Garment management device, method of controlling the garment management device, and garment storage box
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garment management devices and storage boxes face challenges in efficiently removing moisture from stored garments and in identifying the location of specific garments within multiple storage boxes.
Innovation Solution
A garment management device with a management chamber, blowing device, and a smart garment storage box equipped with a ventilation module, sensor module, and processor, which communicates with the device to control airflow and humidity levels, and includes an identification module for tracking garment information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If garments are stored in a closed garment storage box for long term, then protection from external foreign substances is improved, but moisture buildup occurs inside the box
Solution Approach 1:
The ventilation module operates continuously or periodically to circulate air through the garment storage box, maintaining continuous moisture removal action. The processor controls the ventilation module based on humidity sensor data, ensuring ongoing prevention of moisture accumulation while keeping the box closed for protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The humidity sensor continuously monitors moisture levels inside the garment storage box and provides feedback to the processor. The processor adjusts the ventilation module operation based on this feedback, increasing ventilation when humidity is high and reducing it when humidity is low, optimizing both protection and moisture control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple garment storage boxes are arranged in various locations, then storage capacity and accessibility are improved, but difficulty in identifying specific garment locations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The indicator light changes color or illuminates to provide visual information about the garment storage box contents or status. When a user queries for a specific garment, the system can illuminate the box containing the desired garment, enabling easy location identification across multiple distributed boxes.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor and communication module act as intermediaries between the user and the physical garment storage boxes. Through wireless communication, the system receives garment search requests, identifies the correct box, and transmits location information back to the user's terminal device, eliminating the need for manual searching.
3Productivity
If manual ventilation is required to remove moisture from stored garments, then moisture removal capability is improved, but user effort and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The garment storage box performs self-service by automatically detecting humidity levels through the sensor module and activating the ventilation module as needed. The system monitors its own internal environment and takes corrective action without requiring user intervention, eliminating manual ventilation efforts.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical action of opening the box and ventilating garments is replaced by an automated electronic system. The processor controls the ventilation module based on sensor data, substituting the need for manual user action with an automated electromechanical system that performs moisture removal automatically.
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
The solution effectively manages humidity levels within the storage box, reducing the need for manual ventilation and allowing for long-term storage of garments without moisture buildup, while also enabling easy identification and retrieval of specific garments.
Implementation Method 1
a blowing device configured to generate an airflow in the management chamber
Implementation Method 2
a ventilation module configured to circulate air through the garment storage box
Implementation Method 3
a sensor module configured to detect humidity inside the garment storage box
Data Source
AI summary
A garment management device including a management chamber; a blowing device to generate airflow in the management chamber; a garment storage box, accommodatable in the management chamber, including a case, garment shelf, ventilation module to circulate air through the garment storage box, and sensor module to detect humidity inside the garment storage box; and at least one processor to detect whether the garment storage box is in the management chamber, and, when the garment storage box is detected in the management chamber, establish a communication connection with the garment storage box, operate the blowing device so that the airflow is generated in the management chamber, and operate the ventilation module so that the airflow in the management chamber is circulated through the garment storage box, detect the humidity inside the garment storage box, and, based on the detected humidity, control operation of the blowing device and the ventilation module.