CN111219915A

CN111219915A - Control method and control system of ice making device

Info

Publication number: CN111219915A
Application number: CN201811419137.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵斌堂; 朱小兵
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-26
Filing date: 2018-11-26
Publication date: 2020-06-02

Abstract

The invention discloses a control method of an ice making device, the ice making device comprises an ice making box, an ice storage box, a full ice detection mechanism arranged above the ice storage box and a heating assembly arranged around the full ice detection mechanism, the control method of the ice making device comprises the following steps: judging whether the ice detection operation needs to be executed or not; when the judgment result is that the ice detection operation needs to be executed, executing the ice detection operation; when the ice storage box is full of ice as a result of the ice detection operation, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a second power; after the preset time, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power, wherein the second power is greater than the first power; the ice-detecting operation is performed again. According to the control method and the control system of the ice making device disclosed by the invention, when the ice detection operation is executed and the result is that the ice storage box is full of ice, the heating assembly is firstly controlled to operate at the second power so as to remove frost around the full-ice detection mechanism, and then the ice detection operation is carried out again, so that the result of the ice detection operation is ensured to be correct.

Description

Control method and control system of ice making device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of ice making equipment, in particular to a method and a device for dynamically controlling ice making quantity.

Background

At present, in order to facilitate the use of users, an ice making device is arranged in a refrigerator for a plurality of refrigerator products, and generally, whether ice cubes in an ice storage box are fully stored is periodically detected, the ice making device is controlled to stop making ice in the fully stored state, and the ice making is started again after the ice cubes in the ice storage box are reduced, so that the electric quantity is not wasted. In the related art, full ice detection is generally performed by using a sensor provided inside an ice making device. However, since the temperature inside the ice making device is very low, frost and ice may be formed around the sensor, and the detection result of the full ice detection may be faulty.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a control method and a control system of an ice making device.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling an ice making device includes an ice making box, an ice storage box, a full ice detection mechanism disposed above the ice storage box, and a heating assembly disposed around the full ice detection mechanism, the method including: judging whether the ice detection operation needs to be executed or not; when the judgment result is that the ice detection operation needs to be executed, executing the ice detection operation and judging whether the ice storage box is full of ice or not; when the ice detecting operation judges that the ice storage box is full of ice, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a second power; after a preset time, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power, wherein the second power is greater than the first power; the ice-detecting operation is performed again.

As a further improvement of the present invention, prior to the step of determining whether or not the ice-detecting operation needs to be performed, the method of controlling the ice-making device further includes: controlling the heating assembly to operate at the first power.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the control method of the ice making apparatus further includes, after the step of performing an ice-detecting operation and judging whether the ice bank has stored full ice when the full ice detecting apparatus needs to perform the ice-detecting operation; and when the judgment result of the ice detection operation is that the ice storage box is not full of ice, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the full ice detection mechanism includes a full ice detection sensor disposed above the ice bank, and the step of performing an ice detection operation and determining whether the ice bank is full of ice when the determination result indicates that the ice detection operation needs to be performed includes: acquiring a real-time distance between the full ice detection sensor and the ice surface in the ice storage box; judging whether the real-time distance is smaller than a preset distance or not; if the real-time distance is smaller than a preset distance, determining that the ice storage box is full of ice; and if the real-time distance is not less than the preset distance, determining that the ice storage box is not full of ice.

As a further improvement of the present invention, after the step of determining that the ice bank is full of ice, the method of controlling the ice-making device further includes: and controlling the ice-making tray to stop making ice.

In another aspect of the present invention, a control system for an ice making apparatus is disclosed, comprising: the first judging unit is used for judging whether the ice detecting operation needs to be executed or not; the execution unit is used for executing the ice detection operation when the judgment result shows that the ice detection operation needs to be executed; the control unit is used for controlling the heating assembly to operate at a second power when the ice storage box is full of ice as a result of the ice detection operation; after a preset time, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power, wherein the second power is greater than the first power; the execution unit is also used for executing the ice detecting operation again after the control unit controls the heating assembly to operate at the first power.

As a further improvement of the present invention, before determining whether or not the ice-detecting operation needs to be performed, the control unit is further configured to: controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the control unit is further configured to control the heating assembly to operate at the first power when the ice bank is not full of ice as a result of the ice-detecting operation.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the full-ice detecting mechanism includes a full-ice detecting sensor disposed above the ice bank, and the control system of the ice making apparatus further includes: an acquiring unit for acquiring a real-time distance between the full ice detecting sensor and an ice surface inside the ice storage box; the second judging unit is used for judging whether the real-time distance is smaller than a preset distance or not; a determining unit for determining that the ice bank is full of ice when the real-time distance is less than a preset distance; and when the real-time distance is not less than a preset distance, determining that the ice storage box is not full of ice.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the control unit is further configured to control the ice-making tray to stop making ice after it is determined that the ice bank is full of ice.

Compared with the prior art, the control method and the control system of the ice making device disclosed by the invention have the advantages that when the ice detection operation is executed and the result is that the ice storage box is full of ice, the heating assembly is controlled to operate at the second power so as to remove frost around the full-ice detection mechanism, and then the ice detection operation is carried out again, so that the result of the ice detection operation is ensured to be correct. This is done to avoid false detection of full ice due to blooming, thereby reducing the ice detection error rate of the full ice detection mechanism.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a control system of the ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of a control system of the ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that terms used herein such as "upper," "above," "lower," "below," and the like, refer to relative positions in space and are used for convenience in description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. The spatially relative positional terms may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures.

As shown in fig. 1-2, the ice-making device of the present disclosure includes: the ice-making device comprises an ice-making tray 100, a driving box 110 for driving the ice-making tray to turn, an ice storage box 200 arranged below the ice-making tray 100 and used for storing ice blocks, a full ice detection mechanism 300 arranged above the ice storage box 200 and a heating assembly 330 arranged around the full ice detection mechanism. The ice-making tray 100 may make ice cubes and be driven to be turned by the driving case 110 to discharge the ice cubes into the ice bank 200. And the full ice detecting mechanism 300 serves to detect whether ice cubes within the ice bank 200 are full. When the full ice detecting mechanism 300 determines that the ice bank 200 is full of ice, the ice making tray 100 stops making ice. In the embodiment of the present invention, the full ice detecting mechanism 300 is provided in the drive case 110 at one side of the ice making tray 100. Specifically, the full ice detecting mechanism 300 is disposed inside the lower wall of the drive cartridge 110. In another embodiment, the full ice detecting mechanism may be disposed outside the lower wall of the driving case 110, or disposed under the ice making tray 100, etc., as long as it is located near the ice bank 200 and can detect whether the ice cubes in the ice bank 200 are full.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the ice-full state detection mechanism 300 includes a protection cover 320, an ice-full state detection sensor 310 and a printed circuit board 340 provided in the protection cover 320. The ice-full detection sensor 310 may be an infrared ranging sensor, a photoelectric ranging sensor, or an ultrasonic ranging sensor. The distance measuring sensor may transmit light or ultrasonic waves, return when encountering an obstacle, and measure the distance based on the time difference and the speed of the light or the speed of the acoustic waves. The specific principle of the distance measuring sensor is the prior art, and is not described in detail herein.

The protection cover 320 includes a cover bottom 321 disposed below the ice-full detection sensor 320, and the cover bottom 321 is made of a transparent material. The printed circuit board 340 is electrically connected to the ice-full detection sensor 310 so as to receive and transmit data measured by the ice detection sensor 310.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a through hole may be provided at a position of the ice detecting sensor 310 corresponding to the lower wall of the driving case 110 so that light/ultrasonic waves, etc. may be transmitted downward. If the ice-full state detection sensor 310 is an ultrasonic distance measurement sensor, a through hole is also required to be formed in the cover bottom 321 at a position corresponding to the ice-full state detection sensor 310 so that ultrasonic waves can pass therethrough. If the ice detection sensor 310 is an infrared distance measurement sensor or a photoelectric distance measurement sensor, the light can penetrate through the transparent cover bottom, and the cover bottom 321 is made of a transparent material that is not recognized by the light. That is, the light may pass directly through the cover bottom 321 without recognizing it as an obstacle.

Further, when the ice making device is used, the internal temperature of the ice making device is low, and the cover bottom 321 of the protection cover 320 may frost, so that the transparency of the cover bottom 321 is reduced, thereby affecting the light transmission effect of the ice-full detection sensor 310. The heating element may be disposed on the cover bottom 321 to remove frost from the cover bottom 321 and restore it to transparency. Specifically, the heating member 330 is a heating wire, and a heating wire coil is provided on the inner side surface of the cover bottom 321 and around the ice-full state detection sensor 310. The heating wire has simple structure and high heating speed.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, a method for controlling an ice making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

As shown in fig. 3, the control method of the ice-making device includes the steps of:

and S41, judging whether the ice detecting operation needs to be executed.

In the embodiment of the invention, whether the ice detection operation needs to be executed currently can be judged in real time. Generally, after the ice making tray 100 completes one ice making operation, it is determined that an ice detecting operation is required. In another embodiment, the determination may be performed in a cycle of a time interval between two adjacent determinations. If the period is 1 hour, if the time from the last judgment exceeds 1 hour, the judgment result is that the ice detection operation needs to be executed; and if the time is within 1 hour from the last judgment, judging that the ice detection operation is not required to be executed.

S42, an ice-detecting operation is performed and it is determined whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice.

At this time, the ice detection operation is required as a result of the judgment. During the ice-detecting operation, it may be determined whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice.

S43, controlling the heating assembly 330 to operate at a second power.

At this time, the ice bank 200 is full of ice as a result of the ice-detecting operation. In the embodiment of the present invention, since the cover bottom 321 of the protection cover 320 may be frosted, the transparency of the cover bottom 321 is reduced, and the light transmission effect of the ice-full detection sensor 310 is affected. The result of the ice-detecting operation is affected by the blooming, and it may occur that the ice bank is not full of ice but the ice-detecting operation is configured such that the ice bank is full of ice. Thus, the heating assembly may be controlled to operate at the second power at this time. The second power is a higher power, i.e., the heating element is controlled to operate at a higher power to defrost the cover bottom 321.

And S44, after a preset time, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power, wherein the second power is greater than the first power.

Generally, the heating assembly is controlled to operate at the second power for a preset time, so that the purpose of defrosting is achieved. The heating assembly may be controlled to operate at a first power. The first power is smaller than the second power, and specifically the first power is a very small power. That is, when the heating assembly does not need to be defrosted, it is not turned off, but is always operated at the first power. This is mainly because, if the heating unit is turned off, the heating unit needs to be operated for a long time to perform the defrosting function when the defrosting is required. Therefore, the heating assembly is always operated at the first very small power, and when defrosting is needed, the heating assembly is operated at the second higher power, so that the aim of defrosting can be achieved quickly.

S45, the ice-detecting operation is performed again and it is determined whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice.

At this time, the frost on the cover bottom 321 of the protective cover 320 is removed, and the cover bottom 321 is restored to be transparent, so that the ice detection operation of the full ice detection mechanism is not affected. The ice-detecting operation may be performed again to ensure that the results of the ice-detecting operation are correct.

Prior to step S41, the method further comprises:

s40, controlling the heating assembly 330 to operate at the first power.

That is, the heating assemblies are operated at the first power except when the heating assemblies are operated at the second, greater power.

As shown in fig. 4, after step S42, the method further includes:

s46, controlling the heating assembly 300 to operate at a first power when the ice bank 200 is not full of ice as a result of the ice-detecting operation.

At this time, the ice bank is not full of ice as a result of the ice-detecting operation, and the heating assembly 330 continues to operate at the lower first power. And the ice-making device also performs ice-making and ice-storing operations as usual.

As shown in fig. 5, in the embodiment of the present invention, step S42 specifically includes:

s421, a real-time distance L between the full ice detecting sensor 310 and the ice surface inside the ice bank 200 is acquired.

Specifically, the ice-making tray 100 discharges ice pieces into the ice bank 200 after ice making is completed. As ice cubes are continuously accumulated in the ice bank 200, the ice cube height gradually rises, and the real-time distance L between the full ice detecting sensor 310 and the uppermost ice surface in the ice bank 200 is also continuously decreased. The ice-full detection sensor 310 may continuously detect the real-time distance L or may periodically detect the real-time distance L at predetermined time intervals (e.g., every 5 minutes). The ice-full detection sensor 310 may measure a real-time distance L between the surface of the ice cubes directly under the ice-full detection sensor 310 and the same.

As can be seen from the foregoing description, the principles of the ice-full detection sensor may be: after sending light or ultrasonic waves, the real-time distance L is measured after encountering the closest ice.

S422, judging whether the real-time distance L is smaller than a preset distance L or not₀。

However, since the ice cubes have a heavy weight and are stacked too much, the ice cubes naturally roll down to a lower position, so that the difference between the maximum and minimum heights of the ice cubes at different positions in the ice bank 200 is not too large, and the ice cubes generally remain within 20 mm. Thus the preset distance L₀The value of (b) is not set to 0, and is generally set to 20mm to 30mm, thereby avoiding the problem of false detection and the problem of ice blockage due to over-filling of ice cubes in the ice bank 200. Of course, in another embodiment, the preset distance L may be set according to specific parameters, such as the capacity of the ice tray and the capacity of the ice bank₀It may be set to a larger or smaller value, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

If the real-time distance is smaller than the predetermined distance, step S423 is executed, and if the real-time distance is not smaller than the predetermined distance, step S424 is executed.

S423, it is determined that the ice bank 200 is full of ice.

When the real-time distance L is smaller than the preset distance L₀At this time, the distance between the ice cubes and the full ice detecting sensor 310 is already very small (i.e., less than 30mm), and it is known that the ice bank 200 is full of ice. Accordingly, it is possible to determine whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice by measuring the real-time distance L between the full ice detecting sensor 310 and the surface of ice within the ice bank 200.

S424, it is determined that the ice bank is not full of ice.

When the real-time distance L is not less than the preset distance L₀When it is determined that the ice bank is not full of ice. At this time, it can be known that the real-time distance L has a larger value, which indicates that the height of the ice cubes in the ice bank 200 is lower, and it can be determined that the ice bank 200 is not full of ice. The ice-making tray 100 may continue to make normal ice.

After step S423, the method further comprises:

s425, controlling the ice-making tray 100 to stop making ice.

When it is determined that the ice bank 200 is full of ice, it means that the ice bank 200 cannot receive ice discharged from the ice-making tray 100 any more, and thus it is necessary to control the ice-making tray 100 to stop making ice continuously. After that, the ice-full detection sensor 310 may continuously measure the real-time distance L, and after the user picks up ice, the value of the real-time distance L may be greater than the preset distance L₀In this case, it may be determined that the ice bank 200 is not fully stored, and the ice-making tray 100 may restart ice-making.

As shown in fig. 6, the present invention further discloses a control system of an ice making device, which includes a first determining unit 510, an executing unit 520 and a control unit 530.

The first judging unit 510 is used to judge whether the ice-detecting operation needs to be performed.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first judging unit 510 may judge whether the ice-detecting operation is currently required to be performed in real time. Generally, after the ice making tray 100 completes one ice making operation, it is determined that an ice detecting operation is required. In another embodiment, the determination may be performed in a cycle of a time interval between two adjacent determinations. If the period is 1 hour, if the time from the last judgment exceeds 1 hour, the judgment result is that the ice detection operation needs to be executed; and if the time is within 1 hour from the last judgment, judging that the ice detection operation is not required to be executed.

The execution unit 560 is configured to perform an ice-detecting operation and determine whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice when the determination result is that the ice-detecting operation needs to be performed. At this time, an ice-detecting operation is performed first. During the ice-detecting operation, it may be determined whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice.

The control unit 520 is configured to control the heating assembly to operate at a second power when the ice bank is full of ice as a result of the determination of the ice-detecting operation; and after a preset time, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power, wherein the second power is greater than the first power.

The second power is a larger power, in this case, after the ice-detecting operation is performed and it is determined whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice, the control unit 520 controls the heating assembly to operate at the larger power to remove frost on the cover bottom 321. Generally, the control unit 520 controls the heating assembly 330 to operate at the second power for a preset time, i.e., to achieve the defrosting purpose. At this time, the control unit 520 may control the heating assembly 330 to operate at the first power. The first power is smaller than the second power, and specifically the first power is a very small power. That is, when the heating assembly 330 does not need to be defrosted, it is not turned off, but is always operated at the first power. This is mainly because, if the heating unit 330 is turned off, the heating unit 330 needs to be operated for a long time to perform the defrosting function when the defrosting is required. Therefore, the defrosting operation can be achieved quickly by operating the heating unit 330 at the first very low power and operating the heating unit 330 at the second higher power when the defrosting operation is required.

Further, the execution unit 560 is also used for performing the ice-detecting operation again and determining whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice after the control unit 520 controls the heating assembly to operate at the first power. After the defrosting of the heating assembly 330 is completed, the ice-detecting operation is performed again. Thus, the frost on the cover bottom 321 of the protective cover 320 is removed, and the cover bottom 321 is restored to be transparent, so that the ice detection operation of the full ice detection mechanism is not affected. The ice-detecting operation may be performed again to ensure that the results of the ice-detecting operation are correct.

Preferably, before determining whether the ice-detecting operation needs to be performed, the control unit 520 is further configured to: the heating assembly 330 is controlled to operate at a first power. That is, the heating assembly 330 is operated at the first power except when the heating assembly is operated at the second, greater power.

Further, when the ice bank is not full of ice as a result of the ice-detecting operation, the control unit 320 is further configured to control the heating assembly 330 to operate at the first power. At which point the heating assembly 330 continues to operate at the lesser first power. And the ice-making device also performs ice-making and ice-storing operations as usual.

As shown in fig. 7, the control system further includes an obtaining unit 530, a second determining unit 540, and a determining unit 550.

The acquiring unit 530 is to acquire a real-time distance between the full ice detecting sensor 310 and the surface of ice in the ice bank 200. Specifically, the ice-making tray 100 discharges ice pieces into the ice bank 200 after ice making is completed. As ice cubes are continuously accumulated in the ice bank 200, the ice cube height gradually rises, and the real-time distance L between the full ice detecting sensor 310 and the uppermost ice surface in the ice bank 200 is also continuously decreased. The ice-full detection sensor 310 may continuously detect the real-time distance L or may periodically detect the real-time distance L at predetermined time intervals (e.g., every 5 minutes). The ice-full detection sensor 310 may measure a real-time distance L between the surface of the ice cubes directly under the ice-full detection sensor 310 and the same. As can be seen from the foregoing description, the principles of the ice-full detection sensor 310 may be: after sending light or ultrasonic waves, the real-time distance L is measured after encountering the closest ice.

The second determining unit 540 is configured to determine whether the real-time distance L is smaller than a preset distance L₀. However, since the ice cubes have a heavy weight and are stacked too much, the ice cubes naturally roll down to a lower position, so that the difference between the maximum and minimum heights of the ice cubes at different positions in the ice bank 200 is not too large, and the ice cubes generally remain within 20 mm. Thus the preset distance L₀The value of (b) is not set to 0, and is generally set to 20mm to 30mm, thereby avoiding the problem of false detection and the problem of ice blockage due to over-filling of ice cubes in the ice bank 200. Of course, in another embodiment, the preset distance L may be set according to specific parameters, such as the capacity of the ice tray and the capacity of the ice bank₀It may be set to a larger or smaller value, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The determination unit 550 is configured to determine that the ice bank is full of ice when the real-time distance is less than a preset distance. When the real-time distance L is smaller than the preset distance L₀At that time, the ice cubes are already at a distance from the ice-full detection sensor 310And is very small (i.e., less than 30mm), it is known that the ice bank 200 is full of ice. Accordingly, it is possible to determine whether the ice bank 200 is full of ice by measuring the real-time distance L between the full ice detecting sensor 310 and the surface of ice within the ice bank 200.

When the real-time distance L is not less than the preset distance L₀The determining unit 550 is also used to determine that the ice bank 200 is not full of ice. When the real-time distance L is not less than the preset distance L₀When it is determined that the ice bank 200 is not full of ice. At this time, it can be known that the real-time distance L has a larger value, which indicates that the height of the ice cubes in the ice bank 200 is lower, and it can be determined that the ice bank 200 is not full of ice. The ice-making tray 100 may continue to make normal ice.

The control unit 520 also serves to control the ice-making tray 100 to stop making ice after it is determined that the ice bank 200 is full of ice. When it is determined that the ice bank 200 is full of ice, it means that the ice bank 200 cannot receive ice discharged from the ice-making tray 100 any more, and thus it is necessary to control the ice-making tray 100 to stop making ice continuously. After that, the ice-full detection sensor 310 may continuously measure the real-time distance L, and the value of the real-time distance L may be greater than the preset distance L after the user picks up ice₀In this case, the controller may determine that the ice bank 200 is not fully stored with ice, and the ice-making tray 100 may restart ice-making.

According to the control method and the control system of the ice making device disclosed by the invention, when the ice detection operation is executed and the result is that the ice storage box is full of ice, the heating assembly is firstly controlled to operate at the second power so as to remove frost around the full-ice detection mechanism, and then the ice detection operation is carried out again, so that the result of the ice detection operation is ensured to be correct. This is done to avoid false detection of full ice due to blooming, thereby reducing the ice detection error rate of the full ice detection mechanism.

It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A control method of an ice making device is characterized in that the ice making device comprises an ice making box, an ice storage box, a full ice detection mechanism arranged above the ice storage box and a heating assembly arranged around the full ice detection mechanism, and the control method of the ice making device comprises the following steps:

judging whether the ice detection operation needs to be executed or not;

when the judgment result is that the ice detection operation needs to be executed, executing the ice detection operation and judging whether the ice storage box is full of ice or not;

when the judgment result of the ice detection operation is that the ice storage box is full of ice, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a second power;

after a preset time, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power, wherein the second power is greater than the first power;

and executing the ice detecting operation again and judging whether the ice storage box is full of ice or not.

2. The full ice detection method of an ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein before the step of determining whether the ice detection operation needs to be performed, the control method of the ice making apparatus further comprises: controlling the heating assembly to operate at the first power.

3. The control method of an ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the step of performing an ice detection operation and determining whether the ice bank has been fully stored when the full ice detection apparatus needs to perform the ice detection operation, the control method of an ice making apparatus further comprises;

and when the judgment result of the ice detection operation is that the ice storage box is not full of ice, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of performing an ice-detecting operation and determining whether the ice bank is full of ice includes:

acquiring a real-time distance between the full ice detection sensor and the ice surface in the ice storage box;

judging whether the real-time distance is smaller than a preset distance or not;

if the real-time distance is smaller than a preset distance, determining that the ice storage box is full of ice;

and if the real-time distance is not less than the preset distance, determining that the ice storage box is not full of ice.

5. The method of controlling an ice making apparatus of claim 1, wherein after the step of determining that the ice bank is full of ice, the method of controlling an ice making apparatus further comprises: and controlling the ice-making tray to stop making ice.

6. A control system for an ice making apparatus, comprising:

the first judging unit is used for judging whether the ice detecting operation needs to be executed or not;

the execution unit is used for executing ice detection operation and judging whether the ice storage box is full of ice or not when the judgment result is that the ice detection operation needs to be executed;

the control unit is used for controlling the heating assembly to operate at a second power when the judgment result of the ice detection operation is that the ice storage box is full of ice; after a preset time, controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power, wherein the second power is greater than the first power;

the execution unit is further used for executing the ice detection operation again and judging whether the ice storage box is full of ice or not after the control unit controls the heating assembly to operate at the first power.

7. The control system of an ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein before determining whether the ice detection operation needs to be performed, the control unit is further configured to: controlling the heating assembly to operate at a first power.

8. The control system of an ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the heating assembly to operate at a first power when the ice bank is not full of ice as a result of the determination of the ice detecting operation.

9. The control system of an ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the full ice detection mechanism comprises a full ice detection sensor disposed above the ice bank, the control system of the ice making apparatus further comprising:

an acquiring unit for acquiring a real-time distance between the full ice detecting sensor and an ice surface inside the ice storage box;

the second judging unit is used for judging whether the real-time distance is smaller than a preset distance or not;

a determining unit for determining that the ice bank is full of ice when the real-time distance is less than a preset distance; and when the real-time distance is not less than a preset distance, determining that the ice storage box is not full of ice.

10. The control system of an ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the ice tray to stop making ice after it is determined that the ice bank is full of ice.