition. According to the size of the dryer, the clothing capacity of each drying zone of the dryer has a certain upper limit, and the mobile terminal may remind the user when the number of clothes in the same group reaches the upper limit. The partition design of the embodiment of the present invention allows the user to adjust the size and number of drying zones according to the amount of clothes or drying requirements, thereby improving space utilization; by adjusting the partition, the layout of the drying zone may also be optimized to accommodate more clothing drying scenarios.

[0102] In one embodiment, the dryer also includes: an output module; the controller is also used to obtain material information of the clothes to be dried and a drying temperature suitable for the clothes; the output module is used to output prompt information to the user; the prompt information is used to remind the user to allocate a drying zone for the clothes according to the material information and drying temperature of the clothes, and to set the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying zone.

[0103] In an embodiment of the present invention, the controller can obtain material information of the clothes to be dried, and determine a drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes. The output module can output prompt information to the user, and the prompt information can include the material information of the clothes to be dried and the drying temperature suitable for the clothes, which is used to remind the user to group the clothes according to the material information and the drying temperature of the clothes, and allocate drying areas for clothes in different groups, and set the air outlet temperature of the drying components of each drying area.

[0104] Users can also scan clothes through the mobile terminal application, which can intelligently identify the material of the clothes and give drying temperature recommendations. Specifically, users can scan the clothes that need to be dried on the application. The mobile terminal interface can output the material and temperature processing method of the clothes. Users can check the recognition results of the application, confirm that the scanning of a piece of clothes is completed after checking that it is correct, and then continue to add other clothes. After scanning all the clothes, the mobile terminal interface can distinguish clothes with the same material thickness by the same color reminder. Users can group clothes of the same material or the same drying temperature, and then select areas to set different settings for each drying area. Users can also adjust the air outlet temperature of each drying component separately, or control the opening and closing of each drying component according to the detection results of the temperature detector and humidity detector. Users can also switch different drying areas by sliding the screen left and right to set each drying area separately. The intelligent suggestions provided by the application can help users simplify the operation process, save time and energy, and avoid damage to clothes caused by improper operation.

[0105] In one embodiment, the controller is used to control the drying component to stop working when the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component reach preset conditions.

[0106] In the embodiment of the present invention, the controller can determine whether the clothes have reached the drying completion condition according to the current temperature and humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying component, and control the working state of the drying component according to the determination result. When a part of the clothes area has reached the drying completion condition, the controller can control the drying component corresponding to the area to stop working, or, because the clothes are short and the part of the drying component is not used, the user can turn off the part of the drying component.

[0107] The embodiment of the present invention automatically stops drying according to preset temperature and humidity conditions, which can ensure that the clothes reach the ideal drying state and avoid over- or under-drying. No manual intervention by the user is required, the drying process is automated, and the operation is easier. Stopping work after reaching the preset conditions can avoid safety problems such as overheating caused by long-term operation of the equipment. Stopping drying in time can reduce the exposure time of clothes to high temperatures, reduce wrinkles, and reduce the need for subsequent ironing. At the same time, the drying time can be accurately controlled to avoid ineffective operation and improve the efficiency of the dryer.

[0108] In one embodiment, the dryer also includes a display component and a scanning component; the controller is used to scan the material information of the clothes to be dried through the scanning component, and determine a drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes; and output prompt information to the user through the display component.

[0109] In an embodiment of the present invention, the clothes dryer further includes a display component and a scanning component, and the display component and the scanning component can be connected to the controller. The controller can scan the material information of the clothes to be dried through the scanning component, and determine the drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes, and then output prompt information to the user through the display component, and the prompt information may include the material information of the clothes to be dried and the drying temperature suitable for the clothes, which is used to remind the user to group the clothes according to the material information and the drying temperature of the clothes, and allocate drying areas for the clothes in different groups, and set the air outlet temperature of the drying components of each drying area.

[0110] In one embodiment, the dryer also includes multiple temperature detectors and multiple humidity detectors; the controller is used to obtain the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component according to the temperature detector corresponding to the drying component; and to obtain the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component according to the humidity detector corresponding to the drying component.

[0111] In an embodiment of the present invention, the clothes dryer may further include a plurality of temperature detectors and a plurality of humidity detectors, the temperature detectors and the humidity detectors corresponding to the drying components, the temperature detectors being used to detect the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to each drying component, and the humidity detectors being used to detect the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to each drying component. The controller may control the drying component to output hot air of the corresponding temperature according to the air outlet temperature set by the user for the drying component of each drying zone, so as to dry the clothes; at the same time, during the drying process, the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component is detected by the temperature detector corresponding to each drying component, and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component is detected by the humidity detector corresponding to each drying component.

[0112] The embodiments of the present invention can ensure a more accurate drying process by real-time monitoring of temperature and humidity, avoid over- or under-drying, and improve the drying effect; they can also prevent damage to clothing caused by high temperature or long-term drying, and extend the life of clothing; by real-time monitoring of temperature and humidity, they can also avoid risks such as fires caused by overheating, and enhance safety; by humidity monitoring, they can also reduce wrinkles on clothing and reduce the need for subsequent ironing. The above detection method not only improves drying efficiency and user experience, but also prevents overheating to protect clothing and enhances safety.

[0113] In one embodiment, the drying assembly is arranged on the inner wall of the dryer and on both sides of the partition.

[0114] In an embodiment of the present invention, the drying assembly may be disposed on the inner wall of the clothes dryer and on both sides of the partition. Fig.10 As shown, Fig.10 In the example, the number of drying components in each drying zone is 4, and the drying components are respectively arranged on the upper and lower sides of the inner wall of the dryer and the side of the partition.

[0115] The embodiment of the present invention uses drying components distributed up and down on the side of the dryer to enable heat and airflow to cover the clothes more evenly, avoid local overheating or insufficient drying, and improve the drying effect. The multi-directional drying components can also ensure that the clothes are fully exposed to hot air, thereby improving the drying efficiency. Moreover, simultaneous drying in multiple directions can shorten the drying time and improve efficiency. Dispersed drying components can reduce the damage to clothes caused by concentrated high temperatures and extend the life of clothes. The drying components are arranged on the side of the partition, and the drying effect can remain consistent even if the partition is adjusted to change the size or number of drying areas. The drying components are distributed on the inner wall and the side of the partition, which can make full use of the internal space of the dryer and avoid occupying too much effective area.

[0116] The clothes dryer of the embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of drying zones, and the drying zones include drying components. The clothes dryer can obtain the air outlet temperature of the drying zones and the drying components of the drying zones allocated to the clothes to be dried, so as to dry the clothes of different materials and different areas of the clothes in a targeted manner, so as to make the clothes dry evenly and avoid deformation and damage of the clothes; the clothes are dried by controlling the drying components according to the air outlet temperature of the drying components, and the current temperature and current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying components are obtained, so as to accurately control the local temperature and humidity of the clothes during the drying process and improve the drying efficiency. At the same time, the embodiment of the present invention can independently control the temperature and intelligently sense the dryness and humidity of the clothes. By scanning the clothes, the material of the clothes can be intelligently identified and the drying temperature recommendation can be given. After the temperature detector and the humidity detector detect that the clothes have reached the drying standard, the drying components can be controlled to stop working, so that the clothes will not be continuously dried to cause damage to the clothes, and the energy consumption of the clothes dryer can be saved.

[0117] The various embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. The same or similar parts between the various embodiments can be referenced to each other.

[0118] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the embodiments of the present invention may be provided as methods or products. Therefore, the embodiments of the present invention may take the form of complete hardware embodiments, complete software embodiments, or embodiments combining software and hardware. Moreover, the embodiments of the present invention may take the form of a computer program product implemented in one or more machine-readable media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) containing computer-usable program codes.

[0119] The embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the methods, terminal devices (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that each process and / or block in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of the processes and / or blocks in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing terminal device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing terminal device generate instructions for implementing the processes in the flowchart and / or block diagram. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in a block or multiple blocks.

[0120] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of directing a computer or other programmable data processing terminal device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce a manufactured product including an instruction device, which implements the process Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A function specified in one or more boxes.

[0121] These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing terminal device so that a series of operating steps are executed on the computer or other programmable terminal device to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby providing instructions for executing on the computer or other programmable terminal device to implement the process. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 The steps for the functions specified in one or more boxes.

[0122] Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, those skilled in the art may make additional changes and modifications to these embodiments once they have learned the basic creative concept. Therefore, the appended claims are intended to be interpreted as including the preferred embodiments and all changes and modifications that fall within the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0123] Finally, it should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or terminal device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or terminal device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or terminal device including the elements.

[0124] The control method for a clothes dryer provided by the present invention is introduced in detail above. Specific examples are used herein to illustrate the principle and implementation mode of the present invention. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method of the present invention and its core idea. At the same time, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of ​​the present invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation mode and application scope. In summary, the content of this specification should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

Claims

1. A control method for a clothes dryer, characterized in that: The clothes dryer comprises a plurality of drying zones, each of which comprises a drying assembly, and the method comprises: Acquire the drying zone allocated for the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying components in the drying zone; Controlling the drying component to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying component, and obtaining the current temperature and current humidity of the clothes area corresponding to the drying component; The working state of the drying component is controlled according to the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component.

2. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clothes dryer further comprises at least one movable partition; the plurality of drying zones are formed by the partition, and the sizes of the drying zones are adjusted by moving the partition.

3. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: Before obtaining the drying zone corresponding to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying components in the drying zone, the method further includes: The material information of the clothes to be dried and the drying temperature suitable for the clothes are obtained, and a prompt message is output to the user; the prompt message is used to remind the user to allocate a drying area for the clothes according to the material information and the drying temperature of the clothes, and to set the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying area.

4. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The controlling the working state of the drying component according to the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component comprises: When the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component reach preset conditions, the drying component is controlled to stop working.

5. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 3, characterized in that: The clothes dryer further includes a display component and a scanning component, and the obtaining of material information of the clothes to be dried and a drying temperature suitable for the clothes, and outputting prompt information to the user, includes: Scanning the material information of the clothes to be dried by the scanning component, and determining a drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes; Outputting prompt information to the user through the display component.

6. The control method of a clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clothes dryer further includes a plurality of temperature detectors and a plurality of humidity detectors, wherein the temperature detectors and the humidity detectors correspond to the drying component; and obtaining the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component includes: According to the temperature detector corresponding to the drying component, obtaining the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component; According to the humidity detector corresponding to the drying component, the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component is obtained.

7. The control method of the clothes dryer according to claim 3, characterized in that: The step of obtaining the drying area allocated to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying components in the drying area comprises: The drying zone assigned by the user to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature set for the drying component of the drying zone are obtained from the user terminal.

8. A clothes dryer, characterized in that: include: A controller and a plurality of drying zones, wherein the drying zones include drying components; The controller is used to obtain the drying area allocated to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying area; control the drying component to dry the clothes according to the air outlet temperature of the drying component, and obtain the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component; control the working state of the drying component according to the current temperature and current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component.

9. The clothes dryer according to claim 8, characterized in that: The clothes dryer further comprises at least one movable partition; the plurality of drying zones are formed by the partition, and the sizes of the drying zones are adjusted by moving the partition.

10. The clothes dryer according to claim 8, characterized in that: The clothes dryer further comprises: an output module; The controller is further used to obtain material information of the clothes to be dried and a drying temperature suitable for the clothes; The output module is used to output prompt information to the user; the prompt information is used to remind the user to allocate a drying area for the clothes according to the material information and drying temperature of the clothes, and to set the air outlet temperature of the drying component of the drying area.

11. The clothes dryer according to claim 8, characterized in that: The controller is used to control the drying component to stop working when the current temperature and the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component reach preset conditions.

12. The clothes dryer according to claim 10, characterized in that: The clothes dryer also includes a display component and a scanning component; The controller is used to scan the material information of the clothes to be dried through the scanning component, and determine the drying temperature suitable for the clothes according to the material information of the clothes; and output prompt information to the user through the display component.

13. The clothes dryer according to claim 8, characterized in that: The clothes dryer further comprises a plurality of temperature detectors and a plurality of humidity detectors; The controller is used to obtain the current temperature of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component according to the temperature detector corresponding to the drying component; and to obtain the current humidity of the clothing area corresponding to the drying component according to the humidity detector corresponding to the drying component.

14. The clothes dryer according to claim 10, characterized in that The controller is used to obtain the drying zone assigned by the user to the clothes to be dried and the air outlet temperature set for the drying component of the drying zone, which are sent by the user terminal.

15. The clothes dryer according to claim 9, characterized in that: The drying assembly is arranged on the inner wall of the clothes dryer and on both sides of the partition.

Images