Dryer Appliance Remote Server Integration to Reduce Local Data Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current laundry systems face inefficiencies due to complex data storage and computational requirements in laundry appliances, particularly in sharing cycle information and operating performance between washing machines and dryers, which occupy significant data storage and processing power on local controllers.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system where a dryer appliance is communicatively coupled to a remote server, allowing it to obtain and transmit operating parameters with the washing machine, receive instructions, and adjust its operations based on these parameters, thereby reducing the need for onboard data storage and computations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If complex data tables and algorithms are stored on local controllers to improve drying performance, then drying performance is improved, but data storage capacity is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts complex data tables and computational algorithms from the local dryer controller and stores them on the washing machine controller instead. This extraction resolves the storage capacity constraint by moving the data burden to a device that already has sufficient storage resources, while maintaining the improved drying performance that requires these complex data structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The washing machine controller is made multi-functional by having it serve both its primary washing function and the additional function of storing and providing drying performance data to the dryer. This universal approach allows the system to achieve improved drying performance without requiring the dryer to have large storage capacity.
2Reliability
If complex algorithms are executed on local controllers to improve drying performance, then drying performance is improved, but processing power is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts computationally intensive algorithms from the dryer controller and relocates them to the washing machine controller. This extraction resolves the processing power constraint by performing the heavy computations on a device with sufficient computational resources, while the dryer maintains improved performance without requiring high processing power.
3Reliability
If more data is stored and processed locally to improve system performance, then system performance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts complex data structures and algorithms from the dryer controller and relocates them to the washing machine controller. This extraction reduces the complexity of the dryer controller while maintaining system performance, as the computational burden is shifted to a different device in the system.
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AI summary
A method of operating a dryer appliance is provided that includes obtaining washer operating parameters from a washing machine appliance that is linked to the dryer appliance and obtaining dryer operating parameters of the dryer appliance. These parameters are transmitted to a remote server along with a user input such as a selected dryness level. The method further includes receiving operating instructions from the remote server and adjusting at least one operating parameter of the dryer appliance based on the operating instructions.