Smart laundry basket
Patent Information
- Application Number
- TW115204023
- Authority / Receiving Office
- TW · TW
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2026-05-06
- Publication Date
- 2026-09-11
- Estimated Expiration
- 2036-05-05
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Abstract
Claims
1. A smart laundry basket, comprising: a basket structure having at least one clothing inlet and a plurality of physical compartments; an AI image recognition module disposed within a predetermined shooting range of the clothing inlet, and including a camera and an AI image processing chip, for acquiring an image of the clothing when clothing is inserted, and identifying the color, material, or type of the clothing; a weight sensing module including a plurality of sensing units, the sensing units being respectively configured corresponding to the physical compartments, for measuring the weight of the clothing in each of the physical compartments, and, when the clothing is stored in a corresponding physical compartment, adding the weight of the clothing to the cumulative weight of the corresponding physical compartment; and a control and communication module electrically connected to the AI image recognition module and the weight sensing module, for controlling the clothing according to the AI image recognition module and the weight sensing module; One of the image recognition modules generates a classification instruction or guidance signal corresponding to the physical compartments based on the recognition result, and generates the cumulative weight data of each of the physical compartments based on the measurement result of the weight sensing module, wherein the cumulative weight includes the weight of the clothing stored in the corresponding physical compartment, and transmits the cumulative weight data to an external smart device; and a classification execution unit electrically connected to the control and communication module, wherein the classification execution unit instructs or guides the clothing to the corresponding physical compartment according to the classification instruction or guidance signal, wherein the classification execution unit includes a guidance unit, an automatic sorting mechanism or a combination thereof.
2. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 1, wherein the sorting execution unit includes a guidance unit, and the guidance unit includes an LED indicator, a voice output device, or a combination thereof.
3. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 1, wherein the sorting execution unit includes an automatic diversion mechanism disposed between the clothing inlet and the physical compartments and electrically connected to the control and communication module, so as to guide the clothing to the corresponding physical compartment in the physical compartments according to the sorting instruction.
4. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 3, wherein the automatic diversion mechanism includes an automatic guide plate and a slide, the automatic guide plate being driven by the control and communication module to rotate, swing or open and close, so as to change the path of the clothes entering the corresponding physical compartment via the slide.
5. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 3, wherein the automatic diversion mechanism includes a multi-axis robotic arm having a structure for gripping, supporting or pushing the garments.
6. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 1, wherein the AI image processing chip is an edge computing chip and carries a trained image recognition model.
7. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 1, wherein the sensing units are pressure sensors, load cells, or weighing modules.
8. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 1, wherein the control and communication module includes a wireless communication chip, which is a Wi-Fi communication chip, a Bluetooth communication chip, or a combination thereof.
9. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 1, wherein the control and communication module compares the accumulated weight data with a preset laundry load threshold to generate laundry reminder data and transmit it to the external smart device.
10. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 1, wherein the control and communication module generates laundry setting suggestions based on the identification result, including washing mode, water temperature, detergent dosage, dehydration speed, or combinations thereof, and transmits them to the external smart device.
11. The smart laundry basket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physical partitions are formed by removable or adjustable partitions to adjust the volume of each of the physical partitions.
12. The smart laundry basket as claimed in claim 11, wherein the sensing units are linked to the partition and located in the effective load-bearing area of each of the physical partitions.
13. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 11, wherein the sensing units form a matrix sensor array and are disposed on the base of the basket structure, and the control and communication module classifies the data transmitted by the sensing units to the corresponding physical partition according to the insertion position of the partition.
14. The smart laundry basket as described in claim 1 further includes a power module electrically connected to the AI image recognition module, the weight sensing module, the control and communication module and the sorting execution unit, and includes a rechargeable battery, an external power interface or a combination thereof.
15. The smart laundry basket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physical partitions include a first physical partition, a second physical partition and a third physical partition.