Laundry Treating Apparatus with User-Adjustable Cycle Time Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional laundry treating apparatuses fail to inform users of estimated execution times before starting a cycle, limiting user control over execution times and failing to provide active measures for adjusting or canceling cycles, leading to inconvenience and inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a time adjustment portion that allows users to extend or reduce the execution time of selected cycles, with the controller modifying the cycle times and drum operation rates to accommodate user inputs, enabling immediate estimation and adjustment of washing, rinsing, and dewatering cycles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the laundry treating apparatus detects laundry amount and displays execution time after the user inputs the execution button, then the control process is simple, but the user cannot control the execution time actively and receives no information on laundry amount or estimated execution time before starting
Solution Approach 1:
The laundry amount detection and execution time display are performed before the user inputs the execution button. The controller detects the laundry amount when the door is closed or power is supplied, calculates the estimated execution time based on the detected laundry amount and selected course, and displays this information to the user in advance, allowing the user to make informed decisions about whether to proceed with the washing cycle.
2Ease of operation
If the laundry treating apparatus allows user adjustment of execution time, then user convenience is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional control functions
Solution Approach 1:
The execution time is made dynamically adjustable by the user. The control panel includes a time adjustment portion that allows the user to extend or reduce the execution time within a predetermined range. The controller receives the user's adjustment input and modifies the execution time accordingly, enabling flexible adaptation to different user needs while maintaining a relatively simple control interface.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to control and adjust cycle times within predetermined ranges, maintaining washing and dewatering effects while providing immediate estimated execution times, enhancing user convenience and flexibility.
Implementation Method 1
a drive portion (9) rotating the drum (30)
Implementation Method 2
detecting a laundry amount of the laundry (L) before an input of the execution portion (170)
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a clothing processing device and a control method of same, wherein an input of a command for changing the duration for implementing a washing or drying course or an option can be received, and the duration of implementation can be extended or shortened when the command is input.