Appliance Cleaning Context Detection for Synchronized Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional appliances require frequent cleaning and maintenance to ensure proper functionality, but existing systems lack an efficient method for synchronizing and promoting cleaning operations across multiple appliances.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for interconnected appliances that allows for the transmission of control signals between appliances to initiate and synchronize cleaning modes, enabling coordinated cleaning and maintenance operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple appliances are cleaned and maintained individually according to schedule, then each appliance can be properly maintained, but the user must track and manage cleaning schedules for each appliance separately, increasing user effort and time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent appliance cleaning schedules into a single coordinated system. The first appliance's controller transmits cleaning state signals to a second appliance, allowing the system to manage multiple appliances through integrated communication rather than separate individual tracking, thereby reducing user effort while maintaining reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where appliances transmit cleaning state signals to each other and to user interface devices. This feedback loop automatically notifies users when cleaning is needed or completed, eliminating the need for manual schedule tracking and reducing user time investment while ensuring proper maintenance
2Productivity
If cleaning operations are performed at each appliance independently, then each appliance can be maintained on its own schedule, but synchronized cleaning across multiple appliances cannot be achieved, missing opportunities for coordinated maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges independent appliance operations into a coordinated system by establishing communication links between appliances. The controllers exchange cleaning state signals, enabling synchronized cleaning operations across multiple appliances while maintaining the ability to operate independently when needed, thus achieving both productivity and adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides multi-functionality by allowing appliances to operate both independently and in coordination. The communication protocol supports various cleaning scenarios including synchronized cleaning, staggered cleaning, and individual maintenance, making the system adaptable to different user needs and appliance types
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AI summary
A system and method for cleaning context detection and appliance operation are provided. The system includes a first appliance communicatively coupled to a second appliance to receive and transmit signals therebetween. The first appliance and the second appliance each include a controller configured to execute operations. The operations include receiving, at the first appliance, a first control signal corresponding to executing a cleaning mode at the first appliance; transmitting, from the first appliance, a second control signal to the second appliance, the second control signal corresponding to a cleaning state; and generating, at the second appliance, a third control signal corresponding to executing the cleaning mode at the second appliance.