Oral Cleaning Mode Locking to Prevent Accidental Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Oral cleaning equipment often mistakenly switches to unintended cleaning modes due to accidental mode control triggers, affecting its performance and user experience.
Innovation Solution
Implement a control method that maintains the selected cleaning mode until a preset condition is met, disabling the mode control to prevent accidental responses to selection operations during this period, and includes a manipulation control for safer startup and shutdown commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the mode control is always responsive to selection operations, then the user can freely switch between cleaning modes, but the equipment is prone to accidental mode changes affecting reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The mode control's responsiveness is made dynamic rather than static. The control unit adjusts the responsiveness of the mode control based on the current operating state of the cleaning equipment. When the equipment is in a stable operating state, the mode control becomes unresponsive to prevent accidental changes. When the equipment is in a transient state (just started or just shut down), the mode control remains responsive to allow intentional mode switching. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by making the control system adaptive to different operational contexts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of control responsiveness based on the operating state. By monitoring whether the cleaning equipment is in a stable or transient state, the control unit modifies the responsiveness parameter of the mode control accordingly. This parameter change allows the system to maintain high reliability during stable operation while preserving ease of mode switching during transient periods when the user is more likely to intentionally interact with the controls.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the mode control remains enabled during operation, then users can switch modes as needed, but accidental triggers cause unintended mode changes
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit performs a preliminary assessment of the operating state before allowing mode changes. By determining whether the cleaning equipment is in a stable or transient state beforehand, the system prevents accidental mode changes during stable operation. This preliminary action of checking the operating state ensures that mode control is only enabled when the user is likely to intentionally interact with it, thus maintaining both adaptability and reliability.
3Ease of operation
If the equipment responds to all selection operations, then user inputs are always processed, but misoperations lead to incorrect mode switching
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit uses feedback from the operating state monitoring to determine whether to process selection operations. By continuously monitoring whether the cleaning equipment is in a stable or transient state, the system provides feedback control on mode switching. This feedback mechanism ensures that selection operations are only processed when the operating conditions indicate intentional user input, thereby improving operation accuracy while maintaining ease of use during appropriate periods.
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AI summary
A control method, a device, and a storage medium for oral cleaning equipment are provided. The oral cleaning equipment has at least two cleaning modes, and is provided with a mode control for selecting the cleaning mode. The oral cleaning equipment is start in response to a device startup command. The selection operation applied to the mode control is obtained. Under the condition that the operating state of the oral cleaning equipment meets a preset condition, the oral cleaning equipment is controlled to maintain the target cleaning mode selected before the operating state reaches the preset condition, enabling that the oral cleaning equipment, under the condition that the operating state meets the preset condition, no longer responds to the selection operation applied to the mode control.