CN108227525B

CN108227525B - Control method and device of household appliance and washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN108227525B
Application number: CN201711262638.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 穆罕默德·奥尼; 张海龙; 魏翰森; 颜天成
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-12-04
Filing date: 2017-12-04
Publication date: 2020-10-23
Anticipated expiration: 2037-12-04
Also published as: CN108227525A

Abstract

The invention provides a control method and a control device of a household appliance and a washing machine, wherein the method comprises the following steps: and determining at least one sub-region in the control region according to the displayed page, detecting user operation responded by the corresponding sub-region in each sub-region of the control region, setting a control program in the page according to the user operation when the user operation responded by the sub-region is detected, and controlling the running of the household appliance according to the set control program. According to the method, the parameters of the control program can be selected according to the operation of the user on the sub-area, so that the control program does not need to operate only according to the default parameters of the control program, the fine and personalized setting of the control program is realized, and the technical problems that the household appliance is relatively rough to control and poor in control effect in the prior art are solved.

Description

Control method and device of household appliance and washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a control method and device of a household appliance and a washing machine.

Background

In the prior art, a household appliance such as a washing machine can only select a limited number of control programs through a mechanical rotating wheel or a mechanical key. Thereby enabling the household appliance to operate according to the selected control program.

Because only a few limited control programs can be selected, the control of the household appliances is rough and the control effect is not good in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems in the related art.

Therefore, a first objective of the present invention is to provide a control method for a home appliance, so as to implement refined and personalized home appliance control by manipulating sub-areas in a control area, and solve the technical problems of rough control and poor control effect of the home appliance in the prior art.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a household appliance.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine.

A fourth object of the invention is to propose a computer device.

A fifth object of the invention is to propose a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

A sixth object of the invention is to propose a computer program product.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a control method for a household appliance, including:

determining at least one sub-region in the control region according to the displayed page;

in each sub-area of the control area, detecting user operation responded by the corresponding sub-area;

when user operation responded by the sub-area is detected, setting a control program in the page according to the user operation;

and controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the set control program.

According to the control method of the household appliance in the embodiment of the invention, at least one sub-region is determined in the control region according to the displayed page, the user operation responded by the corresponding sub-region is detected in each sub-region of the control region, and when the user operation responded by the sub-region is detected, the control program in the page is set according to the user operation. In the embodiment, the parameters of the control program can be selected according to the operation of the user on the sub-area, so that the control program does not need to operate only according to the default parameters of the control program, the fine and personalized setting of the control program is realized, and the technical problems that the control of the household appliance is rough and the control effect is poor in the prior art are solved.

In order to achieve the above object, a second embodiment of the present invention provides a control device for a household appliance, including:

the determining module is used for determining at least one sub-area in the control area according to the displayed page;

the detection module is used for detecting user operation responded by the corresponding sub-area in each sub-area of the control area;

the setting module is used for setting a control program in the page according to the user operation when the user operation responded by the sub-area is detected;

and the operation module is used for controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the set control program.

The control device of the household appliance in the embodiment of the invention determines at least one sub-region in the control region according to the displayed page, detects the user operation responded by the corresponding sub-region in each sub-region of the control region, and sets the control program in the page according to the user operation when the user operation responded by the sub-region is detected. In the embodiment, the parameters of the control program can be selected according to the operation of the user on the sub-area, so that the control program does not need to operate only according to the default parameters of the control program, the fine and personalized setting of the control program is realized, and the technical problems that the control of the household appliance is rough and the control effect is poor in the prior art are solved.

To achieve the above object, a third embodiment of the present invention provides a washing machine for implementing the control method of the household appliance according to the first aspect.

In order to achieve the above object, a fourth aspect of the present invention provides a computer device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and running on the processor, where the processor executes the computer program to implement the control method of the household appliance according to the first aspect.

In order to achieve the above object, a fifth aspect embodiment of the present invention proposes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor implements the control method of the home appliance described in the first aspect embodiment.

In order to achieve the above object, a sixth aspect of the present invention provides a computer program product, wherein when the instructions of the computer program product are executed by a processor, the method for controlling a household appliance according to the first aspect is executed.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a control method of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2A is a first schematic diagram of an operation area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2B is a second schematic diagram of an operation area provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2C is a third schematic diagram of an operation area provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2D is a fourth schematic diagram of an operation area provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3A is a schematic view of the operation panel when the power button is not pressed;

FIG. 3B is a schematic view of the operation panel when the power button is pressed;

FIG. 3C is a schematic view of a display area of a program setup page;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary computer device suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present application.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

A control method and apparatus of a home appliance and a washing machine according to embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a control method of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the prior art, a household appliance such as a washing machine can only select a limited number of control programs through a mechanical rotating wheel or a mechanical key. Because the household appliance operates according to the default control parameters in the control program after the control program is selected through the mechanical rotating wheel or the mechanical key, the control of the household appliance is rough in the prior art, and fine control and personalized control cannot be realized.

In order to solve the problem, embodiments of the present invention provide a method for controlling a home appliance, so as to implement refined and personalized home appliance control by manipulating sub-regions in a region, and solve the technical problems in the prior art that the control of the home appliance is rough and the control effect is poor.

As shown in fig. 1, the control method of the home appliance includes the steps of:

step 101, determining at least one sub-area in the control area according to the displayed page.

As a possible implementation, a recess may be provided on the control panel of the household appliance, and the control region may be provided in the recess. The recess can accommodate a finger, that is, the width of the recess is similar to the width of the finger. The control area comprises at least one sub-area, and different sub-areas respond to different user operations and correspond to different control strategies.

In specific implementation, the number of the sub-regions in the control region and the sub-region division of the control region can be determined according to the displayed page content. Generally, the more complex the page content, the more sub-regions the manipulation region is divided into, and conversely, the simpler the page content, the fewer sub-regions the manipulation region is divided into.

And 102, detecting user operation responded by the corresponding sub-area in each sub-area of the control area.

As a possible implementation, sensors can be arranged inside the recess, which sensors can be used to detect user operations in the individual subregions of the operating region.

The user operation may include clicking or sliding, the user operations responded by different sub-areas may be different, and the user operation responded by each sub-area may be determined according to the currently displayed page. This will be described in detail later, and will not be described in detail here.

Optionally, the corresponding sub-area division manner and the sub-area response user operation may be set for each page in advance, and when the page is displayed, the corresponding sub-area division manner and the sub-area response user operation are read, and detection is performed in the control area accordingly.

And 103, when the user operation responded by the sub-area is detected, setting a control program in the page according to the user operation.

In this embodiment, when the sensor inside the groove detects a user operation responded by the sub-region in the manipulation region, the plurality of control strategies of the sub-region are queried according to the user operation to obtain a control strategy matched with the user operation, and parameters of the control program are adjusted according to the control strategy, so that the control program in the page is set.

The control strategy is used for indicating the parameters of the control program to be adjusted and the values of the parameters after adjustment. In the process of displaying the same page, each sub-region corresponds to a plurality of control strategies, and each control strategy is matched with one user operation, so that the control strategies matched with the sub-regions can be inquired according to the user operation executed by the user in a certain sub-region, and the parameters of the control program adjusted according to the control strategies are adjusted values indicated by the control strategies.

And 104, controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the set control program.

The set control program comprises values of control parameters when the household appliance runs. Taking the washing machine as an example, the control program may include values of washing duration, rotation speed, and the like. And controlling the household appliance to operate according to the values of the control parameters.

For clarity of illustration of the present embodiment, the present embodiment provides several possible application scenarios, different application scenarios are displayed with different program setting pages, and different program setting pages have different program setting contents. For convenience of distinction, the program setting pages are referred to as a first program setting page, a second program setting page, a third program setting page, and a fourth program setting page. The following will describe the various scenarios:

scene one:

if the page displayed in step 101 is the first program setting page, the manipulation area includes a first sub-area. And the user operation responded by the first sub-area is a target operation, and the target operation carries direction information.

As shown in fig. 2A, the grooves are arranged longitudinally, a straight line with a double-headed arrow is arranged in the manipulation area, and the area where the straight line with the double-headed arrow is located is the first sub-area. The user can place a finger in the groove, and the finger continuously slides upwards or downwards in the first sub-area, so that the target operation carries direction information.

Scene two:

and if the displayed page is the second program setting page, the control area comprises a first sub-area and a second sub-area. And the user operation responded by the second sub-area is a trigger operation, and the trigger operation does not carry direction information.

As shown in fig. 2B, the grooves are arranged longitudinally, and the operation area includes an area where the OK key is located and an area where a straight line with a double-headed arrow is located above the OK key. The area where the OK key is located is a second sub-area and can respond to triggering operation; the area where the straight line with the double-headed arrow is located is a first sub-area and can respond to the sliding operation carrying the direction information. The user can perform sliding operation in the first area to select options in the display area, and can confirm the selection by triggering the OK key.

Scene three:

and if the displayed page is a third program setting page, the control area comprises a first sub-area and at least two second sub-areas.

As shown in fig. 2C, the grooves are arranged longitudinally, and the operation area includes an area where the OK key is located, an area where the return key is located, and an area where a straight line with a double-headed arrow is located. The area where the OK key is located and the area where the return key is located are both second sub-areas and can respond to triggering operation; the area where the straight line with the double-headed arrow is located is the first sub-area and can respond to the sliding operation. That is, the user may trigger the OK key or the return key, or perform a slide operation in an area where a straight line with a double-headed arrow is located.

Scene four:

and if the displayed page is the fourth program setting page, the control area comprises at least three second sub-areas. That is, when the page displays the fourth program setting page, only the trigger operation without carrying the direction information can be performed in the manipulation area.

As shown in fig. 2D, the grooves are arranged longitudinally, and the manipulation area includes an up-shift key, an OK key, and a down-shift key. The areas where the three keys are respectively located are all the second subarea, and a user can perform triggering operation on the up moving key, the down moving key and the OK key.

It should be noted that the first program setting page, the second program setting page, the third program setting page, and the fourth program setting page have different program setting contents, that is, different types of control regions can be set according to different display contents of the home appliance page. For example, a first sub-area manipulation area is included and is suitable for setting the program to be a single page, and a manipulation area including the first sub-area and at least two second sub-areas is suitable for setting the page with a complex hierarchy.

Step 102 is described below with reference to the four types of manipulation areas, and for different scenes, when a user operation corresponding to a sub-area is detected, a control program in a page is set according to the user operation.

(1) Displaying a scene where a page sets a page for a first program

When the display page is a first program setting page, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, performing rolling display on the plurality of control programs in the first program setting page until the target operation is stopped; and when the scroll display is stopped, the control program displayed on the first program setting page is used as the target program selected by the user.

In this embodiment, the target operation may be a slide operation.

Specifically, when the pressing of the power key is detected, an operation interface is displayed. Taking the washing machine as an example, fig. 3A is a schematic diagram of the operation panel when the power key is not pressed, and fig. 3B is a schematic diagram of the operation panel when the power key is pressed. As shown in fig. 3A and 3B, the power key and the start key on the operation panel may be mechanical keys. When the user presses the power key, power is supplied, so that the operation interface in fig. 3C is displayed.

And the operation interface is used for displaying the control programs, and optionally, only one control program is displayed at the same time on the operation interface. As shown in fig. 3C, the program setting page may be displayed in a page display area in the operation interface. The displayed control program is switched by the sliding operation detected by the sensor in the groove in fig. 3A and 3B.

It should be noted that, when the power key is pressed, the control program displayed on the display operation interface may be the target program selected last time, or may be a control program specified in advance, for example, a control program sorted first, which is not limited in this embodiment.

And when the target operation is detected in the first sub-area, performing rolling display on the plurality of control programs according to the target operation. Specifically, if the operation direction of the target operation is a first direction, scrolling and displaying a plurality of control programs along a first sequence; if the operation direction of the target operation is a second direction, performing rolling display on the plurality of control programs along a second sequence; wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction; the second order is opposite to the first order.

As shown in fig. 2A, the grooves are arranged in the longitudinal direction, and the direction of the sliding operation is upward or downward in the longitudinal direction. Thus, if the sliding operation is the upward sliding, the plurality of control programs scroll the display in the forward order. Conversely, if the slide operation is a downward slide, the plurality of control programs scroll the display in reverse order.

The control programs are multiple, the sequencing among the multiple control programs may be based on the identification character sequence of the control programs, or may be based on the frequency selected by the control programs.

It should be noted that, if the sensor can detect the sliding distance or speed of the sliding operation, the scrolling speed when the plurality of control programs scroll the display, that is, the display time duration of each control program, can be adjusted according to the sliding distance or speed. The longer the sliding distance or the faster the speed, the shorter the display time period of each control program.

And when the target operation stop is detected, taking the control program displayed in the first setting page as the selected target program. Specifically, the user may continue to perform the target operation until the target program is scrolled to the desired selected target program, and then stop performing the target operation. So that the home appliance correspondingly stops the scroll display and displays only the target program selected by the user.

The target program is used for indicating values of various control parameter items when the household appliance runs, for example: for the washing machine, the parameter items include washing temperature, motor speed, washing duration of each step, and the like. Different control programs are formed by different value combinations of the parameter items, so that the washing process can be controlled finely.

(2) Scene with display page as second setting page

And under the condition that the display page is a second program setting page, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, controlling the cursor to move in the second program setting page according to the direction information of the target operation.

When the response triggering operation is detected in the second sub-area, adjusting the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor; wherein the options are used for setting parameters of the control program.

In this embodiment, the target manipulation may be a sliding operation.

Taking the manipulation area shown in fig. 2B as an example, the grooves are arranged longitudinally, and a user can perform a continuous sliding operation upward or downward in the area of the straight line with the double arrow. At this time, in the first sub-area, the corresponding sliding operation can be detected, and the cursor is controlled to move in the second program setting page according to the direction of the sliding operation. Wherein, the position of the cursor corresponds to the value of the option or the selected state.

When the user clicks the OK key confirmation option at the current position of the cursor, the trigger operation responded can be detected in the area where the OK key is located. And setting parameters of the control program according to the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor, for example, adjusting the default value to the value of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor. Thereby, the household appliance is operated according to the set control program.

(3) Displaying a scene where a page sets a page for a third program

And under the condition that the display page is a third program setting page, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, controlling the cursor to move in the third program setting page according to the direction information of the target operation.

When the response triggering operation is detected in one of the at least two second sub-areas, adjusting the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor; wherein the options are used for setting parameters of the control program.

And when the responded trigger operation is detected in another second sub-area of the at least two second sub-areas, determining the menu level of the currently displayed third program setting page, and displaying the menu at the upper level of the menu level.

Taking the steering zone shown in fig. 2C as an example, the steering zone includes a first sub-zone and two second sub-zones. The user can perform continuous sliding up or down operation in the first sub-area where the straight line with the double arrow is located. At this time, the corresponding sliding operation can be detected in the first sub-area, and the cursor is controlled to move in the third program setting page according to the direction of the sliding operation. That is, the user can perform a sliding operation in the first sub-area to move the cursor in the third program setting page to select a parameter value or state of the control program.

When the user clicks the OK key to confirm the selection at the current position of the cursor, the responding triggering operation can be detected in the area of the OK key. And setting parameters of the control program according to the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor, for example, adjusting the default value to the value of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor.

In this embodiment, the menu of the third program setting page has a plurality of levels, and when the user wants to return to the upper menu, the return key shown in fig. 2C may be activated. And when the second sub-area where the return key is positioned detects the responded triggering operation, determining the menu level of the currently displayed third program setting page, and displaying the previous menu of the current menu.

The control area in this embodiment is suitable for a program setting page with a menu level, and when a user wants to return to a previous menu for setting, a return key can be triggered, so that the control program can be refined and set individually by operating each sub-area in the control area.

(4) Displaying a scene with a page set for a fourth program

In a case where the display page is a fourth program setting page, when the responsive trigger operation is detected in one of the at least three second sub-areas, the cursor is controlled to move in the first direction within the fourth program setting page.

Controlling the cursor to move in a second direction within the fourth program setup page when the responsive trigger operation is detected within another one of the at least three second sub-areas; the first direction is different from the second direction.

And when the responding triggering operation is detected in one of the at least three second sub-areas, adjusting the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor.

Taking the operation area shown in fig. 2D as an example, the groove is longitudinally disposed, and the operation area includes three second sub-areas, which are an area where the upward movement key is located, an area where the OK key is located, and an area where the downward movement key is located.

When the user selects an option within the display area by activating the up-shift key, the responsive activation operation is detected within the first sub-area in which the up-shift key is located, and the cursor is controlled to move up within the fourth program setup page.

When the user selects an option within the display area by triggering the down-movement key, the responsive triggering operation is detected within the first sub-area in which the down-movement key is located, and the cursor is controlled to move down within the fourth program setup page.

Here, the upward direction may be taken as the first direction, and the downward direction may be taken as the second direction.

When the user clicks the OK key to confirm the selection at the current position of the cursor, the responding triggering operation can be detected in the second area where the OK key is located. And setting parameters of the control program according to the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor, for example, adjusting the default value to the value of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor.

According to the control area provided by the embodiment, a user can perform trigger operation in different second sub-areas to enable the cursor to move in the setting page along the first direction or the second direction, confirm the value or the state of the selected option, and adjust the parameter of the control program according to the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor, so that the value of the parameter of the control program can be selected according to needs, and the refinement and the individuation of the household appliance control are improved.

Further, in order to improve the accuracy of operation, the household appliance is precisely controlled, if at least two sub-areas exist in the control area, when user operation is detected in one sub-area of the control area, the rest sub-areas except the sub-area in the control area are forbidden.

As shown in fig. 2B, if the user trigger operation is detected in the sub-area of the OK key, the area where the straight line with the double-headed arrow is located is disabled to ensure that the confirmation operation is not affected.

As shown in the manipulation region of fig. 2C, if the trigger operation is detected in the region where the return key is located among the three sub-regions, the other two sub-regions are disabled, so that the return operation is not affected by the operations in the other sub-regions.

And if the user operation is not detected in one sub-area and reaches the preset time, restarting the other sub-areas. For example, taking the manipulation area shown in fig. 2C as an example, after the user triggers the return key, two other sub-areas are disabled except the sub-area where the return key is located. And after the third setting page returns to the upper-level menu, if the trigger operation is not detected within the preset time length of 5 seconds, starting the other two sub-areas again.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present invention further provides a control device of a household appliance. Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 4, the apparatus includes: a determination module 41, a detection module 42, a setting module 43, and an operation module 44.

The determining module 41 is configured to determine at least one sub-area in the manipulation area according to the displayed page.

And the detection module 42 is configured to detect, in each sub-area of the manipulation area, a user operation to which the corresponding sub-area responds.

And the setting module 43 is configured to, when the user operation responded by the sub-region is detected, set the control program in the page according to the user operation.

And the operation module 44 is used for controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the set control program.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the determining module 41 is further configured to:

if the first program setting page is displayed, the control area comprises a first sub-area;

and/or if the second program setting page is displayed, the control area comprises a first sub-area and a second sub-area;

and/or if a third program setting page is displayed, the control area comprises a first sub-area and at least two second sub-areas;

and/or if the fourth program setting page is displayed, the control area comprises at least three second sub-areas;

the user operation responded by the first sub-area is a target operation, and the target operation carries direction information; the user operation responded by the second sub-area is a trigger operation, and the trigger operation does not carry the direction information;

the first program setting page, the second program setting page, the third program setting page and the fourth program setting page have different program setting contents.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the setup module 43 is further configured to:

under the condition that a first program setting page is displayed, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, the plurality of control programs are displayed in a rolling mode in the first program setting page until the target operation is stopped being executed; and when the scroll display is stopped, the control program displayed on the first program setting page is used as the target program selected by the user.

under the condition that the second program setting page is displayed, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, controlling the cursor to move in the second program setting page according to the direction information of the target operation;

under the condition that a third program setting page is displayed, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, controlling the cursor to move in the third program setting page according to the direction information of the target operation;

when the response triggering operation is detected in one of the at least two second sub-areas, adjusting the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor; the options are used for setting parameters of the control program;

in the case of displaying the fourth program setting page, when the responsive trigger operation is detected in one of the at least three second sub-areas, controlling the cursor to move in the first direction within the fourth program setting page;

controlling the cursor to move in a second direction within the fourth program setup page when the responsive trigger operation is detected within another one of the at least three second sub-areas; the first direction is different from the second direction;

when the response triggering operation is detected in one more second subarea of the at least three second subareas, adjusting the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor; wherein the options are used for setting parameters of the control program.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus may further comprise:

and the forbidding module is used for forbidding other sub-areas except one sub-area in the control area after detecting the user operation responded by the corresponding sub-area in each sub-area of the control area and if the user operation is detected in one sub-area of the control area.

And the starting module is used for restarting the rest of the sub-areas if the user operation is not detected in one sub-area and reaches the preset time length.

In one embodiment of the invention, the manipulation area is disposed in a recess for receiving a finger of a user.

It should be noted that the foregoing explanation of the embodiment of the control method for the household appliance is also applicable to the control device for the household appliance in this embodiment, and is not repeated here.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present invention also provides a washing machine for performing the control method of the household appliance provided by the foregoing embodiments.

In order to implement the foregoing embodiments, the present invention further provides a computer device, which includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and running on the processor, and when the processor executes the computer program, the method for controlling a household appliance provided in the foregoing embodiments is implemented.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present invention also proposes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein when instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor, the control method of the household appliance provided by the foregoing embodiments is implemented.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present invention further proposes a computer program product, which when being executed by an instruction processor, executes a control method of a home appliance provided by implementing the foregoing embodiments.

FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary computer device suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present application. The computer device 12 shown in fig. 5 is only an example and should not bring any limitation to the function and scope of use of the embodiments of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 5, computer device 12 is in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of computer device 12 may include, but are not limited to: one or more processors or processing units 16, a system memory 28, and a bus 18 that couples various system components including the system memory 28 and the processing unit 16.

Bus 18 represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, and a processor or local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. These architectures include, but are not limited to, Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, Micro Channel Architecture (MAC) bus, enhanced ISA bus, Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, to name a few.

Computer device 12 typically includes a variety of computer system readable media. Such media may be any available media that is accessible by computer device 12 and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media.

Memory 28 may include computer system readable media in the form of volatile Memory, such as Random Access Memory (RAM) 30 and/or cache Memory 32. Computer device 12 may further include other removable/non-removable, volatile/nonvolatile computer system storage media. By way of example only, storage system 34 may be used to read from and write to non-removable, nonvolatile magnetic media (not shown in FIG. 5, and commonly referred to as a "hard drive"). Although not shown in FIG. 5, a disk drive for reading from and writing to a removable, nonvolatile magnetic disk (e.g., a "floppy disk") and an optical disk drive for reading from or writing to a removable, nonvolatile optical disk (e.g., a Compact disk Read Only memory (CD-ROM), a Digital versatile disk Read Only memory (DVD-ROM), or other optical media) may be provided. In these cases, each drive may be connected to bus 18 by one or more data media interfaces. Memory 28 may include at least one program product having a set (e.g., at least one) of program modules that are configured to carry out the functions of embodiments of the application.

A program/utility 40 having a set (at least one) of program modules 42 may be stored, for example, in memory 28, such program modules 42 including, but not limited to, an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which examples or some combination thereof may comprise an implementation of a network environment. Program modules 42 generally perform the functions and/or methodologies of the embodiments described herein.

Computer device 12 may also communicate with one or more external devices 14 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, display 24, etc.), with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with computer device 12, and/or with any devices (e.g., network card, modem, etc.) that enable computer device 12 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may be through an input/output (I/O) interface 22. Moreover, computer device 12 may also communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public Network such as the Internet) via Network adapter 20. As shown, network adapter 20 communicates with the other modules of computer device 12 via bus 18. It should be understood that although not shown in the figures, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with computer device 12, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, among others.

The processing unit 16 executes various functional applications and data processing, for example, implementing the methods mentioned in the foregoing embodiments, by executing programs stored in the system memory 28.

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 invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. 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 invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., 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 steps of a custom logic function or process, and alternate implementations are included within the scope of the preferred embodiment of the present invention in which functions may be executed out of order from that shown or discussed, including substantially concurrently or in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved, as would be understood by those reasonably skilled in the art of the present invention.

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. For the purposes of this description, a "computer-readable medium" can be any means that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable medium would include the following: an electrical connection (electronic device) having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette (magnetic device), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber device, and a portable compact disc read-only memory (CDROM). Additionally, the computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via for instance optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted or otherwise processed in a suitable manner if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.

It should be understood that portions of the present invention 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. If implemented in hardware, as in another embodiment, any one or combination of the following techniques, which are known in the art, may be used: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for implementing a logic function on a data signal, an application specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combinational logic gate circuit, a Programmable Gate Array (PGA), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps carried by the method for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a program, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the program is executed, the program includes one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention 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, if implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The storage medium mentioned above may be a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, etc. Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A control method of a household appliance is characterized by comprising the following steps:

determining at least one sub-region in an operation area according to a page displayed in a page display area in an operation interface, wherein the operation area is arranged in a groove, and the groove is used for accommodating a finger of a user; the groove is arranged on the control panel, and each sub-area in the control area responds to different user operations and corresponds to different control strategies;

when user operation responded by the sub-area is detected, setting a control program in the page according to the user operation, wherein the setting of the control program in the page comprises selecting a target program;

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the determining at least one sub-region within the manipulation region according to the displayed page comprises:

and/or if a second program setting page is displayed, the control area comprises the first sub-area and the second sub-area;

and/or if a third program setting page is displayed, the control area comprises the first sub-area and at least two second sub-areas;

and/or if a fourth program setting page is displayed, the control area comprises at least three second sub-areas;

3. The control method according to claim 2, wherein when the user operation responded to by the sub-area is detected, setting a control program in the page according to the user operation comprises:

under the condition that the first program setting page is displayed, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, rolling and displaying a plurality of control programs in the first program setting page until the target operation is stopped to be executed; and when the scroll display is stopped, the control program displayed on the first program setting page is used as a target program selected by a user.

4. The control method according to claim 2, wherein when the user operation responded to by the sub-area is detected, setting a control program in the page according to the user operation comprises:

under the condition that the second program setting page is displayed, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, controlling a cursor to move in the second program setting page according to the direction information of the target operation;

when the trigger operation responded is detected in the second sub-area, adjusting the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor; wherein the option is used for setting parameters of the control program.

5. The method for controlling a home appliance according to claim 2, wherein the setting of the control program in the page according to the user operation when the user operation responded to the sub-area is detected comprises:

under the condition that the third program setting page is displayed, when the responded target operation is detected in the first sub-area, controlling a cursor to move in the third program setting page according to the direction information of the target operation;

when the trigger operation responded is detected in one of the at least two second sub-areas, adjusting the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor; the options are used for setting parameters of a control program;

when the trigger operation is detected in response in another second sub-area of the at least two second sub-areas, determining a menu level of the currently displayed third program setting page, and displaying a menu at a higher level than the menu level.

6. The method for controlling a home appliance according to claim 2, wherein the setting of the control program in the page according to the user operation when the user operation responded to the sub-area is detected comprises:

in a case where the fourth program setting page is displayed, when the trigger operation in response is detected in one of the at least three second sub-areas, controlling a cursor to move in a first direction within the fourth program setting page;

controlling the cursor to move in a second direction within the fourth program setup page when the trigger operation in response is detected within another one of the at least three second sub-areas; the first direction is different from the second direction;

when the trigger operation responded is detected in a second subregion of the at least three second subregions, adjusting the value or the selected state of the option corresponding to the position of the cursor; wherein the option is used for setting parameters of the control program.

7. The method for controlling a home appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein after detecting the user operation responded to the corresponding sub-area in each sub-area of the manipulation area, the method further comprises:

if user operation is detected in one sub-region of the control region, disabling the rest sub-regions except the one sub-region in the control region;

and if the user operation is not detected in the sub-area for a preset time, restarting the rest sub-areas.

8. A control device of a household appliance, characterized by comprising:

the device comprises a determining module, a processing module and a display module, wherein the determining module is used for determining at least one sub-region in an operation region according to a page displayed in a page display region in an operation interface, the operation region is arranged in a groove, the groove is arranged on a control panel, and the groove is used for accommodating fingers of a user; each sub-area in the control area responds to different user operations and corresponds to different control strategies;

the setting module is used for setting a control program in the page according to the user operation when the user operation responded by the sub-area is detected, and the setting of the control program in the page comprises selecting a target program;

9. A washing machine characterized by performing the control method of a home appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 7.