Clothes Treatment Apparatus Default Time Display to Reduce User Wait
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of clothes treatment apparatuses face inconvenience due to the long wait time for receiving operation time information after measuring laundry weight, as existing systems do not provide timely updates on expected wash completion times.
Innovation Solution
A clothes treatment apparatus and method that includes a processor to detect laundry weight, identify a setting time based on stored program information, and display a default time, which can be updated to an actual operation time after the wash cycle starts, with options to display average, recent, minimum, or maximum default times, and includes a sound output for time changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the clothes treatment apparatus waits to display operation time until after measuring laundry weight, then the displayed time is accurate, but the user experiences long wait time and inconvenience
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by storing default operation times for various programs before the user starts the washing process. When a user selects a program, the apparatus immediately displays the corresponding default operation time without waiting for laundry weight measurement, thus reducing user wait time while maintaining useful information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by updating the displayed operation time from default values to actual measured values after laundry weight is measured. The display transitions from preliminary default times to accurate actual operation times, providing continuous feedback to the user about the washing duration based on real-time measurements.
2Ease of operation
If the apparatus displays default time immediately based on selected program, then user convenience is improved, but the time information may be inaccurate
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus stores and displays default operation times for different washing programs before actual laundry is measured. This preliminary display provides users with immediate time information based on program selection, improving ease of operation and user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system updates the displayed operation time from default preliminary values to actual measured values after laundry weight measurement. This feedback mechanism ensures that while default times provide immediate information for user convenience, the final displayed time reflects accurate measurements for precision.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus includes a drum configured to accommodate clothes, an inputter configured to receive one of a plurality of programs and configured to receive a start command, a storage configured to store information on a setting time corresponding to a weight of clothes for each program and configured to store information on a default time for each program previously executed, in the form of tables, a processor configured to detect a weight of clothes when any one program is received and a start command is received, configured to identify a setting time corresponding to the detected weight of clothes and the received program, configured to control the execution of the received program based on the identified setting time, and configured to store an operation time, which is taken until the completion of the received program, as a default time, and a display configured to display a remaining time during the execution of the received program.