Laundry Control Screen Segmentation for Compact Interface Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing laundry treatment systems with multiple devices face inefficiencies due to large, costly control screens displaying interfaces for all devices, leading to resource and cost wastage.
Innovation Solution
A control method for a laundry treatment system utilizing a main controller and control screen that displays control interfaces only when a door of a specific device is opened, allowing cross-device coordination through smart scene icons and scene modes, reducing screen size and complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If control interfaces of all laundry treatment devices are displayed on one screen, then all devices can be controlled through a single screen, but the control screen becomes too large and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface is segmented into device-specific sections that are displayed on demand rather than all at once. When a user selects a laundry treatment device, only that device's control interface is displayed on the screen, dividing the overall control system into manageable, context-specific segments.
Solution Approach 2:
The control screen dynamically adjusts its content based on user selection and device state. The screen transitions between displaying different device interfaces rather than showing all interfaces simultaneously, making the screen content adaptive and context-dependent rather than static and comprehensive.
2Ease of operation
If each laundry treatment device has its own display control screen, then each device can be controlled independently, but resource and cost efficiencies are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
A single control screen is designed to perform multiple functions by displaying control interfaces for different laundry treatment devices sequentially or selectively. The screen serves as a universal control interface that can adapt to control various devices (washing machine, dryer, care machine) without requiring separate dedicated screens for each device.
Solution Approach 2:
The control interface uses visual representations (icons, graphical user elements) that represent different devices and their control functions. These graphical copies allow users to interact with device controls through the single screen without physically accessing each device's native interface, maintaining control independence while consolidating hardware.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the field of laundry treatment system, and specifically provides a control method for a laundry treatment system, which aims to solve the problem of how to control various laundry treatment devices at home through a single control screen while avoiding a single control screen being too large. To this end, the laundry treatment system of the present disclosure includes a control screen, a main controller, and multiple laundry treatment devices. The control screen is communicatively connected to each of the laundry treatment devices through the main controller. The control method implemented by the main controller includes: determining whether a cross-device coordination signal of a laundry treatment device can be obtained; retrieving control interface information of the laundry treatment device that generates the cross-device coordination signal, if the cross-device coordination signal of the laundry treatment device can be obtained; and controlling the control screen to display the control interface information. Through the above control method, it is possible to achieve the goal of avoiding an excessively large control screen while still being able to control various laundry treatment devices in the home through the control screen, thereby reducing production and use costs.