CN111254685B - Clothes folding machine and control method thereof - Google Patents

Clothes folding machine and control method thereof Download PDF

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CN111254685B
CN111254685B CN201811452145.XA CN201811452145A CN111254685B CN 111254685 B CN111254685 B CN 111254685B CN 201811452145 A CN201811452145 A CN 201811452145A CN 111254685 B CN111254685 B CN 111254685B
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吕佩师
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Abstract

The invention discloses a clothes folding machine and a control method thereof. The clothes folding machine is provided with a drying device for drying clothes and/or a disinfecting device for disinfecting the clothes. The control method comprises the steps that the clothes folding machine dries and/or disinfects the clothes on the clothes hanger, and after the clothes are dried and disinfected, the clothes are conveyed into the box body by the clothes hanger conveying mechanism. The drying and sterilizing equipment is arranged at the clothes hanger conveying mechanism capable of hanging clothes, so that unfolded clothes can be dried and sterilized, and the space can be saved; the clothes folding machine is provided with a clothes identification unit, and can select optimal parameters to guide the drying process and the disinfection process; the clothes folding machine is also provided with a humidity sensor, so that whether the clothes are dried can be known in real time, the drying is ensured, and the electric energy is saved.

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Clothes folding machine and control method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a clothes folding machine and a control method thereof.
Background
Clothes in the family all adopt artifical folding mode to accomodate after drying today, still have on the market that the clothes folding board can be manual to the clothing fold, along with the acceleration of life rhythm, it wastes time and energy to fold the clothing through the manual work, and, because people's standard of life's improvement, the kind of clothing is more and more, the user can not master the folding and the skill of accomodating to different clothing, so that the clothing after folding can not obtain better protection, the clothing of folding unevenness still need iron before the dress. Therefore, a machine capable of reasonably treating the clothes instead of human is needed.
The clothes folding machine in the prior art is generally used in industrial production, different kinds of clothes cannot be reasonably folded and stored aiming at repeated operation of the same kind of clothes, and the industrial clothes folding machine is large in size, complex in structure, low in automation degree and not suitable for being used in families.
The present invention has been made in view of this situation.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides a clothes folding machine and a control method thereof.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:
a clothes folding machine is provided with a drying device for drying clothes and/or a sterilizing device for sterilizing the clothes.
The clothes folding machine comprises a box body, a folding unit is arranged in the box body, the box body is provided with a clothes inlet, a hanging rod is arranged at the clothes inlet and is positioned outside the box body, the hanging rod is used for hanging a clothes hanger, and the drying device and/or the sterilizing device are/is arranged at the upper part of the hanging rod;
preferably, the clothes folding machine further comprises a clothes hanger and a clothes hanger conveying mechanism, the clothes hanger conveying mechanism comprises a frame, the hanging rod is arranged at the lower portion of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism and is fixedly connected with the frame, and the drying device and/or the sterilizing device are/is arranged on the frame of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism.
The drying device comprises a fan and a heating pipe; preferably, the drying device further comprises a hot air conveying pipe, one or more air ports are arranged at the bottom of the hot air conveying pipe, and the air ports are uniformly distributed at the lower part of the hot air conveying pipe and correspond to the hanging rod; further preferably, the drying device is arranged on a frame of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism, and the fan and the heating pipe are arranged on one side, close to the box body, of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism.
The disinfection device comprises an ultraviolet lamp; preferably, the ultraviolet lamps comprise a plurality of ultraviolet lamps, and the ultraviolet lamps are uniformly arranged on the clothes rack conveying mechanism frame at intervals and are positioned above the hanging rods.
The clothes inlet is also provided with a clothes identification unit which can identify clothes hung on the hanging rod.
And a humidity sensor is arranged on the clothes folding machine or the clothes rack and used for sensing the dryness and wetness of the clothes.
A method of controlling a clothes stacker as described above, the method comprising drying and/or sanitizing clothes on a clothes rack by the clothes stacker; preferably, after the clothes are dried and sterilized, the clothes are conveyed into the box body by the clothes rack conveying mechanism.
The humidity sensor detects the humidity of the clothes, the clothes folding machine judges whether the clothes need to be dried or not, and if the clothes need to be dried, the clothes folding machine matches corresponding drying parameters according to the clothes line identification result; preferably, the drying parameters include a drying temperature and a drying air volume.
And when the humidity sensor detects that the humidity of the clothes is less than a set value, the drying is stopped.
The clothes folding machine identifies the clothes on the clothes rack and judges whether the clothes can be disinfected and/or need to be disinfected; further, if the clothes can be sterilized and need to be sterilized, corresponding sterilization parameters are matched according to the information of the clothes, and the sterilization parameters comprise sterilization power and sterilization time.
After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.
(1) The drying and sterilizing equipment is arranged at the clothes hanger conveying mechanism capable of hanging clothes, so that unfolded clothes can be dried and sterilized, and the space can be saved;
(2) The clothes folding machine is provided with a device capable of identifying the hung clothes, can guide the drying process and the disinfection process, can more accurately select the most appropriate parameters to dry and disinfect the clothes, and achieves the best effect;
(3) The clothes folding machine is also provided with a humidity sensor which can feed back the dryness and humidity of the clothes, can know whether the clothes finish the drying process in real time, does not waste electric energy, and does not fold the wet clothes;
(4) Can get into next step automatically and fold and accomodate the clothing after drying and/or disinfection are accomplished, fold the clothing machine and have higher degree of automation.
The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention to the proper form disclosed herein. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a front view of the garment stacker of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the garment stacker of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a side view of the garment stacker of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a partial side view of the garment stacker of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a control method of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a control method of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the control method of the present invention.
In the figure: 1000. a clothes folding machine; 1. a box body; 11. an upper cavity; 12. a lower cavity; 2. a hanger; 3. a hanger conveying mechanism; 31. a hanging rod; 41. a fan; 42. heating a tube; 43. a hot air delivery pipe; 5. an ultraviolet lamp; 6. a laundry identification unit; 71. a manipulator; 72. a folding mechanism.
It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present invention includes a clothes folding machine, wherein the clothes folding machine 1000 has a folding unit for folding clothes, the folding unit can be provided with a folding mechanism 72, and the folding of the flat clothes into a set size is realized through the folding of each part of the folding mechanism 72, so as to be convenient for storage.
In actual life, due to the fact that various types of clothes are available, the sizes of the clothes are different, folding modes are different, the shape and the folding mode of the jacket and the trousers are different, and even if the jacket is the same as the trousers, different styles and materials are different in folding modes. And also, the clothes are not suitable for folding, and the user may not be able to distinguish whether the clothes are suitable for folding, so the clothes folding machine should have a function of helping the user to identify so as to perform different treatments on different clothes, so that various kinds of clothes are properly treated.
And because of different clothes types, the user should generally store the clothes in a classified manner in order to find the clothes, so that the clothes folding machine 1000 is further provided with a storage unit which can store the clothes folded by the folding unit, and further, the folding unit can store the clothes in a classified manner so as to be convenient for the user to take and store the clothes into a wardrobe.
The clothes folding machine 1000 of the present invention is provided with a clothes recognition unit 6, wherein the clothes recognition unit 6 can recognize clothes before folding to judge whether the clothes are suitable for folding, and what folding parameters need to be matched in the folding process, and which plates of the folding mechanism 72 should be called to operate.
The clothes identification method may be various, for example, the clothes folding machine 1000 is provided with a photographing device to obtain image data of clothes, the clothes folding machine 1000 obtains information of the clothes by obtaining parameters such as the type, material, size, etc. of the clothes in the influence data, and can call folding parameters suitable for the clothes according to the information and guide the folding process.
The clothes identification can be realized by arranging a scanning device and/or a sensing device, the clothes are correspondingly provided with labels containing clothes information, the labels can be labels directly printed with the clothes information, the labels can also be labels provided with identification codes, the identification codes contain the information of the clothes, the scanning device can scan the labels, the information of the clothes can be obtained, the labels can also be sensed, the sensing device can sense the clothes information of the clothes at a specific distance, and the information can be used for guiding the work of the clothes folding machine after the information is obtained.
The clothes recognition process can be set in a state that the clothes are hung, particularly when a photographing device is arranged, the clothes are hung through the clothes hanger 2, information of the clothes can be acquired more comprehensively, the clothes folding machine 1000 can be provided with the hanging rod 31 and the clothes hanger 2, the clothes recognition unit 6 can recognize the clothes hung at the hanging rod 31, namely, the position of the clothes recognition unit 6 corresponds to the positions of the hanging rod 31 and the clothes hanger 2, and therefore comprehensive information of the clothes on the clothes hanger 2 hung on the hanging rod 31 can be acquired.
The clothes are hung on the hanging rods 31 through the clothes hangers 2, the clothes can be automatically conveyed to the folding units for the automation of the lifting clothes folding machine 1000, the clothes folding machine 1000 is further provided with a clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3, the hanging rods 31 are arranged at the bottoms of the clothes hanger conveying mechanisms 3, and the clothes hanger conveying mechanisms 3 are provided with movable clamping devices so as to convey the clothes hangers 2 on the hanging rods 31, as shown in fig. 2.
The clothes folding machine 1000 is further provided with a storage unit, the storage unit is used for storing folded clothes, the storage unit can realize classified storage of the clothes, and the storage unit can be provided with a classification device for conveying different types of clothes to corresponding positions.
The storage unit and the folding unit can be arranged up and down, an opening capable of being opened and closed is arranged at the folding mechanism 72 of the folding unit, folded clothes can directly fall into the storage unit from the folding unit, other conveying mechanisms are not needed, and the purpose of entering the storage unit can be achieved through gravity.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the clothes folding machine 1000 includes a casing 1, and the casing 1 is seen as transparent in the drawing to allow the inside of the casing to be viewed. Two cavitys about box 1 is inside to be provided with, is folding unit in the upper chamber body 11, folding unit includes folding mechanism 72 for folding the clothing that tiles, can set up to polylith folded sheet, or a plurality of folding unit. The folding unit may further comprise a movable manipulator 71, and the manipulator 71 may transport the laundry, may assist in leveling the laundry, and the like. The folding mechanism 72 can be configured such that after the folding of the clothes is completed, the folding plate can be opened downward, the position for placing the clothes is not supported, and the clothes fall into the storage unit. The lower cavity 12 is provided with a receiving unit, which may include a plurality of sub-units for placing the clothes in a classified manner.
The clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3 is arranged above the outer portion of the box body 1, the clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3 is arranged at the top of the side wall of the box body 1, the lower portion of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3 is provided with an enlarged space for hanging clothes, the box body 1 is provided with a clothes inlet, the inside of the clothes inlet is a folding unit, and the clothes enter the box body 1 from the clothes inlet to be folded and stored.
The clothing identifying unit 6 may be disposed at a clothing entrance, and the clothing is hung on the hanging rod 31 through the hanger 2 and directly faces the clothing entrance, and the clothing identifying unit 6 may obtain complete clothing information. And when the clothes hanger 2 is hung on the hanging rod 31 and not moved, the clothes are in a static state, which is beneficial to the acquisition of the clothes information pair by the clothes identifying unit 6.
The control method of the clothes folding machine is characterized in that the clothes folding machine identifies clothes, and folding parameters of the folding unit and/or storage parameters of the storage unit are matched through obtained clothes information. When the clothes folding machine only has a folding unit, the clothes folding machine only needs to match folding parameters aiming at the clothes identification result, and the clothes folding machine guides the action of a mechanical arm or a folding mechanism according to the matched folding parameters; when the folding unit of the clothes folding machine is folded by only adopting a folding method and does not need to identify clothes, and only the storage unit needs to be matched with the storage parameters, the clothes folding machine only needs to be matched with the storage parameters according to the clothes identification result, and the clothes folding machine guides the storage position of the clothes according to the clothes identification result.
When the clothing identifying unit 6 is set as a scanning device/sensing device, the clothing is provided with a label containing clothing information, and the clothing information is obtained by the way that the scanning device/sensing device identifies the clothing through the label of the clothing and obtains the clothing information; when the clothes recognition unit 6 is a photographing device, the control method comprises the step that the clothes folding machine recognizes and acquires the clothes information by photographing the clothes.
The clothes folding machine 1000 comprises a clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3, the clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3 is provided with a hanging rod 31, the clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3 comprises a frame, the frame is fixedly connected with a box body 1, the frame is further provided with a hanging rod 31, the hanging rod 31 is fixedly connected with a frame structure of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3 and is arranged at the lower part of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3, the hanging rod 31 can be used for hanging clothes hangers 2, and as a user hangs the clothes hangers 2 with clothes at the hanging rod 31, the control method comprises the steps that the clothes folding machine 1000 identifies the clothes when the clothes are hung at the clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3 through the clothes hangers 2; preferably, the clothes stacker 1000 recognizes the clothes when the clothes hanger 2 is not conveyed by the clothes hanger conveying mechanism 3 and the clothes are stationary.
Folding parameters can be prestored in a storage unit of the clothes folding machine, the clothes folding machine can also have a communication function, can exchange information with a server or a cloud end in real time to acquire corresponding matching parameters in the server, and the clothes folding machine downloads data in the server or the cloud end to guide the action of the folding mechanism 72.
The clothes folding machine can also match the storage parameters according to the clothes information, and the clothes are placed at the corresponding positions in the storage units according to the clothes information after the clothes are folded.
However, the clothes folding machine may have a situation that the current clothes cannot be identified, for example, the clothes folding machine cannot scan or sense labels of the clothes, cannot acquire information of the clothes, or an image taken by a photographing device of the clothes folding machine cannot correspond to any kind of clothes in a database, and the clothes folding machine may alarm to remind a user that the clothes cannot be identified in view of the above situation that the clothes cannot be identified. The clothes folding machine can be further provided with a set of default folding parameters/storage parameters for folding and storage according to the commonalities of most of clothes, and when the clothes folding machine cannot be identified, the clothes folding machine can process the clothes according to the general or default parameters so as to ensure that subsequent work is not influenced.
As shown in fig. 5, which is a control method when the clothing recognition unit 6 is a scanning device or a sensing device, fig. 6 is a control method when the clothing recognition unit 6 is a photographing device.
As shown in fig. 3, the present invention further includes a clothes folding machine 1000, wherein the clothes folding machine 1000 can fold the clothes automatically, but the clothes cannot be folded in a wet state because the clothes may not be dried or dried, which is not beneficial to storing and taking in the clothes. The clothes folding machine 1000 of the present invention is provided with a drying device which can dry the clothes which are not folded, and ensure that the clothes are folded and stored after being dried.
The invention also comprises a clothes folding machine 1000, wherein the clothes folding machine 1000 is provided with a disinfection device for disinfecting clothes, the disinfection of the clothes can be carried out by adopting ultraviolet rays, and the ultraviolet rays can disinfect an irradiated area, so that the clothes are disinfected in a hanging state or a flat state to disinfect the clothes in a larger area.
The clothes folding machine can be provided with the drying device independently, the sterilizing device independently, and the drying device and the sterilizing device simultaneously.
As shown in fig. 3, a drying device and/or a sterilizing device may be provided at an upper portion of the hanging bar 31 to dry and/or sterilize the laundry while the laundry is hung still. In order to save the space of the clothes folding machine, the drying device and the sterilizing device can be arranged at the clothes rack conveying mechanism 3, so that the clothes can be fixed by utilizing the frame of the clothes rack conveying mechanism 3, and the suspended clothes can be treated by utilizing the space above the hanging rod 31.
Fig. 4 is a partial enlarged view of a part a in fig. 3, and as shown in fig. 4, the drying device includes a blower 41 and a heating pipe 42, and the blower 41 and the heating pipe 42 can provide hot air to dry the clothes hung on the drying device. The drying device may further include a hot air delivery pipe 43, and the hot air delivery pipe 43 is provided with an air port for delivering hot air to the clothes hanging position. A plurality of clothes may be hung on the hanging rod 31 to be dried, so that the drying device may further be provided with a hot air delivery pipe 43 for drying a plurality of clothes on the hanging rod 31 at the same time, one end of the hot air delivery pipe 43 is communicated with the blower 41 and the heating pipe 42 to obtain hot air, the hot air delivery pipe 43 extends along the hanging rod 31, and the bottom of the hot air delivery pipe 43 is provided with a plurality of air ports, and the air ports are uniformly distributed at the lower part of the hot air delivery pipe 43 and correspond to the hanging rod 31;
the drying device can be arranged on the frame of the clothes rack conveying mechanism, and the fan 41 and the heating pipe 42 are arranged on one side, close to the box body 1, of the clothes rack conveying mechanism 3, so that the connection of circuits is facilitated.
As shown in fig. 4, the sterilizing device includes an ultraviolet lamp 5; the ultraviolet lamps 5 may be provided in plurality, and the ultraviolet lamps 5 are uniformly spaced on the frame of the hanger conveying mechanism 3 and above the hanging rod 31 to irradiate the clothes at the lower part.
In the clothes folding machine shown in fig. 1 and 2, the clothes identification unit 6 is provided, and the clothes identification unit 6 can be arranged on the clothes folding machine with the drying device and/or the sterilizing device, wherein the clothes identification unit 6 is arranged at the clothes inlet and can identify clothes hung on the hanging rod 31.
The clothes folding machine 1000 can also be provided with a humidity sensor which can sense the dryness and wetness degree of clothes, and the humidity sensor can be arranged on the clothes hanger 2 because the clothes are hung through the clothes hanger 2, and the clothes hanger 2 can feed back related data to the clothes folding machine.
The control method based on the clothes folding machine comprises the steps that the clothes folding machine dries and/or sterilizes the clothes on the clothes racks 2, the clothes are conveyed into the box body 1 by the clothes rack conveying mechanism 3 after the clothes are dried and/or sterilized, and the clothes are folded in the box body 1.
The clothes folding machine can only be provided with a drying device, the control method is to dry clothes on the clothes hanger and convey the clothes after the drying is finished, or only provided with a sterilizing device, the control method is to sterilize the clothes on the clothes hanger and convey the clothes after the sterilizing is finished. If the clothes folding machine is provided with the drying device and the sterilizing device at the same time, the control method is that the clothes are conveyed after the drying and the sterilizing of the clothes are finished.
Specifically, a humidity sensor detects the humidity of the clothes, the clothes folding machine judges whether the clothes need to be dried or not, and if the clothes need to be dried, the clothes folding machine matches corresponding drying parameters according to the clothes line identification result; the drying parameters comprise drying temperature and drying air volume, and drying time can be calculated.
The humidity sensor may be provided with a limit value below which the laundry is dry and can be folded without affecting the storage of the laundry, and above which the laundry is in a wet state and a drying process is required.
After the drying device is started, the humidity sensor can detect the water content of the clothes in real time in the drying process, when the humidity sensor detects that the water content of the clothes is smaller than a set value, the clothes are considered to be dried, and the drying device can be closed to stop drying.
The control method further comprises the steps that when the clothes folding machine is provided with the clothes identification unit 6, the clothes folding machine identifies clothes on the clothes hanger and judges whether the clothes can be disinfected and/or need to be disinfected. Whether the clothes can be disinfected or not can be judged by judging whether the clothes are aged or not because the materials of some clothes are irradiated by ultraviolet rays or contacted with ozone, for example, the clothes are made of rubber materials, and when the clothes which are not suitable for disinfection are arranged in the identification process, the clothes cannot be disinfected, so that a user can be reminded and the reason of the user can be informed. Whether the clothes need to be disinfected or not is that some clothes need to be disinfected when being worn next to the skin, and some jacket clothes do not need to be disinfected when being worn outside, so that a user can set the types of the clothes which need to be disinfected or not by himself.
And if the clothes can be sterilized and need to be sterilized, corresponding sterilization parameters are matched according to the information of the clothes, wherein the sterilization parameters comprise sterilization power and sterilization time.
Fig. 7 shows a control method of the clothes folding machine including both the drying device and the sterilizing device, in which the clothes recognition unit recognizes the clothes while the clothes are hung at the hanging bar. Whether the clothes can be disinfected and whether the clothes need to be disinfected are judged according to the identification result in the disinfection process, when the clothes can be disinfected and need to be disinfected, the clothes are disinfected according to the information of the clothes and the disinfection parameters, the disinfection can be set for a certain time, and the clothes automatically stop when the time is up. In the drying process, the dryness and wetness degrees of the clothes are required to be judged, the humidity sensor detects the dryness and wetness degrees of the clothes, if the clothes are dry, the clothes do not need to be dried, if the clothes are wet, the clothes are judged to need to be dried, the clothes are dried by matching drying parameters according to the clothes identification result until the water content of the clothes is lower than a certain limit value, and the limit can be set.
After the sterilizing process and the drying process have been completed, the laundry may be conveyed to the inside of the cabinet to be folded.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A clothes folding machine is characterized in that: the clothes folding machine is provided with a drying device for drying clothes and a sterilizing device for sterilizing the clothes;
the clothes folding machine comprises a box body, wherein a folding unit is arranged in the box body, and the box body is provided with a clothes inlet; the clothes folding machine further comprises a clothes hanger, a hanging rod is arranged at the clothes inlet and is positioned outside the box body, and the hanging rod is used for hanging the clothes hanger; a humidity sensor is arranged on the clothes folding machine or the clothes rack and used for sensing the dryness and wetness degree of the clothes;
the clothes inlet is also provided with a clothes identification unit which can identify clothes hung on the hanging rod and acquire clothes information;
the humidity sensor detects the humidity of the clothes, and the clothes folding machine judges whether the clothes need to be dried or not; if the clothes need to be dried, the clothes folding machine matches the drying parameters according to the clothes identification result to dry the clothes;
the clothes folding machine identifies the clothes on the clothes rack through the clothes identification unit and judges whether the clothes can be disinfected and/or needs to be disinfected; if the clothes can be disinfected and need to be disinfected, matching disinfection parameters according to the clothes information;
the clothes folding machine further identifies the clothes through the clothes identification unit, and the folding parameters of the folding unit are matched through the obtained clothes information.
2. The garment pleating machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the drying device and/or the sterilizing device are/is arranged on the upper part of the hanging rod.
3. The clothes folding machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: the clothes folding machine further comprises a clothes hanger conveying mechanism, the clothes hanger conveying mechanism comprises a frame, the hanging rod is arranged on the lower portion of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism and fixedly connected with the frame, and the drying device and/or the sterilizing device are/is arranged on the frame of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism.
4. The garment pleating machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the drying device comprises a fan and a heating pipe.
5. The garment pleating machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the drying device further comprises a hot air conveying pipe, one or more air ports are arranged at the bottom of the hot air conveying pipe, and the air ports are uniformly distributed at the lower part of the hot air conveying pipe and correspond to the hanging rod.
6. The garment pleating machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the drying device is arranged on the frame of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism, and the fan and the heating pipe are arranged on one side, close to the box body, of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism.
7. The clothes folding machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: the sterilizing device comprises an ultraviolet lamp.
8. The garment pleating machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the ultraviolet lamps are arranged on the frame of the clothes hanger conveying mechanism at intervals and are positioned above the hanging rods.
9. A control method of a clothes folding machine is characterized by comprising the following steps: the clothes folding machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, the control method comprising: the humidity sensor detects the humidity of the clothes, the clothes folding machine judges whether the clothes need to be dried or not, and if the clothes need to be dried, the clothes folding machine matches corresponding drying parameters according to the clothes identification result;
the clothes folding machine identifies the clothes on the clothes rack and judges whether the clothes can be disinfected and/or needs to be disinfected; and if the clothes can be sterilized and need to be sterilized, corresponding sterilization parameters are matched according to the clothes information.
10. The control method of the clothes folding machine according to claim 9, characterized in that: after the clothes are dried and disinfected, the clothes are conveyed into the box body by the clothes hanger conveying mechanism.
11. The control method of the clothes folding machine according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that: the drying parameters comprise drying temperature and drying air volume.
12. The control method of the clothes folding machine according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that: and when the humidity sensor detects that the humidity of the clothes is less than a set value, the drying is stopped.
13. The control method of the clothes folding machine according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that: the disinfection parameters comprise disinfection power and disinfection time.
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