CN108694818A - Water equipment and its consumptive material replace based reminding method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for reminding the replacement of consumables for water equipment, which comprises the following steps: the water equipment obtains the current use time of the consumables; according to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of the consumables, the buzzer of the water equipment is controlled to correspond to different The frequency of beep reminder. The invention also discloses a water device. The present invention can remind the user to replace the consumables in time when the consumables of the water equipment are approaching the service life, thereby preventing the use of the expired consumables of the water equipment from affecting the user's health.

Description

Reminder method for replacing water equipment and its consumables

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of water equipment, in particular to a water equipment and a method for reminding replacement of consumables thereof.

Background technique

When users use water equipment such as water purifiers or water dispensers, they usually pay little attention to the usage and running time of consumables. Therefore, in order to remind users to replace consumables such as filters in time, existing water equipment usually uses timer modules to remind users Replace consumables in a timely manner. However, the timer module only displays and reminds the running time in the form of indicator lights or icons, etc., requiring users to pay attention to the displayed content during use, so as to pay attention to the usage and running time of related consumables. In this way, when the service life of the consumable is reached, but the user fails to see the displayed reminder in time, the consumable will continue to be used, thereby affecting the health of the user.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a replacement reminder method for water equipment and its consumables, which aims to remind users to replace the consumables in time when the consumables of the water equipment are approaching their service life, so as to prevent the health of users from being affected by the use of expired consumables of the water equipment .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for reminding the replacement of consumables for water equipment, which includes the following steps:

Obtain the current usage time of consumables with water equipment;

According to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of the consumables, the buzzer of the water equipment is controlled to perform buzzing reminders corresponding to different frequencies.

Preferably, according to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of the consumables, the step of controlling the buzzer of the water equipment to buzz at different frequencies corresponding to reminding includes:

When the current use time reaches a predetermined time before the life time of the consumables, the buzzer of the water-using equipment beeps at a first predetermined frequency to remind;

When the current usage time reaches the life time of the consumable, the buzzer of the water-using equipment buzzes at a second predetermined frequency to remind.

Preferably, after the step of the buzzer of the water-using equipment beeping at a first predetermined frequency to remind when the current use time reaches the predetermined time before the life time of consumables, the step further includes:

Detecting the button state of the reset button of the water device;

When the pressing state of the reset key is the reset state, the current usage time of the consumables is cleared.

Preferably, the step of detecting the key state of the reset key of the water device includes:

When the key signal of the reset key is detected, it is judged whether the key signal lasts for a preset time;

When the key signal lasts for a preset time, it is determined that the key state of the reset key is a reset state.

Preferably, when the key signal of the reset key is detected, after the step of judging whether the key signal lasts for a preset time, the step further includes:

When the key signal does not reach the preset time, the water device continues to acquire the current usage time of the consumables.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a water device, the water device includes:

The acquisition module is used to acquire the current usage time of consumables;

The control module is used to control the buzzer of the water-using equipment to perform buzzing reminders corresponding to different frequencies according to the relationship between the current usage time and the life time of the consumables.

Preferably, the control module includes:

The first reminding unit is used to remind the buzzer of the water-using equipment to beep at a first predetermined frequency when the current use time reaches a predetermined time before the life time of the consumable;

The second reminding unit is configured to, when the current usage time reaches the life time of the consumable, the buzzer of the water-using equipment beeps at a second predetermined frequency to remind.

Preferably, the control module also includes:

A detection unit, used to detect the key state of the reset key of the water-using equipment;

The processing unit is configured to reset the current usage time of the consumable when the key state of the reset key is a reset state.

Preferably, the detection unit includes:

A judging subunit, configured to judge whether the key signal lasts for a preset time when the key signal of the reset key is detected;

The determining subunit is configured to determine that the key state of the reset key is a reset state when the key signal lasts for a preset time.

Preferably, the acquisition module is also used for:

When the key signal does not reach the preset time, the water device continues to acquire the current usage time of the consumables.

The water-using equipment and its consumable replacement reminder method provided by the present invention control the buzzer of the water-using equipment to buzz at different frequencies by acquiring the current use time of the consumables and according to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of the consumables remind. In this way, when the current use time of the consumables of the water equipment is approaching the service life, the user can be reminded to replace the consumables in time, thereby preventing the use of expired consumables of the water equipment from affecting the user's health.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of the first embodiment of the method for reminding the replacement of consumables for water equipment according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the refinement flow chart of the first embodiment of controlling the buzzer of the water equipment to buzz at corresponding different frequencies according to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of consumables in the steps in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a detailed flow chart of the second embodiment of controlling the buzzer of the water equipment to buzz at different frequencies according to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of the consumables in the steps in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the schematic flow chart of the first embodiment of step detecting the button state of the reset button of the water-using device in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is the refinement flow diagram of the second embodiment of the step of detecting the button state of the reset button of the water-using device in Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of an embodiment of the water equipment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a detailed functional module of the first embodiment of the control module in FIG. 6;

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a refined functional module of the second embodiment of the control module in Fig. 6;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a detailed functional module of the detection unit in FIG. 8 .

The realization of the purpose of the present invention, functional characteristics and advantages will be further described in conjunction with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed ways

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 1, in one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for reminding the replacement of consumables for water equipment, including the following steps:

Step S1, obtaining the current usage time of consumables with water equipment;

In this embodiment, the water-using equipment may be water purifiers, water dispensers, water heaters and other equipment that require water, and the consumables may be filter elements, batteries, etc. The following descriptions of the present invention will be made using filter elements as examples.

The current usage time of the consumables can be counted by a built-in timer when the water-using equipment is powered on, and transmitted to the memory of the water-using equipment in real time or at regular intervals. When the timer regularly transmits the current usage time of the consumables to the memory, it can be in units of hours or days. Set different sending time intervals according to the actual life of the consumables. When the sending time interval is met, the current usage of the consumables will be The time is sent to memory for storage.

Step S2, according to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of the consumables, control the buzzer of the water equipment to beep at corresponding different frequencies.

In this embodiment, according to the relationship between the current use time of the consumables and the life time of the consumables, for example: when the current use time of the consumables is far from the life time of the consumables, the buzzer of the water equipment can be controlled to beep at a lower frequency. Beep reminder; when the current use time of the consumable is close to the life of the consumable, the buzzer of the water equipment can be controlled to beep at a higher frequency to remind. The number of specific reminders can be reasonably set according to the specific water equipment, the type of consumables, and the actual needs of the user. For example, when the water equipment is a water dispenser and the consumable is a filter element, due to the high requirements of the user for drinking water, when the service life of the filter element is about to reach , in order to prevent the user from noticing the use of the filter element, multiple reminders can be set: for example, when the service life of the filter element is 7 days, the buzzer can be controlled for the first reminder at a lower frequency; when the filter element is used When there are 3 days left in the service life, the buzzer can be controlled to remind for the second time at a medium frequency; when the service life of the filter element reaches the last day, the buzzer can be controlled to remind for the third time at the highest frequency. It is understandable that as the life time of the consumables approaches, the frequency of the buzzer reminder becomes higher and higher, in order to prevent the user from being away from home when the buzzer reminds for the first, second or third time. Or not near the water dispenser, the timer is not reset because the beep is not heard, that is, when the user resets the timer, the water device will no longer beep to remind.

The consumable replacement reminder method for water equipment provided by the present invention controls the buzzer of the water equipment to perform buzzer reminders at different frequencies by acquiring the current use time of the consumables and according to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of the consumables . In this way, when the current use time of the consumables of the water equipment is approaching the service life, the user can be reminded to replace the consumables in time, thereby preventing the use of expired consumables of the water equipment from affecting the user's health.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, step S2 includes:

Step S21, when the current use time reaches a predetermined time before the life time of consumables, the buzzer of the water-using equipment beeps at a first predetermined frequency to remind;

In this embodiment, when the current usage time of the consumable is a predetermined time such as 7 days from the life time of the consumable, the water device controls the buzzer to beep at a lower first predetermined frequency. It can be understood that, since different consumables have different service life times, different service life times may be correspondingly set according to different consumable materials. For water equipment with high water requirements, such as water dispensers, when the current use time of consumables such as filter elements reaches the predetermined time such as 7 days before the life of the consumables, the buzzer can be controlled to remind at the first predetermined frequency such as every 3h. Each reminder can last for 10s; for relatively low water consumption equipment such as water heaters, the buzzer can be controlled at the first predetermined frequency when the current use time of consumables such as filter elements reaches the predetermined time before the life of the consumables, such as 3 days. For example, the buzzer reminds once every 4 hours, and each reminder can last for 10 seconds.

Step S22, when the current use time reaches the life time of the consumable, the buzzer of the water-using equipment beeps at a second predetermined frequency to remind.

In this embodiment, when the current usage time of the consumables reaches the life time of the consumables, the water-using device controls the buzzer to beep at a higher second predetermined frequency to remind. It can be understood that, since different consumables have different service life times, different service life times may be correspondingly set according to different consumable materials. For water equipment with high water requirements, such as water dispensers, when the current use time of consumables such as filter elements reaches the life of the consumables, the buzzer can be controlled to remind once at the second predetermined frequency, such as every 30 minutes, and each reminder can last for 12s Time: For water equipment with relatively low water requirements such as water heaters, when the current use time of consumables such as filter elements reaches the life time of consumables, the buzzer can be controlled to remind once at a second predetermined frequency, such as every 30 minutes. Each reminder can Lasts for 10s. It should be understood that the specific numerical values listed above are only used to help understand the solution, and are not limiting.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3 , on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , after the step S21, it further includes:

Step S23, detecting the key state of the reset key of the water-using equipment;

In this embodiment, the water device also has a reset button that controls the timer to reset the time. In order to avoid misoperation caused by the user touching or pressing the reset button, the button state of the reset button can be detected. To determine whether the time of the timer needs to be cleared.

Step S24 , when the pressing state of the reset key is the reset state, clear the current usage time of the consumables.

In this embodiment, when the water device detects that the button state of the reset button is the reset state, the timer is controlled to clear the recorded current usage time of the consumables. The service life time of has been reached, and the consumables need to be replaced. It can be understood that once it is detected that the button state of the reset button of the water device is in the reset state, no matter how many times the buzzer of the water device has buzzed to remind at this time, the current use time of the consumables will be cleared at this time. Zero processing.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the step S23 includes:

Step S231, when the key signal of the reset key is detected, determine whether the key signal lasts for a preset time;

In this embodiment, the specific method of detecting the button state of the reset button of the water-using device may be: when the user touches or presses the reset button with a finger, a button signal will be triggered, and the water-using device will obtain the button signal duration, and judge whether the duration of the key signal lasts for a preset time such as 5s. In other embodiments, the preset time may be reasonably set according to actual conditions, which is not limited here.

Step S232, when the key signal lasts for a preset time, determine that the key state of the reset key is a reset state.

In this embodiment, when the water device judges that the key signal lasts for a preset time, it indicates that the user did not trigger the key signal due to misoperation at this time, so it can be determined that the key state of the reset key is the reset state.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5 , on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 , after step S231, it further includes:

Step S233, when the key signal does not reach the preset time, the water device continues to obtain the current usage time of the consumable.

In this embodiment, when the water device judges that the key signal has not reached the preset time, it indicates that the user's real intention at this time is not to reset the timer, but the key signal is triggered due to misoperation. Therefore, at this time, the water-using device may continue to obtain the current usage time of the consumable, and send it to the storage of the water-using device for storage, so as to subsequently determine the relationship between the current usage time and the life time of the consumable.

The present invention also provides a water-using device 100. Referring to FIG. 6, in one embodiment, the water-using device 100 includes:

An acquisition module 10, configured to acquire the current usage time of consumables;

In this embodiment, the water-using equipment may be water purifiers, water dispensers, water heaters and other equipment that require water, and the consumables may be filter elements, batteries, etc. The following descriptions of the present invention will be made using filter elements as examples.

The current usage time of the consumables can be counted by a built-in timer when the water-using equipment is powered on, and transmitted to the memory of the water-using equipment in real time or at regular intervals. When the timer regularly transmits the current usage time of the consumables to the memory, it can be in units of hours or days. Set different sending time intervals according to the actual life of the consumables. When the sending time interval is met, the current usage of the consumables will be The time is sent to memory for storage.

The control module 20 is configured to control the buzzer of the water equipment to perform buzzing reminders corresponding to different frequencies according to the relationship between the current usage time and the life time of the consumables.

In this embodiment, according to the relationship between the current use time of the consumables and the life time of the consumables, for example: when the current use time of the consumables is far from the life time of the consumables, the buzzer of the water equipment can be controlled to beep at a lower frequency. Beep reminder; when the current use time of the consumable is close to the life of the consumable, the buzzer of the water equipment can be controlled to beep at a higher frequency to remind. The number of specific reminders can be reasonably set according to the specific water equipment, the type of consumables, and the actual needs of the user. For example, when the water equipment is a water dispenser and the consumable is a filter element, due to the high requirements of the user for drinking water, when the service life of the filter element is about to reach , in order to prevent the user from noticing the use of the filter element, multiple reminders can be set: for example, when the service life of the filter element is 7 days, the buzzer can be controlled for the first reminder at a lower frequency; when the filter element is used When there are 3 days left in the service life, the buzzer can be controlled to remind for the second time at a medium frequency; when the service life of the filter element reaches the last day, the buzzer can be controlled to remind for the third time at the highest frequency. It is understandable that as the life time of the consumables approaches, the frequency of the buzzer reminder becomes higher and higher, in order to prevent the user from being away from home when the buzzer reminds for the first, second or third time. Or not near the water dispenser, the timer is not reset because the beep is not heard, that is, when the user resets the timer, the water device will no longer beep to remind.

The consumable replacement reminder method for water equipment provided by the present invention controls the buzzer of the water equipment to perform buzzer reminders at different frequencies by acquiring the current use time of the consumables and according to the relationship between the current use time and the life time of the consumables . In this way, when the current use time of the consumables of the water equipment is approaching the service life, the user can be reminded to replace the consumables in time, thereby preventing the use of expired consumables of the water equipment from affecting the user's health.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the control module 20 includes:

The first reminding unit 201 is configured to alert the buzzer of the water-using equipment at a first predetermined frequency when the current use time reaches a predetermined time before the life time of the consumable;

In this embodiment, when the current usage time of the consumable is a predetermined time such as 7 days from the life time of the consumable, the water device controls the buzzer to beep at a lower first predetermined frequency. It can be understood that, since different consumables have different service life times, different service life times may be correspondingly set according to different consumable materials. For water equipment with high water requirements, such as water dispensers, when the current use time of consumables such as filter elements reaches the predetermined time such as 7 days before the life of the consumables, the buzzer can be controlled to remind at the first predetermined frequency such as every 3h. Each reminder can last for 10s; for relatively low water consumption equipment such as water heaters, the buzzer can be controlled at the first predetermined frequency when the current use time of consumables such as filter elements reaches the predetermined time before the life of the consumables, such as 3 days. For example, the buzzer reminds once every 4 hours, and each reminder can last for 10 seconds.

The second reminding unit 202 is configured to, when the current usage time reaches the life time of the consumable, the buzzer of the water-using equipment beeps at a second predetermined frequency to remind.

In this embodiment, when the current usage time of the consumables reaches the life time of the consumables, the water-using device controls the buzzer to beep at a higher second predetermined frequency to remind. It can be understood that, since different consumables have different service life times, different service life times may be correspondingly set according to different consumable materials. For water equipment with high water requirements, such as water dispensers, when the current use time of consumables such as filter elements reaches the life of the consumables, the buzzer can be controlled to remind once at the second predetermined frequency, such as every 30 minutes, and each reminder can last for 12s Time: For water equipment with relatively low water requirements such as water heaters, when the current use time of consumables such as filter elements reaches the life time of consumables, the buzzer can be controlled to remind once at a second predetermined frequency, such as every 30 minutes. Each reminder can Lasts for 10s. It should be understood that the specific numerical values listed above are only used to help understand the solution, and are not limiting.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the control module 20 further includes:

A detection unit 203, configured to detect the button state of the reset button of the water device;

In this embodiment, the water device also has a reset button that controls the timer to reset the time. In order to avoid misoperation caused by the user touching or pressing the reset button, the button state of the reset button can be detected. To determine whether the time of the timer needs to be cleared.

The processing unit 204 is configured to reset the current usage time of the consumable when the key state of the reset key is the reset state.

In this embodiment, when the water device detects that the button state of the reset button is the reset state, the timer is controlled to clear the recorded current usage time of the consumables. The service life time of has been reached, and the consumables need to be replaced. It can be understood that once it is detected that the button state of the reset button of the water device is in the reset state, no matter how many times the buzzer of the water device has buzzed to remind at this time, the current use time of the consumables will be cleared at this time. Zero processing.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the detection unit 203 includes:

A judging subunit 2031, configured to judge whether the key signal lasts for a preset time when the key signal of the reset key is detected;

In this embodiment, the specific method of detecting the button state of the reset button of the water-using device may be: when the user touches or presses the reset button with a finger, a button signal will be triggered, and the water-using device will obtain the button signal duration, and judge whether the duration of the key signal lasts for a preset time such as 5s. In other embodiments, the preset time may be reasonably set according to actual conditions, which is not limited here.

The determining subunit 2032 is configured to determine that the pressing state of the reset key is a reset state when the pressing signal lasts for a preset time.

In this embodiment, when the water device judges that the key signal lasts for a preset time, it indicates that the user did not trigger the key signal due to misoperation at this time, so it can be determined that the key state of the reset key is the reset state.

In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the acquisition module 10 is further configured to:

When the key signal does not reach the preset time, the water device continues to acquire the current usage time of the consumables.

In this embodiment, when the water device judges that the key signal has not reached the preset time, it indicates that the user's real intention at this time is not to reset the timer, but the key signal is triggered due to misoperation. Therefore, at this time, the water-using device may continue to obtain the current usage time of the consumable, and send it to the storage of the water-using device for storage, so as to subsequently determine the relationship between the current usage time and the life time of the consumable.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the description of the present invention and the contents of the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly used in other related technical fields , are all included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention in the same way.

Claims (10)

1. a kind of consumptive material of water equipment replaces based reminding method, which is characterized in that the consumptive material of the water equipment replaces prompting side Method includes the following steps:

Water equipment obtains the currently used time of consumptive material;

According to the relationship of the currently used time and consumptive material life-span time, the buzzer for controlling water equipment is different with correspondence Frequency carries out buzzing prompting.

2. the consumptive material of water equipment as described in claim 1 replaces based reminding method, which is characterized in that described according to described current The relationship of usage time and consumptive material life-span time controls the buzzer of water equipment and carries out buzzing prompting with the different frequency of correspondence The step of include:

At the predetermined time before the currently used time reaches the consumptive material life-span time, the buzzer of the water equipment is with One preset frequency buzzing is reminded;

When the currently used time reaching the consumptive material life-span time, the buzzer of the water equipment is with the second predetermined frequency Rate buzzing is reminded.

3. the consumptive material of water equipment as claimed in claim 2 replaces based reminding method, which is characterized in that described currently to make described When reaching the predetermined time before the consumptive material life-span time with the time, the buzzer of the water equipment is carried with the first preset frequency buzzing Further include after awake step:

Detect the key-press status of the reset key of the water equipment;

When the key-press status of the reset key is reset state, the currently used time clearing of the consumptive material is handled.

4. the consumptive material of water equipment as claimed in claim 3 replaces based reminding method, which is characterized in that the detection is described to use water The step of key-press status of the reset key of equipment includes:

When detecting the push button signalling of the reset key, judge whether the push button signalling continues preset time;

When the push button signalling continues preset time, judge the key-press status of the reset key for reset state.

5. the consumptive material of water equipment as claimed in claim 4 replaces based reminding method, which is characterized in that described described in detecting When the push button signalling of reset key, judge further include after the step of whether push button signalling continues preset time:

When the push button signalling is not up to the preset time, the water equipment continues to obtain the currently used of the consumptive material Time.

6. a kind of water equipment, which is characterized in that the water equipment includes:

Acquisition module, the currently used time for obtaining consumptive material;

Control module controls the buzzing of water equipment for the relationship according to the currently used time and consumptive material life-span time Device carries out buzzing prompting with the different frequency of correspondence.

7. water equipment as claimed in claim 6, which is characterized in that the control module includes:

First reminding unit, at the predetermined time before the currently used time reaches the consumptive material life-span time, the use The buzzer of wetting system is reminded with the first preset frequency buzzing;

Second reminding unit, for when the currently used time reaching the consumptive material life-span time, the water equipment Buzzer is reminded with the second preset frequency buzzing.

8. water equipment as claimed in claim 7, which is characterized in that the control module further includes:

Detection unit, the key-press status of the reset key for detecting the water equipment;

Processing unit is used for when the key-press status of the reset key is reset state, by the currently used time of the consumptive material Clearing is handled.

9. water equipment as claimed in claim 8, which is characterized in that the detection unit, including:

Judgment sub-unit, it is pre- for when detecting the push button signalling of the reset key, judging whether the push button signalling continues If the time;

Subelement is judged, for when the push button signalling continues preset time, judging that the key-press status of the reset key is multiple Position state.

10. water equipment as claimed in claim 9, which is characterized in that the acquisition module is additionally operable to:

When the push button signalling is not up to the preset time, the water equipment continues to obtain the currently used of the consumptive material Time.