Control method and device of clothes treatment equipment, equipment and medium

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a control method and device of clothes treatment equipment, equipment and a medium, and aims to solve the problem that the clothes treatment effect is easily reduced or unnecessary energy waste is caused due to the fact that a user leaves home for a long time after starting the clothes treatment equipment. In order to achieve the purpose, when the clothes processing equipment executes a clothes processing program, whether a user leaves home or not is judged; if it is judged that the user leaves home, the predicted time length required for the user to go home and the remaining program time length of the clothes processing program are obtained; and selectively controlling the clothes processing equipment to execute a clothes processing program based on the predicted time length required for the user to go home and the residual program time length. Through the arrangement, the situation that the treated clothes are stored in the clothes treatment equipment for a long time, and then the treatment effect of the clothes is affected can be avoided, meanwhile, energy waste is reduced, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly provides a control method, device, equipment and medium for a clothing treatment device. Background Art

[0002] With the development of economic equipment, more and more intelligent and modern clothing treatment devices appear in people's daily lives. However, while these clothing treatment devices bring convenience to people, they also inevitably bring further problems. For example, after the user starts the clothing treatment device, it is very likely that the user will leave home to handle other things. If the user's time away from home is too long, the clothes after being processed will be stored in the clothing treatment device for a long time, which will easily cause the clothes in the clothing treatment device to produce odors or wrinkles, thereby reducing the treatment effect of the clothing treatment device on the clothes; even if the clothing treatment device continues to execute the shaking program after completing the clothing treatment program, it will cause unnecessary energy waste due to long-term shaking.

[0003] Correspondingly, there is a need in the art for a new control method for clothing treatment devices to solve the above problems. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The present invention aims to solve the above technical problems, that is, to solve the problem that the user leaves home for too long after starting the clothing treatment device, which is likely to reduce the treatment effect on the clothes or cause unnecessary energy waste.

[0005] To achieve the above object, in a first aspect, the present invention provides a control method for a clothing treatment device, and the method includes the following steps:

[0006] When the clothing treatment device executes a clothing treatment program, determine whether the user has left home;

[0007] If it is determined that the user has left home, obtain the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program duration of the clothing treatment program;

[0008] Based on the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program duration, selectively control the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program.

[0009] In an alternative technical solution of the above control method for a clothing treatment device, the clothing treatment device is in information linkage with the user's mobile terminal and / or smart home, and the step of "determining whether the user has left home" includes:

[0010] Obtain the positioning information and / or network connection status information of the user's mobile terminal, and determine whether the user has left home based on the positioning information and / or the network connection status information;

[0011] And / or, obtain at least one of the image information, sound information, and temperature information collected by the smart home, and determine whether the user has left home based on at least one of the image information, the sound information, and the temperature information.

[0012] In an alternative technical solution of the control method of the above-mentioned clothing treatment device, the step of "obtaining the estimated time required for the user to return home" includes:

[0013] Obtain the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user;

[0014] Based on the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user, obtain the estimated time required for the user to return home.

[0015] In an alternative technical solution of the control method of the above-mentioned clothing treatment device, the clothing treatment device is information-linked with the user's mobile terminal, and the step of "obtaining the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user" includes:

[0016] Obtain the positioning information of the user's mobile terminal, where the positioning information at least includes the position information of the user and the time information corresponding to the position information;

[0017] Based on the positioning information, obtain the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user.

[0018] In an alternative technical solution of the control method of the above-mentioned clothing treatment device, the step of "selectively controlling the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time" includes:

[0019] Compare the estimated time required for the user to return home with the remaining program time, and selectively control the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the comparison result.

[0020] In an alternative technical solution of the control method of the above-mentioned clothing treatment device, the step of "selectively controlling the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the comparison result" includes:

[0021] When the estimated time required for the user to return home is less than or equal to the remaining program time, control the clothing treatment device to continue to execute the clothing treatment program;

[0022] When the estimated time required for the user to return home is greater than the remaining program time, control the clothing treatment device to send a reminder message to the user, where the reminder message at least includes a suggestion to pause the execution of the clothing treatment program;

[0023] Receive feedback information from the user based on the reminder information, and selectively control the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program based on the feedback information.

[0024] In an alternative technical solution of the control method of the above laundry treatment device, after controlling the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program when the expected time required for the user to arrive home is less than or equal to the remaining program duration, the method further includes:

[0025] S1. Determine whether the duration for which the laundry treatment device continues to execute the laundry treatment program reaches a first preset duration;

[0026] S2. When the duration for which the laundry treatment device continues to execute the laundry treatment program reaches the first preset duration, obtain the expected time required for the user to arrive home and the remaining program duration of the laundry treatment program again;

[0027] S3. Compare the expected time required for the user to arrive home with the remaining program duration. If the expected time required for the user to arrive home is less than or equal to the remaining program duration, control the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program and loop through steps S1 - S3 until the expected time required for the user to arrive home is greater than the remaining program duration.

[0028] In a second aspect, the present invention further provides a control device for a laundry treatment device, the device includes:

[0029] A user status judgment module, configured to judge whether the user is away from home when the laundry treatment device executes a laundry treatment program;

[0030] A duration acquisition module, configured to obtain the expected duration of the user's absence from home and the remaining program duration of the laundry treatment program if it is determined that the user has left home;

[0031] A control module, configured to selectively control the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program based on the expected time required for the user to arrive home and the remaining program duration.

[0032] In a third aspect, the present invention further provides a laundry treatment device, the laundry treatment device includes a laundry treatment device body, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the computer program, it implements the control method of the laundry treatment device as described in any one of the above.

[0033] In a fourth aspect, the present invention further provides a readable storage medium, in which multiple pieces of program code are stored, and the program code is adapted to be loaded and run by a processor to execute the control method of the clothing treatment device described in any one of the above.

[0034] Those skilled in the art can understand that in the technical solution of the present invention, when the clothing treatment device executes a clothing treatment program, it is judged whether the user has left home; if it is determined that the user has left home, the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time of the clothing treatment program are obtained; based on the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time, the clothing treatment device is selectively controlled to execute the clothing treatment program. Such a setting can avoid the situation that after the user starts the clothing treatment device and then leaves home, resulting in the clothes that have been processed being stored in the clothing treatment device for a long time, thereby affecting the treatment effect of the clothes, and at the same time reducing unnecessary energy waste and improving the user experience.

[0035] Further, the clothing treatment device is in information linkage with the user's mobile terminal and / or smart home. The step of "judging whether the user has left home" includes: obtaining the positioning information and / or network connection status information of the user's mobile terminal, and judging whether the user has left home based on the positioning information and / or network connection status information; and / or, obtaining at least one of the image information, sound information, and temperature information collected by the smart home, and judging whether the user has left home based on at least one of the image information, sound information, and temperature information. Such a setting can accurately judge the state of whether the user has left home, and then facilitate subsequent control of the clothing treatment device to perform corresponding operations, further improving the user experience. Description of the Drawings

[0036] Referring to the accompanying drawings, the disclosure of the present invention will become more understandable. Those skilled in the art can easily understand that: these drawings are only for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention. In addition, similar numbers in the figures are used to represent similar components, where:

[0037] Figure 1 is a schematic main step flow diagram of the control method of the clothing treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0038] Figure 2 is a schematic main step flow diagram of judging whether the user has left home according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0039] Figure 3 is a schematic main step flow diagram of obtaining the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0040] Figure 4It is a schematic diagram of the main step flow for selectively controlling a laundry treatment device to execute a laundry treatment program according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the main step flow after controlling the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0042] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the main structural block diagram of the control device of a laundry treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0043] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the module composition of a laundry treatment device applying the control method of the laundry treatment device of the present invention.

[0044] List of Reference Signs :

[0045] 11: User status judgment module; 12: Duration acquisition module; 13: Control module. Specific embodiments

[0046] The following describes some embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art should understand that these embodiments are only used to explain the technical principle of the present invention and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

[0047] In the description of the present invention, "module" and "processor" may include hardware, software, or a combination of both. A module may include a hardware circuit, various suitable sensors, communication ports, memories, and may also include a software part, such as program code, or a combination of software and hardware. The processor may be a central processing unit, a microprocessor, an image processor, a digital signal processor, or any other suitable processor. The processor has data and / or signal processing functions. The processor may be implemented in software, in hardware, or in a combination of both. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes any suitable medium for storing program code, such as magnetic disks, hard disks, optical disks, flash memories, read-only memories, random access memories, and so on. The term "A and / or B" represents all possible combinations of A and B, such as only A, only B, or A and B. The term "at least one A or B" or "at least one of A and B" has a meaning similar to "A and / or B" and may include only A, only B, or A and B. The singular terms "a" and "this" may also include the plural form.

[0048] As described in the background art section, in view of the problem that the user leaves home for too long after starting the laundry treatment device, which is likely to reduce the treatment effect of the laundry or cause unnecessary energy waste, the present invention provides a control method for a laundry treatment device.

[0049] Refer to the appendix Figure 1 , Figure 1 FIG. is a schematic flow chart of the main steps of a control method for a laundry treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the control method for the laundry treatment device can be executed by a server, or by the laundry treatment device, or by both the server and the laundry treatment device; the laundry treatment device can be a washing machine, a washing and drying integrated machine, a shoe washing machine, etc., and no specific limitation is made here. As Figure 1 shown, the control method for the laundry treatment device of the present invention includes the following steps:

[0050] Step S101: When the laundry treatment device executes a laundry treatment program, determine whether the user is away from home.

[0051] Specifically, when the user is at home, start the laundry treatment device and control the laundry treatment device to execute a laundry treatment program, which can be a washing program or a drying program. After the laundry treatment device starts to execute the laundry treatment program, the user does not need to perform other operations through the laundry treatment device, so the user has the possibility of leaving home at this time. On this basis, when the laundry treatment device starts to execute the laundry treatment program, control the laundry treatment device to continuously determine whether the user is away from home or determine whether the user is away from home every second preset time interval; or, after the laundry treatment device has executed the laundry treatment program for a third preset time period, then control the laundry treatment device to continuously determine whether the user is away from home or determine whether the user is away from home every second preset time interval.

[0052] Refer to the appendix Figure 2 , Figure 2 FIG. is a schematic flow chart of the main steps of determining whether the user is away from home according to an embodiment of the present invention. As Figure 2 shown, the laundry treatment device is in information linkage with the user's mobile terminal and / or smart home, and determining whether the user is away from home includes the following steps:

[0053] Step S1011: Obtain the positioning information and / or network connection status information of the user's mobile terminal, and determine whether the user is away from home based on the positioning information and / or network connection status information.

[0054] Step S1012: And / or, obtain at least one of the image information, sound information, and temperature information collected by the smart home, and determine whether the user is away from home based on at least one of the image information, sound information, and temperature information.

[0055] Exemplarily, the positioning information of the user mobile terminal at least includes the current location information of the user. Determining whether the user is away from home based on the positioning information includes: determining whether the current location information of the user matches the user's home address information; if the current location information of the user does not match the user's home address information and the duration of the non - match reaches the fourth preset duration, it is determined that the user is away from home. On the other hand, almost all families have installed a home wireless network. When the user is at home, the user's mobile terminal will connect to the home wireless network. Therefore, determining whether the user is away from home based on the network connection status information includes: determining whether the network of the user mobile terminal is connected to the home wireless network; if the network of the user mobile terminal is not connected to the home wireless network and the duration of the non - connection reaches the fifth preset duration, it is determined that the user is away from home. When determining whether the user is away from home based on the positioning information and the network connection status information, as long as it is detected that the user's current location does not match the user's home address information and the network of the user mobile terminal is not connected to the home wireless network, it is determined that the user is away from home.

[0056] And / or, the smart home may include a sound collection device, and the sound collection device may be a microphone for example; the sound information is collected through the sound collection device, and thus it is determined whether the user is away from home based on the obtained sound information collected by the sound collection device. And / or, the smart home may also include an image collection device, and the image collection device may be a camera for example; the image information is collected through the image collection device, and thus it is determined whether the user is away from home based on the obtained image information collected by the image collection device. And / or, the smart home may also include a temperature collection device, and the temperature collection device may be a temperature sensor for example; the temperature information is collected through the temperature collection device, and thus it is determined whether the user is away from home based on the obtained temperature information collected by the temperature collection device.

[0057] The above - described method of setting for determining whether the user is away from home based on the positioning information and / or the network connection status information, and the method of setting for determining whether the user is away from home based on at least one of the image information, the sound information, and the temperature information are only for exemplary illustration, and can be selected according to actual needs in practical applications.

[0058] Step S102: If it is determined that the user is away from home, obtain the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program duration of the clothing treatment program.

[0059] Specifically, if it is determined that the user is away from home, obtain the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program duration of the clothing treatment program. The remaining program duration of the clothing treatment program is the remaining running time required for the clothing treatment program, and is obtained by subtracting the running time of the clothing treatment program from the total time of the clothing treatment program. At the same time, if it is determined that the user is not away from home, control the clothing treatment device to continue to execute the clothing treatment program.

[0060] Step S103: Based on the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time, selectively control the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program.

[0061] Based on the above steps S101 to S103, in the present invention, when the laundry treatment device executes the laundry treatment program, it is determined whether the user has left home; if it is determined that the user has left home, the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time of the laundry treatment program are obtained; based on the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time, the laundry treatment device is selectively controlled to execute the laundry treatment program. Such a setting can avoid the situation that after the user starts the laundry treatment device and then leaves home, resulting in the processed clothes being stored in the laundry treatment device for a long time, thereby affecting the treatment effect of the clothes, and at the same time reducing unnecessary energy waste and improving the user experience.

[0062] In some embodiments, obtaining the estimated time required for the user to return home includes the following steps:

[0063] Step S1021: Obtain the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user.

[0064] Step S1022: Based on the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user, obtain the estimated time for the user to leave home.

[0065] Specifically, when the laundry treatment device executes the laundry treatment program, the determination of whether the user has left home can be performed in real time, or the determination of whether the user has left home can be performed every second preset time interval. The current position is the position where the user is detected when it is determined that the user has left home and the estimated time required for the user to return home needs to be obtained. Generally, the travel mode used by the user to reach a certain position when going out is the same as the travel mode used to return from that position. Therefore, the time required for the user to reach the current position obtained is also the time required for the user to return from the current position. Estimate the estimated stay time of the user at the current position according to the current position of the user, and add the estimated stay time of the user to the time required for the user to return from the current position, which is the estimated time required for the user to return home that needs to be obtained.

[0066] Refer to the attached Figure 3 , Figure 3 is a schematic flow chart of the main steps for obtaining the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user according to an embodiment of the present invention. As Figure 3 shown, in some embodiments, the laundry treatment device is information-linked with the user's mobile terminal, and obtaining the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user includes the following steps:

[0067] Step S10211: Obtain the positioning information of the user's mobile terminal, where the positioning information includes at least the user's location information and the time information corresponding to the location information.

[0068] Step S10212: Based on the positioning information, obtain the duration required for the user to reach the current location and the estimated stay duration of the user.

[0069] Specifically, the clothing treatment device is information-linked with the user's mobile terminal, so the clothing treatment device can obtain the positioning information of the user's mobile terminal. The positioning information of the user's mobile terminal includes at least the user's location information and the time information corresponding to the location information, that is, the positioning information of the user's mobile terminal includes at least the information on how the user's location information changes over time within a certain duration, such as within 1 hour or 24 hours. Therefore, the duration required for the user to reach the current location can be obtained through the obtained positioning information of the user's mobile terminal. The historical travel information of the user is stored in the clothing treatment device, where the historical travel information includes at least the location information of historical travels and the historical stay duration corresponding to the location information; when the historical travel information of the user includes the user's current location information, the historical stay duration corresponding to the current location information in the user's historical travel information is used as the estimated stay duration of the user. At the same time, a pre-trained convolutional neural network model for predicting the estimated stay duration of the user is also deployed in the clothing treatment device, where the convolutional neural network is trained with the travel information of volunteers of different ages and occupations within a certain period of time as training samples; when the historical travel information of the user does not include the user's current location information, the user's current location information is input into the convolutional neural network model, so that the convolutional neural network model outputs the estimated stay duration of the user.

[0070] In some embodiments, selectively controlling the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the estimated duration required for the user to go home and the remaining program duration includes the following steps:

[0071] Step S1031: Compare the estimated duration required for the user to go home with the remaining program duration, and selectively control the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the comparison result.

[0072] Refer to the appendix Figure 4 , Figure 4 is a schematic flowchart of the main steps of selectively controlling the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the comparison result according to an embodiment of the present invention. As Figure 4 shown, in some embodiments, selectively controlling the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the comparison result includes the following steps:

[0073] Step S10311: When the estimated time required for the user to go home is less than or equal to the remaining program time, control the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program.

[0074] Step S10312: When the estimated time required for the user to go home is greater than the remaining program time, control the laundry treatment device to send a reminder message to the user, where the reminder message at least includes a suggestion to pause the execution of the laundry treatment program.

[0075] Step S10313: Receive the feedback message from the user based on the reminder message, and selectively control the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program based on the feedback message.

[0076] Specifically, when the estimated time required for the user to go home is less than or equal to the remaining program time, it indicates that the user can return home when the laundry treatment device finishes the laundry treatment program or before the laundry treatment device finishes the laundry treatment program, thus facilitating the user to dry the clothes in the laundry treatment device in a timely manner after the laundry treatment program is completed, and avoiding the situation that the clothes produce odors or wrinkles due to being stored in the laundry treatment device for a long time. When the estimated time required for the user to go home is greater than the remaining program time, it indicates that the user can only return home after the laundry treatment device finishes the laundry treatment program, which results in the clothes still needing to be stored in the laundry treatment device after being processed; based on this, when the user's estimated time away from home is greater than the remaining program time, control the laundry treatment device to send a reminder message to the user's mobile terminal to remind the user whether to pause the execution of the current laundry treatment program.

[0077] In some embodiments, selectively controlling the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program based on the feedback message includes the following steps:

[0078] Step S201: When the feedback message is to pause the execution of the laundry treatment program, control the laundry treatment device to pause the execution of the laundry treatment program.

[0079] Step S202: When the feedback message is to continue the execution of the laundry treatment program, control the laundry treatment device to continue the execution of the laundry treatment program.

[0080] Specifically, when the user's feedback message is to pause the execution of the laundry treatment program, control the laundry treatment device to pause the execution of the laundry treatment program and set the laundry treatment device to the standby state, waiting for the user to start the laundry treatment device again after returning home; when the user's feedback message is to continue the execution of the laundry treatment program, control the laundry treatment device to continue the execution of the laundry treatment program until the laundry treatment program is completed.

[0081] Refer to the appendix Figure 5 , Figure 5It is a schematic diagram of the main steps after the control clothing treatment device continues to execute the clothing treatment program according to an embodiment of the present invention. As Figure 5 shown, in some embodiments, when the expected time for the user to arrive home is less than or equal to the remaining program time, after the control clothing treatment device continues to execute the clothing treatment program, the method further includes the following steps:

[0082] Step S301: Determine whether the duration of the control clothing treatment device continuing to execute the clothing treatment program reaches a first preset duration.

[0083] Step S302: When the duration of the control clothing treatment device continuing to execute the clothing treatment program reaches the first preset duration, obtain the expected time for the user to arrive home and the remaining program time of the clothing treatment program again.

[0084] Step S303: Compare the expected time for the user to arrive home with the remaining program time. If the expected time for the user to arrive home is less than or equal to the remaining program time, control the clothing treatment device to continue to execute the clothing treatment program and loop through steps S301 - S303 until the expected time for the user to arrive home is greater than the remaining program time.

[0085] Specifically, after determining that the user has left home, although the expected time for the user to arrive home is obtained, obtaining the expected time for the user to arrive home only once may cause a large deviation between the prediction result and the actual situation of the user. Therefore, after the control clothing treatment device continues to execute the clothing treatment program and reaches the first preset duration, obtain the expected time for the user to arrive home and the remaining program time of the clothing treatment program again, and then compare the newly obtained expected time for the user to arrive home with the remaining program time. If the newly obtained expected time for the user to arrive home is still less than or equal to the remaining program time, control the clothing treatment device to continue to execute the clothing treatment program and obtain the expected time for the user to arrive home again when the duration of the continued execution of the clothing treatment program reaches the first preset duration again, and so on in a loop until a reminder message including the processing suggestion of pausing the execution of the clothing treatment program is sent to the user when the expected time for the user to arrive home is greater than the remaining program time.

[0086] It should be noted that the user information involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure (including but not limited to the positioning information of the user's mobile terminal, the network connection status information of the user's mobile terminal, the images, sounds, and temperature information collected by the smart home, the user's historical travel information, etc.) are all information authorized by the user or authorized by all parties.

[0087] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, actions such as obtaining user information are all executed after being authorized by the user, the object, or fully authorized by all parties.

[0088] It should be noted that although the above embodiments describe the various steps in a specific order, those skilled in the art can understand that in order to achieve the effects of the present invention, different steps do not necessarily have to be executed in such an order. They can be executed simultaneously (in parallel) or in other orders, and these variations are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0089] Furthermore, the present invention also provides a control device for a laundry treatment apparatus.

[0090] Refer to the attached Figure 6 , Figure 6 which is a schematic diagram of the main structure block of the control device for a laundry treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As Figure 6 shown, the control device for the laundry treatment apparatus in the embodiments of the present invention mainly includes a user status determination module 11, a duration acquisition module 12, and a control module 13. In some embodiments, one or more of the user status determination module 11, the duration acquisition module 12, and the control module 13 may be combined together to form one module. In some embodiments, the user status determination module 11 may be configured to determine whether the user has left home when the laundry treatment apparatus executes a laundry treatment program; the duration acquisition module 12 may be configured to, if it is determined that the user has left home, acquire the estimated duration of the user's absence and the remaining duration of the laundry treatment program; the control module 13 may be configured to selectively control the laundry treatment apparatus to execute the laundry treatment program based on the estimated duration required for the user to return home and the remaining program duration.

[0091] In some embodiments, the user status determination module 11 acquires the positioning information and / or network connection status information of the user's mobile terminal, and determines whether the user has left home based on the positioning information and / or network connection status information; and / or, the user status determination module 11 acquires at least one of the image information, sound information, and temperature information collected by the smart home, and determines whether the user has left home based on at least one of the image information, sound information, and temperature information.

[0092] In some embodiments, the duration acquisition module 12 acquires the duration required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay duration of the user; based on the duration required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay duration of the user, the estimated duration required for the user to return home is acquired.

[0093] In some embodiments, the duration acquisition module 12 acquires the positioning information of the user's mobile terminal, where the positioning information at least includes the position information of the user and the time information corresponding to the position information; based on the positioning information, the duration required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay duration of the user are acquired.

[0094] In some embodiments, the control module 13 compares the estimated time required for the user to arrive home with the remaining duration of the program, and selectively controls the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program based on the comparison result.

[0095] In some embodiments, when the estimated time required for the user to arrive home is less than or equal to the remaining duration of the program, the control module 13 controls the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program; when the estimated time required for the user to arrive home is greater than the remaining duration of the program, the control module 13 controls the laundry treatment device to send a reminder message to the user, where the reminder message at least includes a suggestion to pause the execution of the laundry treatment program; receives the feedback message from the user based on the reminder message, and selectively controls the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program based on the feedback message.

[0096] In some embodiments, the control module 13 further performs the following steps: S1, determining whether the duration for the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program reaches a first preset duration; S2, when the duration for the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program reaches the first preset duration, obtaining again the estimated time required for the user to arrive home and the remaining duration of the laundry treatment program; S3, comparing the estimated time required for the user to arrive home with the remaining duration of the program, and if the estimated time required for the user to arrive home is less than or equal to the remaining duration of the program, controlling the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program and looping through steps S1 - S3 until the estimated time required for the user to arrive home is greater than the remaining duration of the program.

[0097] Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the method of the above - mentioned embodiment of the present invention can also be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a computer program. The computer program can be stored in a computer - readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the above - mentioned various method embodiments can be implemented. Among them, the computer program includes computer program code, and the computer program code can be in the form of source code, object code, executable file or some intermediate form, etc. The computer - readable storage medium can include: any entity or device, medium, USB flash drive, mobile hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, computer memory, read - only memory, random - access memory, electrical carrier signal, telecommunication signal, and software distribution medium, etc. It should be noted that the content included in the computer - readable storage medium can be appropriately increased or decreased according to the requirements of legislation and patent practice in the jurisdiction. For example, in some jurisdictions, according to legislation and patent practice, the computer - readable storage medium does not include electrical carrier signals and telecommunication signals.

[0098] Furthermore, the present invention also provides a laundry treatment device.

[0099] Refer to the appendix Figure 7 , Figure 7It is a schematic diagram of the module composition of a laundry treatment device applying the control method of the laundry treatment device of the present invention. As Figure 7 shown, the present invention also provides a laundry treatment device. The laundry treatment device 2 includes a laundry treatment device body, a memory 21, a processor 22, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor 22 executes the computer program, it implements the control method of the laundry treatment device described in any one of the above method embodiments. For the sake of convenience of description, only the parts related to the embodiments of the present invention are shown. For the specific technical details not disclosed, please refer to the method part of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0100] The memory 21 may be an internal storage unit of the laundry treatment device 2. For example, it is a hard disk or memory of the laundry treatment device 2. The memory 21 may also be an external storage device of the laundry treatment device 2. For example, a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) card, a Flash Card, etc. equipped on the laundry treatment device. Further, the memory 21 may also include both an internal storage unit and an external storage device of the laundry treatment device 2. The memory 21 is used to store computer programs and other programs and data required by the laundry treatment device 2. The memory 21 may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or will be output.

[0101] The processor 22 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), or other general-purpose processors, Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also be any conventional processor, etc.

[0102] In some possible embodiments, the laundry treatment device 2 may include a plurality of memories 21 and a plurality of processors 22. The program for executing the control method of the laundry treatment device in the above method embodiments may be divided into multiple sub-programs, and each sub-program may be loaded and run by the processor 22 respectively to execute different steps of the control method of the laundry treatment device in the above method embodiments. Specifically, each sub-program may be stored in a different memory 21 respectively, and each processor 22 may be configured to execute the programs in one or more memories 21 to jointly implement the control method of the laundry treatment device in the above method embodiments, that is, each processor 22 executes different steps of the control method of the laundry treatment device in the above method embodiments respectively to jointly implement the control method of the laundry treatment device in the above method embodiments.

[0103] The above-mentioned plurality of processors 22 may be processors deployed on the same device. For example, the plurality of processors 22 may all be processors configured on the laundry treatment device 2; in addition, the above-mentioned plurality of processors 22 may also be processors deployed on different devices. For example, the plurality of processors 22 may be the processor on the laundry treatment device 2 and the processor on the cloud server respectively.

[0104] Furthermore, the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium. In an embodiment of a computer-readable storage medium according to the present invention, the computer-readable storage medium may be configured to store a program for executing the control method of the laundry treatment device in the above method embodiments, and this program may be loaded and run by the processor to implement the control method of the above laundry treatment device. For the sake of convenience of description, only the parts related to the embodiments of the present invention are shown. For the specific technical details not disclosed, please refer to the method part of the embodiments of the present invention. The computer-readable storage medium may be a storage device formed by various electronic devices. Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium in the embodiments of the present invention is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

[0105] Furthermore, it should be understood that since the setting of each module is only for explaining the functional units of the device of the present invention, the physical devices corresponding to these modules may be the processor itself, or a part of the software in the processor, a part of the hardware, or a part of the combination of software and hardware. Therefore, the number of each module in the figure is only illustrative.

[0106] Those skilled in the art can understand that the various modules in the device can be adaptively split or combined. Such splitting or combination of specific modules will not cause the technical solution to deviate from the principle of the present invention. Therefore, the technical solutions after splitting or combination will all fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0107] So far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. However, it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the protection scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Without departing from the principle of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make equivalent changes or substitutions to the relevant technical features, and the technical solutions after these changes or substitutions will all fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A control method for a clothing treatment device, characterized in that, the method comprises the following steps: When the clothing treatment device executes a clothing treatment program, determine whether the user has left home; If it is determined that the user has left home, obtain the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time of the clothing treatment program; Based on the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time, selectively control the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program.

2. The control method for a clothing treatment device according to claim 1, characterized in that, the clothing treatment device is in information linkage with the user's mobile terminal and / or smart home, and the step of "determining whether the user has left home" includes: Obtain the positioning information and / or network connection status information of the user's mobile terminal, and determine whether the user has left home based on the positioning information and / or the network connection status information; and / or, obtain at least one of the image information, sound information, and temperature information collected by the smart home, and determine whether the user has left home based on at least one of the image information, the sound information, and the temperature information.

3. The control method for a clothing treatment device according to claim 1, characterized in that, the step of "obtaining the estimated time required for the user to return home" includes: Obtain the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user; Based on the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user, obtain the estimated time required for the user to return home.

4. The control method for a clothing treatment device according to claim 3, characterized in that, the clothing treatment device is in information linkage with the user's mobile terminal, and the step of "obtaining the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user" includes: Obtain the positioning information of the user's mobile terminal, where the positioning information at least includes the position information of the user and the time information corresponding to the position information; Based on the positioning information, obtain the time required for the user to reach the current position and the estimated stay time of the user.

5. The control method for a clothing treatment device according to claim 1, characterized in that, the step of "selectively controlling the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the estimated time required for the user to return home and the remaining program time" includes: Compare the estimated time required for the user to return home with the remaining program time, and selectively control the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the comparison result.

6. The control method for a clothing treatment device according to claim 5, characterized in that, the step of "selectively controlling the clothing treatment device to execute the clothing treatment program based on the comparison result" includes: When the estimated time required for the user to return home is less than or equal to the remaining program time, control the clothing treatment device to continue to execute the clothing treatment program; When the expected time required for the user to go home is greater than the remaining program time, control the laundry treatment device to send a reminder message to the user, where the reminder message at least includes a suggestion to pause the execution of the laundry treatment program; Receive the feedback message of the user based on the reminder message, and selectively control the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program based on the feedback message.

7. The control method of the laundry treatment device according to claim 6, characterized in that after the step of controlling the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program when the expected time required for the user to go home is less than or equal to the remaining program time, the method further includes: S1. Judge whether the duration for which the laundry treatment device continues to execute the laundry treatment program reaches a first preset duration; S2. When the duration for which the laundry treatment device continues to execute the laundry treatment program reaches the first preset duration, obtain the expected time required for the user to go home and the remaining program time of the laundry treatment program again; S3. Compare the expected time required for the user to go home with the remaining program time. If the expected time required for the user to go home is less than or equal to the remaining program time, control the laundry treatment device to continue executing the laundry treatment program and loop through steps S1 - S3 until the expected time required for the user to go home is greater than the remaining program time.

8. A control device of a laundry treatment device, characterized in that the device includes: a user status judgment module configured to judge whether the user is away from home when the laundry treatment device executes a laundry treatment program; a duration acquisition module configured to, if it is determined that the user has left home, obtain the expected duration of the user's absence from home and the remaining program time of the laundry treatment program; a control module configured to selectively control the laundry treatment device to execute the laundry treatment program based on the expected time required for the user to go home and the remaining program time.

9. A laundry treatment device, including a laundry treatment device body, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that when the processor executes the computer program, it implements the control method of the laundry treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

10. A readable storage medium, in which multiple program codes are stored, characterized in that the program codes are suitable for being loaded and run by a processor to execute the control method of the laundry treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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