CN112227003B

CN112227003B - Laundry system and laundry appointment control method, device and storage medium thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112227003B
Application number: CN202010896862.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 于欣; 韩怡茹; 袁正波
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2020-08-31
Filing date: 2020-08-31
Publication date: 2021-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 2040-08-31
Also published as: CN112227003A

Abstract

The invention provides a laundry system and a laundry appointment control method, a laundry appointment control device and a storage medium thereof, wherein the laundry system comprises: a wardrobe, a conveyer, a washing device and a detergent container unit; the clothes washing system comprises more than two clothes storage cabinets; the conveying device is used for conveying clothes between the wardrobe and the washing device; the detergent container unit is used for storing detergent and/or softener; the washing system comprises more than two detergent container units; the more than two detergent container units correspond to the more than two wardrobe one by one. The scheme provided by the invention can store clothes by utilizing the wardrobe without waiting for a user.

Description

Laundry system and laundry appointment control method, device and storage medium thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of control, in particular to a washing system, a washing appointment control method and device thereof and a storage medium.

Background

At present, for a reservation mode of shared washing or self-service washing, a user needs to reserve an idle washing machine to wash clothes, put in own detergent and the like, and if all the washing machines are in a working state, reservation cannot be carried out. The situation that resource preemption fails possibly caused by waiting for clothes washing to finish re-booking; when a user catches up with time or the clothes washed at present are not taken out of the washing machine in time, the user cannot perform a reservation operation and cannot immediately store or throw the clothes, detergent and the like, which easily causes the waste of time for the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art, and provides a laundry system, a laundry reservation control method and device thereof, and a storage medium, so as to solve the problem that a user needs to wait for the laundry machine to be idle to make a reservation when the laundry machine is in a busy state in the prior art.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a laundry system including: a wardrobe, a conveyer, a washing device and a detergent container unit; the clothes washing system comprises more than two clothes storage cabinets; the conveying device is used for conveying clothes between the wardrobe and the washing device; the detergent container unit is used for storing detergent and/or softener; the washing system comprises more than two detergent container units; the more than two detergent container units correspond to the more than two wardrobe one by one.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a laundry scheduling control method for the laundry system, including: receiving a laundry reservation request of a current user; when the clothes washing reservation request is received, responding to the clothes washing reservation request to allocate a target wardrobe for the current user; determining whether the user is using a self-contained detergent and/or softener; if the use of the self-contained detergent and/or softener is determined, distributing a target detergent container unit corresponding to the target wardrobe to the user; and controlling the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened, and putting clothes to be washed into the target wardrobe and putting the detergent and/or softener carried by the user into the target detergent container unit so as to wash the clothes to be washed.

Optionally, before controlling the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to open and the switch of the target detergent container unit to open, the method further comprises: receiving information of clothes to be washed input by a user; determining the addition amount of a detergent and/or a softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed according to the information of the clothes to be washed; and feeding back the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed to the mobile terminal.

Optionally, the method further comprises: determining queuing waiting time and time for finishing washing according to the current queuing condition of the washing system and the washing time; and feeding back the time needing to wait in line and the time for finishing washing to the user.

Optionally, the method further comprises: receiving the time for taking out the clothes input by a user; determining the residence time of the clothes in the wardrobe after the clothes are washed according to the time for completing the clothes washing and the time for taking out the clothes; calculating corresponding detention cost according to the detention time; feeding back the detention fee to the user.

Optionally, the method further comprises: after the clothes of the user arranged in front of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take the clothes to be washed out of the target wardrobe and put the clothes into the washing device for washing; after the clothes to be washed of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take out the washed clothes from the washing device and put back into the target wardrobe, and taking out the clothes to be washed for the user.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a laundry scheduling control device for a laundry system, including: a first receiving unit for receiving a laundry reservation request of a current user; a first distribution unit, configured to, when the first receiving unit receives the laundry reservation request, distribute a target wardrobe for a current user in response to the laundry reservation request; a first determination unit for determining whether the user uses the detergent and/or the softener; a second dispensing unit for dispensing a target detergent container unit corresponding to the target clothes closet to the user if the first determination unit determines to use the detergent and/or conditioner carried by itself; and the control unit is used for controlling the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened, and a user puts clothes to be washed into the target wardrobe and puts the detergent and/or softener carried by the user into the target detergent container unit so as to wash the clothes to be washed.

Optionally, the method further comprises: the second receiving unit is used for receiving the information of the clothes to be washed input by a user before the control unit controls the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened; the second determining unit is used for determining the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed according to the information of the clothes to be washed; and the first feedback unit is used for feeding back the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed to the mobile terminal.

Optionally, the method further comprises: a third determining unit, for determining queuing waiting time and time for completing washing according to the current queuing condition of the washing system and the washing time; and the second feedback unit is used for feeding back the time needing to wait in line and the time for finishing washing to the user.

Optionally, the method further comprises: a third receiving unit for receiving a time for taking out the laundry inputted by the user; a fourth determining unit, configured to determine a retention time of the laundry in the wardrobe after the laundry is completed according to the time for completing the laundry and the time for taking out the laundry, and calculate a corresponding retention cost according to the retention time; and the third feedback unit is used for feeding back the retention cost to the user.

Optionally, the control unit is further configured to: after the clothes of the user arranged in front of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take the clothes to be washed out of the target wardrobe and put the clothes into the washing device for washing; after the clothes to be washed of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take out the washed clothes from the washing device and put back into the target wardrobe, and taking out the clothes to be washed for the user.

A further aspect of the invention provides a storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of any of the methods described above.

According to the technical scheme of the invention, a system combining the wardrobe, the conveying device and the washing device is adopted, so that when the washing device is in a busy state, the wardrobe can be used for storing clothes, waiting is not needed, and only the clothes are put in, and automatic queuing is realized. According to the scheme provided by the invention, the mode that the wardrobe is bound with the detergent container unit is adopted, and a user can automatically queue up the clothes by adding the washing reagent into the specified detergent container unit to match with the clothes washing process. The scheme provided by the invention can automatically estimate the washing time and the addition amount of the added detergent and/or softener according to the information of the clothes to be washed, such as the material, the type and the quantity of the clothes input by the user, so that the user can add the corresponding amount of the detergent and/or softener according to the addition amount of the detergent and/or softener. And after the clothes are washed, the clothes are put into the original wardrobe for storage, so that the secondary pollution condition of the clothes is reduced, and the charging is carried out according to the storage time.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic method diagram of an embodiment of a laundry reservation control method provided by the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a detergent container unit according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a laundry reservation control method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a laundry reservation control method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a laundry control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a laundry reservation control device according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the laundry reservation control device provided in the present invention;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of a laundry reservation control device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The invention provides a laundry system. The laundry system includes: a wardrobe, a conveyer, a washing device and a detergent container unit; the clothes washing system comprises more than two clothes storage cabinets. The washing device is used for washing clothes, and particularly can be a washing machine. The conveying device is used for conveying clothes between the clothes storage cabinet and the clothes washing device, and comprises a step of taking the clothes to be washed out of the clothes storage cabinet and putting the clothes into the clothes washing device for washing, a step of taking the washed clothes out of the clothes washing device and putting the clothes into an original clothes storage cabinet, and the like for a user to take out. The conveying device is for example a robot arm; the detergent container unit is used for storing detergent and/or softener. The washing system comprises more than two detergent container units; the more than two detergent container units correspond to the more than two wardrobe one by one. The number of the detergent container units is equal to that of the wardrobe. The more than two detergent container units and the more than two wardrobe are logically in one-to-one correspondence, for example, the same numbers are adopted, or the numbers of the detergent container units and the wardrobe which correspond to each other are associated. The detergent container unit may for example comprise a detergent box and/or a softener box.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a detergent container unit according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in figure 2, each detergent container unit is provided with a switch which can be controlled to open and close. Preferably, the detergent container unit comprises a detergent container unit and a softener container unit. As shown in fig. 2, two or more detergent container units may be disposed in one detergent box, and two or more conditioner container units may be disposed in one conditioner box; the cleaning and protecting agent container unit can be constructed by adopting a siphon principle and is respectively flushed by related water paths, namely the whole cleaning and protecting agent container unit is correspondingly provided with two water paths. For example, the detergent box and the softener box each have a water path (which can reduce the cost) for flushing the detergent in the detergent container unit and the softener in the softener container unit, respectively. Each detergent container unit is respectively provided with a switch, when one detergent container unit is controlled to be opened, other detergent container units are closed, and the detergent/softener is respectively sent into the washing device through related water paths by the siphon principle, so that other detergent container units are not influenced due to the closing of the switches. The detergents/softeners of different users do not contaminate each other. When the washing device is in a busy state, the clothes can be stored by using the wardrobe without waiting, and the clothes can be put in, automatically queued and taken out after the washing is finished.

The invention provides a clothes washing appointment control method for the clothes washing system. The method may be implemented in a server.

Fig. 1 is a schematic method diagram of an embodiment of a laundry reservation control method provided by the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control method includes at least step S110, step S120, step S130, step S140, and step S170.

Step S110, receiving a laundry reservation request of the current user.

The user can make an appointment for washing clothes through the APP of the mobile terminal, the user interaction interface of the web terminal or the user interaction interface of the wardrobe. The method comprises the steps that personal information needing to be registered for the first time, including information such as nicknames, telephones and addresses, is used, a server receives the registered information of a user through a user interaction interface of a mobile terminal (APP), a web terminal or a wardrobe and then stores the registered information, the user can reserve the wardrobe, and the user can reserve a plurality of wardrobes.

And step S120, when the clothes washing reservation request is received, responding to the clothes washing reservation request to distribute a target wardrobe for the current user.

Specifically, after receiving a clothes washing reservation request of a user, a free wardrobe, namely a target wardrobe, is allocated to the user, and the number of the allocated target wardrobe is returned to the user.

Step S130, determining whether the user uses the detergent and/or the softener carried by the user.

For example, query information is displayed on a user interactive interface of a mobile terminal, a web terminal or a wardrobe, whether the detergent and/or the softener are carried by the user is queried, for example, a yes option button and a no option button are displayed on the user interactive interface, the user selects the yes option button, then the detergent and/or the softener carried by the user is determined to be used, and if the user selects the no option button, then the detergent and/or the softener carried by the user is determined not to be used.

And step S140, if the detergent and/or the softener are determined to be used, distributing a target detergent container unit corresponding to the target wardrobe to the user.

And if the detergent and/or the softener carried by the user are determined to be used, the number of the detergent container unit corresponding to the distributed target wardrobe is returned to the user, namely displayed on the user interaction interface. If it is determined that the user's own detergent and/or softener is not to be used, the detergent and/or softener provided by the laundry system is used.

Step S170, controlling the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened, and putting clothes to be washed into the target wardrobe and putting the detergent and/or softener carried by the user into the target detergent container unit to wash the clothes to be washed.

For example, the server controls the opening of the cabinet door of the wardrobe and controls the opening and closing of the corresponding detergent container unit on the washing machine, and after the user puts clothes to be washed and detergent and/or softener into the washing machine, the reservation is finished. Preferably, the user will be alerted if the wardrobe or the laundry care agent container unit is not closed. When the detergent and/or the softener carried by the user are not used, the detergent container unit is in a completely closed state without the need of manually adding the laundry agent product by the user. Preferably, the door of the target wardrobe is controlled to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit is controlled to be opened after the user pays the washing fee.

Further, the method further comprises: after the clothes of the user arranged in front of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take the clothes to be washed out of the target wardrobe and put the clothes into the washing device for washing; after the clothes to be washed of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take out the washed clothes from the washing device and put back into the target wardrobe, and taking out the clothes to be washed for the user.

Specifically, after the clothes of the user before the current user are washed, the conveying device is controlled to take the clothes to be washed out of the target clothes storage cabinet of the current user and put the clothes into the washing device for washing, and after the washing is finished, the washed clothes are taken out of the washing device and put into the target clothes storage cabinet corresponding to the current user and the like and are taken out by the user. Preferably, the washed laundry is dried first, and then put into a target wardrobe of the current user, and then taken out by the user.

Fig. 3 is a schematic method diagram of another embodiment of a laundry reservation control method provided by the present invention.

As shown in fig. 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control method further includes step S150, step S152, and step S154.

And S150, receiving the information of the clothes to be washed input by the user.

And S152, determining the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed according to the information of the clothes to be washed.

Step S154, the adding amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and the washing time required by the clothes to be washed are fed back to the mobile terminal.

Specifically, the laundry information input by the user is received before the cabinet door of the target wardrobe is controlled to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit is controlled to be opened, and the laundry information may specifically include the type, material, quantity and/or the degree of contamination of the laundry. The method comprises the steps of estimating the weight of the clothes to be washed according to information of the clothes to be washed provided by a user, estimating the amount of detergent and/or softener to be added, estimating the required washing time, and feeding back the addition amount of the detergent and/or softener to be added and the required washing time to the user, so that the user can add the detergent and/or softener according to the addition amount of the detergent and/or softener to be added, and/or know the required washing time of the clothes to be washed.

For example, the weight of the laundry is estimated according to the type, material and quantity of the laundry and the degree of contamination of the laundry fed back by the user, a preset laundry condition lookup table determines whether the laundry is to be washed weakly, moderately or permanently, and the laundry time (the maximum laundry time cannot exceed the damage time for washing a single piece of material). Meanwhile, the weight of the clothes and the degree of dirt of the clothes also correspond to a lookup table of the addition amount of the detergent, the corresponding relation between the weight of the clothes and the degree of dirt of the clothes and the addition amount of the detergent is recorded, and the rinsing times can be determined according to the addition amount of the detergent, for example, the addition amount is divided into three numerical value ranges of large, medium and small, the rinsing is carried out for 3 times in the range with large addition amount, the rinsing is carried out for 2 times in the range with small addition amount and the rinsing is carried out for 1 time in the range with small addition amount, and then the spin-drying, water draining and water adding time is counted, so that the washing time of the clothes can be estimated approximately.

When the user does not use the self-contained detergent and/or softener, the self-prepared detergent and/or softener of the washing machine can be used, so that the amount of the added detergent does not need to be fed back.

Fig. 4 is a schematic method diagram of a laundry scheduling control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 4, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control method further includes step S160 and step S162.

And step S160, determining queuing waiting time and time for finishing washing according to the current queuing condition of the washing system and the washing time.

And step S162, feeding back the time needing to wait in line and the time for finishing washing to the user.

Specifically, before the cabinet door of the target wardrobe is controlled to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit is controlled to be opened, the queuing waiting time and the time for completing washing are determined according to the current queuing condition of the washing system and the washing time. For example, according to the sum of the washing times of the users who are arranged in front of the current user, the waiting time required for the current user to start washing the laundry, that is, the queue waiting time, can be obtained, and the queue waiting time is added to the washing time of the current user to start washing, that is, the time for completing washing the laundry. The user can determine whether to continue washing clothes according to the waiting time, and can know when to take the washed clothes according to the time for finishing washing clothes, or reasonably arrange the time of the user according to the time for finishing washing clothes.

For example, the residence time of the clothes in the wardrobe is calculated according to the time for taking out the clothes and the time for completing the washing selected by the user, for example, the residence time is more than 1 hour, the charge is charged according to x yuan/hour. And (4) the detention cost required to be paid is fed back to the user, and after the user pays, the opening of the cabinet door of the target wardrobe and the opening and closing of the target detergent container unit are controlled.

In order to clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, the following describes an execution flow of the laundry control method provided by the present invention with an embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a laundry control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment shown in fig. 5 includes steps S201 to S210.

Step S201: the user can reserve clothes through the mobile terminal, the web end user interactive interface or the user interactive interface of the wardrobe, the clothes are washed, personal information needing to be registered is used for the first time, for example, the personal information comprises information such as nicknames, telephones, addresses and the like, and then the wardrobe (a plurality of wardrobe can be reserved) can be reserved.

Step S202: and after receiving the request of the user, the server stores the registration information and returns the number of the idle wardrobe to the user.

Step S203: the user clicks the next step, after receiving the information, the server displays inquiry information on a user interaction interface, inquires whether the user carries the laundry detergent or not, if the user selects 'yes', the step S204 is executed, and if the user selects 'no', the step S205 is executed;

step S204: if the user selects to carry the washing agent, the server receives the user information and then returns the washing agent container unit code bound with the wardrobe to the user;

step S205: after clicking the next step, the user inputs the information of the clothes to be washed, namely, the type, the material and the quantity of the clothes to be washed and the dirt degree of the clothes are selected;

step S206: after receiving the information of the clothes to be washed, the server estimates the weight of the clothes to be washed and the addition amount of detergent, estimates the washing time and then feeds back the information to the user. When the user does not have the detergent, the detergent carried by the washing machine can be used, and the amount of the added detergent does not need to be fed back.

Step S207: and the user clicks the next step, the server performs sequencing calculation on the current queuing service to calculate the time of waiting in a queue and the time of finishing washing, and returns the time to the user.

Step S208: after clicking the next step, the user selects a time at which the laundry can be taken out.

Step S209: the server calculates the residence time of the clothes in the wardrobe according to the time for taking out the clothes selected by the user, charges the fees when the residence time exceeds the preset time, charges the fees according to x yuan/hour, and feeds back the amount of money to be paid and the payment details to the user.

Step S210: after the user successfully pays, the server controls the cabinet door of the wardrobe to be opened, controls the switch of the corresponding detergent container unit to be opened, and waits for the user to put clothes and laundry detergent into the wardrobe and then finishes reservation. If the wardrobe and the detergent container unit are not closed, the user is reminded. When the washing agent product is not needed to be added manually, the washing and protecting agent container unit is in a completely closed state.

The invention provides a clothes washing appointment control device for the clothes washing system. The apparatus may be implemented in a server.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a laundry reservation control device according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the laundry reservation control device 100 includes a first receiving unit 110, a first distributing unit 120, a first determining unit 130, a second distributing unit 140, and a control unit 170.

The first receiving unit 110 is used for receiving a laundry reservation request of a current user.

The user can make a reservation for washing clothes through a mobile terminal (APP), a web-end user interactive interface or a user interactive interface of a wardrobe. The method comprises the steps of using personal information needing to be registered for the first time, wherein the personal information comprises information such as a nickname, a telephone, an address and the like, storing the registered information after receiving the registered information of a user through a user interaction interface of a mobile terminal (APP), a web terminal or a wardrobe, reserving the wardrobe by the user, and reserving a plurality of wardrobes by the user.

The first distribution unit 120 is configured to, when the first receiving unit receives the laundry reservation request, distribute a target wardrobe for a current user in response to the laundry reservation request.

The first determination unit 130 is used to determine whether the user uses the detergent and/or the conditioner carried by the user.

For example, query information is displayed on a mobile terminal APP, a web-end user interactive interface or a user interactive interface of a wardrobe, whether the detergent and/or the softener are carried by the user is queried, for example, a yes option button and a no option button are displayed on the user interactive interface, and the user is selected, wherein the user selects the yes option button to determine to use the detergent and/or the softener carried by the user, and if the user selects the no option button, the user does not use the detergent and/or the softener carried by the user.

The second dispensing unit 140 is used for dispensing a target detergent container unit corresponding to the target clothes closet to the user if the first determination unit determines to use the detergent and/or softener carried by itself.

If it is determined that the detergent and/or conditioner carried by the user is used, the second dispensing unit 140 returns the number of the detergent container unit corresponding to the dispensed target wardrobe to the user, i.e., displays it on the user interface. If it is determined that the user's own detergent and/or softener is not to be used, the detergent and/or softener provided by the laundry system is used.

The control unit 170 is configured to control the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to open and the switch of the target detergent container unit to open, so that a user can put clothes to be washed into the target wardrobe and put detergent and/or softener carried by the user into the target detergent container unit to wash the clothes to be washed.

For example, the door of the wardrobe is controlled to be opened, the switch of the corresponding detergent container unit on the washing machine is controlled to be opened, and after the user puts clothes to be washed and detergent and/or softener in, the reservation is finished. Preferably, the user will be alerted if the wardrobe or the laundry care agent container unit is not closed. When the detergent and/or the softener carried by the user are not used, the detergent container unit is in a completely closed state without the need of manually adding the laundry agent product by the user. Preferably, the door of the target wardrobe is controlled to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit is controlled to be opened after the user pays the washing fee.

Further, the control unit 170 is further configured to: after the clothes of the user arranged in front of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take the clothes to be washed out of the target wardrobe and put the clothes into the washing device for washing; after the clothes to be washed of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take out the washed clothes from the washing device and put back into the target wardrobe, and taking out the clothes to be washed for the user. Preferably, the washed laundry is dried first, and then put into a target wardrobe of the current user, and then taken out by the user.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the laundry reservation control device according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 7, based on the above-mentioned embodiment, the laundry reservation control device 100 further includes a second receiving unit 150, a second determining unit 152, and a first feedback unit 154.

The second receiving unit 150 is used for receiving the laundry information input by the user before the control unit 170 controls the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened; the second determining unit 152 is configured to determine an addition amount of detergent and/or softener to be added and/or a washing time required for the laundry according to the laundry information; the first feedback unit 154 is used for feeding back the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the laundry to the mobile terminal.

Specifically, before the control unit 170 controls the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened, the second receiving unit 150 receives laundry information input by a user, and the laundry information may specifically include a kind, a material, an amount, and/or a degree of contamination of laundry. The second determining unit 152 estimates the weight of the laundry according to the laundry information provided by the user, thereby estimating the amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added, and estimating the required washing time, and then the first feedback unit 154 feeds back the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and the required washing time to the user, so that the user can add the detergent and/or the softener according to the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added, and/or can know the required washing time of the laundry.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a laundry reservation control device according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, according to any of the above embodiments, the laundry reservation control device 100 further includes a third determination unit 160 and a second feedback unit 162.

The third determining unit 160 is configured to determine a queue waiting time and a time for completing laundry according to the current queuing condition of the laundry system and the washing time; the second feedback unit 162 is used for feeding back the waiting time and the washing completion time to the user.

Specifically, the third determining unit 160 determines a queue waiting time and a time for completing the washing according to the current queuing situation of the washing system and the washing time before the control unit 170 controls the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened. For example, according to the sum of the washing times of the users who are arranged in front of the current user, the waiting time required for the current user to start washing the laundry, that is, the queue waiting time, can be obtained, and the queue waiting time is added to the washing time of the current user to start washing, that is, the time for completing washing the laundry. The user can determine whether to continue washing clothes according to the waiting time, and can know when to take the washed clothes according to the time for finishing washing clothes, or reasonably arrange the time of the user according to the time for finishing washing clothes.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes a third receiving unit, a fourth determining unit, and a third feedback unit (not shown).

A third receiving unit for receiving a time for taking out the laundry inputted by the user; a fourth determining unit, configured to determine a retention time of the laundry in the wardrobe after the laundry is completed according to the time for completing the laundry and the time for taking out the laundry, and calculate a corresponding retention cost according to the retention time; and the third feedback unit is used for feeding back the retention cost to the user.

The present invention also provides a storage medium corresponding to the laundry control method, having a computer program stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of any of the methods described above.

According to the scheme provided by the invention, a system combining the wardrobe, the conveying device and the washing device is adopted, so that when the washing device is in a busy state, the wardrobe can be used for storing clothes, waiting is not needed, and only the clothes are put in, and automatic queuing is realized. According to the scheme provided by the invention, the mode that the wardrobe is bound with the detergent container unit is adopted, and a user can automatically queue up the clothes by adding the washing reagent into the specified detergent container unit to match with the clothes washing process. The scheme provided by the invention can automatically estimate the washing time and the addition amount of the added detergent and/or softener according to the information of the clothes to be washed, such as the material, the type and the quantity of the clothes input by the user, so that the user can add the corresponding amount of the detergent and/or softener according to the addition amount of the detergent and/or softener. And after the clothes are washed, the clothes are put into the original wardrobe for storage, so that the secondary pollution condition of the clothes is reduced, and the charging is carried out according to the storage time.

The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope and spirit of the invention and the following claims. For example, due to the nature of software, the functions described above may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwired, or a combination of any of these. In addition, each functional unit may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technology can be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units may be a logical division, and in actual implementation, there may be another division, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, units or modules, and may be in an electrical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts serving as the control device may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic or optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A laundry reservation control method of a laundry system, the laundry system comprising: a wardrobe, a conveyer, a washing device and a detergent container unit;

the clothes washing system comprises more than two clothes storage cabinets;

the conveying device is used for conveying clothes between the wardrobe and the washing device;

the detergent container unit is used for storing detergent and/or softener; the washing system comprises more than two detergent container units;

the more than two detergent container units correspond to the more than two wardrobe one by one;

the laundry appointment control method comprises the following steps:

receiving a laundry reservation request of a current user;

when the clothes washing reservation request is received, responding to the clothes washing reservation request to allocate a target wardrobe for the current user;

determining whether the user is using a self-contained detergent and/or softener;

if the use of the self-contained detergent and/or softener is determined, distributing a target detergent container unit corresponding to the target wardrobe to the user;

and controlling the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened, and putting clothes to be washed into the target wardrobe and putting the detergent and/or softener carried by the user into the target detergent container unit so as to wash the clothes to be washed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the door of the target wardrobe to open and the switch of the target detergent container unit to open further comprises:

receiving information of clothes to be washed input by a user;

determining the addition amount of a detergent and/or a softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed according to the information of the clothes to be washed;

and feeding back the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed to a user.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining queuing waiting time and time for finishing washing according to the current queuing condition of the washing system and the washing time;

and feeding back the waiting time and the washing finishing time to the user.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving the time for taking out the clothes input by a user;

determining the residence time of the clothes in the wardrobe after the clothes are washed according to the time for completing the clothes washing and the time for taking out the clothes;

calculating corresponding detention cost according to the detention time;

feeding back the detention fee to the user.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:

after the clothes of the user arranged in front of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take the clothes to be washed out of the target wardrobe and put the clothes into the washing device for washing;

after the clothes to be washed of the current user are washed, controlling the conveying device to take out the washed clothes from the washing device and put back into the target wardrobe, and taking out the clothes to be washed for the user.

6. A laundry reservation control device of a laundry system, characterized in that the laundry system comprises: a wardrobe, a conveyer, a washing device and a detergent container unit;

the clothes washing system comprises more than two clothes storage cabinets;

the laundry reservation control device includes:

a first receiving unit for receiving a laundry reservation request of a current user;

a first distribution unit, configured to, when the first receiving unit receives the laundry reservation request, distribute a target wardrobe for a current user in response to the laundry reservation request;

a first determination unit for determining whether the user uses the detergent and/or the softener;

a second dispensing unit for dispensing a target detergent container unit corresponding to the target clothes closet to the user if the first determination unit determines to use the detergent and/or conditioner carried by itself;

and the control unit is used for controlling the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened, and a user puts clothes to be washed into the target wardrobe and puts the detergent and/or softener carried by the user into the target detergent container unit so as to wash the clothes to be washed.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

the second receiving unit is used for receiving the information of the clothes to be washed input by a user before the control unit controls the cabinet door of the target wardrobe to be opened and the switch of the target detergent container unit to be opened;

the second determining unit is used for determining the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed according to the information of the clothes to be washed;

and the first feedback unit is used for feeding back the addition amount of the detergent and/or the softener to be added and/or the washing time required by the clothes to be washed to a user.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a third determining unit, for determining queuing waiting time and time for completing washing according to the current queuing condition of the washing system and the washing time;

and the second feedback unit is used for feeding back the waiting time and the washing completion time to the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a third receiving unit for receiving a time for taking out the laundry inputted by the user;

a fourth determining unit, configured to determine a retention time of the laundry in the wardrobe after the laundry is completed according to the time for completing the laundry and the time for taking out the laundry, and calculate a corresponding retention cost according to the retention time;

and the third feedback unit is used for feeding back the retention cost to the user.

10. The apparatus according to any one of claims 6-9, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

11. A storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 5.