CN111358200B - Clothes treating agent storage system and control method thereof - Google Patents

Clothes treating agent storage system and control method thereof Download PDF

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CN111358200B
CN111358200B CN201811588938.4A CN201811588938A CN111358200B CN 111358200 B CN111358200 B CN 111358200B CN 201811588938 A CN201811588938 A CN 201811588938A CN 111358200 B CN111358200 B CN 111358200B
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Abstract

The invention discloses a clothes treating agent storage system and a control method thereof. The storage system is used for containing the household clothes treating agent, directly weighing the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent and prompting the stock quantity to a user, so that the user can know the accurate stock quantity of the clothes treating agent in the household conveniently, purchase the clothes treating agent in advance according to the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent, and prevent the user from unknowing when the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent is insufficient, influencing household clothes washing and bringing inconvenience to the user.

Description

Clothes treating agent storage system and control method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a clothes treating agent storage system and a control method thereof.
Background
The washing machine is a necessary household appliance in daily life of people, and because of high utilization rate, frequent consumption of the detergent and the washing powder, frequent purchase of the detergent, the softener or other clothes treating agents is required correspondingly, so that the household clothes are not affected, and a user generally purchases a new clothes treating agent when the household clothes treating agent is insufficient, so that the clothes treating agent is prevented from being used up. However, in modern life with high rhythm, the workload of people is large, the family business is numerous, the residual quantity of the clothes treating agent in the family is often unclear, and the clothes treating agent is not enough only when clothes are needed to be washed easily, so that the normal life is affected.
In order to bring convenience to users and achieve better washing effect, a washing machine with an automatic throwing function is developed, a certain amount of clothes treating agent is pre-stored at the end of the washing machine, a proper amount of clothes treating agent is automatically thrown into the washing machine in the washing process, however, part of clothes treating agent is stored in the washing machine and is stored in a house, and the total stock quantity of household clothes treating agent is not clear for users.
Moreover, in order to prevent the shortage of the stock of the household laundry treatment agent, the user needs to detect the stock of the household laundry treatment agent by himself at all times, and the user is likely to miss the stock of the household laundry treatment agent by taking part in his/her person, so that a technology capable of automatically detecting the stock of the household laundry treatment agent with high detection accuracy is needed to improve the quality of life of the user.
The intelligent washing machine can realize automatic feeding of the detergent and the softener, and brings great convenience to people. However, the detergent is a consumable product, and many users think that the detergent is not available in the home when receiving the prompt of the shortage of the detergent from the washing machine, and the current buying needs time, so that the household washing is affected.
Even if the user finds that the household laundry treatment agent is not in stock, the mailing of the network purchased laundry treatment agent takes time, so that some time is delayed, and the household laundry of the user is delayed. When the online shopping holidays, such as twenty-one, twenty-two and the like, are met, the user purchases the clothes treating agent, the mailing time is long, and the user cannot guarantee timely goods receiving, so that the household clothes washing is directly affected.
We provide a scheme for estimating the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent of the home based on the consumption quantity of the laundry treatment agent, but the accuracy of the statistical calculation process is limited, so in the present invention, we provide another scheme for more directly monitoring the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent of the home.
In view of this, the present invention has been made.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problems of overcoming the defects of the prior art, and providing a clothes treating agent storage system which directly weighs the stock of household clothes treating agents and prompts the stock to a user, so that the user can know the accurate stock of the clothes treating agents in the household conveniently, and can purchase the clothes treating agents in advance according to the stock of the household clothes treating agents, thereby preventing the user from unknowing, influencing household clothes washing and bringing inconvenience to the user when the stock of the household clothes treating agents is insufficient.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the basic conception of the technical scheme that:
a laundry treatment agent storage system comprising a weighing mechanism and a storage mechanism for storing a laundry treatment agent, the weighing mechanism weighing the weight of the laundry treatment agent in the storage mechanism, the storage system determining an inventory of home laundry treatment agent based on the weight.
In the scheme, the weighing mechanism directly weighs the stock of the household clothes treating agent and prompts the stock to the user, so that the user can know the accurate stock of the clothes treating agent in the household conveniently, and can purchase the clothes treating agent in advance according to the stock of the household clothes treating agent, so that the user is prevented from being unwitted when the stock of the household clothes treating agent is insufficient, the household clothes washing is influenced, and inconvenience is brought to the user.
Preferably, the storage mechanism comprises a shelf on which bottled/bagged laundry treatment agents are placed; alternatively, the storage mechanism includes a container storing a solid/liquid laundry treating agent, the laundry treating agent being stored directly in the container.
In the above scheme, the storage mechanism can be designed into a structure suitable for placing bottled/bagged clothes treating agents, can also be designed into a container structure suitable for directly storing solid/liquid clothes treating agents, or comprises the two structures at the same time, so as to meet different requirements of users.
The weighing mechanism comprises a weighing sensor which is arranged at the bottom of the rest stand/container and supports the rest stand/container.
In the above scheme, the weighing sensor can be any commonly used force sensor, for example, the weighing sensor can be a deformation sheet, and the weight of the clothes treating agent is determined by detecting the deformation amount of the weighing sensor; the weighing sensor can be a cantilever sensor, one end of the cantilever sensor is connected with the storage mechanism, and the other end of the cantilever sensor is connected with the base.
Preferably, the storage system is provided on the washing machine.
Preferably, the washing machine is a drum washing machine, and the storage system is disposed at a top of the drum washing machine.
In the scheme, the storage system and the washing machine are integrally designed, so that the space is saved, the storage system is reasonable, a user can conveniently take and put the clothes treating agent, and furthermore, when the washing machine is a drum type washing machine, the storage system is preferably arranged on the table top of the washing machine, the clothes treating agent is placed at the top of the washing machine, the user can conveniently take and put the clothes treating agent, and the space at the top of the washing machine is fully utilized.
Preferably, the washing machine comprises a drawer which can be pulled out of or pushed into the washing machine box, and the storage system is arranged in the drawer.
In the scheme, the drawer is arranged on the washing machine, the storage system is arranged in the drawer, and then the clothes treating agent is stored in the drawer, so that the clothes treating agent has a hiding effect and is beneficial to neat and regular appearance.
In addition, in another aspect, the storage system is independently provided, and includes: the weighing sensor, the power supply and the stock quantity prompting device are respectively and electrically connected with the control device.
In the scheme, the storage system is independently designed and is not attached to the washing machine.
Preferably, the stock quantity prompting device comprises a display screen, and prompts the user of the stock quantity of the clothes treating agent by displaying text information.
Preferably, the stock quantity prompting device comprises an indicator lamp, and prompts the user of the stock quantity of the clothes treating agent through different lighting modes of the indicator lamp.
Preferably, the stock quantity prompting device comprises a sounder, and prompts the user of the stock quantity of the clothes treating agent in a voice broadcasting mode.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a control method of a laundry treating agent storage system including a weighing mechanism, a storage mechanism, and a control device, the control method including weighing the laundry treating agent in the storage mechanism by the weighing mechanism, and the control device determining an inventory of the home laundry treating agent based on the weight weighed by the weighing mechanism.
Preferably, the weighing mechanism weighs the total weight of the laundry treatment agent, and the control device controls subtracting the weight of the package carrying the laundry treatment agent from the total weight to obtain the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent.
In the scheme, the calculated stock quantity is the net weight of the packaged clothes treating agent, the normal washing requirement of a household can be ensured by calculating the net weight, and the fact that the packaged weight occupies the actual household stock quantity is prevented, so that the household stock quantity is inaccurate in statistics.
Preferably, the laundry treatment agent is loaded in a set package, the weight of which is known.
In the above-described aspect, if the package is a set package, the weight of the package is a known value for the storage system.
Alternatively, the storage system receives the weight of the user-set package and calculates the inventory of laundry treatment agents based on the weight of the user-set package.
Or the storage system comprises an identification module for acquiring the weight of the package by identifying the commodity identification code on the package.
If the storage system comprises a camera, the weight of the package is obtained by scanning the two-dimensional code on the package.
Preferably, the storage system generates a prompt message to prompt the user when the storage amount of the laundry treating agent is weighed to be insufficient.
Preferably, the storage system prompts the user that the stock quantity is insufficient in a mode of displaying any one or more of characters, an indication lamp lighting state and voice prompt;
or the storage system is in communication connection with the washing machine/intelligent terminal, and sends the prompt information to the washing machine/intelligent terminal, so that the user is prompted to be insufficient in stock by adopting a corresponding mode through the washing machine/intelligent terminal.
Preferably, the storage system receives the user-set repurchase limit value and generates a prompt message prompt to the user when detecting that the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent is lower than the repurchase limit value.
Or the storage system calculates the consumption rate of the laundry treatment agent according to the change rate of the weighed laundry treatment agent stock quantity, and automatically determines the repurchase limit value according to the consumption rate; the storage system multiplies the consumption rate by a set time to obtain the repurchase limit value; preferably, the set time is 1-7 days.
Preferably, the storage system also prompts the user to purchase the laundry treatment agent when the household stock is insufficient, or is directly connected with a merchant server to automatically order and purchase the laundry treatment agent.
Preferably, the control device of the storage system is a controller/home appliance server of the washing machine, and the storage system is connected with the merchant server through the controller/home appliance server of the washing machine.
Or the storage system comprises a communication module, and the control device of the storage system is a controller independent of the washing machine/household appliance server, and the controller is connected with the merchant server through the communication module.
Preferably, the storage system comprises an input device and a display screen, the display screen displays a laundry treatment agent purchasing interface for a user to select a corresponding laundry treatment agent through the input device, and the storage system orders the merchant server to purchase the laundry treatment agent according to the user selection;
or the display screen displays an automatic repurchase setting interface for a user to set the required laundry treatment agent, and the storage system automatically purchases the corresponding laundry treatment agent according to the setting of the user when the inventory of the laundry treatment agent is insufficient.
After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the storage system comprises a weighing mechanism and a storage mechanism for storing the clothes treating agent, wherein the weighing mechanism weighs the clothes treating agent in the storage mechanism, and the storage system determines the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent according to the weight. The storage system is used for containing the household clothes treating agent, directly weighing the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent and prompting the stock quantity to a user, so that the user can know the accurate stock quantity of the clothes treating agent in the household conveniently, purchase the clothes treating agent in advance according to the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent, and prevent the user from unknowing when the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent is insufficient, influencing household clothes washing and bringing inconvenience to the user.
The following describes the embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a control logic diagram of a memory system of the present invention.
It should be noted that these drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate the inventive concept to those skilled in the art by referring to the specific embodiments.
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For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used to illustrate the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured 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 explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The invention provides a clothes treating agent storage system and a control method thereof. The storage system is used for containing the household clothes treating agent, directly weighing the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent and prompting the stock quantity to a user, so that the user can know the accurate stock quantity of the clothes treating agent in the household conveniently, purchase the clothes treating agent in advance according to the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent, and prevent the user from unknowing when the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent is insufficient, influencing household clothes washing and bringing inconvenience to the user.
Example 1
The present embodiment provides a structure of a laundry treatment agent storage system including a weighing mechanism that weighs a laundry treatment agent in a storage mechanism and a storage mechanism for storing the laundry treatment agent, the storage system determining an inventory of the home laundry treatment agent based on the weight.
In one aspect, the storage mechanism comprises a shelf on which bottled/bagged laundry treatment agents are placed; the weighing mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the shelf and supports the shelf, the clothes treating agent packages purchased by users are directly placed on the shelf, and the weight of the shelf is weighed by the weighing mechanism to directly know the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent.
The structure of the shelf can be made into a metal basket structure, so that the weight is reduced, the shelf is attractive, and bottled/bagged clothes treating agent is convenient to be placed.
Still further, the shelf is formed with a recess adapted for the placement of the bottled laundry treatment agent and a recess structure adapted for the placement of the bagged laundry treatment agent. The user places the laundry treating agent according to the actual situation.
Example two
The second embodiment provides a corresponding control method for the first embodiment, wherein the storage system comprises a weighing mechanism, a storage mechanism and a control device, the control method comprises the steps that the weighing mechanism weighs the laundry treating agent in the storage mechanism, and the control device determines the stock quantity of the home laundry treating agent according to the weighed weight of the weighing mechanism.
Further, to accurately calculate the inventory, in this embodiment, the weighing mechanism weighs the laundry treatment agent with the package and further subtracts the weight of the package to obtain the net weight of the laundry treatment agent. The storage capacity of the household laundry treatment agent is more accurate and practical in terms of net weight.
The weighing mechanism weighs the total weight of the laundry treatment agent, and the control device of the storage system controls subtracting the weight of the package carrying the laundry treatment agent from the total weight to obtain the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent.
The calculated stock quantity is the net weight of the packaged clothes treating agent, normal washing demands of families can be guaranteed through calculating the net weight, and the fact that the packaged weight occupies the actual family stock quantity is prevented, so that the statistics of the family stock quantity is inaccurate.
Several access schemes are available for the weight of the package:
the first scheme is as follows: the laundry treatment agent is loaded in a set package, the weight of which is known, such as after the laundry treatment agent has been purchased by a user, and the laundry treatment agent can be loaded in the package of known weight. The storage system subtracts the weight of the package after the total weight is weighed to obtain the stock quantity of the home. The package may be part of a storage system for which a known value is to be attributed.
Alternatively, the user may self-prepare a storage case, weigh the weight with the weighing mechanism, then level the weight, and then introduce the laundry treating agent into the storage case, so that the weighing mechanism can weigh the net laundry treating agent directly.
The second scheme is as follows: the storage system receives the weight of the user-set package and calculates the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent based on the weight of the user-set package. This scheme is comparatively nimble, does not need to get rid of the clothing treating agent specially former packing, and in leading-in another packing or storage box, only need the user to set for the weight of packing, if: the user places the purchased bagged/bottled laundry treating agent on the storage mechanism and then inputs the number of packages and the weight of each number to the storage system so that the storage system can learn the total weight of the packages and calculate the inventory of the home.
The scheme is that an input device is required to be configured for the storage system, a user inputs package information through the input device, the input device can be a control panel of the storage system, the control panel is in data connection with the control device of the storage system, and the control panel can be a touch display screen. Or the input device is directly an intelligent terminal, such as a mobile phone, and the user sets the package information through the mobile phone.
In a third scenario: the storage mechanism includes a container storing a solid/liquid laundry treating agent, the laundry treating agent being stored directly in the container. In this embodiment, the laundry treatment agent is directly placed in the container.
It can be seen that in the present invention, the storage mechanism may be designed as a structure suitable for placing bottled/bagged laundry treatment agents, or may be designed as a container structure suitable for directly storing solid/liquid laundry treatment agents, or the storage mechanism may include both structures, so as to meet different demands of users.
In a fourth aspect, the storage system includes an identification module that identifies the commodity identification code on the package to obtain the weight of the package. If the storage system comprises a camera, the weight of the package is obtained by scanning the two-dimensional code on the package. The scheme is the most practical and convenient, wherein the identification module can be specially designed for a storage system, can also be an intelligent terminal, and can identify the identification code on the package by using the mobile phone of the user.
Example III
In this embodiment, the weighing mechanism is described in detail. The weighing mechanism comprises a weighing sensor which is arranged at the bottom of the rest stand/container and supports the rest stand/container. The weighing sensor can be any commonly used force sensor, for example, the weighing sensor can be a deformation sheet, and the weight of the clothes treating agent is determined by detecting the deformation amount of the weighing sensor;
the weighing sensor can be a cantilever sensor, one end of the cantilever sensor is connected with the storage mechanism, and the other end of the cantilever sensor is connected with the base.
Of course, other configurations and principles of load cells are suitable for use with the present invention.
Example IV
In the fourth embodiment, the storage system may be disposed on the washing machine, and belongs to a part of the washing machine, so that the use of the washing machine by a user is facilitated, and the space in the home is not occupied.
Preferably, the washing machine is a drum washing machine, and the storage system is disposed at a top of the drum washing machine.
The storage system and the washing machine are integrally designed, so that the space is saved, the storage system is reasonable, a user can conveniently take and put the clothes treating agent, and furthermore, when the washing machine is a drum washing machine, the storage system is preferably arranged on the table top of the washing machine, the clothes treating agent is placed at the top of the washing machine, the user can conveniently take and put the clothes treating agent, and the space at the top of the washing machine is fully utilized. When the user puts the clothes treating agent into the washing machine, the user only needs to take out the clothes treating agent from the storage mechanism.
Still alternatively, the washing machine comprises a drawer that can be drawn out/pushed into the washing machine housing, said drawer having said storage system disposed therein. In the embodiment, the storage mechanism and the bearing mechanism are arranged in the drawer, so that the use is more convenient, and the clothes treating agent is stored in the drawer, has a hiding effect, and is beneficial to neat and regular appearance.
Of course, the storage system may also be independently designed: the storage system is independently arranged, and comprises: the weighing sensor, the power supply and the stock quantity prompting device are respectively and electrically connected with the control device.
The storage system is independently designed and is not attached to the washing machine.
The stock quantity prompting device comprises a display screen, and prompts a user of the stock quantity of the clothes treating agent through displaying text information.
Wherein, stock quantity suggestion device includes the pilot lamp, and the stock quantity of suggestion user clothing treatment agent is lighted the mode through the pilot lamp is different. Or the stock quantity prompting device comprises a sounder and prompts the user of the stock quantity of the clothes treating agent in a voice broadcasting mode.
Preferably, the storage system generates prompt information to prompt a user when the storage amount of the laundry treatment agent is insufficient;
preferably, the storage system prompts the user that the stock quantity is insufficient in a mode of displaying any one or more of characters, an indication lamp lighting state and voice prompt;
or the storage system is in communication connection with the washing machine/intelligent terminal, and sends the prompt information to the washing machine/intelligent terminal, so that the user is prompted to be insufficient in stock by adopting a corresponding mode through the washing machine/intelligent terminal.
Preferably, the storage system receives the user-set repurchase limit value and generates a prompt message prompt to the user when detecting that the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent is lower than the repurchase limit value.
Or the storage system calculates the consumption rate of the laundry treatment agent according to the change rate of the weighed laundry treatment agent stock quantity, and automatically determines the repurchase limit value according to the consumption rate; the storage system multiplies the consumption rate by a set time to obtain the repurchase limit value; preferably, the set time is 1-7 days.
Preferably, the storage system also prompts the user to purchase the laundry treatment agent when the household stock is insufficient, or is directly connected with a merchant server to automatically order and purchase the laundry treatment agent.
Preferably, the control device of the storage system is a controller/home appliance server of the washing machine, and the storage system is connected with the merchant server through the controller/home appliance server of the washing machine.
Or the storage system comprises a communication module, and the control device of the storage system is a controller independent of the washing machine/household appliance server, and the controller is connected with the merchant server through the communication module.
Preferably, the storage system comprises an input device and a display screen, the display screen displays a laundry treatment agent purchasing interface for a user to select a corresponding laundry treatment agent through the input device, and the storage system orders the merchant server to purchase the laundry treatment agent according to the user selection.
Or the display screen displays an automatic repurchase setting interface for a user to set the required laundry treatment agent, and the storage system automatically purchases the corresponding laundry treatment agent according to the setting of the user when the inventory of the laundry treatment agent is insufficient.
Example five
The embodiment provides a control method of a storage system in detail: the storage system weighs the updated laundry treatment agent once in real time or at intervals, and when the storage system detects that the washing machine is washing, namely after the washing is finished, the storage system weighs the updated laundry treatment agent once and updates the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent.
In the process of storing the system more stock quantity, detecting whether the stock quantity is lower than the repurchase limit value, if yes, prompting the user.
The determination of the repurchase limit value may be: the storage system receives the re-purchase limit value set by the user, and prompts the user that the stock quantity is insufficient when the stock quantity is lower than the re-purchase limit value.
Or determining a repurchase limit value of the household clothes treating agent according to the consumption rate of the household clothes treating agent by the storage system, and prompting the user that the stock quantity is insufficient when the stock quantity is lower than the repurchase limit value;
preferably, the greater the rate of consumption of the household laundry treatment agent, the greater the corresponding repurchase limit.
In the scheme, the consumption rate of the household clothes treating agent is higher, the corresponding clothes treating agent needed to be stored in the household is also higher, and therefore normal washing use of the household is ensured.
Preferably, the storage system detects the consumption rate of the household laundry treatment agent, and multiplies the consumption rate by a set time to obtain the repurchase limit value; wherein the set time is greater than a laundry treatment mailing cycle. The rate of consumption is obtained by the weighing mechanism weighing the rate of change of the laundry treatment agent weight.
In the above scheme, the set time is the time required by the user to purchase the laundry treatment agent, and the stock quantity of the household laundry treatment agent is enough for the user to use during the purchase period, so that the influence of the shortage of the household laundry treatment agent on the normal life of the household is prevented.
Preferably, the storage system provides a shortage of the user's stock amount when the stock amount is below the repurchase limit, and the storage system prompts the user more frequently the greater the difference between the stock amount of the home laundry treatment agent and the repurchase limit.
In the above-described scheme, when the stock quantity of the home has been lower than the repurchase limit value, the current laundry treatment agent of the home is only enough for several uses of the home, so when the difference between the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent of the home and the repurchase limit value is larger, the frequency of prompting the user by the storage system is higher, such as prompting the user from once a day to a plurality of times a day.
Preferably, the storage system is connected with the intelligent terminal through the communication module, and the intelligent terminal prompts the user that the stock quantity is insufficient in a mode of displaying any one or more of characters, vibration and voice prompt.
In the scheme, the intelligent terminal is a smart phone, the smart phone is provided with the corresponding APP, and the APP generates prompt information to prompt a user.
And/or the storage system utilizes the washing machine, and the washing machine prompts the user that the stock quantity is insufficient in a mode of displaying any one or more of characters, vibration and voice prompt;
in the above scheme, the washing machine can be provided with a display screen and/or a vibration device and/or a sounder, so that the shortage of the stock quantity of the user can be prompted by a text display mode and/or a vibration mode and/or a voice prompt mode.
Preferably, the washing machine prompts the user that the stock amount is insufficient every time the washing program is performed.
In the scheme, in order to effectively feed back the information of insufficient stock quantity to the user, the washing machine prompts the user when washing each time, and the information is easier to prompt to the user.
Preferably, the storage system prompting the user for insufficient inventory includes: prompting the household for the current stock of laundry treatment agent, and/or prompting the user for the time/number of times the current stock is sufficient for household use.
In the above scheme, the storage system directly prompts the user of the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent to prompt the user of the insufficient stock quantity: if the intelligent terminal prompts the user that the stock quantity only remains 100 milliliters, the user can intuitively know the stock quantity; or the storage system directly processes the data of the household stock quantity to obtain the time length or the times of washing of the household, so that the information of insufficient household stock quantity is fed back to the user more vividly, and the user can accept the information more easily.
Wherein the storage system divides the current stock of household laundry treatment agent by the consumption rate of household laundry treatment agent to obtain a time when the current stock is sufficient for household use.
The storage system also provides a service for purchasing laundry treatments online.
Upon detecting an insufficient home inventory, the storage system provides a user purchase suggestion.
The storage system prompts a user whether to purchase the clothes treating agent or not, and after the user selects to purchase, the storage system is connected with the merchant server to display commodity information of the clothes treating agent so as to enable the user to select the required clothes treating agent.
Preferably, the storage system displays a product purchasing interface of the laundry treatment agent through a display screen and receives the laundry treatment agent selected by a user; the merchant server generates a corresponding purchase order according to the user selection operation, wherein the purchase order comprises the category, brand and quantity information of the clothing treating agent.
Preferably, the merchant server pushes the purchase order prompt information to a storage system, and receives the purchase order confirmed by the user. The scheme is more in line with the shopping habit of people.
Preferably, after the user confirms the purchase order, the corresponding logistics information is synchronized on the storage system.
Further, after detecting that the user signs for goods, the storage system updates the stock quantity according to the information in the purchase order, does not prompt the user to purchase the laundry treatment agent any more, or waits for the user to place the purchased laundry treatment agent on the storage mechanism, and then the storage system updates the stock quantity by weighing.
As described with reference to fig. 1, a preferred control method is provided below, comprising the steps of:
s100, the storage system detects the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent, judges whether the stock quantity is lower than the repurchase limit value, if yes, the step S101 is carried out, and if not, the step S100 is carried out;
s101, a storage system prompts a user to purchase a clothes treating agent;
s102, if a user purchases the clothes treating agent through the storage system, the storage system synchronizes logistics information; if the user purchases the laundry treatment agent by himself, the storage system weighs the total laundry treatment agent and updates the stock quantity; if the user does not purchase the laundry treatment agent, the storage system adopts corresponding prompting frequency according to the difference between the stock quantity and the repurchase limit value to prompt the user to purchase the laundry treatment agent until the user purchases the laundry treatment agent.
It should be noted that when the storage system is in data/communication connection with the washing machine or the intelligent terminal, the storage system control prompting process described above may be performed by the intelligent terminal and/or the washing machine.
Example six
In this implementation, the storage system receives user input user information in advance, and when it is detected that the home stock quantity is lower than the repurchase limit value, the storage system generates a corresponding repurchase suggestion.
If the information input by the user includes family member information, the storage system recommends the user to purchase a corresponding amount of laundry treating agent according to the family member information. The corresponding amount of the laundry treatment agent satisfies a certain period of home use, for example, 3-5 months. The more family members the year, the greater the amount of laundry treatment agent the user is advised to purchase.
Further, the storage system prompts the user to purchase different amounts of laundry treatment agents for the same household under different environments, for example, in seasons where the temperature is high, the storage system prompts the user to purchase the larger amount of laundry treatment agents in consideration of the increase in the consumption amount of laundry treatment agents.
Aiming at online shopping holidays, when the stock quantity is close to the re-purchase limit value, the storage system recommends a user to purchase the clothes treating agent in advance so as to avoid online shopping peak time; because the online peak express mail cycle is long, there are situations that affect the normal laundry of the home, so the storage system recommends the user to purchase laundry treatment agents in advance. The online shopping holiday: such as double eleven, double twelve, etc. shopping peak holidays.
In addition, the storage system recommends the user to purchase the laundry treatment agent when the amount of the home laundry treatment agent is sufficient during the online shopping holiday period, but discount information of the required laundry treatment agent is detected. Thus, the user can be assisted in purchasing the laundry treatment agent with economical price.
The storage system is connected with the Internet, and the merchant server acquires the online shopping holiday information and discount information of the clothes treating agent.
Example seven
In this embodiment, the storage system automatically or previously receives the user-set automatic purchase parameter to perform the laundry treating agent automatic purchase process according to the automatic purchase parameter at a later stage.
In the above scheme, the user sets the purchase parameters, and the storage system automatically executes the purchase process according to the parameter information set by the user.
Preferably, the automatic purchase parameter includes a re-purchase limit, and when the updated stock quantity of the storage system is lower than the re-purchase limit, the merchant server is triggered to generate the order;
alternatively, the repurchase limit value is a value automatically determined by the storage system according to the consumption speed of the clothing treatment agent in the household.
In the above-described aspect, the storage system automatically determines the re-purchase limit value according to the consumption speed of the laundry treatment agent in the home, the re-purchase limit value satisfying that the laundry treatment agent in the home is sufficient not to be used up after the laundry treatment agent is purchased later and before the laundry treatment agent is mailed to the date of shipment.
Preferably, the automatic purchase parameters further comprise category and brand parameters of the laundry treatment agents, and the merchant server determines the category and brand of the laundry treatment agents in the order according to the category and brand parameters.
In the above scheme, the user sets the laundry treatment agent to be purchased in advance, and the merchant server determines the laundry treatment agent product in the later order according to the selection of the user.
Preferably, the automatic purchase parameter further comprises a purchase quantity parameter, and the merchant server determines purchase quantity information in the order according to the purchase quantity parameter;
alternatively, the storage system analyzes the consumption rate of the laundry treating agent in the user's home, and determines purchase amount information according to the consumption rate.
In the above scheme, the storage system analyzes the consumption rate of the user's home laundry treatment agent, and the greater the consumption rate, the greater the determined purchase amount.
Furthermore, the storage system receives user-set mailing information, including mailing addresses, contact addresses, and the like.
Preferably, when the stock quantity reaches or is lower than the re-purchase limit value, the merchant server also detects whether an order which is not accepted exists in the home, if yes, the order is not generated, and otherwise, the order is generated.
In the above scheme, when there is an order which is not received in the home, it is stated that the user has purchased the laundry treating agent, so that repeated purchase is not required.
Preferably, after detecting that the user has signed the order, the storage system further performs a process of updating the stock quantity: the storage system controls the stock quantity updated last time to be added with the purchase quantity in the order to obtain the current stock quantity of the family.
Preferably, after the merchant server generates the order, a process for prompting the user to confirm the order is further included.
Preferably, the merchant server generates an order and then sends the order to the intelligent terminal/storage system, and the intelligent terminal/storage system receives the operation of confirming or canceling the order by the user selection. Wherein the intelligent terminal may also be considered to belong to the storage system.
The above-described solution is an alternative solution, set for users of different habits, in which the user is also involved in an automatic purchasing activity.
Preferably, after the storage system sets the duration T, if the user does not receive the order, the merchant server automatically cancels the order;
preferably, the duration T is 12-36 hours.
In the above scheme, the user does not confirm the order for a long time, and the order is automatically canceled in consideration of the user's demand.
The foregoing description is only illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, but is to be construed as limiting the invention to any simple modification, equivalent variation and variation of the above embodiments according to the technical matter of the present invention without departing from the scope of the invention.

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1. A control method of a clothes treating agent storage system is characterized in that the storage system comprises a weighing mechanism, a storage mechanism and a control device, wherein the control method comprises the steps that the weighing mechanism weighs the clothes treating agent in the storage mechanism, and the control device determines the stock quantity of the household clothes treating agent according to the weight weighed by the weighing mechanism;
the storage system receives the re-purchase limit value set by the user, and generates prompt information to prompt the user when the stock quantity of the clothes treating agent is detected to be lower than the re-purchase limit value;
when the stock quantity of the clothes treating agent is detected to be lower than the repurchase limit value, the storage system generates corresponding repurchase advice;
the storage system prompts a user to purchase different amounts of laundry treatment agents in different environments for the same household;
when the storage system is insufficient in family stock, the storage system is directly connected with a merchant server, and automatically ordering and purchasing the detergent;
when the stock quantity is lower than the re-purchase limit value, the merchant server also detects whether an order which is not accepted exists in the family, if so, the order is not generated, otherwise, the order is generated;
when the user is detected to sign and receive the order, the storage system also executes the process of updating the stock quantity, and the storage system controls the stock quantity updated last time to be added with the purchase quantity in the order to obtain the current stock quantity of the family.
2. A control method according to claim 1, wherein the weighing mechanism weighs the total weight of the laundry treatment agent, and the control means controls subtracting the weight of the package carrying the laundry treatment agent from the total weight to obtain the stock quantity of the laundry treatment agent.
3. A control method according to claim 2, wherein the laundry treatment agent is loaded in a set package, the weight of the package being known;
or, the storage system receives the weight of the package set by the user and calculates the stock quantity of the clothes treating agent according to the weight of the package set by the user;
or the storage system comprises an identification module for acquiring the weight of the package by identifying the commodity identification code on the package.
4. A control method according to claim 3, wherein the storage system generates a prompt message to prompt the user when the storage amount of the laundry treating agent is weighed to be insufficient.
5. The control method according to claim 4, wherein the storage system prompts the user that the stock amount is insufficient in a manner of displaying any one or a combination of a text, an indication lamp lighting state, and a voice prompt;
or the storage system is in communication connection with the washing machine/intelligent terminal, and sends the prompt information to the washing machine/intelligent terminal, so that the user is prompted to be insufficient in stock by adopting a corresponding mode through the washing machine/intelligent terminal.
6. The control method according to claim 4, wherein the storage system calculates a consumption rate of the laundry treatment agent according to a change rate of the weighed laundry treatment agent inventory, and automatically determines the repurchase limit value according to the consumption rate; and multiplying the consumption rate by a set time by a storage system to obtain the repurchase limit value.
7. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the set time is 1 to 7 days.
8. The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the storage system further prompts the user to purchase the laundry treatment agent when the home stock is insufficient.
9. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the control device of the storage system is a controller/home appliance server of the washing machine, and the storage system is connected to the merchant server through the controller/home appliance server of the washing machine;
or the storage system comprises a communication module, and the control device of the storage system is a controller independent of the washing machine/household appliance server, and the controller is connected with the merchant server through the communication module.
10. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the storage system includes an input device and a display screen, the display screen displaying a laundry treatment agent purchasing interface for a user to select a corresponding laundry treatment agent through the input device, and the storage system orders the purchase of the laundry treatment agent to the merchant server according to the user selection;
or the display screen displays an automatic repurchase setting interface for a user to set the required laundry treatment agent, and the storage system automatically purchases the corresponding laundry treatment agent according to the setting of the user when the inventory of the laundry treatment agent is insufficient.
11. A laundry treatment agent storage system, characterized in that a control method of the laundry treatment agent storage system according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is employed, comprising a weighing mechanism that weighs the laundry treatment agent in the storage mechanism, and a storage mechanism for storing the laundry treatment agent, and the storage system determines the stock amount of the home laundry treatment agent based on the weight.
12. A laundry treatment agent storage system according to claim 11, wherein the storage mechanism comprises a rest on which bottled/bagged laundry treatment agent is placed; alternatively, the storage mechanism includes a container storing a solid/liquid laundry treating agent, the laundry treating agent being stored directly in the container;
the weighing mechanism comprises a weighing sensor which is arranged at the bottom of the rest stand/container and supports the rest stand/container.
13. A laundry treatment storage system according to claim 12, wherein the storage system is provided on a washing machine.
14. A laundry treatment storage system according to claim 13, wherein the washing machine is a drum washing machine, and the storage system is provided on top of the drum washing machine.
15. A laundry treatment storage system according to claim 13, wherein the washing machine comprises a drawer which is extractable/insertable into the washing machine housing, said storage system being provided in said drawer.
16. A laundry treatment storage system according to claim 12, wherein the storage system is provided independently, comprising: the weighing sensor, the power supply and the stock quantity prompting device are respectively and electrically connected with the control device.
17. The laundry treating agent storage system of claim 16, wherein the stock quantity prompting means comprises a display screen for prompting a user of the stock quantity of the laundry treating agent by displaying a text message.
18. The laundry treating agent storage system of claim 16, wherein the stock quantity prompting means comprises an indication lamp for prompting the user of the stock quantity of the laundry treating agent by means of different lighting of the indication lamp.
19. The laundry treatment agent storage system of claim 16, wherein the inventory level prompting device comprises a sound generator for prompting the user of the inventory level of the laundry treatment agent by voice broadcasting.
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