CN105371497A - Water heater water return system and control method thereof - Google Patents

Water heater water return system and control method thereof Download PDF

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CN105371497A
CN105371497A CN201410424505.0A CN201410424505A CN105371497A CN 105371497 A CN105371497 A CN 105371497A CN 201410424505 A CN201410424505 A CN 201410424505A CN 105371497 A CN105371497 A CN 105371497A
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洪忠玮
吴学伟
温东彪
陈毛毛
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A water heater return system and a control method thereof are provided, the water heater return system comprises: a water return pipe; the water return pump is arranged on the water return pipe; the water pump controller comprises a water pump control module, and the water pump control module is connected with the water return pump; further comprising: at least one gesture water return controller comprising: the gesture detection module is used for detecting gesture actions in the acquisition area and generating gesture detection signals; and the gesture control module is used for matching the gesture detection signal with the stored gesture signal to obtain a corresponding control command and sending the control command to the water pump control module. According to the water heater water return system, the water return function is started by adopting a non-contact gesture control method, so that the problem of inconvenience in operation when hands are dirty and wet is avoided, and a controller panel is kept clean; moreover, the gesture water return controller is not extruded by external force, so that the service life of the product can be effectively prolonged; in addition, the backwater can be started without searching and pressing the corresponding key, and the operation is convenient.

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Water heater return water system and control method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to water heater, particularly relate to a kind of water heater return water system and control method thereof.
Background technology
Along with the raising of people's living standard, water heater has become the requisite household electrical appliance of family.Due to the main frame of water heater and the distant of effluent switch, particularly for the house that area is larger, cause outlet pipe very long.After user opens effluent switch, need to abandon the cold water grown very much in one section of outlet pipe and just can receive hot water, cause the waste of water resource, and the stand-by period is longer.
In order to solve the problem, some water heaters are provided with return water system, this return water system is primarily of return pipe and back water pump composition, when needs backwater, start return water system, back water pump is started working, residual cold water in outlet pipe is evacuated to return pipe by it, be incorporated to cold water pipe again, like this, outlet pipe out be exactly hot water.At present, normally manually use in start-up point button or other switches to start water return function, and start-up point is generally arranged on and uses water place, make user need to open backwater at every turn and all will arrive opening with water spot of fixing, inconvenient operation; And user is dirty at hand, wet etc. when being inconvenient to use, button operation just becomes inconvenience very.
Summary of the invention
For above-mentioned prior art present situation, technical problem to be solved by this invention is, provides a kind of water heater return water system and control method thereof, the problem of inconvenient operation when it can avoid hand dirty, wet.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, a kind of water heater return water system provided by the present invention, comprising:
Return pipe, one end of described return pipe is connected on the outlet pipe of close effluent switch of water heater, and the other end is connected on the cold water inlet of water heater;
Back water pump, described back water pump is arranged on described return pipe;
Water pump controller, described water pump controller comprises water pump control modules, and described water pump control modules is connected with described back water pump, for controlling the opening and closing of described back water pump;
Also comprise:
At least one gesture backwater controller, described gesture backwater controller is used for being arranged on water spot, and it comprises: gesture detection module, and described gesture detection module is used for detecting the gesture motion in pickup area, and produces gestures detection signal; With gesture control module, the signal input part of described gesture control module is connected with the signal output part of described gesture detection module, and described gesture control module is connected by communication module with described water pump control modules, described gesture control module is used for described gestures detection signal to mate with the hand signal of storage, obtain corresponding control command, and described control command is sent to described water pump control modules.
Wherein in an embodiment, described gesture control module adopts following communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump control modules:
Described gesture control module sends control command and starts timer, do not obtain within a certain period of time replying the same order of rear repeating transmission, be retransmitted to many 3 times, if still dont answer, described gesture control module stops sending control command, and sends the unsuccessful signal of control.
Wherein in an embodiment, described gesture control module adopts following communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump control modules:
Described gesture control module sends N control command continuously, and after wherein sending a control command, time delay random time sends next time again.
Wherein in an embodiment, described water pump controller also comprises the first communication module, and described first communication module is connected with described water pump control modules; Described gesture backwater controller also comprises the second communication module, and described second communication module is connected with described gesture control module, and between described first communication module with described second communication module, both-way communication is connected.
Wherein in an embodiment, described first communication module and described second communication module are wireless communication module.
A kind of control method according to above-mentioned water heater return water system provided by the present invention, comprises the steps:
Described gesture backwater controller detects the gesture motion in pickup area, and produces gestures detection signal, is mated by described gestures detection signal, obtains corresponding control command, and described control command sent with the hand signal of storage;
Described water pump controller receives described control command, and controls the opening and closing of described back water pump according to described control command.
Wherein in an embodiment, described gesture backwater controller adopts following communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump controller:
Described gesture controller sends control command and starts timer, do not obtain within a certain period of time replying the same order of rear repeating transmission, be retransmitted to many 3 times, if still dont answer, described gesture control diemaker stops sending control command, and sends the unsuccessful signal of control.
Wherein in an embodiment, described gesture backwater controller adopts following communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump controller:
Described gesture control diemaker sends N control command continuously, and after wherein sending a control command, time delay random time sends next time again.
Wherein in an embodiment, control described back water pump according to described control command and be specially:
After described water pump controller receives described control command, opening described back water pump and start timing, when reaching the default backwater time, closing described back water pump.
Wherein in an embodiment, described gesture backwater controller and described water pump controller adopt wireless mode to realize communication.
Water heater return water system of the present invention and control method thereof, adopt non-contacting gestural control method to start water return function, avoid hand dirty, wet time inconvenient operation problem, allow controller panel keep clean; And gesture backwater controller by the extruding of external force, effectively can not can extend life of product; In addition, do not need to search and press corresponding button and just can start backwater, easy to operate.
The beneficial effect that additional technical feature of the present invention has will be described in this description detailed description of the invention part.
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Fig. 1 is the system block diagram of the water heater return water system in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the control method of water heater return water system in the embodiment of the present invention.
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And the present invention is described in detail in conjunction with the embodiments below with reference to the accompanying drawings.It should be noted that, when not conflicting, the feature in following embodiment and embodiment can combine mutually.
As Fig. 1, the water heater return water system in one of them embodiment of the present invention comprises: return pipe (not shown), back water pump 30, water pump controller 20 and gesture backwater controller 10.
Wherein, one end of described return pipe is connected on the outlet pipe of close effluent switch of water heater, and the other end is connected on the cold water inlet of water heater, and described back water pump 30 is arranged on described return pipe.
Described water pump controller 20 comprises water pump control modules 22, and described water pump control modules 22 is connected with described back water pump 30, for controlling the opening and closing of described back water pump 30.
Described gesture backwater controller 10 is for being arranged on water spot, and it comprises gesture detection module 14 and gesture control module 12, and described gesture detection module 14 for detecting the gesture motion in pickup area, and produces gestures detection signal; The signal input part of described gesture control module 12 is connected with the signal output part of described gesture detection module 14, and described gesture control module 12 is connected by communication module with described water pump control modules 22, described gesture control module 12 is for mating described gestures detection signal with the hand signal of storage, obtain corresponding control command, and described control command is sent to described water pump control modules 22.
Preferably, described water pump controller 20 also comprises the first communication module 24, and described first communication module 24 is connected with described water pump control modules 22; Described gesture backwater controller 10 also comprises the second communication module 16, and described second communication module 16 is connected with described gesture control module 12, and between described first communication module 24 with described second communication module 16, both-way communication is connected.Further, described first communication module 24 and described second communication module 16 are wireless communication module.Use wireless communication mode, gesture backwater controller 10 is easy for installation, does not need additionally to sunken cord.
Open backwater order for ensureing that water pump controller 20 can stably receive, described gesture control module 12 adopts following two kinds of communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump control modules 22:
The first: described gesture control module 12 sends control command and starts timer, do not obtain within a certain period of time replying the same order of rear repeating transmission, be retransmitted to many 3 times, if still dont answer, described gesture control module 12 stops sending control command, and sends the unsuccessful signal of control.
The first: described gesture control module 12 sends N control command continuously, and after wherein sending a control command, time delay random time sends next time again.
The water heater return water system of the embodiment of the present invention, adopts non-contacting gestural control method to start water return function, avoid hand dirty, wet time inconvenient operation problem, allow controller panel keep clean; And controller by the extruding of external force, effectively can not can extend life of product; In addition, do not need to search and press corresponding button and just can start backwater; Easy to operate.
Figure 2 shows that the flow chart of the control method of the water heater return water system in the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in the figure, control method comprises the steps:
Gesture motion in described gesture backwater controller 10 pairs of pickup area detects, and produces gestures detection signal, is mated by described gestures detection signal, obtains corresponding control command, and described control command sent with the hand signal of storage;
Described water pump controller 20 receives described control command, and controls the opening and closing of described back water pump 30 according to described control command.Preferably, controlling described back water pump 30 according to described control command and be specially: after described water pump controller 20 receives described control command, then open described back water pump 30 and start timing, when reaching the default backwater time, closing described back water pump 30.
To sum up, the water heater return water system of the embodiment of the present invention and control method thereof have following beneficial effect:
1, owing to adopting non-contacting gestural control method to start water return function, avoid hand dirty, wet time inconvenient operation problem, allow controller panel keep clean; And gesture backwater controller by the extruding of external force, effectively can not can extend life of product;
2, do not need to search and press corresponding button and just can start backwater, easy to operate;
3, use wireless communication mode, gesture backwater controller is easy for installation, does not need additionally to sunken cord;
4, a return water system supports multiple gesture backwater controller node, can install, improve Consumer's Experience at multiple water spot.
The above embodiment only have expressed several embodiment of the present invention, and it describes comparatively concrete and detailed, but therefore can not be interpreted as the restriction to the scope of the claims of the present invention.It should be pointed out that for the person of ordinary skill of the art, without departing from the inventive concept of the premise, can also make some distortion and improvement, these all belong to protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a water heater return water system, comprising:
Return pipe, one end of described return pipe is connected on the outlet pipe of close effluent switch of water heater, and the other end is connected on the cold water inlet of water heater;
Back water pump, described back water pump is arranged on described return pipe;
Water pump controller, described water pump controller comprises water pump control modules, and described water pump control modules is connected with described back water pump, for controlling the opening and closing of described back water pump;
It is characterized in that, also comprise:
At least one gesture backwater controller, described gesture backwater controller is used for being arranged on water spot, and it comprises: gesture detection module, and described gesture detection module is used for detecting the gesture motion in pickup area, and produces gestures detection signal; With gesture control module, the signal input part of described gesture control module is connected with the signal output part of described gesture detection module, and described gesture control module is connected by communication module with described water pump control modules, described gesture control module is used for described gestures detection signal to mate with the hand signal of storage, obtain corresponding control command, and described control command is sent to described water pump control modules.
2. water heater return water system according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described gesture control module adopts following communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump control modules:
Described gesture control module sends control command and starts timer, do not obtain within a certain period of time replying the same order of rear repeating transmission, be retransmitted to many 3 times, if still dont answer, described gesture control module stops sending control command, and sends the unsuccessful signal of control.
3. water heater return water system according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described gesture control module adopts following communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump control modules:
Described gesture control module sends N control command continuously, and after wherein sending a control command, time delay random time sends next time again.
4. water heater return water system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, is characterized in that, described water pump controller also comprises the first communication module, and described first communication module is connected with described water pump control modules; Described gesture backwater controller also comprises the second communication module, and described second communication module is connected with described gesture control module, and between described first communication module with described second communication module, both-way communication is connected.
5. water heater return water system according to claim 4, is characterized in that, described first communication module and described second communication module are wireless communication module.
6. a control method for water heater return water system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, is characterized in that, comprise the steps:
Described gesture backwater controller detects the gesture motion in pickup area, and produces gestures detection signal, is mated by described gestures detection signal, obtains corresponding control command, and described control command sent with the hand signal of storage;
Described water pump controller receives described control command, and controls the opening and closing of described back water pump according to described control command.
7. control method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described gesture backwater controller adopts following communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump controller:
Described gesture controller sends control command and starts timer, do not obtain within a certain period of time replying the same order of rear repeating transmission, be retransmitted to many 3 times, if still dont answer, described gesture control diemaker stops sending control command, and sends the unsuccessful signal of control.
8. control method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described gesture backwater controller adopts following communication modes that described control command is sent to described water pump controller:
Described gesture control diemaker sends N control command continuously, and after wherein sending a control command, time delay random time sends next time again.
9. control method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, controls described back water pump be specially according to described control command:
After described water pump controller receives described control command, opening described back water pump and start timing, when reaching the default backwater time, closing described back water pump.
10. control method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described gesture backwater controller and described water pump controller adopt wireless mode to realize communication.
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