Drying control method of clothes treatment equipment, electronic equipment and clothes treatment equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of clothes treatment equipment, in particular to a drying control method of clothes treatment equipment, electronic equipment and the clothes treatment equipment. The drying control method comprises the steps that before any clothes processing drum prepares to execute a drying program, the drying state of the clothes processing drum which is executing the drying program is obtained; on the basis of the drying state, load capacity parameters of clothes in the clothes processing drum which is executing the drying program and the clothes processing drum which is ready to execute the drying program are selectively determined, and the load capacity parameters are in positive correlation with the weight of the clothes; and selectively controlling the clothes processing drum which is executing the drying program and / or the clothes processing drum which is ready to execute the drying program according to the load parameters. According to the invention, the total time for drying the clothes can be effectively shortened while two or more clothes processing drums are synchronously dried, so that the use experience of a user is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of clothing processing equipment, and in particular to a drying control method for clothing processing equipment, an electronic device and a clothing processing equipment. Background Art

[0002] With the improvement of living standards, the development of the washing machine industry has also shown a diversified trend. People have more and more demands for washing machines with zoned washing and care, healthy sterilization, and multiple washing and care functions. Based on single-drum washing machines, various washing machine manufacturers have developed double-drum, triple-drum and other multi-drum washing machines to meet market demand. Among them, double-drum washing machines can already meet various needs of users in a wide range.

[0003] However, in the use of the existing twin-drum washing machine, when one of the clothes processing drums is executing the drying program, the other clothes processing drum needs to wait; or, when one of the clothes processing drums is executing the drying program, the other clothes processing drum also needs to execute the drying program, which will cause the temperature in the clothes processing drum that is executing the drying program to change and require re-drying, resulting in a long drying time and low drying efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0004] In view of this, the present invention provides a drying control method, electronic device and clothing processing device for a clothing processing device to solve the problem that the two clothing processing drums of an existing double-drum washing machine will result in a long drying time and low drying efficiency when the two clothing processing drums execute the drying program at the same time.

[0005] A first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a drying control method for a clothes processing device, wherein the clothes processing device comprises a plurality of clothes processing drums and a drying air duct, wherein the plurality of clothes processing drums are arranged in a first direction and share the drying air duct, and the drying control method comprises:

[0006] Before any of the clothes processing drums is ready to execute a drying process, obtaining a drying state of a clothes processing drum that is executing a drying process;

[0007] Based on the drying state, selectively determining a load parameter of the clothes in the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process and the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process, wherein the load parameter is positively correlated with the weight of the clothes;

[0008] According to the load parameter, the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process is selectively controlled.

[0009] In some embodiments, the drying state includes an early drying state and an intermediate drying state related to temperature;

[0010] The selectively determining the load parameters of the clothes in the clothes processing drum which is performing the drying process and the clothes processing drum which is ready to perform the drying process based on the drying state includes:

[0011] When the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process is in the early drying stage or the middle drying stage, load parameters of the laundry in the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process are determined.

[0012] In some embodiments, the loading parameter comprises a weight ratio;

[0013] The determining of the load parameters of the clothes in the clothes processing drum which is performing the drying process and the clothes processing drum which is ready to perform the drying process comprises:

[0014] Acquiring a first weight value of the clothes in the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process;

[0015] Acquiring a second weight value of the clothes in the clothes processing drum ready to perform a drying process;

[0016] A ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value is determined as the load capacity parameter.

[0017] In some embodiments, selectively controlling the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process according to the load parameter includes:

[0018] Determine the magnitude relationship between the ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value and a first preset threshold and a second preset threshold, respectively, the first preset threshold being smaller than the second preset threshold;

[0019] Based on the size relationship, the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process is selectively controlled.

[0020] In some implementations, the second preset threshold value has a value range of [2.8, 3.3]; and,

[0021] The first preset threshold is the reciprocal of the second preset threshold.

[0022] In some embodiments, selectively controlling the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process based on the size relationship includes:

[0023] When the ratio is less than the first preset threshold, the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program is controlled to run, and the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to stop running, and after the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program completes its operation, the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to continue running.

[0024] In some embodiments, selectively controlling the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process based on the size relationship includes:

[0025] When the ratio is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold and less than or equal to the second preset threshold, the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process is controlled to continue to operate and the laundry processing drum that is preparing to perform a drying process is controlled to operate.

[0026] In some embodiments, the controlling the laundry processing drum that is executing a drying process to continue to operate and the controlling the laundry processing drum that is preparing to execute a drying process to operate include:

[0027] When the ratio is between 0.8 and 1.25, the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process and the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process are controlled to perform synchronous drying at the same drying airflow rate; or

[0028] When the ratio is outside the range of 0.8 to 1.25, determining the magnitude of the first weight value and the second weight value;

[0029] When the first weight value is greater than the second weight value, the drying airflow rate input into the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process is controlled to be greater than the drying airflow rate input into the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process, and the rotation speed of the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process is controlled to be greater than the rotation speed of the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process; and,

[0030] When the first weight value is less than the second weight value, the drying air flow rate input into the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to be smaller than the drying air flow rate input into the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program, and the rotation speed of the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to be smaller than the rotation speed of the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program.

[0031] In some embodiments, selectively controlling the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process based on the size relationship includes:

[0032] When the ratio is greater than the second preset threshold, the laundry processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to continue running, and after the laundry processing drum that is executing the drying program is completed, the laundry processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program is controlled to run.

[0033] In some embodiments, the drying state includes a late drying state related to temperature;

[0034] The drying control method further comprises:

[0035] When the clothes processing drum that is executing the drying program is in the late drying stage, the clothes processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to continue running, and after the clothes processing drum that is executing the drying program is completed, the clothes processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program is controlled to run.

[0036] A second aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

[0037] a memory for storing one or more computer executable instructions;

[0038] A processor is used to call and execute computer executable instructions in the memory, so as to implement the method as described in any one of the first aspects.

[0039] A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a clothes processing device, which is controlled by the method described in the first aspect, or has the electronic device described in the second aspect.

[0040] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are mainly:

[0041] In the drying control method, electronic device and clothing processing device of the clothing processing device of the present invention, the clothing processing device includes a plurality of clothing processing drums and a drying air duct, and the plurality of clothing processing drums are arranged in a first direction and share a drying air duct, and the first direction may be a vertical direction, or the first direction may also be a horizontal direction. The drying control method comprises the following steps: before any one of the plurality of clothing processing drums is ready to execute a drying program, first obtain the drying state of any one of the remaining clothing processing drums that is executing a drying program; then, according to the drying state, selectively determine the load parameter that is positively correlated with the weight of the clothing in the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program and the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program; finally, according to the load parameter, selectively control the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program and the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program. Through the implementation of the above-mentioned drying control method, while satisfying the requirement of synchronous drying of two or more clothing processing drums, the total time of clothing drying can be effectively reduced, thereby improving the drying efficiency of clothing and the user's experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0042] In order to more clearly illustrate the implementation methods of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for the implementation methods or the description of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only exemplary, and for ordinary technicians in this field, other implementation drawings can be derived from the provided drawings without creative work.

[0043] The structures, proportions, sizes, etc. illustrated in this specification are only used to match the contents disclosed in the specification so as to facilitate understanding and reading by persons familiar with the technology. They are not used to limit the conditions under which the present invention can be implemented, and therefore have no substantial technical significance. Any structural modification, change in proportion or adjustment of size shall still fall within the scope of the technical contents disclosed in the present invention without affecting the effects and purposes that can be achieved by the present invention.

[0044] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a clothes processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0045] Figure 2 is a flowchart of steps of a drying control method of a clothes processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0046] Figure 3 The present invention is a logic judgment flow chart of a drying control method of a clothes processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Description of the drawings:

[0048] 100. Clothes processing equipment; 110. Clothes processing drum; 111. Upper clothes processing drum; 112. Lower clothes processing drum; 120. Drying air duct; 121. Common air duct; 122. Upper drum branch air duct; 123. Lower drum branch air duct; 124. Air distribution device; 125. Air supply system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0049] The following is a description of the implementation of the present invention by specific embodiments. People familiar with the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the contents disclosed in this specification. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0050] The terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular forms "a", "said" and "the" used in the embodiments of the present invention and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates other meanings, and "multiple" generally includes at least two, but does not exclude the inclusion of at least one.

[0051] It should be understood that the term "and / or" used in this article is only a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " in this article generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0052] It should also be noted that the terms "include", "comprises" or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a product or system including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such a product or system. In the absence of more restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the product or system including the elements.

[0053] Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below. Examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present invention, but should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

[0054] like Figure 1As shown, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a clothes processing device 100. The clothes processing device 100 may include but is not limited to a washing machine, and the washing machine may include but is not limited to a washing and care machine, a washing and drying machine, etc. For example, the washing machine may be a drum washing machine or a pulsator washing machine with a drying or washing and care function, and of course, the washing machine may also be other types of fully automatic washing machines.

[0055] The clothing processing device 100 includes a plurality of clothing processing drums 110 and a drying duct 120. Among them, the number of the drying duct 120 is one. The plurality of clothing processing drums 110 are arranged in a first direction and share one drying duct 120. It should be noted that the first direction may be a vertical direction, that is, the plurality of clothing processing drums 110 are arranged vertically and spaced apart; or the first direction may also be a horizontal direction, that is, the plurality of clothing processing drums 110 are arranged horizontally and spaced apart.

[0056] In this example and the following examples, the laundry processing device 100 is described by taking a twin-drum washing machine as an example, wherein two laundry processing drums 110 are arranged vertically up and down. The drying air duct 120 has two or more outlets, and the two outlets are respectively connected to the two laundry processing drums 110, so that the two laundry processing drums 110 can be dried synchronously by using one drying air duct 120, thereby reducing the design size of the laundry processing device 100, and realizing the structural design of two laundry processing drums 110 sharing one drying air duct 120 in a smaller design space.

[0057] The upper laundry treatment drum 110 is defined as an upper laundry treatment drum 111, and the lower laundry treatment drum 112 is defined as a lower laundry treatment drum 112. It should be noted that both the upper laundry treatment drum 111 and the lower laundry treatment drum 112 can satisfy the needs of washing, rinsing, air drying and drying of laundry.

[0058] The drying air duct 120 includes a common air duct 121, an upper drum branch air duct 122, and a lower drum branch air duct 123. Figure 1 A common air supply system 125 is provided in the upper drum branch air duct 122, one end of which is connected to the upper clothes processing drum 111, and the other end of which is connected to the common air duct 121, one end of which is connected to the lower drum branch air duct 123, and the other end of which is connected to the common air duct 121.

[0059] Based on this, corresponding drying airflows may be provided to the upper laundry treatment drum 111 and the lower laundry treatment drum 112 through a common air supply system 125 .

[0060] Reference Figure 1As shown, in one example, the air supply system 125 may include a drying fan (not shown in the figure) and a drying module (not shown in the figure), and the drying fan may be a variable frequency fan. The drying module is configured to dehumidify and heat the hot and humid gas drawn from the clothes processing drum, and form a drying airflow, which is re-delivered to the clothes processing drum 110 by the drying fan, thereby achieving drying treatment of the bound water in the clothes.

[0061] The drying module can be directly fixed in the drying air duct, or fixed in the drying air duct by other fasteners such as screws, etc. The drying module can be arranged at a position close to the air outlet end of the drying air duct.

[0062] It should be noted that the drying module may include but is not limited to an element capable of heating air, such as an electric heating wire or a PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) heater.

[0063] Along the moving direction of the drying airflow, the drying fan is located upstream of the drying module. Through the rotation of the drying fan, on the one hand, the hot and humid gas drawn out of the clothes processing drum 110 can be guided to the drying module, and the drying airflow can be formed by the dehumidification and heating of the drying module. On the other hand, the drying airflow can also be driven to any one or two clothes processing drums 110, and a suitable drying airflow flow rate can be provided for any one or two clothes processing drums 110 to meet the drying air volume requirements of the corresponding clothes processing drum 110. Alternatively, in the process of air-drying the clothes or cooling the clothes processing drum 110 in the later stage of the drying process, a suitable air volume is provided to meet the air-drying requirements of the clothes or the cooling requirements of the clothes processing drum 110.

[0064] An air distribution device 124 is provided at the connection position of the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the common air duct 121, and at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121. The two air distribution devices 124 are controlled accordingly by the control system of the double-drum washing machine, so that the upper drum branch air duct 122 can be opened or closed separately, the lower drum branch air duct 123 can be opened or closed separately, and the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the lower drum branch air duct 123 can be opened or closed synchronously.

[0065] It should be noted that the control system of the twin-drum washing machine can adopt the control device in the prior art, as long as the control device can control various start-up functions of the twin-drum washing machine, and the specific structure type and specific control logic of the control device will not be repeated here.

[0066] Among them, when the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the common air duct 121 blocks the upper drum branch air duct 122, the lower laundry processing drum 112 can be dried separately. When the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121 blocks the lower drum branch air duct 123, the upper laundry processing drum 111 can be dried separately. And when both air dividing devices 124 do not block the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the lower drum branch air duct 123, the upper laundry processing drum 111 and the lower laundry processing drum 112 can be dried synchronously.

[0067] In one example, the air distribution device 124 may include but is not limited to an air distribution plate, and the air distribution plate has different gears. When the air distribution plate is at different gears, the drying air flow rate flowing from the common air duct 121 into the upper tube branch air duct 122 or the lower tube branch air duct 123 is different. It should be noted that the air distribution plate and the gear structure of the air distribution plate can adopt the existing technology, which will not be repeated here.

[0068] In the above example, the structural design of the shared drying duct 120 can meet the needs of synchronous drying of clothes in two or more clothing processing drums 110, thereby effectively reducing the overall drying time of clothes, improving the drying efficiency, and effectively enhancing the user experience of the clothing processing device 100.

[0069] like Figure 2 As shown, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a drying control method for a clothes processing device, and the drying control method for the clothes processing device is applied to the clothes processing device of any of the above embodiments. The drying control method is applicable to both a twin-drum washing machine and a multi-drum washing machine with a number of clothes processing drums 110 greater than 2. In this example and the following examples, a twin-drum washing machine is used as an example for description.

[0070] The drying control method of the clothes processing equipment comprises the following steps:

[0071] Step S100: before any of the laundry processing drums is ready to execute a drying procedure, a drying state of a laundry processing drum that is executing a drying procedure is obtained.

[0072] Step S200: Based on the drying state, selectively determine the load parameters of the clothes in the clothes processing drum that is performing the drying process and the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform the drying process, wherein the load parameters are positively correlated with the weight of the clothes.

[0073] Step S300: selectively controlling the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is about to perform a drying process according to the load parameter.

[0074] In step S100, before one of the laundry processing drums 110 is ready to perform a drying procedure, the control system of the laundry processing device 100 obtains the drying state of one of the remaining multiple laundry processing drums 110 that is currently performing a drying procedure. The drying state is a different drying stage related to the drying temperature, for example, the drying state may include an early drying stage for heating the laundry, a middle drying stage for drying the laundry, and a late drying stage for drying the laundry.

[0075] It should be noted that the early drying stage, the middle drying stage and the late drying stage are all related to the drying temperature, and the division of each stage can be determined by using existing technology, which will not be elaborated here.

[0076] Among them, in some embodiments, taking a twin-drum washing machine as an example, when the drying state in the lower clothes processing drum 112 is in the early and middle stages of drying, there is more bound water in the clothes. At this time, even if the drying air flow rate in the lower clothes processing drum 112 is changed, it will not affect the drying of the clothes in the lower clothes processing drum 112.

[0077] When the upper laundry processing drum 111 is ready to execute the drying program for the laundry therein, the control system of the twin-drum washing machine determines that the drying state in the lower laundry processing drum 112 is in the early or middle stages of drying. At this time, the control system can directly control the upper laundry processing drum 111 to start the drying program, so that the upper laundry processing drum 111 and the lower laundry processing drum 112 can execute the drying program for the laundry therein, thereby shortening the overall laundry drying time and improving the drying efficiency.

[0078] When the drying state in the lower clothes processing drum 112 is in the late drying stage, since the late drying stage includes the process of judging the clothes to be dry, when the drying air flow rate in the lower clothes processing drum 112 is changed, the judging process in the lower clothes processing drum 112 may be misjudged, so that the clothes are judged to be dry again, which will greatly extend the drying time of the clothes.

[0079] Therefore, when the upper laundry treatment drum 111 is ready to perform a drying process for the laundry inside it, the control system of the twin-drum washing machine determines that the drying state in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 is in the late drying stage. At this time, the control system can control the upper laundry treatment drum 111 to temporarily suspend the execution of the drying process, and after waiting for the execution of the drying process of the lower laundry treatment drum 112 to be completed, control the upper laundry treatment drum 111 to execute the drying process, so as to give priority to ensuring the drying efficiency and drying effect of the laundry in the lower laundry treatment drum 112.

[0080] In step S200, after the control system obtains the drying status of the clothing treatment drum 110 (i.e., the lower clothing treatment drum 112) that is executing the drying program, it selectively determines the load parameters of the clothing in the lower clothing treatment drum 112 and the upper clothing treatment drum 111, which are related to the weight of the clothing.

[0081] In some embodiments, the weight of the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111 relative to the weight of the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 can be determined based on the load parameter. When the weight of the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 is heavier and the weight of the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111 is lighter, for example, when the weight of the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 is three times or more than the weight of the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111, the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 are defined as overloaded, while the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111 are defined as underloaded.

[0082] Alternatively, when the weight of the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 is less than three times the weight of the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111, and the clothes in the larger laundry treatment drum 110 occupy more than 40% of the volume of the space in the drum, the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 and the upper laundry treatment drum 111 are defined as multi-loaded.

[0083] Alternatively, when the weight of the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 is less than three times the weight of the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111, and the clothes in the larger laundry treatment drum 110 occupy less than 40% of the volume of the space in the drum, the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 and the upper laundry treatment drum 111 are defined as light loads.

[0084] In step S300, according to the load parameter obtained in step S200, the process of selectively controlling the upper laundry treatment drum 111 and the lower laundry treatment drum 112 may include:

[0085] When it is determined that the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 are heavily loaded, and the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111 are lightly loaded, the control system can control the two air distribution devices 124 to allow the lower laundry treatment drum 112 to continue to perform the drying process to ensure that the clothes inside it can be dried within the specified time. After the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 are dried, the control system controls the upper laundry treatment drum 111 to perform the drying process to ensure that the heavily loaded clothes are dried first, and then the lightly loaded clothes are dried.

[0086] When it is determined that the clothes in the lower clothing processing drum 112 and the clothes in the upper clothing processing drum 111 are both overloaded or underloaded, the two air distribution devices 124 can be controlled based on the control system so that the lower clothing processing drum 112 and the upper clothing processing drum 111 can synchronously execute the drying program, thereby achieving synchronous drying of clothes in two or more clothing processing drums 110, effectively reducing the overall drying time of clothes, improving drying efficiency, and greatly enhancing the user experience of the clothing processing device 100.

[0087] like Figure 3 As shown, in some embodiments, the drying state includes the early drying state and the middle drying state related to temperature. It should be noted that the early drying state and the middle drying state related to temperature can be divided using the drying temperature in the prior art, which will not be repeated here.

[0088] When the control system determines that the lower laundry processing drum 112 is in the early or middle stage of drying, load parameters related to the weight of the clothes in the lower laundry processing drum 112 and the weight of the clothes in the upper laundry processing drum 111 can be obtained based on the weight sensor in the laundry processing device 100, or by utilizing the rotation frequency or rotation current of the driving motor that drives the laundry processing drum 110 to rotate.

[0089] Then, the lower laundry processing tub 112 or the upper laundry processing tub 111 is controlled according to the load parameter.

[0090] In one example, the load capacity parameter includes a weight ratio.

[0091] The control system obtains a first weight value of the laundry in the lower laundry treatment tub 112. And the control system obtains a second weight value of the laundry in the upper laundry treatment tub 111. The first weight value and the second weight value are both used to represent the weight of the laundry.

[0092] The ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value is determined as the load parameter.

[0093] After the first weight value and the second weight value are obtained, the control system determines the relationship between the ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value and the first preset threshold and the second preset threshold respectively, and the first preset threshold is smaller than the second preset threshold.

[0094] Then, according to the above-mentioned size relationship, the lower laundry processing drum 112 or the upper laundry processing drum 111 is flexibly controlled.

[0095] In a specific example, the value range of the second preset threshold is [2.8, 3.3], and the first preset threshold is the reciprocal of the second preset threshold.

[0096] In a preferred example, the value of the second preset threshold is 3, and the value of the first preset threshold is the reciprocal of 3.

[0097] Among them, when the ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value is less than the first preset threshold, it indicates that the relative weight of the clothes in the lower laundry processing drum 112 is lighter, which can be defined as a light load, while the relative weight of the clothes in the upper laundry processing drum 111 is heavier, which can be defined as a heavy load.

[0098] That is, when it is determined that the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111 are heavily loaded and the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 are lightly loaded, in order to ensure the overall drying efficiency of the clothes, the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121 can be controlled based on the control system to block the lower drum branch air duct 123, so that the upper laundry treatment drum 111 performs the drying program first. When the upper laundry treatment drum 111 completes the drying program, the control system controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the common air duct 121 to block the upper drum branch air duct 122, and controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121 not to block the lower drum branch air duct 123, so that the lower laundry treatment drum 112 continues to perform the drying program until the drying program is completed.

[0099] When the ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold value and less than or equal to the second preset threshold value, it indicates that the weights of the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111 and the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 are similar, and both are overloaded or underloaded.

[0100] It should be noted that the determination of overload or underload of the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111 and the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 can refer to the above example. For example, when the volume of the space in the drum occupied by the clothes in the laundry treatment drum 110 exceeds 40% or more, it is overloaded; and when the volume of the space in the drum occupied by the clothes in the laundry treatment drum 110 does not exceed 40%, it is underloaded.

[0101] That is to say, when it is determined that the clothes in the upper clothing processing drum 111 and the lower clothing processing drum 112 are both over-loaded or under-loaded, the control system controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the common air duct 121 so as not to block the upper drum branch air duct 122, and controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121 so as not to block the lower drum branch air duct 123, so that the upper clothing processing drum 111 and the lower clothing processing drum 112 can execute the drying program synchronously, thereby reducing the overall drying time of the clothes and improving the drying efficiency of the clothes.

[0102] In some embodiments, the process of controlling the upper laundry processing drum 111 and the lower laundry processing drum 112 to dry synchronously may further include the following process:

[0103] When the ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value is between 0.8 and 1.25, it indicates that the weight of the clothes in the upper laundry processing drum 111 is similar to the weight of the clothes in the lower laundry processing drum 112. At this time, the upper laundry processing drum 111 and the lower laundry processing drum 112 can be controlled based on the control system to perform synchronous drying with the same drying airflow.

[0104] Alternatively, when the ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value is outside the range of 0.8 to 1.25, it indicates that the weight difference between the clothes in the lower laundry treatment tub 112 and the clothes in the upper laundry treatment tub 111 is large. At this time, the magnitude of the first weight value and the second weight value is determined based on the control system.

[0105] Among them, when the first weight value is greater than the second weight value, it indicates that there are more clothes in the lower clothing processing drum 112 than in the upper clothing processing drum 111. At this time, the air dividing plates in the corresponding air dividing device 124 can be controlled to be in different gears based on the control system, so that the drying air flow rate flowing into the lower clothing processing drum 112 is slightly larger than the drying air flow rate flowing into the upper clothing processing drum 111, and at the same time, the rotation speed of the lower clothing processing drum 112 is controlled to be greater than the rotation speed of the upper clothing processing drum 111 based on the control system.

[0106] It should be noted that the structure in which the air splitter is in different gears can adopt the existing technology, which will not be described in detail here.

[0107] When the first weight value is less than the second weight value, it indicates that the clothes in the lower clothes processing drum 112 are less than the clothes in the upper clothes processing drum 111. At this time, the air dividing plates in the corresponding air dividing device 124 can be controlled to be in different gears based on the control system, so that the drying air flow rate flowing into the lower clothes processing drum 112 is slightly smaller than the drying air flow rate flowing into the upper clothes processing drum 111, and at the same time, the rotation speed of the lower clothes processing drum 112 is controlled to be smaller than the rotation speed of the upper clothes processing drum 111 based on the control system.

[0108] When the ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value is greater than the second preset threshold value, it indicates that the weight of the clothes in the lower laundry treatment drum 112 is more loaded than the weight of the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111, while the clothes in the upper laundry treatment drum 111 are less loaded. At this time, based on the control system, the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121 is controlled not to block the lower drum branch air duct 123, and the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the common air duct 121 is controlled to block the upper drum branch air duct 122, so that the lower laundry treatment drum 112 performs the drying process first.

[0109] After the lower clothing processing drum 112 completes the drying program, the control system controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the common air duct 121 so as not to block the upper drum branch air duct 122, and controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121 to block the lower drum branch air duct 123, so that the upper clothing processing drum 111 starts to execute the drying program until the drying program is completed.

[0110] In some embodiments, the drying state also includes a late drying stage related to temperature, wherein the late drying stage related to temperature can be divided using the drying temperature in the prior art, which will not be described in detail herein.

[0111] When the control system determines that the lower clothing processing drum 112 is in the late stage of drying, it indicates that the clothing in the lower clothing processing drum 112 is about to be dried. At this time, if the drying airflow flow input therein is to be changed, it will affect the drying conditions in the lower clothing processing drum 112, and may cause the lower clothing processing drum 112 to re-judge the clothing as dry due to temperature changes, thereby extending the drying time of the clothing.

[0112] Based on this, when it is determined that the lower clothing processing drum 112 is in the late stage of drying, the control system controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the common air duct 121 to block the upper drum branch air duct 122, and controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121 not to block the lower drum branch air duct 123, so that the lower clothing processing drum 112 continues to execute the drying program. And after the lower clothing processing drum 112 completes the drying program, the control system controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the lower drum branch air duct 123 and the common air duct 121 to block the lower drum branch air duct 123, and controls the air dividing device 124 at the connection position of the upper drum branch air duct 122 and the common air duct 121 to not block the upper drum branch air duct 122, so that the upper clothing processing drum 111 starts to execute the drying program until the drying program is completed, thereby completing the drying of the clothes in the lower clothing processing drum 112 and the upper clothing processing drum 111.

[0113] An exemplary embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a processor (not shown in the figure) and a memory (not shown in the figure) connected to the processor. The memory is used to store one or more computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can be called by the processor and execute the drying control method of the clothing processing device in any of the above embodiments.

[0114] An exemplary embodiment of the present invention further provides a clothes processing device 100, which is controlled by a drying control method for clothes processing devices according to any of the above embodiments, or has an electronic device according to the above embodiments.

[0115] In the above example, the clothing processing device 100 includes a plurality of clothing processing drums 110 and a drying duct 120, and the plurality of clothing processing drums 110 are arranged in a first direction and share a drying duct 120, and the first direction may be a vertical direction, or the first direction may also be a horizontal direction. The drying control method comprises the following steps: before any one of the plurality of clothing processing drums 110 is ready to execute a drying procedure, first obtain the drying state of any one of the remaining clothing processing drums 110 that is executing a drying procedure; then, according to the drying state, selectively determine the load parameter that is positively correlated with the weight of the clothing in the clothing processing drum 110 that is executing a drying procedure and the clothing processing drum 110 that is ready to execute a drying procedure; finally, according to the load parameter, selectively control the clothing processing drum 110 that is executing a drying procedure and the clothing processing drum 110 that is ready to execute a drying procedure. Through the implementation of the above drying control method, while satisfying the requirement of synchronous drying of two or more clothing processing drums 110, the total time of clothing drying can be effectively reduced, thereby improving the drying efficiency of clothing and the user's experience.

[0116] Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other embodiments of the present invention after considering the specification and practicing the embodiments disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present invention that follow the general principles of the present invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art that are not disclosed by the present invention. The specification and examples are to be considered exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of the present invention are indicated by the following claims.

[0117] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction that has been described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A drying control method for a clothes processing device, the clothes processing device comprising a plurality of clothes processing drums and a drying air duct, the plurality of clothes processing drums being arranged in a first direction and sharing the drying air duct, characterized in that: The drying control method comprises: Before any of the clothes processing drums is ready to execute a drying process, obtaining a drying state of a clothes processing drum that is executing a drying process; Based on the drying state, selectively determining a load parameter of the clothes in the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process and the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process, wherein the load parameter is positively correlated with the weight of the clothes; According to the load parameter, the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process is selectively controlled.

2. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The drying state includes the early drying stage and the middle drying stage which are related to the temperature; The selectively determining the load parameters of the clothes in the clothes processing drum which is performing the drying process and the clothes processing drum which is ready to perform the drying process based on the drying state includes: When the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process is in the early drying stage or the middle drying stage, load parameters of the laundry in the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process are determined.

3. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The loading parameters include weight ratios; The determining of the load parameters of the clothes in the clothes processing drum which is performing the drying process and the clothes processing drum which is ready to perform the drying process comprises: Acquiring a first weight value of the clothes in the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process; Acquiring a second weight value of the clothes in the clothes processing drum ready to perform a drying process; A ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value is determined as the load capacity parameter.

4. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The selectively controlling the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process according to the load parameter includes: Determine the magnitude relationship between the ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value and a first preset threshold and a second preset threshold, respectively, the first preset threshold being smaller than the second preset threshold; Based on the size relationship, the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process is selectively controlled.

5. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The value range of the second preset threshold is [2.8, 3.3]; and, The first preset threshold is the reciprocal of the second preset threshold.

6. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The selectively controlling the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process based on the size relationship includes: When the ratio is less than the first preset threshold, the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program is controlled to run, and the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to stop running, and after the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program completes its operation, the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to continue running.

7. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The selectively controlling the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process based on the size relationship includes: When the ratio is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold and less than or equal to the second preset threshold, the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process is controlled to continue to operate and the laundry processing drum that is preparing to perform a drying process is controlled to operate.

8. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The controlling the laundry processing drum which is performing a drying process to continue to operate and the controlling the laundry processing drum which is preparing to perform a drying process to operate comprises: When the ratio is between 0.8 and 1.25, the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process and the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process are controlled to perform synchronous drying at the same drying airflow rate; or When the ratio is outside the range of 0.8 to 1.25, determining the magnitude of the first weight value and the second weight value; When the first weight value is greater than the second weight value, the drying airflow rate input into the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process is controlled to be greater than the drying airflow rate input into the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process, and the rotation speed of the laundry processing drum that is performing a drying process is controlled to be greater than the rotation speed of the laundry processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process; and, When the first weight value is less than the second weight value, the drying air flow rate input into the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to be smaller than the drying air flow rate input into the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program, and the rotation speed of the clothing processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to be smaller than the rotation speed of the clothing processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program.

9. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The selectively controlling the clothes processing drum that is performing a drying process and / or the clothes processing drum that is ready to perform a drying process based on the size relationship includes: When the ratio is greater than the second preset threshold, the laundry processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to continue running, and after the laundry processing drum that is executing the drying program is completed, the laundry processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program is controlled to run.

10. The drying control method of the clothes processing device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The drying state includes a late drying stage related to temperature; The drying control method further comprises: When the clothes processing drum that is executing the drying program is in the late drying stage, the clothes processing drum that is executing the drying program is controlled to continue running, and after the clothes processing drum that is executing the drying program is completed, the clothes processing drum that is ready to execute the drying program is controlled to run.

11. An electronic device, characterized in that: The electronic device comprises: a memory for storing one or more computer executable instructions; A processor, configured to call and execute computer executable instructions in the memory, thereby implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. A clothes processing device, characterized in that: The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is used for control, or the electronic device according to claim 11 is provided.

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