CN111590638A

CN111590638A - Dust collection method and dust collection station

Info

Publication number: CN111590638A
Application number: CN202010499175.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王兆光; 陈远; 彭丑军
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Jiangsu Midea Cleaning Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Robozone Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-04
Filing date: 2020-06-04
Publication date: 2020-08-28

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a dust collecting method and a dust collecting station, wherein the dust collecting method comprises the following steps: receiving a dust collection command signal; determining a dust collection mode of the dust collection station according to the dust collection command signal; and controlling the dust collection station to collect dust on the cleaning equipment returned to the dust collection station according to the dust collection mode. The embodiment of the application controls the dust collecting station to collect dust according to different modes through the dust collecting instruction signal, so that multiple requirements of a user can be met, user experience is improved, noise interference is reduced, and power waste is reduced.

Description

Dust collection method and dust collection station

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of smart homes, in particular to a dust collection method and a dust collection station.

Background

Cleaning equipment robot gets back to and fills electric pile after cleaning and finishing, sets up the collection dirt station in electric pile department, can retrieve the dust bag with the rubbish in cleaning equipment robot's the dirt box in, the user can directly take out the dust bag and clear up rubbish. However, when the dust collecting station collects the garbage, the noise is generally large.

At present, when the dust collecting station recovers the garbage in the dust box, the dust collecting station automatically performs fixed dust collection at one time when the cleaning equipment robot is charged. However, when the amount of garbage in the dust box is large or the garbage is difficult to clean, the garbage can be difficult to completely recover by once dust collection; or the garbage in the dust box can not be temporarily cleaned, and the garbage can not be cleaned temporarily and still automatically collect dust during charging, so that noise interference and waste of power supply are caused, and user experience is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a dust collecting method and a dust collecting station, which aim to solve the problems in the related art, and the technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a dust collecting method, applied to a dust collecting station, including:

receiving a dust collection command signal;

determining a dust collection mode of the dust collection station according to the dust collection command signal;

and controlling the dust collection station to collect dust on the cleaning equipment returned to the dust collection station according to the dust collection mode.

In one embodiment, the dust collecting station is provided with a mode key for receiving a dust collecting command signal, and comprises:

detecting an operation on a mode key;

and determining a dust collection command signal according to the detection result.

In one embodiment, receiving a dust collection command signal includes:

receiving a dust collection instruction signal in the form of voice.

In one embodiment, receiving a dust collection command signal includes:

and receiving a dust collection command signal sent by the cleaning equipment.

In one embodiment, the dust collection mode includes at least one of a multiple dust collection mode for causing the dust collection station to collect dust on the cleaning device multiple times, a standard mode for causing the dust collection station to collect dust on the cleaning device once, and a charging mode; the charging mode is for the dust collecting station to charge the cleaning device without collecting dust.

In one embodiment, the dust collection command signal includes a dust collection time period; determining a dust collection mode of the dust collection station according to the dust collection command signal, further comprising:

the time length of each dust collection is configured according to the dust collection time length.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

acquiring a dust collection state of a dust collection station, wherein the dust collection state comprises at least one of garbage amount, a fault state and a dust collection process;

displaying the dust collection state.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a dust collection station comprising a controller configured to implement the method of any of the embodiments of the aspects described above.

In one embodiment, a mode button is provided on the dust collection station;

the dust collecting station is provided with a voice collecting assembly for receiving a dust collecting instruction signal of a user in a voice form;

the dust collecting station is provided with an information receiving component for receiving dust collecting instruction signals sent by the cleaning equipment.

In one embodiment, an indicator light or display screen is provided on the dust collection station for displaying the dust collection status of the dust collection station.

The advantages or beneficial effects in the above technical solution at least include:

the embodiment of the application controls the dust collecting station to collect dust according to different modes through the dust collecting instruction signal, so that multiple requirements of a user can be met, user experience is improved, noise interference is reduced, and power waste is reduced.

The foregoing summary is provided for the purpose of description only and is not intended to be limiting in any way. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features of the present application will be readily apparent by reference to the drawings and following detailed description.

Drawings

In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar parts or elements throughout the several views unless otherwise specified. The figures are not necessarily to scale. It is appreciated that these drawings depict only some embodiments in accordance with the disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a dust collection method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a block diagram of a dust collection control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a dust collection control apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a dust collection control apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a dust collection station according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is another schematic view of the dust collection station according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of a dust collecting station according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the following, only certain exemplary embodiments are briefly described. As those skilled in the art will recognize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

Fig. 1 shows a flow diagram of a dust collection method according to an embodiment of the present application. The dust collecting method of the embodiment of the present application is applied to a dust collecting station, and as shown in fig. 1, the dust collecting method may include:

s101, receiving a dust collection command signal;

s102, determining a dust collection mode of the dust collection station according to the dust collection command signal;

and S103, controlling the dust collection station to collect dust of the cleaning equipment returned to the dust collection station according to a dust collection mode.

In the embodiment of the application, the dust collection station can collect dust according to the dust collection mode determined by the dust collection instruction signal by receiving the dust collection instruction signal, so that the dust collection station can realize dust collection in different modes. Compared with the prior art that the cleaning equipment robot returns to the charging pile and is immediately and automatically started to collect dust, the dust collecting method has interactivity, can meet various application requirements, and can select the required dust collecting mode according to the situation.

detecting an operation on a mode key;

The mode key can be a mechanical key or a touch key. The dust collection station is provided with one or more keys for a user to select different dust collection modes, the user selects a required dust collection mode through the operation keys, the dust collection station obtains the dust collection mode required by the user through detecting the operation of the keys, and then the cleaning equipment returning to the dust collection station is subjected to dust collection according to the dust collection mode.

In one embodiment, receiving a dust collection command signal includes:

receiving a dust collection instruction signal in the form of voice.

The user indicates the dust collection mode of dust collection by sending out voice command, i.e. the dust collection command signal formed by voice. The voice acquisition component in the dust collection station receives the voice command and determines the dust collection mode of dust collection according to the voice command, so that the dust collection station is controlled to collect dust on the cleaning equipment returning to the dust collection station according to the dust collection mode indicated by a user.

In one embodiment, receiving a dust collection command signal includes:

and receiving a dust collection command signal sent by the cleaning equipment.

The cleaning equipment can provide an APP for a user to select a dust collection mode, and the user selects the dust collection mode through the APP, so that the cleaning equipment obtains a dust collection instruction signal; the cleaning device can also obtain the dust collection instruction signal by receiving a voice instruction in the form of user voice. When the cleaning equipment returns to the dust collection station, the dust collection instruction signal is sent to the dust collection station through a short-distance communication transmission mode. The dust collecting station receives the dust collecting instruction signal sent by the cleaning equipment, can determine the dust collecting mode of the dust collecting station according to the dust collecting instruction signal, and controls the dust collecting station to collect dust on the cleaning equipment returning to the dust collecting station according to the dust collecting mode. The short-distance communication transmission mode includes but is not limited to bluetooth and WIFI.

In the embodiment of the application, the dust collection instruction signal is received and obtained by a user sending a user instruction according to the actual application requirement. The user may issue the user instruction before or after the cleaning device cleans.

In one example, a user prepares to sweep the floor surface prior to sweeping by the sweeping device. Only have some tiny dusts on ground rather than very dirty circumstances, can select only to charge and not the collection dirt charge mode, cleaning equipment when having cleaned ground and returning to the collection dirt station, fill electric pile and charge cleaning equipment, and the collection dirt station does not start collection dirt, avoids collection dirt station to start and causes noise pollution and power extravagant. Under the condition that the ground has more wet and heavy garbage such as vomit, the garbage in the cleaning equipment is difficult to be recovered and cleaned by the dust collection station through one-time dust collection, and the problems of dirt residue in the dust box, bacterium breeding and the like are easily caused due to incomplete recovery; in this case, a multiple dust collection mode can be selected to collect dust in the dust box multiple times and to recover the dust in the dust box clean. In the night condition, in order to avoid the noise generated when the dust collecting station is integrated from influencing rest, a charging mode of only charging and not collecting dust can be selected. In general, dust collection is required but not required to be performed a plurality of times, and a standard mode may be selected. The dust collection station can collect dust for the cleaning equipment returning to the dust collection station according to the standard mode; the charging mode may be set to a default mode, which is not limited herein.

In one example, the cleaning apparatus has returned to the dust collection station after the cleaning apparatus has cleaned. In the case that the charging mode is used for multiple times, which causes the dust in the dust box to be slowly full, and the user feels that the dust box can be cleaned, the standard mode dust collection or the multiple dust collection can be selected, and a corresponding dust collection command signal is triggered.

The cleaning equipment can clean the ground under various different environmental conditions. In one example, where the sweeping device is used in a home environment, there is typically less dust or debris and a shorter dust collection period can be provided. In another example, where sweeping equipment is used in a restaurant environment, where there is a relatively large amount of dust or debris, a longer dust collection period may be set. Under the environment that garbage or dust is usually more, also can set up short collection dirt duration, carry out many times collection dirt through using the mode of collecting dirt many times to the rubbish clearance in the dirt box. The dust collection time period can be 0.5min-20min, and can also be longer, which is not limited in the embodiment of the application.

In one embodiment, the dust collecting method of the embodiments of the present application further includes:

displaying the dust collection state.

Wherein the garbage amount is the garbage amount in the dust collecting bag and can be detected by an infrared sensor and the like; when the garbage amount state is displayed, the garbage amount state can be displayed according to different grades, for example: the first gear, the second gear, the third gear and the fourth gear, according to the gear number, the user can know the garbage volume state in the dust collecting bag, and judges whether to continue dust collection or to take the garbage in the dust collecting bag away for replacing a new dust collecting bag and then collect dust according to the garbage volume state. The display of the garbage amount state in the embodiment of the present application may also be in other display manners, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The failure state indicates that the dust collecting station is in failure and cannot collect dust. The fault condition may include any of the following: the dust outlet of the dust box is not aligned with the suction inlet of the dust collecting station and the cover of the dust collecting station is not covered; other situations can also be included, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited to this. In the case where the dust collecting station is in trouble, a trouble state is displayed.

The dust collection progress state may indicate the second dust collection among the plurality of dust collections, and a dust collection in progress or dust collection end state. The user can obtain the rest dust collection according to the displayed dust collection of the first time, and can send the dust collection command signal of ending the dust collection to end the dust collection when the user thinks the dust collection can be ended. The user can obtain the information that the dust collecting bag can be taken out according to the dust collecting end state, thereby taking out the dust collecting bag in time, replacing the dust collecting bag with a new dust collecting bag and throwing away the dust collecting bag filled with garbage.

The dust collection status in the embodiment of the present application may also include any other status displayed according to the user's requirement, and all of them are within the protection scope of the present application.

In one embodiment, displaying a dust collection status includes at least one of the following:

controlling the corresponding indicator light on the dust collecting station to work according to the dust collecting state;

the dust collection state is displayed on a display screen of the dust collection station.

The indicating lamp of the embodiment of the application can be a lamp ring, a lamp strip or a single indicating lamp, and is not limited to the indicating form of the indicating lamp. For example, the lamp ring can be arranged at the top of the dust collecting station, and the whole lamp ring is red to indicate a fault state; the lamp ring is yellow to indicate that dust collection is in progress; the lamp ring is green to indicate the end of dust collection. For another example, there may be a plurality of indicator lights corresponding to the information of the sign on the dust collecting station, wherein the indication light marked as the fault status position indicates that the dust collecting station is in the fault status, and the indication light marked as the 3 rd position indicates that the amount of the garbage in the dust collecting bag is in the 3 rd position. The dust collecting station status display in the embodiment of the present application may be in any display form, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a structure of a dust collection control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, includes:

a receiving module 201 for receiving a dust collection instruction signal;

a first determining module 202 for determining a dust collection mode of the dust collection station according to the dust collection instruction signal;

and the control module 203 is used for controlling the dust collection station to collect dust on the cleaning equipment returned to the dust collection station according to the dust collection mode.

Referring to fig. 3, in one embodiment, a mode button is provided on the dust collection station for receiving a dust collection command signal, and the dust collection control device includes:

a detection module 304, configured to detect an operation of a mode key by a user;

the second determination module 305 determines a dust collection instruction signal according to the detection result.

In one embodiment, the receiving module 201 is used for receiving a dust collection instruction signal in the form of voice of a user.

In one embodiment, the receiving module 201 is used for receiving a dust collection instruction signal sent by the cleaning device.

In one embodiment, the dust collection command signal includes a dust collection time period; the first determination module 202 is further configured to configure a dust collection time period for each dust collection according to the dust collection time period.

Referring to fig. 4, in one embodiment, the dust collection control apparatus further includes:

an obtaining module 404, configured to obtain a dust collecting status of the dust collecting station, where the dust collecting status includes at least one of a garbage amount, a fault status, and a dust collecting process;

and a display module 405 for displaying the dust collection state.

In one embodiment, the display module 405 includes at least one of the following:

The functions of each module in each apparatus in the embodiment of the present application may refer to corresponding descriptions in the above method, and are not described herein again.

Fig. 5-6 illustrate schematic structural views of a dust collection station 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5 and 6, includes a controller for implementing the method of any of the embodiments of the aspects described above. The controller may be in the form of a circuit, such as a programmable logic circuit, for implementing the method in any of the above aspects.

In one embodiment, a mode button 501 is provided on the dust collection station 500.

In one embodiment, the dust collecting station 500 is provided with a voice collecting assembly (not shown) for receiving a dust collecting command signal in the form of a voice of a user.

In one embodiment, the dust collecting station 500 is provided with an information receiving component (not shown) for receiving a dust collecting command signal transmitted by the cleaning device 600.

In one embodiment, the dust collection station 500 is provided with an indicator light 502 or a display screen (not shown) for displaying the dust collection status of the dust collection station 500.

The functions of the hardware in the dust collecting station 500 according to the embodiment of the present application can be referred to the corresponding descriptions in the above methods, and are not described herein again.

Fig. 7 shows a block diagram of a dust collecting station according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 7, the dust collecting station includes: a memory 710 and a processor 720, the memory 710 having stored therein computer programs that are executable on the processor 720. The processor 720, when executing the computer program, implements the dust collection method in the above-described embodiments. The number of the memory 710 and the processor 720 may be one or more.

The dust collection station further comprises:

and a communication interface 730, configured to communicate with an external device, and perform data interactive transmission.

If the memory 710, the processor 720 and the communication interface 730 are implemented independently, the memory 710, the processor 720 and the communication interface 730 may be connected to each other through a bus and perform communication with each other. The bus may be an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended ISA (enhanced Industry Standard Architecture) bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 7, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

Optionally, in an implementation, if the memory 710, the processor 720 and the communication interface 730 are integrated on a chip, the memory 710, the processor 720 and the communication interface 730 may complete communication with each other through an internal interface.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a cleaning system comprising a cleaning apparatus and a dust collecting station in any of the above aspects, the dust collecting station being configured to collect dust from the cleaning apparatus returned to the dust collecting station according to a determined dust collection mode.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and when the program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements the method provided in the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor, and is configured to call and execute the instruction stored in the memory from the memory, so that the communication device in which the chip is installed executes the method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, including: the system comprises an input interface, an output interface, a processor and a memory, wherein the input interface, the output interface, the processor and the memory are connected through an internal connection path, the processor is used for executing codes in the memory, and when the codes are executed, the processor is used for executing the method provided by the embodiment of the application.

It should be understood that the processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. It is noted that the processor may be an advanced reduced instruction set machine (ARM) architecture supported processor.

Further, optionally, the memory may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatile random access memory. The memory may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile memory may include a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available. For example, Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DR RAM).

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. The procedures or functions according to the present application are generated in whole or in part when the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Any process or method descriptions in flow charts or otherwise described herein may be understood as representing modules, segments, or portions of code which include one or more executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps of the process. And the scope of the preferred embodiments of the present application includes other implementations in which functions may be performed out of the order shown or discussed, including substantially concurrently or in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved.

The logic and/or steps represented in the flowcharts or otherwise described herein, e.g., an ordered listing of executable instructions that can be considered to implement logical functions, can be embodied in any computer-readable medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, such as a computer-based system, processor-containing system, or other system that can fetch the instructions from the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device and execute the instructions.

It should be understood that portions of the present application may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, the various steps or methods may be implemented in software or firmware stored in memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. All or part of the steps of the method of the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware that is configured to be instructed to perform the relevant steps by a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and which, when executed, includes one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The integrated module may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium if it is implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a separate product. The storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, or the like.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive various changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and these should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A dust collecting method is applied to a dust collecting station and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a dust collection command signal;

and controlling the dust collection station to collect dust of the cleaning equipment returned to the dust collection station according to the dust collection mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the dust station is provided with a mode button for receiving a dust collection command signal, comprising:

detecting an operation on the mode key;

and determining the dust collection command signal according to the detection result.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a dust collection command signal comprises:

receiving a dust collection instruction signal in the form of voice.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a dust collection command signal comprises:

and receiving a dust collection command signal sent by the cleaning equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the dust collection mode comprises at least one of a multiple dust collection mode for causing the dust collection station to collect dust on the cleaning equipment multiple times, a standard mode for causing the dust collection station to collect dust on the cleaning equipment once, and a charging mode; the charging mode is for the dust collecting station to charge the cleaning device without collecting dust.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the dust collection command signal includes a dust collection time period; determining a dust collection mode of the dust collection station according to the dust collection command signal, further comprising:

and configuring the time length of each dust collection according to the dust collection time length.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a dust collection state of the dust collection station, wherein the dust collection state comprises at least one of a garbage amount, a fault state and a dust collection process;

and displaying the dust collection state.

8. A dust collection station comprising a controller for implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. The dust collection station of claim 8, wherein a mode button is provided on the dust collection station;

the dust collecting station is provided with a voice collecting assembly for receiving a dust collecting instruction signal in a voice form;

the dust collecting station is provided with an information receiving assembly for receiving dust collecting instruction signals sent by the cleaning equipment.

10. The dust collection station of claim 9, wherein an indicator light or display screen is provided on the dust collection station for displaying the dust collection status of the dust collection station.