Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve one of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a cleaning liquid interaction method for a surface cleaning system and a surface cleaning system.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a cleaning liquid interaction method for a surface cleaning system, the surface cleaning system comprising a base station and a surface cleaning apparatus, the cleaning liquid interaction method for a surface cleaning system comprising:
establishing a fluid connection between the base station and the surface cleaning apparatus; and
the base station provides cleaning liquid for the surface cleaning equipment for a preset time, and whether the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning equipment is increased or not is judged;
wherein the supply of cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus continues as the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus increases; otherwise, prompting an exception; the base station draws the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus back to the base station before supplying the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus when the cleaning liquid is present within the surface cleaning apparatus, and then supplies the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station includes a cleaning liquid supply part and a connection interface communicating with the cleaning liquid supply part; the surface cleaning device comprises a cleaning liquid storage part and a water adding joint communicated with the cleaning liquid storage part, wherein the fluid connection between the base station and the surface cleaning device is established through the connection of the connecting interface and the water adding joint.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station further includes a base station water pump, the cleaning liquid storage portion of the base station is connected to the connection interface through a water supply line, and the base station water pump is disposed in the water supply line to pump the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply portion into the cleaning liquid storage portion of the surface cleaning apparatus by activating the base station water pump.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, in the process of supplying the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus, it is determined whether the temperature of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus is increased; if the temperature of the cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus rises, the cleaning liquid continues to be supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus, otherwise an anomaly is indicated.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station further comprises a water temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the cleaning liquid provided by the base station to the surface cleaning apparatus; in the process of providing cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning device, judging whether the temperature of the cleaning liquid provided by the base station to the surface cleaning device is continuously greater than a preset value; when the temperature of the cleaning liquid provided by the base station to the surface cleaning equipment is continuously greater than a preset value, prompting an exception; otherwise, the cleaning liquid continues to be provided to the surface cleaning apparatus.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, in the process of supplying the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus, it is determined whether a condition for stopping the addition of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus is satisfied; stopping the addition of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus when a condition for stopping the addition of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus is satisfied; otherwise, the cleaning liquid continues to be provided to the surface cleaning apparatus.
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the cleaning liquid interaction method, the condition for stopping the addition of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus includes:
the amount of cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus reaches a predetermined value; and/or the base station provides cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus for a preset time.
According to a cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the surface cleaning apparatus includes a water level detection device for detecting an amount of cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the disclosure, when the base station cannot receive all of the cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus, part of the cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus is pumped back to the base station, and the volume and temperature of the cleaning liquid provided to the surface cleaning apparatus are determined according to the volume and temperature of the remaining cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus.
In accordance with a cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station further comprises a first in-situ detection device, and the surface cleaning apparatus comprises a second in-situ detection device; when the first in-place detection means detects that the cleaning liquid supply portion is located at the base station and the second in-place detection means detects that the cleaning liquid storage portion is located at the surface cleaning apparatus, the base station is allowed to supply cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus or to suck liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus back to the base station.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the disclosure, the base station further comprises a third in-place detection device, the third in-place detection device is used for detecting whether the surface cleaning device is parked at the base station, and when the third in-place detection device detects that the surface cleaning device is parked at the base station and no fluid connection is established between the surface cleaning device and the base station, an abnormality is prompted.
According to the cleaning liquid interacting method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station further includes a water amount sensor for detecting a water amount of the cleaning liquid supply part; when the amount of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply part is lower than a first preset value, prompting a user to add the cleaning liquid into the cleaning liquid supply part; stopping supplying the liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus when the amount of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply is lower than a second preset value; wherein the first preset value is larger than the second preset value.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the amount of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply part is greater than a third preset value, the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus is not allowed to be sucked back to the base station; alternatively, when the amount of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply part is greater than the third preset value in the process of pumping the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus back to the base station, the pumping of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus back to the base station is stopped.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the temperature of the cleaning liquid provided by the base station to the surface cleaning apparatus is obtained according to the operation mode of the surface cleaning apparatus.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the disclosure, when the surface cleaning device is in a normal temperature mode, the base station provides cleaning liquid with a first temperature to the surface cleaning device; the base station provides a cleaning liquid having a second temperature to the surface cleaning apparatus when the surface cleaning apparatus is in a deep cleaning mode, wherein the first temperature is less than the second temperature.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the time for which the base station supplies the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus is less than a preset time and greater than a certain intermediate value, the amount of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus is judged; continuing to provide cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus when the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus is greater than a predetermined value; otherwise, the supply of cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus is stopped and the user is prompted.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station determines the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus after the cleaning liquid is supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus for a preset time; the user is prompted when the amount of cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus is less than or equal to a certain preset value.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the disclosure, when the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning device reaches a predetermined value, or the base station provides the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning device for a preset time and the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning device is greater than the preset value, the user is prompted to add water to the surface cleaning device.
According to the cleaning liquid interaction method of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, after water is added to the surface cleaning apparatus, the temperature of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus is detected by the water temperature detection device; when the temperature of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus is below a preset value, after at least part of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus is pumped back to the base station, the base station provides the cleaning liquid with the temperature higher than the preset value to the water temperature detection device.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a surface cleaning system for performing the above method is provided.
In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the surface cleaning apparatus is an upright vacuum cleaner or an autonomous mobile cleaning robot.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic apparatus, including:
a memory storing execution instructions; and
a processor executing the execution instructions stored by the memory, causing the processor to perform the method described above.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored therein execution instructions, which when executed by a processor, are used to implement the above-mentioned method.
Detailed Description
The present disclosure will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not to be construed as limitations of the present disclosure. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only the portions relevant to the present disclosure are shown in the drawings.
It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present disclosure may be combined with each other without conflict. Technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.
Unless otherwise indicated, the illustrated exemplary embodiments/examples are to be understood as providing exemplary features of various details of some ways in which the technical concepts of the present disclosure may be practiced. Accordingly, unless otherwise indicated, features of the various embodiments may be additionally combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the technical concept of the present disclosure.
The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the drawings is generally used to clarify the boundaries between adjacent components. As such, unless otherwise noted, the presence or absence of cross-hatching or shading does not convey or indicate any preference or requirement for a particular material, material property, size, proportion, commonality between the illustrated components and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc., of a component. Further, in the drawings, the size and relative sizes of components may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. While example embodiments may be practiced differently, the specific process sequence may be performed in a different order than that described. For example, two processes described consecutively may be performed substantially simultaneously or in reverse order to that described. In addition, like reference numerals denote like parts.
When an element is referred to as being "on" or "over," "connected to" or "coupled to" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. However, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" another element, there are no intervening elements present. For purposes of this disclosure, the term "connected" may refer to physically connected, electrically connected, and the like, with or without intervening components.
For descriptive purposes, the present disclosure may use spatially relative terms such as "under 8230; \8230;,"' under 8230; \8230; below 8230; under 8230; above, on, above 8230; higher "and" side (e.g., as in "side wall)", etc., to describe the relationship of one component to another (other) component as shown in the figures. Spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use, operation, and/or manufacture in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "at 8230; \8230;" below "may encompass both an orientation of" above "and" below ". Moreover, the devices may be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" and variations thereof are used in this specification, the stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof are stated to be present but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms "substantially," "about," and other similar terms are used as approximate terms and not as degree terms, and as such, are used to interpret inherent deviations in measured values, calculated values, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.
Fig. 1 is a flow chart of a cleaning liquid interaction method for a surface cleaning system 10 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 1, the present disclosure provides a cleaning liquid interaction method for a surface cleaning system 10, the surface cleaning system 10 comprising a base station 200 and a surface cleaning apparatus 100, the cleaning liquid interaction method for the surface cleaning system 10 comprising:
302. establishing a fluid connection between the base station 200 and the surface cleaning apparatus 100; and
304. the base station 200 provides cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 for a predetermined time to determine whether the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is increased;
wherein, as the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 increases, 306, the cleaning liquid continues to be provided to the surface cleaning apparatus 100; otherwise, an exception is prompted 308.
Therefore, in the present disclosure, on the one hand, the condition that the cleaning liquid is not added to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 can be effectively monitored, and on the other hand, the condition that the surface cleaning apparatus 100 leaks can also be effectively monitored, so that the safety of the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is further improved, and the user experience is improved.
In the present disclosure, if there is no cleaning liquid inside the surface cleaning apparatus 100 itself, the determining whether the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is increased may specifically be: it is determined whether cleaning liquid is present within the surface cleaning apparatus 100, that is, when cleaning liquid is present within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 from absent to present, it is assumed that cleaning liquid is increasing within the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
More preferably, the prompt exception includes: the user is prompted of an anomaly in the watering process that requires the user to resolve to continue to add cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 to improve the safety of use of the surface cleaning system 10.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station 200 includes a cleaning liquid supply part 210 and a connection interface 280 communicating with the cleaning liquid supply part 210; the surface cleaning apparatus 100 comprises a cleaning liquid storage 120 and a water filling connection 151 in communication with the cleaning liquid storage 120, wherein a fluid connection of the base station 200 and the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is established by the connection of the connection interface 280 and the water filling connection 151.
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station 200 further comprises a base station water pump 230, the cleaning liquid storage 120 of the base station 200 is connected to the connection interface 280 through a water supply line 240, and the base station water pump 230 is disposed in the water supply line 240 to pump the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply 210 to the cleaning liquid storage 120 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100 by activating the base station water pump 230.
Fig. 2 is another flow diagram of a cleaning liquid interaction method for a surface cleaning system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 2, during the providing of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100, 310, a determination is made as to whether the temperature of the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is increasing; if the temperature of the cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus 100 rises, the supply of cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 continues, otherwise an anomaly is indicated.
Of course, in extreme cases, the temperature of the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 may not rise, such as level or fall, which occurs primarily when the temperature of the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is high, i.e., when the temperature of the cleaning liquid provided by the base station 200 to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is equal to or less than the temperature of the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
In the present disclosure, when the temperature of the cleaning liquid supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 by the base station 200 is higher than the temperature of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100, the above-described determination is made to confirm whether or not the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is not added in the process of adding the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 by the base station 200.
Fig. 3 is another flow diagram of a cleaning liquid interaction method for a surface cleaning system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 3, the base station 200 further comprises a water temperature sensor 251, the water temperature sensor 251 being configured to detect a temperature of the cleaning liquid provided by the base station 200 to the surface cleaning apparatus 100; in the process of providing cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100, 312, determining whether the temperature of the cleaning liquid provided by the base station 200 to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is continuously greater than a preset value; when the temperature of the cleaning liquid supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 by the base station 200 is continuously greater than a preset value, an abnormality is prompted; otherwise, cleaning liquid continues to be provided to the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
Fig. 4 is another flow diagram of a cleaning liquid interaction method for a surface cleaning system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 4, during the providing of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100, 314, determining whether a condition for stopping the addition of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is satisfied; stopping the addition of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 when a condition for stopping the addition of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is satisfied; otherwise, cleaning liquid continues to be provided to the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
Specifically, the conditions for stopping the addition of the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 include:
the amount of cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 reaches a predetermined value; and/or the base station 200 provides cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 for a preset time.
More specifically, the amount of cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 reaching the predetermined value may include: the cleaning liquid storage 120 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is full of cleaning liquid.
The base station 200 providing cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 for the preset time may include: the base station 200 provides cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 for up to 120 seconds.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the surface cleaning apparatus 100 comprises a water level detection device 123, the water level detection device 123 being configured to detect an amount of cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
In the present disclosure, on the other hand, before supplying the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100, when the cleaning liquid exists in the surface cleaning apparatus 100, the base station 200 supplies the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 after sucking the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 back to the base station 200; thereby enabling accurate control of the temperature of the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the base station 200 is unable to receive all of the cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus 100, a portion of the cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is pumped back to the base station 200 and the volume and temperature of the cleaning liquid provided to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is determined based on the volume and temperature of the remaining cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
In other words, when the volume of the remaining cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is large or the temperature is low, the temperature of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 after mixing can be brought to a desired value by increasing the volume of the cleaning liquid supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 or increasing the temperature of the cleaning liquid supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
On the other hand, when there is residual cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100, the cleaning liquid may be directly supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 without being sucked back to the base station 200, and in this case, before the cleaning liquid is supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus 100, when there is cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100, the volume and the temperature of the cleaning liquid supplied to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 are determined according to the volume and the temperature of the residual cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station 200 further comprises a first in-place detection device, and the surface cleaning apparatus 100 comprises a second in-place detection device; when the first in-place detection means detects that the cleaning liquid supply 210 is located at the base station 200 and the second in-place detection means detects that the cleaning liquid storage 120 is located at the surface cleaning apparatus 100, the base station 200 is allowed to supply cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 or liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is allowed to be pumped back to the base station 200.
In the present disclosure, the cleaning liquid supply part 210 is located at the base station 200, specifically, the base station 200 is not in a separated state, or the cleaning liquid supply part 210 is not separated from the body of the base station 200; similarly, the cleaning liquid reservoir 120 is located in the surface cleaning apparatus 100, in particular the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is not in a separated state, or the cleaning liquid reservoir 120 is not separated from the body of the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
In an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station 200 further comprises a third presence detecting device, the third presence detecting device is configured to detect whether the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is docked at the base station 200, and when the third presence detecting device detects that the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is docked at the base station 200 and no fluid connection is established between the surface cleaning apparatus 100 and the base station 200, an exception is prompted.
Wherein the prompting exception comprises: the user is prompted that surface cleaning device 100 is not successfully docked with base station 200 and/or that surface cleaning device 100 needs to be properly positioned at base station 200.
In an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station 200 further comprises a water amount sensor for detecting the amount of water of the cleaning liquid supply part 210; prompting a user to add a cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid supply part 210 when the amount of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply part 210 is lower than a first preset value; when the amount of cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply 210 is below a second preset value, stopping supplying liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100; wherein the first preset value is larger than the second preset value.
More preferably, when the amount of cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply part 210 is greater than a third preset value, the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is not allowed to be sucked back to the base station 200; alternatively, when the amount of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply part 210 is greater than the third preset value in the process of pumping the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 back to the base station 200, the pumping of the cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 back to the base station 200 is stopped, whereby the overflow of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply part 210 of the base station 200 can be effectively prevented.
In the present disclosure, the temperature of the cleaning liquid provided by the base station 200 to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is preferably obtained according to the operating mode of the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
For example, when the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is in the ambient mode, the base station 200 provides cleaning liquid having a first temperature to the surface cleaning apparatus 100; when the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is in the deep cleaning mode, the base station 200 provides a cleaning liquid having a second temperature to the surface cleaning apparatus 100, wherein the first temperature is less than the second temperature.
In an optional embodiment of the disclosure, when the base station 200 provides the cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 for less than a preset time (e.g., 120 seconds) and greater than some intermediate value (e.g., 60 seconds), the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is determined; when the amount of cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is greater than a certain preset value (e.g., greater than 1/2 of the volume of the cleaning liquid storage 120 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100), continuing to provide cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100; otherwise, the supply of cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is stopped and the user is prompted.
Wherein prompting the user includes prompting the user that an anomaly has occurred in the watering process, and the user is required to resolve the anomaly before continuing to add cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 to improve the safety of the use of the surface cleaning system 10.
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station 200 determines the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 after the cleaning liquid has been provided to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 for a preset time; the user is prompted when the amount of cleaning liquid of the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is less than or equal to a certain preset value (e.g., less than or equal to 1/2 of the volume of the cleaning liquid storage 120 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100).
Wherein prompting the user includes prompting the user that an anomaly has occurred in the watering process, and the user is required to resolve the anomaly before continuing to add cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 to improve the safety of the use of the surface cleaning system 10.
In an alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the user is prompted to add water to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 when the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 reaches a predetermined value (e.g., has been topped up), or the base station 200 provides cleaning liquid to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 for a preset time (e.g., up to 120 seconds), and the amount of cleaning liquid in the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is greater than the preset value (e.g., greater than 1/2 of the volume of the cleaning liquid storage 120 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100).
In the present disclosure, it is preferable that, after the water addition to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is completed, the temperature of the cleaning liquid inside the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is detected by the water temperature detecting device 122; after at least a portion of the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is pumped back to the base station 200 when the temperature of the cleaning liquid within the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is below the preset value, the base station 200 provides the cleaning liquid having a temperature above the preset value to the water temperature detection device 122 for the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a surface cleaning system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an isolated configuration of a surface cleaning system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, with reference to fig. 5-7, a surface cleaning system 10 is provided, the surface cleaning system 10 being configured to perform the above-described method.
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the surface cleaning apparatus is an upright vacuum cleaner or an autonomous mobile cleaning robot.
On the other hand, as described above, the surface cleaning system 10 of the present disclosure includes the surface cleaning apparatus 100 and the base station 200.
Preferably, the surface cleaning apparatus 100 may be charged by the base station 200 when the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is docked to the base station 200, cleaning liquid or the like may also be provided to the surface cleaning apparatus 100.
The surface cleaning apparatus 100 may include a cleaning portion 110 and a cleaning liquid storage portion 120.
The cleaning part 110 may be bristles provided on an outer circumferential surface of the roll brush. And cleaning of the surface to be cleaned is achieved by the rolling of the bristles.
The cleaning liquid storage part 120 may be in the form of a water tank for storing the cleaning liquid, and may transfer the cleaning liquid to the cleaning part 110 or the vicinity of the cleaning part 110, for example, the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid storage part 120 may be sprayed to the cleaning part 110 or the vicinity of the cleaning part 110 through the cleaning liquid delivery pipe 121.
In the present disclosure, the cleaning liquid is preferably cleaning hot water having a temperature greater than or equal to a first temperature threshold. During the whole cleaning process of the surface cleaning apparatus 100, the cleaning liquid can be sprayed to the cleaning part 110 or the vicinity of the cleaning part 110 through the cleaning liquid delivery pipe 121, so that the cleaning effect by the cleaning liquid is achieved. Furthermore, when some stubborn dirt (for example, juice, milk stain, sauce, or other dirt adhered to a cleaning object) needs to be cleaned during cleaning by the surface cleaning apparatus 100, cleaning liquid is sprayed to the cleaning portion 110 or the vicinity of the cleaning portion 110 through the cleaning liquid delivery pipe 121, so that the cleaning by the cleaning liquid is achieved.
In addition, the water level detection device 123 and/or the water temperature detection device 122 may be provided inside or in the vicinity of the outside of the cleaning liquid storage unit 120.
A water temperature detection device 122 may also be provided to the liquid delivery pipe 121. The water level detecting means may detect the volume amount of the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid storage part 120, and may alert the user to fill the cleaning liquid in case the volume amount is less than a predetermined threshold value. The water temperature detecting means may be used to detect the temperature of the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid storage part 120 so as to alert the user when the liquid temperature is less than a predetermined temperature.
Surface cleaning apparatus 100 may further include a fluid distribution device that may include a cleaning nozzle that may be disposed to or near cleaning portion 110 and connected to cleaning liquid delivery line 121, and a cleaning water pump 124 that may be disposed upstream of the cleaning nozzle and in fluid communication with cleaning liquid delivery line 121. This may spray the cleaning liquid to the cleaning part 110 through the cleaning nozzle by the cleaning water pump 124.
According to further embodiments of the present disclosure, the surface cleaning apparatus 100 may further include a reclamation storage 130, which reclamation storage 130 may be in the form of a water tank and may be used to store reclaimed dirty water. After the cleaning liquid is sprayed to the cleaning part 110 and the dirt is washed by the cleaning liquid, the used cleaning liquid may be recovered to the recovery storage part 130. The recovery of the cleaning liquid may be accomplished, for example, through the recovery passage 131.
The base station 200 may include a cleaning liquid supply 210 and a base 220. The cleaning liquid supply 210 may be in the form of a tank and is used to store cleaning liquid and may provide the stored cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid storage 120 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100. For example, the base station 200 may include a base station water pump 230 and a water supply line 240. When the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is mated with the base station 200, the water supply line 240 of the base station 200 is in fluid communication with the water supply line 150 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100, and a base station water pump 230 may be provided to the water supply line 240 to pump cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid supply 210 into the cleaning liquid storage 120 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100. When the water supply line 240 of the base station 200 is in fluid communication with the water supply line 150 of the surface cleaning apparatus 100, communication may be provided via a connection line therebetween (which may be provided to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 or to the base station 200) and a corresponding connection interface (which may be provided to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 or to the base station 200).
In addition, a heating device 250 may be further provided on the water supply line 240, wherein the heating device 250 may be used to heat the cleaning liquid supplied to the cleaning liquid storage part 120 on the water supply line.
When surface cleaning apparatus 100 is mated with base station 200, base station 200 may also charge surface cleaning apparatus 100 via a charging device, e.g., base station 200 may be provided with charging port 260 and surface cleaning apparatus 100 may be provided with charging plug 160, by which surface cleaning apparatus 100 is charged. In addition, the surface cleaning apparatus 100 may communicate with the base station 200 via the charging port 260 and the charging plug 160, for example, to enable data transmission. Furthermore, both the charging function and the communication function may be controlled, such as by the control circuit 270 provided with the base station 200 and the control circuit 170 provided with the surface cleaning apparatus 100. The control circuit 270 may be connected to the charging port 260, and the control circuit 170 may be connected to the charging plug 160. Although it is described above that the base station 200 is provided with the charging port 260 and the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is provided with the charging plug 160, it is also possible to provide the charging port to the surface cleaning apparatus 100 and, accordingly, the charging plug to the base station 200.
In addition, a rechargeable battery 180 may be provided in the surface cleaning apparatus 100, the rechargeable battery 180 being charged by a charging device. Although the rechargeable surface cleaning apparatus is described in the present disclosure by way of example, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that it may also be provided in a wired manner.
After the surface cleaning apparatus 100 is returned to the base station 200, the water supply line 240 and the water supply line 150 are fluidly connected by the water supply connection interface, so that the water in the cleaning liquid supply part 210 can be supplied to the cleaning liquid storage part 120, and the supplied water can be heated by the heating device 250, thereby supplying the water at a predetermined temperature to the cleaning liquid storage part 120. In which each part of the base station 200 is connected to an external power source through a plug shown in the figure to supply power.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic apparatus, including:
a memory storing execution instructions; and
a processor executing the execution instructions stored by the memory, causing the processor to perform the method described above.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored therein execution instructions, which when executed by a processor, are used to implement the above-described method.
In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment/mode," "some embodiments/modes," "example," "specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment/mode or example is included in at least one embodiment/mode or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment/mode or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments/modes or examples. Furthermore, the various embodiments/aspects or examples and features of the various embodiments/aspects or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without conflicting therewith.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely for clarity of illustration of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other variations or modifications may occur to those skilled in the art, based on the foregoing disclosure, and are still within the scope of the present disclosure.