Clothes treatment apparatus and method for controlling the same
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of clothes treatment apparatuses face inconvenience due to the long wait for accurate operation time information, as existing systems do not provide a quick and accurate display of default or actual operation times based on laundry weight and selected programs.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus and method allow for the display of default operation times before weight detection, using information like day of the week, season, and room temperature, and update to actual operation times post-weight detection, enabling immediate and accurate time information to users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the system waits to detect laundry weight before displaying operation time, then the displayed time is accurate, but the user has to wait a long time to receive the operation time information
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by storing multiple default operation times corresponding to different weight ranges before the laundry weight is actually detected. When a washing program is selected, the system immediately displays the appropriate default operation time without waiting for weight detection, thereby providing accurate time information in advance and eliminating user waiting time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares multiple default operation times in advance as a cushion for different possible weight scenarios. These pre-prepared time values are stored in the controller and can be immediately displayed based on the selected program, cushioning against the delay that would otherwise occur while waiting for weight detection results.
2Loss of time
If the system displays operation time immediately without weight detection, then the user receives information quickly, but the displayed time may not be accurate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by storing multiple default operation times corresponding to different weight ranges before the laundry weight is actually detected. When a washing program is selected, the system immediately displays the appropriate default operation time without waiting for weight detection, thereby providing accurate time information in advance and eliminating user waiting time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by detecting the actual laundry weight and comparing it with the weight ranges associated with different default operation times. Based on this feedback, the system selects and displays the most appropriate operation time, ensuring accuracy while maintaining quick response. The feedback mechanism allows the system to adjust the displayed time based on actual conditions.
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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.