CN109960454B

CN109960454B - User parameter input method and device of electrical equipment and electrical equipment using method

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Publication number: CN109960454B
Application number: CN201910180973.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 柳开先
Original assignee: Shenzhen Nuowei Control Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Nuowei Control Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-11
Filing date: 2019-03-11
Publication date: 2022-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 2039-03-11
Also published as: CN109960454A

Abstract

A method and device for inputting user parameters of electric appliance and electric appliance using the method are disclosed, wherein the user parameters of electric appliance are inputted on a plane interactive unit in a two-dimensional mode, an effective/invalid input area allowing the parameters to be inputted is dynamically calculated and displayed on the interactive unit under the guidance of a user parameter input guide, and only the input of the user parameters in the form of pointing/drawing lines in the effective input area is accepted, so as to ensure that the inputted user parameters are realizable. The invention has the advantages that the user parameters of the electrical equipment can realize the effective input of two dimensions of time and parameter values, and the input parameters are ensured to be effective and realizable, thereby solving the problems that the parameters can only be input in one dimension in the parameter direction in the prior art, the number of mode combinations is limited, and the equipment support problem is generated for solving the two problems, and greatly enriching the requirements of the user on individually customizing and storing the parameters.

Description

User parameter input method and device of electrical equipment and electrical equipment using method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of electric appliance control, in particular to a two-dimensional guide input method and device for user parameters of electric appliance equipment and the electric appliance equipment using the method.

Background

Electrical equipment and systems using electrical equipment are common in daily life and work and are important components of modern material civilization. To use the appliance, it is necessary to interact with the device, input a purpose by the user, and output a response by the appliance. For example, the air conditioning system needs to input temperature, wind speed, wind outlet angle, timing, fresh air volume, working mode and the like; the electric cooker needs to input a working mode; the television needs to input program channels, volume, interface parameters and the like; industrial equipment needs to input process parameters; the electric fan needs to input the wind speed grade and the like; the computer needs to input characters; etc. Input is a prerequisite for a user to utilize a device service. The input is so important that the equipment manufacturers constantly improve the input mode of people for a long time without leaving much effort, and the input is convenient and accurate as much as possible. The current input modes of users include a keyboard, a mouse, touch and the like; the user input content includes data, text, drawing lines, voice input, and the like. The problem in the prior art is that most of electrical equipment only has one dimension, namely a static parameter dimension, but does not have a time dimension, for example, the air conditioner temperature is adjusted, at present, a user can only input a temperature value on an interface, then the equipment responds to the input, the indoor temperature is adjusted to a set value within a certain time, and the user needs to reset the temperature value when another temperature value is needed after a period of time, and the steps are repeated, so that the complexity of the user in using the electrical equipment to meet the self requirement is increased. Secondly, in order to solve the first problem, the manufacturer provides some working modes for the user to select, wherein the working modes are combinations of a series of preset parameters, but the working modes provided by the manufacturer are limited and cannot meet the requirement of user personalization at all; after the user sets the electrical equipment individually, the electrical equipment is limited by performance and cannot provide support for the individual setting of the user in the environment; the current input method of the electrical equipment generally has the three problems, and the technical scheme of the invention is to solve the problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides an input method and device of electrical equipment and the electrical equipment using the method. To solve at least the problems of one-dimensional input of the user parameters of the electrical equipment, mode stepless combination input generated by multi-parameter combination and equipment support generated by the mode stepless combination in the related art.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input method of an electric appliance, including the steps of:

s1) generating an appliance user parameter input guide on the display screen, the input guide including a graphic frame associated with an appliance parameter, the graphic frame including a horizontal axis representing time and a vertical axis representing appliance parameter, the horizontal axis having a start and an end corresponding to a time interval during which the input parameter acts on the appliance;

s2), setting and displaying the input range of the electrical parameters allowed by the electrical equipment at the beginning of the horizontal axis as the currently allowed effective input area;

s3) in response to a pointing/drawing operation of a user within the graphic frame of the display screen, confirming a setting of a parameter point (time 1, parameter 1) or a parameter line ((time 0, parameter 0), (time 1, parameter 1)) and recording the setting for display within the graphic frame if the point/line is within the currently allowed valid input area, and not receiving the inputted operation if the point/line is outside the currently allowed valid input area;

s4) if the current setting is at the end where the horizontal axis direction does not exceed the horizontal axis, calculating and displaying the currently allowed valid input area on the basis of the point (time 1, parameter 1), and continuing to perform step S3; and if the current setting is at the end of the horizontal axis in the horizontal direction, storing the confirmed parameter point and parameter line composition parameter curve data on a nonvolatile storage medium, and sending the data to the main control unit of the electrical equipment to use the data as a control target.

Preferably, if a plurality of user parameters need to be input, steps S1-S4 are performed for each user parameter; if the input of a plurality of parameters has the sequence requirement, the steps S1-S4 are executed for each user parameter according to the sequence of the parameter setting, and the parameter input sequence is indicated by pictures and texts.

Preferably, the method further comprises the step of dividing the graphic frame area in the input guide into an effective input area and an ineffective input area according to the current time and the parameters.

Preferably, the method further comprises the step of displaying the effective input area or/and the ineffective input area in the graphic frame, and the boundary line of the effective area or the ineffective area at least comprises a section of limit parameter curve of the electrical equipment.

Preferably, the method further comprises the step of displaying the effective input area or/and the ineffective input area in the graphic frame, and the boundary line of the effective input area or the ineffective input area at least comprises a section of limit parameter curve of the electrical equipment.

Further, in the step S3, the pointing/drawing operation of the user in the graphic frame of the display screen is responded in time sequence, where the time is the time when the input parameters act on the electrical device.

Furthermore, the user parameter input guide comprises graphical guidance of the sequence of parameter input on the input interface, wherein the sequence is obtained by analyzing the correlation among the parameters of the multi-parameter system.

Further, the user parameter input guide comprises a graphic interpretation and guidance aiming at any parameter on the input interface, wherein the graphic interpretation and guidance are obtained by the capability of the analysis equipment for responding to the parameter, and the parameter area boundary of the graphic interpretation is dynamically changed and is changed along with the position change of the current user parameter input point.

Further, in step S4, the data input to the main control unit of the electrical appliance includes data representing a curve of the input user parameter with time, where the time sequentially changes from the beginning to the end of the horizontal axis, and the corresponding user parameters all fall within the valid parameter area.

In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a user parameter input device for an electric appliance, including:

the plane interaction unit comprises a display unit and an input unit, wherein the display unit is configured to display a user parameter input guide and a user pointing/scribing operation, and the input unit is configured to accept the pointing/scribing operation of a user on the display unit;

a storage unit configured to store parameter curve data after the pointing/drawing line inputted by the user at the input unit is analyzed;

the communication unit is configured to be connected with the electric appliance main control unit and send the user input parameters in the storage unit to the electric appliance main control unit;

a control unit, connected to the plane interaction unit, the storage unit and the communication unit, respectively, and configured to analyze an input of a user on the input unit: and whether to end the user parameter input process and instruct the communication unit to transmit the user parameter input data stored in the storage unit to the main control unit of the electrical equipment.

In another aspect of the present invention, an electrical appliance is provided, which includes the user parameter input device of the electrical appliance according to the present invention, and an electrical appliance main control unit in communication connection with the user parameter input device, wherein the input device performs the user parameter input method according to the present invention.

The method and the device for inputting the user parameters of the electrical equipment and the electrical equipment using the method or the device have the advantages that through the implementation of the method and the device, effective input of two dimensions of time and parameter values can be realized for any parameter of the electrical equipment, a plurality of parameters can be combined randomly to form an infinite plurality of working modes, and all input parameters are effectively realized, namely the input parameters are in a parameter range allowed by the electrical equipment under the environment, so that the problems that the parameters can only be input in one dimension in the parameter value direction, the mode combination quantity is limited, the equipment support problem is generated for solving the two problems in the prior art, and a user can customize the requirements of the user.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for inputting user parameters of an electrical appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a human-computer interface for illustrating an appliance user parameter input guide in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a human-computer interaction interface when sequential requirements are input for user parameter input of electrical equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram of an electrical equipment parameter input guide in an embodiment of the present invention, in which an active input area and an inactive input area are schematically divided;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of dynamic changes of an active input area and an inactive input area presented on a display screen under guidance of an input guide in an input process of a user parameter of an electrical appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the input parameters of the electrical equipment according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a complete input result of the parameter input wizard of the electrical equipment according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method for generating and displaying an input sequence guide of an electrical device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method for generating and displaying an appliance parameter input guide;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a user parameter input device of an electrical appliance according to the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another real-time embodiment of the user parameter input device of the electrical equipment according to the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a control system using the method and apparatus for inputting user device parameters of an electrical appliance in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a user parameter input detection routine in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is an input image filtered by the user parameter input detection routine in an embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an appliance control method for an appliance control device according to the present invention

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a user parameter input method of an electrical appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method and the flowchart implementing the method of the present invention depend on an electrical appliance user parameter input guide, the user parameter input guide creates a horizontal time axis and a vertical parameter axis on a display screen to form a two-dimensional reference system of a graphic frame, the horizontal axis and the vertical axis can form an L-shaped coordinate system on the display screen, a user can draw a time-parameter curve in the coordinate system, and the curve can be continuously changed along with the time axis, thereby overcoming the limitation that the past parameter input is performed in an edit box, only a single numerical value or a single character can be input, and increasing the imagination space and personalized experience of the user. Referring to fig. 1, it is illustrated how the method of the present invention uses a user parameter input guide to complete the parameter input process of the electrical appliance.

Step S101, responding to the input operation of the user, wherein the operation can be a signal from hardware or a call from a program, and corresponds to the touch or click or key operation of the user, and the operation is used for starting and running the user parameter input process of the invention to enter the user parameter input state;

step S102, generating an input guide of the user parameters of the electrical equipment on a display screen, wherein the input guide is associated with one user parameter, the input guide comprises a graphic frame associated with the electrical equipment parameter, the graphic frame comprises a horizontal axis representing time and a vertical axis representing the parameters of the electrical equipment, the horizontal axis is provided with a starting position and an ending position corresponding to a time interval of the input parameters acting on the electrical equipment, the horizontal axis is provided with scales which are uniformly or nonuniformly arranged, and each scale represents a time point;

step S103, at the beginning of the horizontal axis, setting and displaying the input range of the allowed electrical parameters of the electrical equipment as the currently allowed effective input area by calculation, where the calculation relates to the performance and working environment of the electrical equipment, and for some user parameters that need a certain time to reach, such as temperature, the temperature input range at the beginning is sometimes narrow. Therefore, the effective input range at the starting position is gradually widened along with the distance from the starting position, so that the area formed between two oblique lines which are respectively placed upwards and downwards to the right can be represented as an initial effective input area, the position of the initial effective input area is related to the ambient temperature for the temperature parameter, and the shape of the initial effective input area is related to the refrigerating capacity of the air conditioner;

step S104, responding to the pointing/drawing operation of the user in the graphic frame of the display screen, if the point/line is in the currently allowed effective input area, confirming the setting of the parameter point (time 1, parameter 1) or the parameter line ((time 0, parameter 0), (time 1, parameter 1)) and recording and displaying in the graphic frame, if the point/line is out of the currently allowed effective input area, not receiving the input operation, specifically, if the user inputs a point, judging whether the position of the point is in the effective input area, if the user inputs a point, judging whether the input of the corresponding user parameter of the point is effective, if the user inputs a line composed of a plurality of points, judging whether each of the lines is in the effective input area, if one of the points is not in the effective input area, judging that the line input by the user is outside the current effective input area, so as to ensure that the parameters of each input time point are effective, wherein in the parameter lines ((time 0, parameter 0), (time 1, parameter 1)), the starting point of the parameter line input by the user at the moment is represented by (time 0, parameter 0), and the end point of the parameter line input by the user at the moment is represented by (time 1, parameter 1), wherein the time 1 is greater than the time 0;

step S105, if the current setting is not at the end of the horizontal axis, calculating and displaying the currently allowed effective input area on the updated display screen according to the point (time 1, parameter 1), and continuing to execute step S104 of letting the user set the parameter point or line of the following time; and if the current setting is at the end of the horizontal axis in the horizontal direction, storing the confirmed parameter point and parameter line composition parameter curve data on a nonvolatile storage medium, and sending the data to the main control unit of the electrical equipment to use the data as a control target.

The invention adopts the dynamic update of the effective input area along with the input of the user, and can ensure that the parameters input at each time point are effective and realizable.

In the related technology, the parameters of the electric equipment input by the user can only be static discrete individual values and can not be input in a stepless manner, and the number of working modes of a plurality of parameter combinations is limited, so that the abundant and diversified individual requirements of customers can not be met. The invention adopts a graphic mode to input two-dimensional parameters, is convenient and efficient, adopts dynamic evaluation of parameter effectiveness, and ensures the realization of parameter values on electrical equipment while ensuring the maximization of parameter setting space.

In order to realize the method of the invention, a display unit (display screen) for displaying a user parameter input guide, an input unit (user input action detection) for accepting user operation and a storage unit for storing two-dimensional parameter data input by a confirmed user are required on hardware, the storage unit is used for storing the input result of the user parameter and also used as a personalized parameter and a repeated use basis, for example, 10-hour temperature parameter input can be formed for the air conditioner by the method of the invention, and the input result comprises (21:00,24 degrees), (22:00,25 degrees) (23: 00,25 degrees) (0: 00, 26 degrees) (1: 00, 26 degrees) (2: 00, 26 degrees) (3: 00, 26 degrees) (4: 00, 26 degrees) (5: 00, 27 degrees) (6: 00, 27 degrees). If the air-conditioning parameter is used as the air-conditioning parameter of 1-5 weeks in the week, the air-conditioning parameter can be called for repeated use after being named and stored.

Fig. 2 is a human-computer interaction interface of an electrical device input guide according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, after the device enters an input state, the content presented on the display unit (display screen) includes:

part 201: and the parameter navigation area displays all parameter lists required to be input by the electrical equipment. In this embodiment, three parameters are a parameter a, a parameter B, and a parameter C, respectively. It should be noted that this is merely an example for ease of understanding. In fact, the number and name of the parameters are different and not limited according to the electrical equipment.

Part 202: and the mode operation area is used for displaying an operation interface of the electrical equipment in a working mode. The method comprises five keys of saving, starting, stopping, deleting and newly adding. The storage operation key is used for storing input data of a user; the start and stop keys are used for starting and stopping the electrical equipment to operate according to the selected working mode; the deleting key is used for deleting the selected existing working mode or the parameter input by the user; the new key is used for a user to add a new working mode, and preferably, the user input response comprises that the user presses the new key to generate an electrical equipment user parameter input guide for the user to input a set of equipment parameters of the new working mode.

Part 203: and the data operation area displays operation keys for inputting numerical values, mainly time numerical values, by the user during input. Since the time axis is an infinite length ray from the starting point to the future in the present invention, but the display screen is limited and the time interval for display is limited, the time span needs to be set in some embodiments.

It should be noted that the navigation area, the data operation area and the mode operation area are displayed in other embodiments in the form of a pull-down menu or a pop-up menu, or in a more content manner. The present embodiment is illustrated for convenience of description and is not to be construed as limiting the invention.

220. Parts 230, 240: the parameters, respectively parameter A, B, C, are entered into the wizard interface, taking parameter a as an example:

part 221: this is the horizontal time axis of the coordinate system of the parameter a input area, which may be shared with the parameter B, C, or may use the time axes set separately, where there is a start and an end on the time axis, the default value of the start may be 0, and when starting the setting of the user parameter, the start is determined by the time start of the setting of the user parameter, for example, the absolute time may include date, time, minute, second, or the time of repeated execution, or the time of condition triggering; the end on the horizontal axis is determined by the time end set by the user parameter, and there is a time scale set uniformly between the start and the end on the time axis, and the time scale displayed can be set by the data operation area.

Part 222: this is the vertical parameter axis of the coordinate system of the parameter a input area, showing the parameter range that the electrical equipment parameter a can reach. And uniformly arranged parameter scales are arranged between the starting position and the ending position of the parameter shaft, and the interval of the parameter scales is determined according to the specific setting requirement of the parameter A.

Part 223: the parameter input area is a whiteboard part capable of pointing and marking, when in specific implementation, the evenly distributed grids can be divided according to the set time scales and parameter scales, each point occupies one grid, each marking occupies more than two grids adjacent to each other, the distance between the two adjacent grids reflects the minimum unit of the time and vertical axis parameters on the horizontal axis, for example, one grid (or 2 grids) is moved in the horizontal direction to represent 30 minutes, 2 grids are 60 minutes, and the like, one grid is moved in the vertical direction to represent the temperature of 1 degree centigrade (or other conventions), so that continuous drawing is directly digitalized and convenient to calculate through the grid arrangement, in other words, the horizontal axis and the vertical axis are respectively provided with evenly set time scales (such as hours and minutes) and parameter scales (such as temperature, air volume and air speed)

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention in which a plurality of parameter inputs have sequential requirements, resulting in a parameter input sequence wizard.

Some electrical equipment needs more than one user parameter setting, such as temperature and wind power, and the two user parameter settings are independent under certain conditions, so that the method of the invention can be implemented as long as the method is respectively carried out twice, namely (time, temperature) parameters and (time, wind power) parameters are respectively set, and the method is not related to sequence;

in some electrical devices, since parameters are set in association with each other, an input order needs to be determined. The relative order in this embodiment means that if a parameter a and a parameter B have a functional relationship such as a ═ f (t, B), where t is a time variable, B must be input before a is input.

In this embodiment, the parameter C has no functional relationship with a and B, so the input order of C is not limited. May be entered at any time, i.e., may be after, during, or before the input A, B.

Therefore, the parameter input sequence wizard sequentially generates the parameter input wizard according to the relative sequence, as shown in the 301 part of fig. 3, the parameter input wizard of the parameter C is directly generated because the input sequence of the parameter C is not limited, and the parameter a is a dependent variable of the parameter B, so the parameter B needs to be input first, the parameter input wizard of the parameter B needs to be generated first, and the parameter input wizard of the parameter a needs to be generated after the parameter input wizard of the parameter B is input.

The order of entry of the plurality of user parameters may also be indicated to the user in text or in a color display in other embodiments.

FIG. 4 is a parameter input guide for generating a certain input point in response to a user's pointing/drawing operation within the graphic frame of the display screen and a schematic diagram of the input generated in response to the user's parameter input, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, responding to a pointing/scribing operation within the display screen graphic frame involves on the display unit (display screen):

part 401 a: the time-parameter coordinate point of the pointing/scribing operation input at present.

Part 402 a: the input time-parameter coordinate point is a parameter change upper limit curve allowed by time change, and the curve can also be a straight line and represents the maximum value to which the electrical equipment parameter can be increased along with the time change under the condition of performance allowance.

Part 403 a: the input time-parameter coordinate point may be a lower limit curve of parameter change allowed by time change, and the curve may be a straight line, which indicates a minimum value to which the electrical equipment parameter can be reduced by time change under a performance-allowed condition, and may be in a form other than a straight line.

430 part: an input tool is shown, in the embodiment, a touch screen is preferably used as an input device, and the sliding motion of a finger on the touch screen is used as the input of the parameter; in other embodiments of the present invention, a mouse may be used as an input tool for pointing and drawing a line.

As shown in fig. 4, the parameter ranges that can be reached by the parameters 402a, 403a and the parameter B divide the input area of the parameter B into two parts, the area divided in the forward direction 402a and 403a of the time axis is the valid input area, and the reverse direction is the invalid input area. In other words, the acute angle region formed by 402a and 403a belongs to the valid input region, and the other part belongs to the invalid input region.

The active input area may be represented by a column of grids 440 on the time axis;

after the user inputs the time-parameter coordinate point, the programming may be arranged such that the time grid belonging to the invalid input area in the graphic frame is deleted and only the grids (meshes) belonging to the valid input area are displayed, so that the valid area is displayed more prominently;

fig. 5 is a parameter input guide generated in response to a user's pointing/drawing operation in the graphic frame of the display screen based on a previous input point generated in response to a user's pointing/drawing operation, and an input diagram generated in response to a user's parameter input, for representing a dynamic change of the parameter input guide according to the input points and responding to the user's parameter input being valid or invalid, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The distance between the next input point and the previous input point is purposely enlarged for ease of understanding. It should also be noted that the parameter input guide pattern generated at the previous input point is automatically deleted on the display as the input point moves from the previous input point to the next input point, and the new parameter input guide is displayed at the next point, but for comparison and understanding, the guide of the previous input point is not deleted in the figure. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

part 501 a: this is the secondary input point of 401 a. For convenience of description, the distances 401a and 501a are intentionally enlarged, and in fact, may be understood as two adjacent input points or input points located in two different grids in a grid that is uniformly distributed according to the set time scale and parameter scale; since 501a falls in the valid input area guided by the previous input point 401a, the input of 501a is valid and the input is recorded.

Sections 501b and 501 c: falling in the invalid input area guided by the previous input point 401a, the input is ignored.

Part 502 a: is an upper limit curve of the parameter change allowed by the time-parameter coordinate point 501a according to the time change, which can also be a straight line, and represents the maximum value to which the parameter of the electrical equipment can be increased along with the time change under the condition of performance allowance

Part 502 b: the input time-parameter coordinate point 501a may be a lower limit curve of parameter variation allowed by time variation, and the curve may be a straight line, which represents a minimum value to which the electrical equipment parameter can be reduced along with time variation under a performance-allowed condition.

And generating a new parameter input guide according to the parts 501a, 502a and 502b, updating the original time axis and parameter axis if the next point or the next segment of the drawn line is in the effective area when the user inputs the next point or the next segment of the drawn line, simultaneously scaling the original drawn line or the connecting line between the points, and displaying the original input information in a new coordinate system.

502a, 502B and the parameter range that the parameter B can reach divide the input area of the parameter B into two parts again with the input point 501a as the reference, and the area enclosed by the positive directions 502a and 502B of the time axis is the valid input area and the negative direction is the invalid input area.

Part 550: indicating a trajectory input by the user sliding on the parameter input guide download touch screen.

The parametric input guide generated at the 401b input point is significantly different from the parametric guide generated at the 401a input point. And the parameter guide and the effective input area are dynamically changed along with the movement of the input point to the positive time direction, and the parameter guide of the previous point restricts the input action of the next point so as to guide the user to carry out effective input.

Specifically, for the independent parameters, the independent parameters are irrelevant to the input of other parameters, the data of the parameter guide is generally preset in a main control program of the equipment, the guide data corresponding to each input point is obtained through table lookup, and a drawing instruction is formed and drawn in an input area corresponding to the display; and for the parameters which are mutually related, firstly inputting independent variable parameters according to the input sequence guide, then calculating parameter guide data in real time through the functional relation of the dependent variable parameters, and forming drawing instructions to be displayed in the corresponding input areas. It is obvious that the interrelationship between the parameters can be very complex, and varies from device to device, and is not listed here. It should be noted that the parameter sequence guide and the parameter guide that are viewed as input by the user are perceptually identical, and a differentiated experience is not generated due to the complexity of the parameter relationship.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the input of the parameter a and the parameter C after the input of the parameter B is completed. As shown in fig. 6, the following is briefly described:

part 650: and a complete input curve of the parameter B obtained in response to the input operation of the user.

After the input of the parameter B is finished, the parameter A can be input, and the parameter C can be input at any time.

611 part: is a schematic diagram of a time-parameter input coordinate point of the A parameter.

Part 612: the time-parameter input coordinate point of the parameter A is a parameter change upper limit curve allowed by time change, and the curve can also be a straight line and represents the maximum value to which the electrical equipment parameter can be increased along with the time change under the condition of performance allowance.

Part 613: the time-parameter coordinate point of the input of the parameter A is a parameter change lower limit curve allowed by time change, and the curve can also be a straight line and represents the minimum value to which the electrical equipment parameter can be reduced along with the time change under the condition of performance allowance.

651 part: a trace indicating that the user slides on the touch screen under the guidance of the parameter input guide to input the a parameter.

611. 612, 613 and a parameter a limit parameter curve divides the input of the parameter a into two parts, the area divided by 611, 612, 613 in the positive direction of time is the active input area and the area in the negative direction is the inactive input area.

621 part: is a schematic diagram of a time-parameter input coordinate point of the C parameter.

622 part: the time-parameter input coordinate point of the C parameter is a parameter change upper limit curve allowed by time change, and the curve can also be a straight line and represents the maximum value to which the parameters of the electrical equipment can be increased along with the time change under the condition of performance allowance

623 parts: the input time-parameter coordinate point of the parameter C is a parameter change lower limit curve allowed by time change, and the curve can also be a straight line and represents the minimum value to which the electrical equipment parameter can be reduced along with the time change under the condition of performance allowance.

Section 652: a trace representing the user sliding on the touch screen under the guidance of the parameter input guide to input the C parameter.

621. 622, 623 and C are used as input parameters, and the input of the parameter C is divided into two parts, namely an effective input area in the positive direction of time divided by 621, 622, 623 and an ineffective input area in the negative direction.

Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating a complete input result of the parameter input guide of the electrical appliance according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Wherein:

and a part 750: the curve of the parameter B input by the user under the guidance of the parameter input guide shows that the time value of the horizontal axis is 11, namely 0-10, and the value range of the parameter B is 23-30, namely 8 points.

751 part: the curve of the A parameter is input by the user under the guidance of the parameter input guide, and in the graph, one parameter is taken according to each time point, and 9 parameters A are input in total and respectively correspond to the time 3-10.

752 part: and C parameter curves which represent the input of the C parameters under the guidance of the parameter input guide and are distinguished according to the time with the horizontal axis grid as a unit, wherein the curves represent that a total of 11 parameters C are input, and 0-10 parameters are input.

Because any one input parameter is a curve which changes along with time and the curve is completely finished under the guidance of the effective area of the input guide of the equipment, the stepless input of the parameter and the complete response of the equipment are realized, thereby becoming effective input and completely solving the problem that the prior art can only discretely input a single numerical value.

Because any one parameter input is a curve which changes along with time and the curve is completely finished under the guidance of an input guide of the equipment, each parameter has infinite curve forms in fact, and the limitation of the limited working mode in the prior art is completely overcome because the infinite parameters of the combination of countless parameters, namely the infinite input of the working mode.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a method for generating and displaying an input sequence guide of an electric appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for generating and displaying an input sequence guide of an electric appliance includes the steps of:

starting at step S800;

step S801, reading equipment parameters and a parameter relation table;

the input sequence of the parameters is related to the parameters of the equipment, the problem does not need to be considered when the user inputs in the prior art because the input data of the equipment is limited, but the technical scheme of the invention enables the user to set in a stepless way and combine randomly, and the input of one parameter is possible to be calculated on the premise of the input of the other parameter, for example, in a fresh air conditioning system, the fresh air quantity influences the change of indoor temperature parameters, if the user inputs a variable fresh air quantity curve, the user will influence the setting of the temperature curve without doubt, because the change of the fresh air quantity brings the change of the temperature load, and the change of the temperature load directly influences the response of the temperature parameter, the input of the temperature curve has to calculate the influence of the load change, and the input temperature curve can exceed the load of the equipment if the change of the temperature load brought by the fresh air quantity change is ignored, and therefore cannot be responded by the device, resulting in that the inputted temperature profile cannot be executed, becoming an invalid input which will cause confusion to the user, which is not allowed. The input sequence wizard may instruct and interpret such a required input on the display screen, instructing the user to input parameters in a prescribed sequence.

Step S803, analyzing the equipment parameter relationship and outputting the parameter relationship;

for example, a four parameter electrical equipment system, assuming parameters A, B, C, D respectively, in order in the parameter list; meanwhile, a binary value is used for representing the relationship, 0 represents no relationship, and 1 represents a relationship; the parameters and relationships of the equipment are recorded in parameter order as follows: the parameter A has no relation with other parameters, and the relation value is 0000; the parameter B is influenced by the parameter A, and the relation value is 1000; the C parameter is influenced by the D parameter, and the relation value is 0001; the D parameter is influenced by A, B two parameters, and the relation value is 1100;

through the analysis of the parameter relation, the input sequence of the parameters is A- > B- > D- > C.

However, in a known electrical device, the dependency of the parameters of the device is known, so that the relation between the parameters is preset in the memory of the device before the device is delivered to the user for use, and can be read directly during use. That is, step S803 may be skipped to proceed directly to step S805

Step S805, displaying parameter input sequence guide according to the parameter relation sequence;

the expression form of the parameter input guide can be various modes, in one embodiment, a time axis scale grid is used as the guide, namely, the time grid can be displayed by the parameters input immediately, and the grid is not displayed by the parameters input after delay; in another embodiment, the input area may be colored, i.e. one color may be displayed with parameters that are entered immediately, while another color may be displayed with parameters that are not entered immediately; text may also be used in other embodiments.

It should be noted that the display of the sequence wizard is synchronized with the input process of the parameters and is performed throughout the entire input process.

Step S807, generating parameter input guide which can be input immediately under the guidance of sequence guide, and the user can select any one of them to perform parameter input operation;

step S809, completing the input of any parameter, marking the parameter by a mark, and using the mark as a basis for the subsequent parameter relation analysis and the sequence guide change;

step S811, judging whether all parameter inputs are finished, if yes, executing step S813; if not, executing step S803, if the electric equipment is known, directly reading the preset parameter relationship, and executing step S805;

in step S813, the user' S parameter input is saved after all the parameter inputs are completed. Fig. 8 ends at step S815.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method for generating and displaying a parameter input guide, and FIG. 9 starts in step S900

Step S901, responding to the input of a user, identifying the electrical equipment parameter input by the user and an input time-parameter coordinate point, wherein the time coordinate is represented by t, the parameter is represented by p, and the coordinate point is (t, p);

step S903, acquiring rising and falling response data after the time of the input point, wherein the equipment has linear response in one embodiment, the parameter guide calculates a response function value of each point behind the coordinate (t, p) according to the set response speed, and the rising straight line and the falling straight line are two line segments starting from the coordinate of the input point and ending at the maximum value and the minimum value of the equipment parameter respectively; in another embodiment, the response of the device is complex, and needs to be calculated in time through a response mathematical model; in other embodiments, the device response of the parameter is a curve, and a general method is to calculate all responses of the parameter before the device leaves the factory, for example, to calculate the value by using the calculation software matlab, store the calculation result in a program, and obtain the result by looking up a table when the input coordinate point is correspondingly used;

step S905, outputting a parameter guide formed by a curve formed by response data after the input points are displayed, wherein the parameter guide comprises a guide for deleting the previous input point; in one embodiment, the method further comprises the steps of changing a time grid, wherein the time grid is displayed in the effective area, and the grid is not displayed in the input invalid area;

in step S907, the user inputs a parametric curve under the guidance of the parametric guide. Specifically, in one embodiment, the boundary formed by the parameter guide and the maximum and minimum values of the device divides the input area into inactive and active input areas, with user input at the inactive input area being ignored and input at the active input area being recorded;

step S908, judging whether the input within the time schedule preset by the user is finished, if so, executing step S911; if not, returning to the step S901;

step S911, marking the parameter as input. Fig. 9 ends at step S913.

In various embodiments, a user may enter parameters of the device through an input device. Equipment parameters such as air conditioner temperature and fresh air volume; heating temperature and pressure of the electric cooker; wind speed, wind outlet angle, etc. of the electric fan; because the input is stepless, the size and the combination weight of the parameters are completely handed to the user, so the input effectiveness problem exists. The device establishes the parameter guide by analyzing the relevance of the equipment parameters to establish the input sequence guide of the equipment parameters and analyzing the response of the equipment to the parameters, so that a user can effectively input under the guidance of the guide.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an embodiment 1000 of an appliance device input apparatus that may include the present invention. The embodiment 1000 may be a smart phone that people use daily, or may be a personal computer, such as a laptop or desktop computer. And the input device of the electrical equipment usually comprises a self-contained touch screen device or a remote control device or a hand operator with a touch screen.

In this embodiment, the electrical device input apparatus 1000 includes an input detection module 1007, a processor 1001, a storage device 1002, a display 1005, a user interface 1003 and a communication interface 1004, and a power module 1006. The processor 1001 may control various functions associated with the appliance device input apparatus 1000. The electrical equipment input device 1000 can respond to the input of a user and respond to the pointing/scribing operation of the user in the graphic frame of the display 1005, generate an equipment parameter sequence input sequence guide and a parameter guide, and guide the user to carry out effective input; the parameter input to the input device may be a curve. Wherein the equipment parameters are temperature of the air conditioner and fresh air volume; heating temperature and pressure of the electric cooker; wind speed, wind outlet angle, etc. of the electric fan; because of the stepless input, the size and the combination weight of the parameters are completely handed to the user.

Generally, a user may use the storage device 1002 to load or store content onto the appliance input apparatus 1000. The storage device 1002 may include read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), non-volatile memory, flash memory, floppy disks, hard disks, and the like. A user may interact with the user input detection module 1007 of the appliance device input apparatus 1000 and the display 1005 to observe the response of the device to inputs. Some examples of the user input detection module 1007 may include buttons, click wheels, touch pads, mice, touch screens, and other input modules. Some examples of display 1005 may include a CRT display, lcd display, led display, or other display device, among others. A typical example of the user input detection module 1007 is a touch screen device, a touch screen is a well-known product, a typical detection module is electrically connected to the processor 1001 through a touch controller by a resistive touch pad, and the display is an LCD display, and a touch screen controller such as TSC2003 of TI may be used as the touch controller.

The appliance input device 1000 may include one or more connectors or ports that may be used to interact with applications running on the appliance input device 1000, interface with external devices, and so forth. In this example, the appliance device input apparatus 1000 includes a communication interface 1004. Some examples of the communication interface 1004 may include a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, an IEEE1394 (or firewire/iLink) interface, a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART), wired and wireless network interfaces, transceivers, and so forth. The electrical device input apparatus 1000 can be connected to device hosts, accessories, private and public communication networks (e.g., the internet), etc. using the communication interface 1004.

In one example, the appliance device input apparatus 1000 can be coupled via a wired and/or wireless connector or port to output data and instructions to one or more device hosts 2000 to read device data. In another example, the appliance input device 1000 may interface with the computer 3000 via a wired and/or wireless connector or port. The same connector or port may allow different connections at different times.

In various embodiments, the appliance input device 1000 is configured to cause the appliance to generate an appliance user parameter input guide on the display screen in response to a user input and to divide the input area into an active input area and an inactive input area in response to a user pointing/drawing operation within the display screen graphical frame of the parameter input guide, the user performing a curvilinear input of parameters under the guide, the input at the active input area being recorded, the input at the inactive input area being ignored.

FIG. 11 is a simplified block diagram of a computer system 1100 that may include implementations of embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 11 is merely an illustration of an embodiment that includes the present invention and does not limit the scope of the invention as described in the claims. One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize other variations, modifications, and alternatives.

In the depicted embodiment, computer system 1100 includes processor(s) 1101, Random Access Memory (RAM)1102, disk drive 1103, input device(s) 1104, output device(s) 1105, display 1106, communication interface(s) 1107, and system bus 1108 that interconnects the above components. Other components such as file systems, storage disks, read-only memories (RUMs), cache memories, codecs, and the like may be present.

The RAM1102 and the disk drive 1103 are examples of tangible media configured to store data entered by users, as well as operating system code for embodiments of the present invention, including executable computer code, human readable code, and the like. Other types of tangible media include floppy disks, removable hard disks, optical storage media such as CD-RUMs, DVDs, bar codes, semiconductor memories such as flash memories, read-only memories (RUMs), battery-backed volatile memories, networked storage devices, and the like.

In various embodiments, input device 1104 is typically implemented as a computer mouse, trackball, trackpad, joystick, wireless remote control, graphics tablet, voice command system, eye tracking system, multi-touch interface, scroll wheel, click wheel, touch screen, FM/TV tuner, audio/video input, and the like. The input device 1104 may allow a user to select objects, icons, text, etc. by commands such as clicking on buttons, etc. In various embodiments, output device 1105 is typically implemented as a display, printer, or the like. The display 1106 may include a CRT display, an LCD display, a plasma display, and the like.

Embodiments of communications interface 1107 may include a computer interface, including, for example, an ethernet card, a modem (telephone, satellite, cable, industrial SDN) (asynchronous) Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) unit, a firewire interface, a USB interface, and so forth. For example, these computer interfaces may be coupled to a computer network 1109, a firewire bus, or the like. In other embodiments, these computer interfaces may be physically integrated on a motherboard or system board of computer system 1100, or may be software programs, etc.

In various embodiments, computer system 1100 may also include software capable of communicating over a network, such as HTTP, TCP/IP, RTP/RTSP protocols, and the like. Other communication software and transmission protocols, such as iPX, UDP, etc., may also be used in alternative embodiments of the present invention.

In various embodiments, the computer system 1100 may also include an operating system, such as Microsoft Windows, android, Linux, Mac US X, a real-time operating system (RTUS), an open source and private OS, and so forth.

The entire computer system is powered by power module 1110.

In various embodiments, computer system 1100 interacts with one or more electrical device host 2000 connections.

In the computer system 1100, the display 1106 is used for displaying an electrical apparatus user input guide, a user performs pointing or drawing operation in a graphic frame of the display 1106 through the input device 1104, the pointing or drawing operation is recorded when being within an effective area range, the recorded pointing or drawing operation is stored in the RAM1102 and the disk driver 1103, and after the user input is finished, the pointing or drawing information is processed into a signal which can be recognized by the electrical apparatus host 2000 through the processor 1101 and is sent to the electrical apparatus host 2000 through the communication interface 1107 or the output device 1105.

FIG. 11 is a representation of an appliance input device and/or computer system capable of implementing the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate that many other hardware and software configurations are suitable for use with the present invention. For example, the appliance input device may be a desktop, portable, rack-mounted, or tablet configuration. In addition, the input device of the appliance may be a series of networked computers. In addition, the input device of the electric appliance may be a mobile device, an embedded device, a personal digital assistant, a smart phone, or the like. In other embodiments, the techniques described above may be implemented on a chip or an auxiliary processing board.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram of an electric appliance control device using the present invention. In various embodiments, one or more processors 1201, random access memory 1202, one or more actuators 1203, one or more sensors 1205, a power source 1204, a communication interface 1206, an input device 1000, or the computer 1100, and in some embodiments a local display 1207, while in other embodiments there is no local display, but rather a display common to the input device 1000 or the computer 1100.

In various embodiments, the processor 1201 is configured to read the input parameters of the user from the input device 1000 or the computer 1100, store the input parameters in the local random access memory 1202, and use the input parameters as the control output according to the calculation, so as to control each execution mechanism 1203 of the system to execute the control output, thereby achieving the control target required by the control target parameters. One or more sensors 1205 are used in some embodiments to feedback performance results or to monitor the operational status of the device.

In various embodiments, memory 1202 may comprise read-only memory (RUM), Random Access Memory (RAM), non-volatile memory, flash memory, a hard disk, and/or the like.

In various embodiments, the one or more actuators 1203 may include one or more target devices that achieve control goals, such as a compressor that regulates temperature, or a heater; in an embodiment of the multi-connected air conditioner, the actuator 1203 includes a valve for adjusting the flow of the refrigerant; also for example a frequency converter for regulating the rotational speed of the fan; also for example an electric actuator for adjusting the angle of the air flap, etc.

In various embodiments, the one or more sensors 1205 include sensing devices that are matched to control targets, such as flow sensors that control flow; a temperature sensor for controlling temperature; a speed sensor for controlling the speed; a differential pressure sensor that controls differential pressure, and the like. Generally any control target has a corresponding sensor to quantify it.

In various embodiments, the input device 1000 or the computer 1100 is configured to perform the input method of the present invention.

In some embodiments, the local display 1207 displays the operating status, control status, etc. of the device, while in other embodiments the processor 1201 communicates the operating status, control status data of the device to the input apparatus 1000 or display of the computer 1100 via the communication interface 1206 for display. Thereby further reducing the cost of the electrical equipment.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart of input detection of the input detection module according to the embodiment of the input device of the electrical equipment of the present invention, and fig. 13 starts with step S1300.

Step S1301, responding to the input of the user. In some examples a touch screen is used as an input detection device, while in other embodiments a mouse is used as an input device. It is essential for the input device to be responsive to user input in order to capture the screen coordinates of the user input.

Step S1303, detecting the input of the user, and accurately obtaining the screen coordinates of the user input point. Accurate acquisition of coordinates of a user's input point is a complex process, and in some embodiments, a resistive touch screen is used as an input detection module, in which an example of a process of acquiring coordinates of a touch point is as follows: the method comprises the steps that a user touches, a touch controller chip senses, an interrupt signal generated by the touch controller chip is sent to a processor, the processor calls a corresponding interrupt program, a control signal is sent to the touch screen controller, the touch screen controller performs A/D conversion on a resistance value in the direction of a user input point X, Y successively, a numerical value is sent to the processor, the processor can send the control signal again and detect the A/D value in the direction of a touch point X, Y for multiple times, the average is obtained to obtain an accurate conversion value, and the screen coordinate of the input point is obtained finally through coordinate calibration and transformation. Today, touch screen drivers and computer mouse drivers are well known technologies, and accurate acquisition of coordinates of input points is not a technical secret, and is not described herein again.

In step S1305, it is determined whether the user input is valid. The judging method comprises the following steps: if the input point coordinates fall within the parameter guide valid input area, the input point coordinates are valid, otherwise the input point coordinates are invalid. Step S1307 is performed if the input is valid, and step 1320 is performed if it is invalid.

Step S1320, prompt input for invalidity, which in some embodiments may be flashing an invalidity reminder text in the input area, or coloring the reminder with one or more points in the input area, or by voice. And after finishing prompting, returning to the state of the corresponding input step S1301.

In step S1307, the input point is recorded and displayed on the display. "

Step 1309, determining whether the input within the time schedule predetermined by the user is finished, if the input is finished, executing step 1311; if not, return to step S1301.

And step S1311, filtering. In the case of a curve of touch input by a user through manipulating a stylus, a mouse or a direct finger through gestures, the input of the user may be irregular due to hand shake or noise or drift of an input device, so in some embodiments, a filtering algorithm is continuously performed after the user finishes inputting, and the input of the user is further smoothed, and in some embodiments, the filtering is performed during the input process by using sliding filtering.

In step S1313, the processor filters the curve input by the user and displays the filtered curve on the display. Fig. 13 ends.

Fig. 14 is a diagram of the filtering effect of an input detection embodiment of an input device of an electrical appliance according to the present invention. Graph 1401 represents a plot of unfiltered user input; 1402 shows the filtered curve of curve 1401.

Fig. 15 is a flowchart of a control method for an electric appliance according to an embodiment of the electric appliance control device of the present invention; in this embodiment, the appliance control system first determines a control target of the control parameter, measures an actual value of the parameter through one or more sensors, compares a difference between the actual value and the target value of the parameter, inputs the target value of the parameter, the actual value of the parameter, and the difference between the target value and the actual value of the parameter to a control function of the parameter, which is generally determined by the parameter control model, and calculates a control amount. And outputting the calculated control quantity of the parameter to an actuating mechanism of the parameter to adjust the parameter, so as to realize a control target. An example in this embodiment is temperature control of an air conditioner, generally, temperature is input as a parameter by a user, and is also one of control target parameters of the air conditioner, the temperature parameter input by the user according to the present invention is a time-varying curve, and is numerically a time series, the actual temperature in a room can be collected by a temperature sensor installed in the room, and an execution mechanism for controlling the temperature of the air conditioner is a compressor or a heater, and whenever the actual temperature value deviates from the target curve input by the user, a processor of the control system calculates a corresponding control quantity, and outputs the control quantity to the heater for heating when the temperature is low, and outputs the control quantity to the compressor for cooling when the temperature is high, thereby forming closed-loop control. Yet another example of this embodiment is the wind speed of the fan, and according to the input method of the present invention, the user can input a curve of the wind speed changing with time as the control target, the wind speed is controlled by the rotation speed of the fan, and the faster the rotation speed, the higher the wind speed, and vice versa. The rotating speed of the fan is controlled by the frequency converter, and the rotating speed of the fan is in a linear relation with a voltage signal input into the frequency converter, so that the required wind speed can be directly output by the processor to obtain a corresponding signal voltage without a feedback signal or a wind speed sensor for feeding back an actual wind speed, and open-loop control is formed. Therefore, the method for controlling the electrical equipment by the electrical control device is also included, and the method comprises the following steps:

in step S1501, a set of input parameter data of the user is read and stored in the random access memory. Electrical devices typically have multiple parameters for a user to set. In the prior art, manufacturers generally combine a plurality of preset parameters into a "working mode" for users to select, and if an electric device starts a working mode, the electric device is actually informed to work according to a set of preset parameter combinations. In the input method of the invention, any user input parameter is a curve changing along with time, thereby realizing stepless change in time and fully reflecting the personalized requirements of the user. Obviously, after the parameters are input in a stepless manner, the combination of a plurality of parameters becomes infinite, namely the so-called 'working mode' becomes user-defined, and infinite possibilities are available in quantity and combination. Therefore, the capability of the equipment is brought into full play on the basis of not increasing the hardware cost of the equipment, and the user experience is improved.

In step S1503, the user input parameters corresponding to the time points are read as control targets. The input method according to the invention the user parameter is a time-varying curve, numerically a time series of stepless variations. The control target of the electrical appliance is thus changed over time when the control of the parameter is carried out, and as the appliance operates, each control cycle must read the user-input parameter as a new control target.

In step S1505, real-time data of the sensor corresponding to the parameter is sampled. In some embodiments of the invention, closed loop control is used, which is known to have signal feedback derived from the actual value of the parameter, e.g. the indoor temperature of the air conditioning system. It is generally desirable to sample the real-time data of the sensors of the parameters as a basis for the processor to calculate the control output. In other embodiments of the invention, open loop control is used, in which the output of the controller and the result of the actuator are known in advance, and no sensor is required to sample the parameter and typically no sensor is installed.

In step S1507, a control output amount is calculated. In some embodiments of the invention, closed-loop control is used, and the control output is calculated by comparing the difference between the target value and the actual value of the control parameter, the calculation method is related to the control model, some embodiments use a PID control algorithm model, and some embodiments have many variations of the PID control algorithm model; more complex models of control algorithms include fuzzy neural algorithms. The control output is in some embodiments an analog quantity, such as a continuously varying voltage signal of 0V to 10V, or a current signal of 4 to 20mA, or some other signal, etc., while in other embodiments a switching quantity, such as a pulse width modulated to signal PWM, etc.

In step S1509, control output is performed. In various embodiments of the present invention, the control output signal must be sent to the actuator for control. The control signal of the analog quantity must be matched with the actuating mechanism of the analog quantity, and one example is that a frequency converter adjusts the rotating speed of a motor through a voltage signal of 0 to 10V; yet another example is a flow valve actuator that can adjust the opening of a valve to adjust the flow of fluid via a 4 to 20mA current signal; in yet another example, the processor inputs a pulse width modulated signal to the solid state relay to adjust the heating current of the air conditioning heater to control the rate of air heating.

In step S1511, the control time is determined. According to the input method of the present invention, generally, the time course input of the parameter group is included in the input of the user, so in some embodiments of the present invention, the control time starts with the user selecting a group of parameter inputs and starting the parameter operation device; an input schedule increment terminating at a user input parameter set; if the control time is not reached, the flow returns to step S1503, and if the time interval is reached, the present flow automatically ends at step S1513. However, in some embodiments of the present invention, the electrical equipment may be shut down or interrupted during operation, in which case there are two ways for the equipment to be re-operated, one is to restart, ignore the previous execution time, start from the beginning, and the other is to set the previous incomplete time to continue from the last breakpoint of operation.

The present invention may also provide an electrical apparatus comprising an electrical apparatus control system and an input device, wherein the electrical apparatus control system is configured to perform the method of the present invention, calculate a control output, and perform the control output in response to a pointing/scoring input from the input device by a user. The input device is configured to display an input state of the apparatus in response to a first input by a user, generate an apparatus input guide in response to a second input by the user, and generate a parameter input by the user in response to the input of a parameter, which may be a point, a line operation or an equivalent point, a line operation forming a parameter curve.

The above embodiments are exemplary rather than limiting, and those skilled in the art who have the benefit of this disclosure will appreciate that many modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A user parameter input method of electrical equipment is characterized by comprising the following steps: responsive to user input

S1) generating an appliance user parameter input guide on the display screen, the input guide comprising a graphic frame associated with an appliance parameter, the graphic frame comprising a horizontal axis representing time and a vertical axis representing an appliance user parameter, the horizontal axis having a start and an end corresponding to a time interval during which the input parameter acts on the appliance;

s4) if the current setting is at the end where the horizontal axis direction does not exceed the horizontal axis, calculating and displaying the currently allowed valid input area on the basis of the point (time 1, parameter 1), and continuing to perform step S3; if the current setting is at the end of the horizontal axis in the horizontal direction, the confirmed parameter point and parameter line composition parameter curve data are stored in a nonvolatile storage medium and are sent to the main control unit of the electrical equipment to be used as a control target;

the parameter guide of the previous point restricts the input behavior of the next point so as to guide the user to carry out effective input;

the user parameter input guide comprises a graphic interpretation and guidance aiming at any parameter on an input interface, wherein the graphic interpretation and the guidance are obtained by analyzing the capability of equipment for responding to the parameter, and the boundary of a parameter area of the graphic interpretation is dynamically changed and is changed along with the position change of a current user parameter input point.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein if a plurality of user parameters are required to be inputted, the steps S1-S4 are performed for each user parameter; if a plurality of parameters are set with the sequence requirement, the steps S1-S4 are executed for each user parameter according to the sequence of the parameter setting, wherein the parameter input sequence is indicated by pictures and texts.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of dividing the graphics frame area in the input guide into active input areas and inactive input areas based on the current time and parameters.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of displaying the active input area or/and the inactive input area within the graphic frame, wherein the boundary line of the active input area or the inactive input area comprises at least one limit parameter curve of the electrical device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein in step S3, the user' S pointing/drawing operation in the graphic frame of the display screen is responded with time sequence, where the time is the time when the input parameters act on the electrical device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user parameter input wizard comprises graphical guidance on the input interface of a chronological order of parameter input, wherein the chronological order is derived by analyzing correlations between parameters of the multi-parameter system.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein in step S4, the data inputted to the main control unit of the electrical appliance includes data representing the time-varying curve of the inputted user parameters, wherein the time-varying intervals are from the beginning to the end of the horizontal axis, and the corresponding user parameters all fall within the valid parameter area.

8. A user parameter input device for an electrical appliance, comprising:

the communication unit is configured to be connected with the main control unit of the electric appliance equipment and send the user input parameters in the storage unit to the main control unit of the electric appliance equipment;

a control unit, connected to the plane interaction unit, the storage unit and the communication unit, respectively, and configured to analyze an input of a user on the input unit: generating a user parameter input guide on the display unit in response to the input operation of a user on the input unit, determining whether pointing/drawing is determined and displayed on the display unit and stored on the storage unit in response to the input operation of the user on the input unit, and whether to end the user parameter input process and instruct the communication unit to transmit the user parameter input data stored in the storage unit to the electrical equipment main control unit;

9. An electrical appliance comprising the user parameter input device of the electrical appliance of claim 8, and an electrical appliance main control unit communicatively connected to the user parameter input device, wherein the input device uses the user parameter input method of any one of claims 1 to 7.