Operation control method, electric appliance, and cleaning and treatment apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face poor control convenience when operating existing clothes treatment and floor cleaning devices, as they require manual interaction and limited control modes, necessitating improvement in user interaction and device control methods.
Innovation Solution
An operation control method that allows a first device (clothes treatment or floor cleaning device) to acquire user instructions, generate operation instructions, and send them to a second device, enabling remote control and status feedback, thereby enhancing control convenience and modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user directly operates a floor cleaning device or clothes treatment device, then the device can be controlled to perform cleaning or treatment functions, but the user must physically approach the device and manually interact with it, resulting in poor control convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a first device as an intermediary between the user and the second device. The first device receives user instructions and transmits them to the second device, eliminating the need for users to physically approach the second device. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by improving ease of operation while distributing system complexity across multiple devices rather than concentrating it all in one device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces direct mechanical interaction (physically approaching and manually operating the device) with electronic communication and wireless transmission. Users can issue instructions remotely through the first device, substituting the mechanical control system with an electronic control system that allows remote operation, thereby improving ease of operation without significantly increasing overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a user directly operates a device, then control can be achieved, but the control mode is limited and convenience is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The first device serves multiple functions: it acts as a remote control interface, a status display device, and a communication bridge between the user and the second device. By making the first device universal and multi-functional, the system provides diverse control modes (remote control, status monitoring, feedback reception) without complicating the user interaction, thereby improving both adaptability and ease of operation simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the first device receives status information from the second device and presents it to the user. This feedback loop enables users to monitor device operation remotely and adjust control parameters as needed, expanding control mode diversity while maintaining ease of operation through the convenient first device interface.
Data Source
AI summary
An electric appliance includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to call and execute the instructions to control a first device to acquire a user instruction for a second device, generate an operation instruction for the second device based on the user instruction, and send the operation instruction to the second device to control the second device to perform a corresponding target operation. The first device is one of a clothes treatment device and a floor cleaning device, and the second device is another one of the clothes treatment device and the floor cleaning device.