CN110373874A - A kind of method and device controlling clothes drying - Google Patents
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Abstract
This application discloses a kind of method and devices for controlling clothes drying, this method comprises: obtaining current environment parameter, being currently suspended on clothes hanger the classification of every clothing and the weight of the every clothing；The preset relation between weight based on clothing classification and when cloth drying, the difference between weight when determining the weight and every cloth drying of the every clothing；Duration needed for determining the every clothing natural air drying based on difference corresponding to the every clothing, the environmental parameter；The setting for receiving user's input is dried in the air clothing duration, generates control instruction based on setting duration needed for clothing duration and the every clothing natural air drying of drying in the air, and the control instruction is sent to the clothes hanger.Solves the technical problem that user experience in the prior art experiences poor.
Description
Technical field
This application involves electronic technology field more particularly to a kind of method and devices for controlling clothes drying.
Background technique
Clothes hanger is one of essential household items in people's daily life, with the improvement of living standards, people
Requirement to household items is higher and higher, and Intellective airer has user-friendly, saving space etc., is widely used.
Currently, Intellective airer has the function of drying, illumination and disinfection etc..In the case where bad weather, such as temperature
It is lower, ventilation is poor, illumination is weaker etc., the clothes hanger of mainstream is to accelerate drying for clothing by opening drying function, for example, opening
Opening the air around heater heating clothes hanger or opening fan accelerates the air around clothes hanger to flow to accelerate clothing
Dry, still, be generally basede on environmental parameter to control opening or closing for drying function, for example, environmental parameter include: temperature,
Humidity, air pressure or air velocity etc. are based only upon environmental parameter since different moments environmental parameter may be different to control the clothing that dries in the air
Frame drying function opens or closes, it is understood that there may be clothing also dry drying function be just turned off or clothing dry after dry
Dry function is also not turned off, and causes the experience sense of user by poor.
Summary of the invention
The application provides a kind of method and device for controlling clothes drying, to solve user experience impression in the prior art
Poor technical problem.
In a first aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a kind of Intellective airer, which includes:
Clothes-horse, for hanging clothing to be dried；
Gravity sensor is set on the clothes-horse, for detecting the weight for the clothing being suspended on the clothes-horse；
Clothes hanger main body is set to the top of the clothes-horse, for carrying environment parameter detecting sensor and hot wind
Fan；
R-T unit is set in the clothes hanger main body, is used for the gravity sensor and the environmental parameter
The testing result of detection sensor is sent to server, and receives the control that the server is generated based on the testing result and refer to
It enables, the control instruction is sent to the Hot-air fan, so that the Hot-air fan, which is based on the control instruction, adjusts Working mould
Formula.
Second aspect, the embodiment of the present application provide a kind of method for controlling clothes drying, are applied to server, the service
Device is connect with Intellective airer described in first aspect, this method comprises:
It obtains current environment parameter, be currently suspended on clothes hanger the classification of every clothing and the weight of the every clothing
Amount；
The preset relation between weight based on clothing classification and when cloth drying, determine the weight of the every clothing with
The difference between weight when every cloth drying；
It is determined needed for the every clothing natural air drying based on difference corresponding to the every clothing, the environmental parameter
Duration；
The setting for receiving user's input is dried in the air clothing duration, is dried in the air clothing duration and the every clothing natural wind based on the setting
It does required duration and generates control instruction, and the control instruction is sent to the clothes hanger, so that the clothes hanger base
The operating mode of the Hot-air fan is adjusted in the control instruction, so that the every clothing dries in the air in clothing duration in the setting
It dries.
In scheme provided by the embodiments of the present application, according to the current environmental parameter of acquisition and it is suspended on clothes hanger
The classification of every clothing and the weight of every clothing, time needed for determining every clothing natural air drying, then, further according to user
The setting of input dry in the air the time needed for clothing duration and every clothing natural air drying generate control instruction, control instruction is sent to and is dried in the air
Clothes hanger, so that the clothes hanger adjusts the operating mode of Hot-air fan on the clothes hanger based on the control instruction, so that
The every clothing is dried in described set in clothing duration of drying in the air.Therefore, the time according to needed for every clothing practical natural air drying
Clothing duration is dried in the air with user's setting to adjust the mode of the wind speed and/or heater of air-out fan on the clothes hanger, so that described
Every clothing is dried in described set in clothing duration of drying in the air, and is avoided the occurrence of clothing and is not dried the case where being shut off, improves user's
Experience sense by.
Optionally, the environmental parameter include environment temperature around clothes hanger in setting range, humidity, atmospheric pressure and
Air velocity.
Optionally, the classification for being currently suspended on every clothing on clothes hanger is obtained, comprising:
Receive the classification for being currently suspended on every clothing on clothes hanger of user's input；Or
Obtain the image information for every clothing being currently suspended on clothes hanger, the image information based on the every clothing
Determine the classification of the every clothing.
Optionally, it is determined needed for the every clothing natural air drying based on difference corresponding to every clothing, environmental parameter
Duration, comprising:
The natural evaporation speed of moisture is calculated based on the environmental parameter；
The every clothing nature is determined according to difference corresponding to the every clothing and the natural evaporation speed
Air-dry required duration.
Optionally, control is generated based on the duration needed for clothing duration and the every clothing natural air drying of drying in the air that sets
Instruction, comprising:
Time longest object clothes needed for determining the every clothing natural air drying and object clothes institute are right
First duration needed for the natural air drying answered；
Judge whether first duration is greater than the setting and dries in the air clothing duration；
If more than then according to the operating mode for setting clothing duration of drying in the air and determining the Hot-air fan, and based on the hot wind
The operating mode of fan generates control instruction.
Optionally, the control instruction is sent to after the clothes hanger, further includes:
Every clothes weight of the feedback of clothes hanger described in real-time reception, and based on described in the judgement of the weight of the every clothing
Whether every clothing dries；
If drying, prompt information is generated, the prompt information is for prompting every clothing described in user to dry.
In scheme provided by the embodiment of the present application, by the weight of every clothing of real-time reception, it is based on the every clothing
The weight of object determines whether clothing dries, and prompt information is generated when drying.Therefore, user's clothing is prompted by prompt information
Object has dried, improve the experience sense of user by.
Optionally, the weight based on the every clothing judges whether the every clothing dries, comprising:
Judge whether the difference of the weight of adjacent any clothing received twice is less than preset first threshold, if small
In, it is determined that any clothing has dried.
The third aspect, a kind of device controlling clothes drying provided by the embodiments of the present application, described device and first aspect
The Intellective airer connection, comprising:
Acquiring unit, for obtaining current environment parameter, being currently suspended on clothes hanger the classification and institute of every clothing
State the weight of every clothing；
First determination unit determines institute for the preset relation between the weight based on clothing classification and when cloth drying
The difference between weight when stating the weight and every cloth drying of every clothing；
Second determination unit, it is described every for being determined based on difference corresponding to the every clothing, the environmental parameter
Duration needed for part clothing natural air drying；
Processing unit, the setting for receiving user's input are dried in the air clothing duration, are dried in the air clothing duration and described based on the setting
Duration needed for every clothing natural air drying generates control instruction, and the control instruction is sent to the clothes hanger, so that
The operating mode that the clothes hanger adjusts the Hot-air fan based on the control instruction is obtained, so that the every clothing is described
It sets in clothing duration of drying in the air and dries.
Optionally, the environmental parameter include environment temperature around clothes hanger in setting range, humidity, atmospheric pressure and
Air velocity.
Optionally, the acquiring unit, is specifically used for:
Receive the classification for being currently suspended on every clothing on clothes hanger of user's input；Or
Obtain the image information for every clothing being currently suspended on clothes hanger, the image information based on the every clothing
Determine the classification of the every clothing.
Optionally, second determination unit, is specifically used for:
The natural evaporation speed of moisture is calculated based on the environmental parameter；
The every clothing nature is determined according to difference corresponding to the every clothing and the natural evaporation speed
Air-dry required duration.
Optionally, the processing unit, is specifically used for:
Time longest object clothes needed for determining the every clothing natural air drying and object clothes institute are right
First duration needed for the natural air drying answered；
Judge whether first duration is greater than the setting and dries in the air clothing duration；
Clothing duration of drying in the air is set if more than described, then according to the Working mould for setting clothing duration of drying in the air and determining the Hot-air fan
Formula, and control instruction is generated based on the operating mode of the Hot-air fan.
Optionally, the processing unit, is also used to:
Every clothes weight of the feedback of clothes hanger described in real-time reception, and based on described in the judgement of the weight of the every clothing
Whether every clothing dries；
If drying, prompt information is generated, the prompt information is for prompting every clothing described in user to dry.
Optionally, the processing unit, is specifically used for:
Judge whether the difference of the weight of adjacent any clothing received twice is less than preset first threshold, if small
In, it is determined that any clothing has dried.
Fourth aspect, the application provide a kind of server, the server, comprising:
Memory, for storing instruction performed by least one processor；
Processor, for executing method described in the instruction execution first aspect stored in memory.
5th aspect, the application provide a kind of computer readable storage medium, the computer-readable recording medium storage
There is computer instruction, when the computer instruction is run on computers, so that computer executes side described in first aspect
Method.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of clothes hanger provided by the embodiment of the present application；
Fig. 2 is a kind of diagrammatic cross-section of clothes hanger main body provided by the embodiment of the present application；
Fig. 3 is a kind of flow chart for the method for controlling clothes drying provided by the embodiment of the present application；
Fig. 4 is a kind of system structure diagram for controlling clothes drying provided by the embodiment of the present application；
Fig. 5 is a kind of structural schematic diagram for the device for controlling clothes drying provided by the embodiment of the present application；
Fig. 6 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of server provided by the embodiment of the present application.
Specific embodiment
In scheme provided by the embodiments of the present application, described embodiment is only some embodiments of the present application, rather than
Whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the application, those of ordinary skill in the art are not making creative work premise
Under all other embodiment obtained, shall fall in the protection scope of this application.
In order to better understand the above technical scheme, below by attached drawing and specific embodiment to technical scheme
It is described in detail, it should be understood that the specific features in the embodiment of the present application and embodiment are to the detailed of technical scheme
Thin explanation, rather than the restriction to technical scheme, in the absence of conflict, the embodiment of the present application and embodiment
In technical characteristic can be combined with each other.
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of Intellective airer provided by the embodiments of the present application；Fig. 2 mentions for the embodiment of the present application
A kind of diagrammatic cross-section of the clothes hanger main body supplied.Referring to Fig. 1, Intellective airer includes clothes-horse 1, is set on clothes-horse 1
Gravity sensor 2, be set to the clothes hanger main body 3 of the top of clothes-horse 1, and the receipts being set in the clothes hanger main body 3
Transmitting apparatus 4, wherein figure corresponding to Fig. 1 dotted portion is 1 partial enlarged view of clothes-horse.Referring to fig. 2, in the clothes hanger master
R-T unit 4, environmental parameter detection sensor 5 and Hot-air fan 6 are provided on body 3.Clothes-horse 1 is for hanging clothing to be dried
Object, gravity sensor 2 are used to detect the weight for the clothing being suspended on drying rack hook, clothes hanger main body 3 for carrying environment ginseng
Number detection sensor 5 and Hot-air fan 6, environmental parameter detection sensor 5 is for detecting environmental parameter, for example, environmental parameter includes
Temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and air velocity etc., environmental parameter detection sensor 5 include temperature sensor, humidity sensor,
Pressure sensor, current meter etc., Hot-air fan 6 is used to heat the temperature of clothes hanger ambient enviroment, so that the clothing on clothes hanger
Acceleration is dried.R-T unit 4 is used for the weight of the clothing of the detection of gravity sensor 2 and environmental parameter detection sensor 5
And environmental parameter is sent to server, and receives the control that weight and environmental parameter of the server based on clothing generate and refer to
It enables, control instruction is sent to Hot-air fan 6, so that Hot-air fan 6, which is based on control instruction, adjusts operating mode.Clothes hanger main body 3
Be fixed on roof on one side, by being provided with the telescoping mechanism 7 of hinge joint, 3 He of clothes hanger main body in the another side of clothes hanger main body 3
It is connected between clothes-horse 1 by the telescoping mechanism 7 of hinge joint.
Referring to Fig. 3, a kind of system controlling clothes drying provided by the embodiments of the present application, which includes shown in FIG. 1
Intellective airer and server can be built between server and clothes hanger by technologies such as wireless, wired or cellular communications
Vertical communication connection, server are used to obtain environmental parameter, such as temperature, humidity, air pressure and air velocity etc., base from clothes hanger
In the raw control instruction of environmental parameter, and control instruction is sent to clothes hanger；Clothes hanger is based on control for receiving control instruction
System instruction carries out corresponding operation, so as to the clothes rapid airing that will be suspended on clothes hanger.
Embodiment one
Provided by the embodiment of the present application it is a kind of control clothes drying method, be applied to server, the server with
Intellective airer connection shown in FIG. 1, referring to fig. 4, this method specific implementation may comprise steps of:
Step 401, it obtains current environment parameter, be currently suspended on clothes hanger the classification of every clothing and every described
The weight of clothing.
The environmental parameter includes environment temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and the air stream around clothes hanger in setting range
Speed.
Specifically, the temperature sensor, humidity sensor, pressure sensor and current meter real-time detection on clothes hanger are worked as
Environment temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and air velocity around preceding clothes hanger in setting range, for example, by clothes hanger
Environment temperature around temperature sensor, humidity sensor, pressure sensor and current meter measurement clothes hanger within the scope of 2 meters,
Humidity, atmospheric pressure and air velocity.Then, environment temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and sky that clothes hanger will be obtained based on detection
Gas velocity data send server.Server not only receives around current clothes hanger environment temperature, humidity, atmosphere in setting range
Pressure and the environmental parameters such as air velocity also obtain the classification for being currently suspended on clothes hanger every clothing and every clothing
Weight.Wherein, server obtain currently be suspended on the class of every clothing on clothes hanger otherwise there are many, below with preferable
It is illustrated for two ways.
Mode 1, the classification for being currently suspended on every clothing on clothes hanger for receiving user's input.
Mode 2, the image information for obtaining every clothing being currently suspended on clothes hanger, the figure based on the every clothing
As information determines the classification of the every clothing.
Specifically, image collecting device is additionally provided with above clothes hanger, for example, camera；Image collecting device is adopted
Collection is currently suspended on the image information of clothing on clothes hanger, and the image information of clothing is sent to server.It is pre- in server
It first stores the relationship between clothing classification and characteristic information and extracts clothing after server obtains the image information of clothing
The characteristic information of every clothing in image information determines the classification of every clothing, example based on the characteristic information of the every clothing
Such as, the classification of clothing can be shirt, cotta, housing or cotton clothes etc..
Server also can receive and dry in the air in addition to obtaining on current environmental temperature parameter and clothes hanger other than the classification of every clothing
Weight sensor on clothes hanger acquires the weight for the clothing being suspended on clothes hanger in real time.
Step 402, the preset relation between the weight based on clothing classification and when cloth drying, determines the every clothing
Weight and weight when every cloth drying between difference.
Weight relationships when clothing classification and cloth drying are stored in advance in the database of server.Server is obtaining
After taking on clothes hanger the classification of every clothing and the actual weight of every clothing, every is determined based on the classification of every clothing
Weight range when cloth drying, then, the actual weight of weight range and every clothing when based on every cloth drying, really
The difference of weight when the actual weight and every cloth drying of fixed every clothing.
For example, being hung with cotta, man's shirt and Ms's shirt on clothes hanger, pass through the weight sensor on clothes hanger
The actual weight for detecting cotta is 600 grams, and the actual weight of man's shirt is 800 grams, and the weight of Ms's shirt is 500 grams；
Preset cotta weight range when dry is 180~260 grams, and man's shirt weight range when dry is 200~300 grams,
Ms's shirt weight range when dry is 100~150 grams；According to the actual weight of every clothing and it is preset dry when weight
Amount, determine cotta actual weight and it is dry when the difference range of weight be 340~420 grams, the actual weight of man's shirt and
The difference range of weight when dry is 500~600 grams, the weight of Ms's shirt and it is dry when weight difference range be 350~
400 grams.
Step 403, the every clothing nature is determined based on difference corresponding to the every clothing, the environmental parameter
Air-dry required duration.
After the difference of weight of the server in the every clothing actual weight and drying hung on determining clothes hanger, it is based on
Duration needed for difference corresponding to every clothing, environmental parameter determine every clothing natural air drying.Specifically, being based on every clothing
There are many modes of duration needed for difference corresponding to object and environmental parameter determine every clothing natural air drying, below with one kind
It is illustrated for preferable mode.
When being determined needed for the every clothing natural air drying based on difference corresponding to every clothing, the environmental parameter
It is long, comprising: the natural evaporation speed of moisture is calculated based on the environmental parameter；According to difference corresponding to the every clothing with
And the natural evaporation speed determine the every clothing natural air drying needed for duration.
Specifically, server is obtaining current environment parameter, it, will after temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and air velocity
Temperature, humidity, the preset evaporation capacity calculation formula of data substitution of atmospheric pressure and air velocity, calculate current environment moisture
Natural evaporation speed, then, according to every clothes actual weight and it is dry when weight difference and natural evaporation amount ratio,
Duration needed for obtaining every clothing natural air drying.
Step 404, the setting for receiving user's input is dried in the air clothing duration, is dried in the air clothing duration and the every clothing based on the setting
Duration needed for object natural air drying generates control instruction, and the control instruction is sent to the clothes hanger, so that described
Clothes hanger adjusts the operating mode of Hot-air fan on the clothes hanger based on the control instruction, so that the every clothing is in institute
It states setting and dries in the air and dry in clothing duration.
Server generates control based on the duration needed for clothing duration and the every clothing natural air drying of drying in the air that sets
There are many modes of instruction, is illustrated in a kind of preferable mode as an example.
Control instruction, packet are generated based on the duration needed for clothing duration and the every clothing natural air drying of drying in the air that sets
It includes: corresponding to time longest object clothes and the object clothes needed for determining the every clothing natural air drying
First duration needed for natural air drying；Judge whether first duration is greater than the setting and dries in the air clothing duration；It dries in the air if more than setting
Clothing duration, then according to the operating mode for setting clothing duration of drying in the air and determining Hot-air fan, and the operating mode based on Hot-air fan generates
Control instruction.
Specifically, being determined after duration needed for every clothing natural air drying that server is hung on determining clothes hanger
Natural air drying duration longest object clothes and object clothes corresponding to nature is suspended on clothes hanger in all clothings out
The first required duration is air-dried, then, judges whether the first duration is greater than the setting of user's input and dries in the air clothing duration, if more than setting
Clothing duration of drying in the air, then the operating mode of Hot-air fan, and the operating mode based on Hot-air fan are determined according to setting clothing duration of drying in the air
Generate control instruction.
In order to make it easy to understand, the first duration be greater than setting dry in the air clothing duration when, server is according to the clothing duration of drying in the air of setting
The process for determining the operating mode of Hot-air fan, is illustrated by way of example below.
For example, if first when it is 12 hours a length of, the setting of user's input dry in the air clothing when 6 hours a length of, current environment parameter
The natural evaporation speed of lower moisture is 0.1~0.2kg/m^2.h, is determined according to the natural evaporation speed of moisture in current environment
The moisture weight evaporated in first duration is 1.2~2.4kg, then, it is determined that if the weight of the moisture evaporated within 6 hours is
1.2~2.4kg, then the evaporation rate for recalculating moisture is 0.2~0.4kg/m^2.h, in current environment atmospheric pressure and wet
Spend it is constant in the case where, further according to the evaporation rate of the moisture recalculated, determine air velocity and/or air themperature, according to
Air velocity corresponding to the evaporation rate of the moisture recalculated and/or air themperature determine the operating mode of Hot-air fan, such as
The operating mode of Hot-air fan includes open mode or close pattern, wherein open mode includes: low speed cool wind mode, middle quickly cooling
Wind mode, high speed cool wind mode, low speed hot wind mode, middling speed hot wind mode or high speed hot wind mode etc..
In scheme provided by the embodiments of the present application, according to the current environmental parameter of acquisition and it is suspended on clothes hanger
The classification of every clothing and the weight of every clothing, time needed for determining every clothing natural air drying, then, further according to user
The setting of input dry in the air the time needed for clothing duration and every clothing natural air drying generate control instruction, control instruction is sent to and is dried in the air
Clothes hanger, so that the clothes hanger is adjusted the wind speed of air-out fan on the clothes hanger based on the control instruction and/or added
The mode of hot device, so that the every clothing is dried in described set in clothing duration of drying in the air.Therefore, practical natural according to every clothing
It air-dries required time and user's setting dries in the air clothing duration to adjust the operating mode of Hot-air fan on the clothes hanger, so that described every
Part clothing is dried in described set in clothing duration of drying in the air, and is avoided the occurrence of clothing and is not dried the case where being shut off, improves the body of user
Test impression.
Further, for the ease of for checking clothes drying situation, raising user experience impression, in the embodiment of the present application
The control instruction is sent to after the clothes hanger in step 404, further includes:
Every clothes weight of the feedback of clothes hanger described in real-time reception, and based on described in the judgement of the weight of the every clothing
Whether every clothing dries；
If drying, prompt information is generated, the prompt information is for prompting every clothing described in user to dry.
Specifically, the gravity sensor on clothes hanger can acquire the weight letter for being suspended on every clothing on clothes hanger in real time
Breath, and is sent to server for the weight information of clothing, can also periodically acquire and be suspended on clothes hanger every clothing
Weight information, and the weight information of clothing is sent to server, for example, the period of acquisition can be 10s, 20s etc..
Server is sentenced after receiving the weight information of every clothing of clothes hanger transmission according to the weight of every clothing
Whether disconnected clothing dries, wherein server judges there are many modes whether every clothing dries, below with a kind of preferable side
Formula is illustrated.
Weight based on the every clothing judges whether the every clothing dries, comprising: judges adjacent to receive twice
The difference of weight of any clothing whether be less than preset first threshold, if being less than, it is determined that any clothing has dried in the air
It is dry.
In scheme provided by the embodiment of the present application, by the weight of every clothing of real-time reception, it is based on the every clothing
The weight of object determines whether clothing dries, and prompt information is generated when drying.Therefore, user's clothing is prompted by prompt information
Object has dried, improve the experience sense of user by.
Embodiment two
The embodiment of the present application provides a kind of device for controlling clothes drying, described device and Intellective airer shown in FIG. 1
Connection, referring to Fig. 5, which includes:
Acquiring unit 501, for obtain current environment parameter, currently be suspended on clothes hanger every clothing classification and
The weight of the every clothing；
First determination unit 502 is determined for the preset relation between the weight based on clothing classification and when cloth drying
The difference between weight when the weight and every cloth drying of the every clothing；
Second determination unit 503, described in being determined based on difference corresponding to the every clothing, the environmental parameter
Duration needed for every clothing natural air drying；
Processing unit 504, the setting for receiving user's input are dried in the air clothing duration, are dried in the air clothing duration and institute based on the setting
Duration needed for stating every clothing natural air drying generates control instruction, and the control instruction is sent to the clothes hanger, with
So that the clothes hanger adjusts the operating mode of Hot-air fan on the clothes hanger based on the control instruction, so that every described
Clothing is dried in described set in clothing duration of drying in the air.
Optionally, the environmental parameter include environment temperature around clothes hanger in setting range, humidity, atmospheric pressure and
Air velocity.
Optionally, the acquiring unit 501, is specifically used for:
Receive the classification for being currently suspended on every clothing on clothes hanger of user's input；Or
Obtain the image information for every clothing being currently suspended on clothes hanger, the image information based on the every clothing
Determine the classification of the every clothing.
Optionally, second determination unit 503, is specifically used for:
The natural evaporation speed of moisture is calculated based on the environmental parameter；
The every clothing nature is determined according to difference corresponding to the every clothing and the natural evaporation speed
Air-dry required duration.
Optionally, the processing unit 504, is specifically used for:
Time longest object clothes needed for determining the every clothing natural air drying and object clothes institute are right
First duration needed for the natural air drying answered；
Judge whether first duration is greater than the setting and dries in the air clothing duration；
Clothing duration of drying in the air is set if more than described, then according to the Working mould for setting clothing duration of drying in the air and determining the Hot-air fan
Formula, and control instruction is generated based on the operating mode of the Hot-air fan.
Optionally, the processing unit 504, is also used to:
Every clothes weight of the feedback of clothes hanger described in real-time reception, and based on described in the judgement of the weight of the every clothing
Whether every clothing dries；
If drying, prompt information is generated, the prompt information is for prompting every clothing described in user to dry.
Optionally, the processing unit 504, is specifically used for:
Judge whether the difference of the weight of adjacent any clothing received twice is less than preset first threshold, if small
In, it is determined that any clothing has dried.
Embodiment three
The application provides a kind of server, referring to Fig. 6, the server, comprising:
Memory 601, for storing instruction performed by least one processor；
Processor 602, for executing method described in the instruction execution embodiment one stored in memory.
Example IV
The application provides a kind of computer readable storage medium, and the computer-readable recording medium storage has computer to refer to
It enables, when the computer instruction is run on computers, so that computer executes method described in embodiment one.
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that, embodiments herein can provide as method, system or computer program
Product.Therefore, complete hardware embodiment, complete software embodiment or reality combining software and hardware aspects can be used in the application
Apply the form of example.Moreover, it wherein includes the computer of computer usable program code that the application, which can be used in one or more,
The shape for the computer program product implemented in usable storage medium (including but not limited to magnetic disk storage and optical memory etc.)
Formula.
The application is referring to method, the process of equipment (system) and computer program product according to the embodiment of the present application
Figure and/or block diagram describe.It should be understood that every one stream in flowchart and/or the block diagram can be realized by computer program instructions
The combination of process and/or box in journey and/or box and flowchart and/or the block diagram.It can provide these computer programs
Instruct the processor of general purpose computer, special purpose computer, Embedded Processor or other programmable data processing devices to produce
A raw machine, so that being generated by the instruction that computer or the processor of other programmable data processing devices execute for real
The device for the function of being specified in present one or more flows of the flowchart and/or one or more blocks of the block diagram.
These computer program instructions, which may also be stored in, is able to guide computer or other programmable data processing devices with spy
Determine in the computer-readable memory that mode works, so that it includes referring to that instruction stored in the computer readable memory, which generates,
Enable the manufacture of device, the command device realize in one box of one or more flows of the flowchart and/or block diagram or
The function of being specified in multiple boxes.
These computer program instructions also can be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device, so that counting
Series of operation steps are executed on calculation machine or other programmable devices to generate computer implemented processing, thus in computer or
The instruction executed on other programmable devices is provided for realizing in one or more flows of the flowchart and/or block diagram one
The step of function of being specified in a box or multiple boxes.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various modification and variations without departing from the essence of the application to the application
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1. a kind of Intellective airer characterized by comprising
Clothes-horse, for hanging clothing to be dried；
Gravity sensor is set on the clothes-horse, for detecting the weight for the clothing being suspended on the clothes-horse；
Clothes hanger main body is set to the top of the clothes-horse, for carrying environment parameter detecting sensor and Hot-air fan；
R-T unit is set in the clothes hanger main body, for detecting the gravity sensor and the environmental parameter
The testing result of sensor is sent to server, and receives the control instruction that the server is generated based on the testing result,
The control instruction is sent to the Hot-air fan, so that the Hot-air fan, which is based on the control instruction, adjusts operating mode.
2. a kind of method for controlling clothes drying, it is applied to server, the server and intelligence described in claim 1 are dried in the air clothing
Frame connection characterized by comprising
It obtains current environment parameter, be currently suspended on clothes hanger the classification of every clothing and the weight of the every clothing；
The preset relation between weight based on clothing classification and when cloth drying determines the weight of the every clothing and every
The difference between weight when cloth drying；
When being determined needed for the every clothing natural air drying based on difference corresponding to the every clothing, the environmental parameter
It is long；
The setting for receiving user's input is dried in the air clothing duration, is dried in the air clothing duration and every clothing natural air drying institute based on the setting
The duration needed generates control instruction, and the control instruction is sent to the clothes hanger, so that the clothes hanger is based on institute
Control instruction is stated to adjust the operating mode of the Hot-air fan, so that the every clothing dries in the air in described set in clothing duration of drying in the air
It is dry.
3. method according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the environmental parameter includes around clothes hanger in setting range
Environment temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and air velocity.
4. method as claimed in claim 2 or claim 3, which is characterized in that obtain the class for being currently suspended on every clothing on clothes hanger
Not, comprising:
Receive the classification for being currently suspended on every clothing on clothes hanger of user's input；Or
The image information for obtaining every clothing being currently suspended on clothes hanger is determined based on the image information of the every clothing
The classification of the every clothing.
5. method according to claim 2, which is characterized in that determined based on difference corresponding to every clothing, environmental parameter
Duration needed for the every clothing natural air drying, comprising:
The natural evaporation speed of moisture is calculated based on the environmental parameter；
The every clothing natural air drying is determined according to difference corresponding to the every clothing and the natural evaporation speed
Required duration.
6. such as claim 2-3,5 described in any item methods, which is characterized in that dried in the air clothing duration and described based on the setting
Duration needed for every clothing natural air drying generates control instruction, comprising:
Corresponding to time longest object clothes and the object clothes needed for determining the every clothing natural air drying
First duration needed for natural air drying；
Judge whether first duration is greater than the setting and dries in the air clothing duration；
If more than then according to the operating mode for setting clothing duration of drying in the air and determining the Hot-air fan, and based on the Hot-air fan
Operating mode generates control instruction.
7. method as claimed in claim 6, which is characterized in that after the control instruction is sent to the clothes hanger, also
Include:
Clothes hanger described in real-time reception feedback every clothes weight, and the weight based on the every clothing judge it is every described
Whether clothing dries；
If drying, prompt information is generated, the prompt information is for prompting every clothing described in user to dry.
8. the method for claim 7, which is characterized in that the weight based on the every clothing judges the every clothing
Whether dry, comprising:
Judge whether the difference of the weight of adjacent any clothing received twice is less than preset first threshold, if being less than,
Determine that any clothing has dried.
9. a kind of device for controlling clothes drying, described device are connect with Intellective airer described in claim 1, feature exists
In, comprising:
Acquiring unit, for obtaining current environment parameter, being currently suspended on clothes hanger the classification of every clothing and described every
The weight of part clothing；
First determination unit determines described every for the preset relation between the weight based on clothing classification and when cloth drying
The difference between weight when the weight and every cloth drying of part clothing；
Second determination unit, for determining the every clothing based on difference corresponding to the every clothing, the environmental parameter
Duration needed for object natural air drying；
Processing unit, the setting for receiving user's input are dried in the air clothing duration, are dried in the air clothing duration and every described based on the setting
Duration needed for clothing natural air drying generates control instruction, and the control instruction is sent to the clothes hanger, so that institute
The operating mode for stating clothes hanger and adjusting based on the control instruction Hot-air fan, so that the every clothing is in the setting
It is dried in clothing duration of drying in the air.
10. a kind of server characterized by comprising
Memory, for storing instruction performed by least one processor；
Processor, for executing the instruction execution stored in memory such as described in any item methods of claim 2-8.
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