Air Purification Triggered by Blooming Allergen Plant Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air purification systems do not effectively detect and respond to allergy-causing pollen from blooming plants, leading to inadequate air cleaning and potential allergic symptoms in indoor environments.
Innovation Solution
An air purification method and apparatus that acquire plant information using image capturing and analysis, determining the presence of allergy-causing plants in a blooming state, and automatically enabling air purification functions to remove pollen from the air.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If air purification is continuously enabled, then air quality is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of blooming plants before air purification is activated. By using image recognition to detect blooming plants and their pollen release status in advance, the air purifier is activated only when necessary, avoiding continuous operation and reducing energy consumption while maintaining air quality when needed.
2Use of energy by moving object
If air purification is activated only when pollen is detected, then energy consumption is reduced, but response time to pollen presence increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system detects blooming plants and predicts pollen release before actual pollen contamination occurs. By identifying the presence of blooming plants and their flowering stage in advance, the system prepares for potential pollen release, enabling faster response when pollen is actually released while still avoiding unnecessary continuous operation.
3Measurement precision
If plant detection and identification functions are added, then air purification accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an image recognition module as an intermediary to detect and identify blooming plants. This module captures images of plants, identifies species and blooming status, and provides information to the control unit. By using this specialized intermediary component, the system achieves accurate plant detection without significantly complicating the overall air purifier design, as the image recognition can be implemented through software algorithms rather than complex hardware modifications.
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AI summary
An air purification method for use in an apparatus is provided. The air purification method includes: acquiring plant information associated with one or more plants located in a target detection region; determining, based on the plant information and predetermined reference plant information of an allergy-causing plant, that the target detection region contains the allergy-causing plant and the allergy-causing plant is in a blooming state; and in response to the determining, enabling an air purification function of an air purification device.