Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a load detection device of a washing machine and the washing machine.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:
a first object of the present invention is to provide a control method of a washing machine which judges the weight of laundry having been put into a washing tub assembly according to a sinking displacement of the washing tub assembly and prompts a user whether the laundry can be added into the washing tub assembly.
In a further scheme, when the washing cylinder assembly is unloaded, the sinking displacement of the washing cylinder assembly is set to be a minimum value M, and when the washing cylinder assembly is fully loaded, the sinking displacement of the washing cylinder assembly is set to be a maximum value N;
when the washing machine judges that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is equal to or greater than the maximum value N in the process of adding the clothes by the user, prompting the user to stop adding the clothes.
In a further scheme, when the washing machine judges that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is greater than or equal to the minimum value M and less than the maximum value N in the process of adding the clothes, the user is prompted to continue adding the clothes.
According to the further scheme, when the washing machine judges that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is larger than the minimum value M and smaller than the maximum value N, the washing machine prompts a user whether to add clothes into the washing drum assembly or not according to the dirt degree information, and/or the clothes material information and/or the color information of the added clothes;
preferably, the washing machine obtains a corresponding washing program according to the information of the degree of contamination of the added clothes, and/or the information of the material of the clothes, and/or the information of the color, and prompts the user to stop adding the clothes if the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is judged to reach the maximum value A corresponding to the washing program; if the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is judged to be smaller than the value A, prompting the user that the clothes can be added.
According to the further scheme, in the process of adding clothes by a user, the washing machine analyzes and obtains the weight of the added clothes according to the sinking displacement data of the washing drum assembly acquired in real time, and prompts the user to keep the weight of the added clothes.
According to the further scheme, after the washing machine analyzes and obtains the weight of the residual addable clothes, the washing machine directly prompts the user of the number of the residual addable clothes;
preferably, the manner in which the washing machine prompts the user of the number of pieces of laundry that may be added includes: respectively prompting the user of the number of pieces of clothes, such as large clothes, medium clothes and small clothes, which can be increased.
In a further aspect, the washing machine includes at least two washing drum assemblies, and when the washing machine determines that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly to which the laundry is being added reaches a maximum value N, the washing machine prompts a user to stop adding the laundry, or prompts the user to add the laundry to another washing drum assembly.
According to a further scheme, when the washing machine judges that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly added with the clothes reaches the maximum value N, the running state of other washing drum assemblies is detected, if the washing drum assembly which is not operated exists, the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is detected, and if the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly does not reach the maximum value, a user is prompted to add the clothes into the washing drum assembly.
In a further aspect, the manner of prompting the user by the washing machine includes: voice broadcasting is carried out for prompting, and/or display is carried out on a display screen, and/or an indicator lamp is used for displaying;
preferably, the display of the washing machine on the display screen includes displaying to the user with numbers, and/or letters, and/or patterns.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine having the control method as described above, the washing machine comprising a cabinet and a washing tub assembly disposed in the cabinet, wherein displacement detecting means is disposed on an inner wall of the cabinet and/or an outer wall of the washing tub assembly, the displacement detecting means detecting a weight of laundry in the washing tub assembly by detecting a sinking displacement of the washing tub assembly.
In a further scheme, the washing machine comprises at least two washing drum assemblies which are arranged up and down, and the displacement detection device detects the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly positioned above the washing drum assembly;
preferably, the displacement detecting means is installed at a lower portion of the upper washing tub assembly or at an upper portion of the lower washing tub assembly.
After adopting the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the invention, the washing drum is used as a weighing device, when a user puts clothes in, the weight is detected and prompted in real time, when the maximum limit is reached, the fact that the clothes can not be added is prompted, the action that the user repeatedly takes the clothes and changes the washing drum is avoided, the washing efficiency and the washing effect are improved, the intellectualization of the washing machine is improved, and the user experience is improved.
2. In the process that a user adds clothes into the washing barrel, the weight of the clothes which are already put in is detected in real time, the user is prompted to have the remaining addable clothes weight, the number of different pieces of clothes which can be put in can be calculated even according to clothes of different sizes, the clothes adding method is more visual, the user can add the clothes conveniently, and the clothes are prevented from being overweight and needing to be taken out from the washing barrel.
The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
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 those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, 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.
Example one
As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a control method of a washing machine, which judges the weight of laundry having been put into a washing tub assembly 2 according to a sinking displacement of the washing tub assembly 2 and prompts a user whether the laundry can be added into the washing tub assembly 2.
In the scheme, the washing machine can be a drum washing machine, a pulsator washing machine or a washing machine with a drying function. The washing machine has a cabinet 1, and a displacement detecting device 3 is provided in the cabinet 1 for detecting a sinking displacement of a washing tub assembly 2. After the laundry is loaded into the washing drum, the washing drum assembly 2 sinks due to gravity, and the degree of sinking represents the weight of the loaded laundry. The control device of the washing machine can therefore analyze and judge the weight of the laundry that has been put into the washing drum in real time by detecting the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 in real time, and prompt the user whether the laundry can be added into the washing drum again, so as to avoid the occurrence of the situation that too many laundry are put into the washing drum, or the washing drum needs to be replaced.
In order to facilitate the analysis of the relationship between the washing drum sinking displacement and the laundry weight, the empty drum height and the full drum height of the washing drum assembly 2 are taken as reference, respectively. The sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 is set to a minimum value M when the washing drum assembly 2 is empty and to a maximum value N when the washing drum assembly 2 is full. When the user adds laundry to the washing drum, specific situations include, but are not limited to, the following:
in case 1, the washing tub assembly 2 is gradually moved downward as the laundry is added by the user, and when the washing machine judges that the sinking displacement of the washing tub assembly 2 is equal to or greater than the maximum value N, the user is prompted to stop adding the laundry.
According to the scheme, the washing drum is used as the weighing device, when the user puts clothes in, the weight is detected and prompted in real time, if the maximum limit value is reached, the user is prompted to be incapable of increasing the clothes to enter, the phenomenon that the user repeatedly takes the clothes to replace the washing drum can be avoided, the washing efficiency and the washing effect can be improved, the intellectualization of the washing machine is improved, and the user experience is improved.
And 2, when the washing machine judges that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 is greater than or equal to the minimum value M and less than the maximum value N in the process of adding the clothes, prompting the user that the clothes can be continuously added.
When the washing machine judges that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 is between the no-load minimum value and the full-load maximum value, the washing machine shows that less clothes are added into the washing drum, the residual space in the washing drum is larger, and more clothes can be loaded, so that a user is prompted to continue to add clothes into the washing drum, and therefore the washing machine can facilitate the user to act and avoid invalid repeated actions.
In this case, further, in order to obtain a better washing effect, when the washing machine determines that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is greater than the minimum value M and less than the maximum value N, the user is prompted whether to add the clothes to the washing drum assembly according to the information of the degree of contamination of the added clothes, and/or the information of the material of the clothes, and/or the information of the color.
According to the specific scheme, the washing machine obtains a corresponding washing program according to the dirt degree information, the clothes material information and/or the color information of the added clothes, and prompts a user to stop adding the clothes if the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is judged to reach the maximum value A corresponding to the washing program; if the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly is judged to be smaller than the value A, prompting the user that the clothes can be added.
The value A is the maximum value A in the optimal weight range corresponding to the washing program obtained by the washing machine according to the dirt degree information, the clothes material information and the color information of the added clothes. The value of A is smaller than the value of N and larger than the value of M.
The washing conditions of full load and small amount of clothes are not necessarily the best cleaning degree, so that the clothes multiple information can be combined and analyzed to give the best washing scheme to the user. In the scheme, on the basis of analyzing the weight of the added clothes, the optimal washing program and the optimal weight are obtained by further combining the information of the material, the dirt degree and the like of the clothes, when the added clothes reach the appropriate weight, the clothes are prompted to stop being added, and if the added clothes do not reach the appropriate weight, the clothes are prompted to be added.
For example, when the washing machine detects that two dirty clothes are put into the washing drum and the color is darker, a proper washing program and washing weight are recommended, and whether the addition needs to be continued or not is judged by combining the detected weight of the clothes, and the user is prompted; or the weight of the detected clothes with cotton and linen or strong water absorbability is light and does not exceed the maximum carrying capacity N, whether the clothes are added or not can be analyzed according to the detected information, and the phenomenon that the clothes with too large water absorbability are few and serious eccentricity is caused is avoided.
As a specific case, when the laundry is dirty or the laundry is made of cotton, the washing machine analyzes and judges that the weight of the laundry which can achieve a better washing effect is a according to the laundry information, for example, a may be two thirds of the value of N, and when the washing machine judges that the weight of the laundry put into the washing drum assembly has not reached N but has reached a according to the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly, the user is prompted to stop adding the laundry, so that the best washing effect can be ensured.
And 3, in order to further facilitate the user to know the specific clothes adding situation, in the clothes adding process of the user, the washing machine analyzes and obtains the weight of the added clothes according to the sinking displacement data of the washing drum assembly 2 acquired in real time, and prompts the user to keep the weight of the remained and added clothes.
In the scheme, the washing machine not only prompts the user to add clothes into the washing drum continuously, but also displays the weight of the clothes which can be added specifically, for example, prompts the user to add 2kg of clothes into the washing drum continuously. Therefore, the user can timely know the weight information of the clothes added into the washing machine, can clearly know the weight of the clothes to be added, is convenient for the user to add the clothes with proper weight, avoids the situation that the clothes need to be taken out after being added, and can improve the washing effect by washing the clothes with proper weight.
Further, after analyzing and judging the weight of the clothes added into the washing drum and the weight of the residual addable clothes, the washing machine further compares the weight data of the residual addable clothes with the stored data for analysis, and directly prompts the user of the number of the residual addable clothes.
In this scheme, washing machine real-time detection washing barrel assembly 2 sink the displacement back, and the direct suggestion user can continue the number of pieces of the clothing that adds, so more directly perceived, convenience of customers uses. The weight of the clothes is different due to the different sizes and thicknesses of the clothes. Therefore, the washing machine needs to calculate the number-of-pieces information of the laundry that can be added according to the pre-stored laundry weight data classified according to different criteria. For example, the pre-stored data may include weight averages of laundry classified by different seasons, weight averages of laundry classified by different materials, weight averages of laundry classified by size and style, and the like.
As a specific embodiment, the manner in which the washing machine prompts the user of the number of pieces of laundry that may be added includes: after the washing machine obtains the weight of the residual addable clothes, the weight data refers to the average weight values of the large clothes, the middle clothes and the small clothes which are stored in advance, the number of the addable large clothes, the number of the middle clothes and the number of the small clothes are respectively calculated, and the addable large clothes, the number of the middle clothes and the number of the small clothes are respectively prompted to a user. Thus, the user can know at a glance which size of clothes should be added continuously, and the washing effect is improved.
In the scheme, the modes of prompting the user by the washing machine can be various, and the prompting device can be an existing visual or auditory or gustatory prompting device or an improved prompting device. The visual prompting device can adopt display screen display, projection display, flashing lamps or prompting lamps with different colors and the like; the auditory prompting device adopts voice broadcast, prompting sound alarm and the like, and the gustatory prompting device comprises devices emitting different smells according to different conditions and the like.
As a specific embodiment, the manner of prompting the user by the washing machine includes: voice broadcasting is carried out for prompting, and/or display is carried out on a display screen, and/or an indicator lamp is used for displaying;
the washing machine can directly perform voice broadcast after monitoring the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 in real time, prompt the user of the weight or the number of pieces of clothes which can be added, and prompt the user to stop adding when the maximum value is reached. Or the numbers, and/or characters, and/or patterns are displayed on the display screen to the user, the user is prompted to add the weight or the number of pieces of clothes, and the user is prompted to stop adding the clothes when the maximum value is reached. Or indicate the user with a different colored, flashing indicator light. Or, a plurality of prompting modes are combined for use, so that a better prompting purpose is achieved.
Example two
As shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment is a further limitation of the first embodiment, the washing machine in the present embodiment includes at least two washing drum assemblies 2, and when the washing machine determines that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 to which the laundry is being added reaches the maximum value N, the user is prompted to stop adding the laundry, or the user is prompted to add the laundry to the other washing drum assemblies 2.
The scheme is explained by taking a double-drum washing machine as an example, the double-drum washing machine comprises a box body 1, a first washing drum assembly 4 and a second washing drum assembly 5 are arranged in the box body 1 from top to bottom, and a displacement detection device 3 is arranged in the box body 1. The control method of the double-drum washing machine specifically comprises the following steps:
during the process that the user adds the clothes into the first washing drum assembly 4, the washing machine detects the sinking displacement of the first washing drum assembly 4 in real time, and when the sinking displacement of the first washing drum assembly 4 reaches the maximum value, the washing machine not only prompts the user to stop adding the clothes into the first washing drum assembly 4, but also prompts the user to add the clothes into the second washing drum which is not in operation.
Therefore, the phenomenon that the user puts too much clothes into the first washing drum assembly 4, the excessive weight is found after the washing drum is detected, the user needs to repeatedly take the clothes from the first washing drum assembly 4 and replace the washing drum is needed, the user experience is improved, and the washing efficiency and the washing effect can be improved.
Further, when the washing machine includes a plurality of washing tubs, the operation states of the different washing tubs are different. In order to achieve better experience effect for users, when the washing machine judges that the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 added with clothes reaches the maximum value N, the running state of other washing drum assemblies 2 is detected, if the washing drum assembly 2 which is not operated exists, the sinking displacement is detected, and if the sinking displacement does not reach the maximum value, the users are prompted to add the clothes into the washing drum assembly 2.
In the scheme, when the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 which detects that the user is adding clothes reaches the maximum value N, the washing machine not only prompts the user to stop putting in clothes, but also detects the running states of other washing drum assemblies 2 so as to judge whether other washing drums are suitable for putting in clothes. When detecting that there is a washing drum assembly 2 which is not operated, further detecting the sinking displacement thereof, and judging whether clothes can be added or not, when the sinking displacement of the washing drum does not reach the maximum value thereof, prompting a user to add the clothes into the washing drum assembly 2, and when the sinking displacement of the washing drum reaches the maximum value thereof, prompting the user that the washing drum assembly 2 is not suitable for adding the clothes. Therefore, the purpose of more intellectualization can be achieved, the human-computer interaction experience is enhanced, and the resource waste is avoided.
EXAMPLE III
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the present embodiment is further limited to the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and provides a washing machine having the control method as described above, the washing machine includes a cabinet 1 and a washing drum assembly 2 disposed in the cabinet 1, a displacement detecting device 3 is disposed on an inner wall of the cabinet 1 and/or an outer wall of the washing drum assembly 2, and the displacement detecting device 3 detects the weight of the laundry in the washing drum assembly 2 by detecting a sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2.
In this embodiment, the displacement detecting device 3 may be disposed on the inner wall of the casing 1 and/or the outer wall of the washing barrel assembly 2, and the displacement detecting device 3 may be any existing or improved displacement detecting device, such as a displacement sensor. For example, an infrared sensing array may be used, when the washing drum sinks to a certain height, an infrared detection signal is transmitted to a control device of the washing machine, and the control device of the washing machine matches the detection data with a theoretical value, so as to display the detection data and prompt a user.
As a specific embodiment, the specific scheme may include: the washing machine comprises at least two washing drum assemblies 2 which are arranged up and down, and a displacement detection device 3 detects the sinking displacement of the washing drum assembly 2 positioned above;
the scheme is explained by taking a double-drum washing machine as an example, the double-drum washing machine comprises a box body 1, a first washing drum assembly 4 and a second washing drum assembly 5 are arranged in the box body 1 up and down, a displacement detection device 3 is arranged in the box body 1, the displacement detection device 3 can only detect the sinking displacement of the first washing drum assembly 4, and the second washing drum assembly 5 is not detected to be displaced; sinking displacement of the first wash cartridge assembly 4 and the second wash cartridge assembly 5 may also be detected.
The displacement detection device 3 can be a light sensing device and comprises an emitting end and a receiving end, wherein the emitting end is positioned on the outer wall of the first washing cylinder assembly 4/on the inner wall of the box body 1; the receiving end is positioned on the inner wall of the box body 1/the outer wall of the first washing barrel assembly 4; the receiving end receives the signal transmitted by the transmitting end and transmits the signal to the control device of the washing machine, the control device analyzes the signal after receiving the signal and controls the prompting device to prompt a user.
Preferably, the displacement detecting means 3 is installed at a lower portion of the upper washing tub assembly 2 or at an upper portion of the lower washing tub assembly 2.
The displacement detecting means 3 is installed on the outer sidewall of the washing tub near the lower portion of the first washing tub assembly 4 or the inner sidewall of the cabinet 1, or on the outer sidewall of the washing tub near the upper portion of the second washing tub assembly 5 or the inner sidewall of the cabinet 1, in order to more accurately detect the sinking displacement of the first washing tub assembly 4.
Therefore, the scheme of the invention detects and prompts the weight of the load put into the first washing drum in real time, and prompts the user not to add clothes or prompt the user to put into the second washing drum when the highest set value is reached, so that the actions of repeatedly taking clothes and replacing the washing drum by the user can be avoided, and the washing efficiency and the washing effect are improved.
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.