CN115903555A

CN115903555A - Control method of household appliance and household appliance

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Publication number: CN115903555A
Application number: CN202211504146.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴仪丹
Original assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-28
Filing date: 2022-11-28
Publication date: 2023-04-04

Abstract

The application provides a control method of a household appliance and the household appliance, wherein the control method comprises the following steps: acquiring an operation program and a reserved time length selected by a user; determining the reservation type of the household appliance according to the running program, wherein the reservation type comprises a first reservation type and a second reservation type, the first reservation type is used for reserving the ending time of the running program, and the second reservation type is used for reserving the starting time of the running program; acquiring an execution stage of a reservation program in which a user adjusts the running program or the reservation time length of the household appliance, wherein the execution stage of the reservation program comprises the steps before reservation starting and after reservation starting; and adjusting the execution state of the reserved program according to the reserved type and the execution stage of the reserved program. The adjustment of the reservation program of the household appliance can be more intelligent, and the reservation program does not need to be adjusted by on-off operation every time.

Description

Control method of household appliance and household appliance

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a control method of a household appliance and the household appliance.

Background

The household appliance plays an important role in the life of people and can help users to quickly and multithread housework. Household appliances such as washing machines, electric rice cookers, wall breaking machines and the like can help improve the life quality of users, help users to accelerate the processing speed of clothes, accelerate the dining speed of users and the like. Wherein, in order to laminate user's use habit, domestic appliance generally all is provided with the reservation function, and the user can be through making an appointment to domestic appliance to make domestic appliance accomplish work in the time quantum that predetermines, promote the user and use domestic appliance's satisfaction.

However, the reserved function of the existing household appliance is not intelligent, and in order to simplify control software, the user can only operate the household appliance by turning on and off again if the user wants to adjust parameters or select programs after the household appliance is reserved and started. The existing control mode for the household appliances is inconvenient for the operation of a user, and the use experience of the user is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a control method of a household appliance and the household appliance, and the control mode of the household appliance is improved, so that the intelligent degree of the household appliance is improved, a user can operate conveniently, and the user use experience is improved.

The embodiment of the application provides a control method of a household appliance, which comprises the following steps:

acquiring an operation program and a reserved time length selected by a user;

determining a reservation type of the household appliance according to the running program, wherein the reservation type comprises a first reservation type and a second reservation type, the first reservation type is used for reserving the ending time of the running program, and the second reservation type is used for reserving the starting time of the running program;

acquiring an execution stage of a reservation program in which a user adjusts the running program or the reservation time length of the household appliance, wherein the execution stage of the reservation program comprises the steps before reservation starting and after reservation starting;

and adjusting the execution state of the reserved program according to the reserved type and the execution stage of the reserved program.

Optionally, the adjusting the execution state of the reservation program according to the reservation type and the execution stage of the reservation program includes:

when the appointment type is a first appointment type and a user adjusts the running program of the household appliance before the appointment is started, obtaining the running time corresponding to the adjusted running program;

if the running time length exceeds the reserved time length or the user reselects a running program, canceling the reserved program;

and if the operation time length is within the reserved time length, not adjusting the reserved time length.

Optionally, the adjusting the execution state of the reservation program according to the reservation type and the execution stage of the reservation program further includes:

when the appointment type is a first appointment type and a user adjusts the running program of the household appliance after the appointment is started, the appointment timing is suspended;

acquiring an execution stage of an operation program in which a user adjusts the operation program of the household appliance, wherein the execution stage of the operation program comprises before operation starting and after operation starting;

if the running time of the running program after the adjustment exceeds the remaining reserved time or the user reselects the running program before the running of the running program is adjusted and started by the user, canceling the reserved program; if the running time is within the reserved residual time, not adjusting the reserved residual time;

and if the user adjusts the running program after running and starting, canceling the reservation program.

and when the appointment type is a second appointment type, the user adjusts the running program of the household appliance before the appointment is started or reselects the running program, and the appointment duration is not adjusted.

when the appointment type is a second appointment type and the user adjusts the running program of the household appliance after the appointment is started, the appointment timing is suspended;

if the user adjusts the running program, the appointment duration is not adjusted;

and if the user reselects the running program, canceling the reserved program.

Optionally, the determining, according to the running program, a reservation type of the home appliance, where the reservation type includes a first reservation type and a second reservation type, the first reservation type is used to reserve an ending time of the running program, and the second reservation type is used to reserve a starting time of the running program, includes:

if the running time corresponding to the running program is a time which can be pre-judged, determining that the reservation type of the household appliance is a first reservation type;

and if the running time corresponding to the running program changes in real time according to the change of the load, determining that the reservation type of the household appliance is a second reservation type.

Optionally, the control method further includes:

when the reservation type is determined to be a first reservation type, determining initial reservation time displayed by the household appliance according to the running time length corresponding to the running program and the reservation time length;

setting the operation time as t hours and a minutes, and if a is less than or equal to 0, displaying the initial reservation time as the sum of t and the reservation time; and if a is larger than 0, the displayed initial reserved time is the sum of t +1 and the reserved time length.

Optionally, the adjusting the execution state of the reservation program according to the reservation type and the execution phase of the reservation program further includes:

if the appointment duration adjusted by the user is less than or equal to the running duration, canceling the appointment program;

and if the appointment duration adjusted by the user is greater than the operation duration, displaying the adjusted appointment time.

Optionally, the control method further includes:

and when the reservation type is determined to be a second reservation type, displaying the reservation time length as initial reservation time.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a household appliance, including:

an operation panel;

a controller electrically connected to the operation panel, the controller being configured to perform the method of controlling the home appliance as set forth in any one of the above.

According to the control method of the household appliance and the household appliance, the reservation type of the household appliance is determined according to the running program, the execution state of the reservation program is adjusted according to the reservation type and the execution stage of the reservation program, the adjustment of the reservation program of the household appliance can be more intelligent, and the reservation program does not need to be adjusted by switching on and off every time. In addition, the control method can be executed in different running programs in the same household appliance, and can also be executed in different running programs in different household appliances, so that a set of control method is shared, and the universality of the control method is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the application, and that other drawings can be derived from these drawings by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort.

For a more complete understanding of the present application and its advantages, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts in the following description.

Fig. 1 is a first flowchart of a control method of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a second flowchart of a control method of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a third flowchart of a control method of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a household appliance provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be apparent that the described embodiments are only a few embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. 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 application.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a first flowchart of a control method of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of the application provides a control method of a household appliance, wherein the household appliance can be a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a washing and drying integrated machine or a washing and drying integrated machine, and in order to fit the use habit of a user, reservation processing is usually performed on a washing program of the washing machine, a clothes drying program of the clothes dryer, a washing and drying integrated machine or a drying and drying integrated machine, so that the influence of noise and the like of the household appliance on the use experience of the user is reduced. The household appliance can also be an electric cooker, a wall breaking machine, a sweeping robot and the like, and the electric cooker and the wall breaking machine are subjected to appointment processing, so that a user can enjoy breakfast after getting up or obtain processed foods such as steamed or broken foods within a preset time period; pre-conditioning the sweeping robot may allow cleaning of the floor after a preset period of time, such as after the user has got up. Of course, the household appliance may also be an appliance commonly used by other users, and will not be described herein again.

The reservation function of the existing household appliance is not intelligent, most of the reservation functions are for simplifying control software, and after a user makes a reservation and starts, if the user wants to adjust parameters or select programs, only a switch part can be operated, so that the user operation is inconvenient, and the user experience is reduced.

In order to reduce the occurrence of the above situation, the control method of the household appliance according to the embodiment of the present application is improved, and the control method of the household appliance according to the embodiment of the present application includes:

101. and acquiring the running program and the reserved time length selected by the user.

When a user wants to use a home appliance, the user usually selects an operation program and a reserved time length, wherein the operation program corresponds to an action to be executed by the home appliance, and the reserved time length represents the time when the user expects the home appliance to finish executing the action. Of course, the user may also choose not to make a reservation, but to directly select the running program to be executed immediately, which only exemplifies the case where the user needs a reservation, and should not be understood that the user must select the running program and the reserved time length each time the user uses the home appliance. For example, when the household appliance is a washing machine, when a user wants to wash clothes using the washing machine, the user may select an operation program such as a washing program, and may select quick washing, normal washing, standard washing, large piece washing, and the like in the washing program, different types of clothes correspond to different washing programs, and the different washing programs have differences in processing modes and operation durations. The user may select the scheduled washing, for example, the user may select the scheduled washing in the evening of the day, so that the washed laundry is taken out from the washing machine for airing in the next morning, or the user may directly wear the laundry processed by the washing machine in the next morning when the washing machine has a drying function. For another example, when the household appliance is a clothes dryer, the user may select to reserve drying, so that the user may wear the clothes processed by the clothes dryer within a preset time period. For example, when the household appliance is an electric rice cooker, the user may select the cooking program and then select the reserved time length, so that the user can obtain the cooked food within the preset time period.

In another aspect, when the user needs to adjust the running program and the reserved time length, selecting the running program and the reserved time length is a basic operation, so as to provide a basis for subsequently adjusting the running program and the reserved time length.

102. Determining the reservation type of the household appliance according to the running program, wherein the reservation type comprises a first reservation type and a second reservation type, the first reservation type is used for reserving the ending time of the running program, and the second reservation type is used for reserving the starting time of the running program.

For different running programs, the corresponding processing methods are different, so the running time lengths of the different running programs are also different. Based on this, the reservation types of the home appliance are classified, and the reservation types include a first reservation type for reserving an end time of the operation program and a second reservation type for reserving a turn-on time of the operation program. The reservation type classification is based on whether the running time corresponding to the running program is the time length which can be judged in advance.

For example, if the operation time length corresponding to the operation program is a time length that can be predicted, the reservation type of the household appliance is determined to be the first reservation type. For example, for a washing machine, a specific washing program, such as quick washing, has a certain or predictable operation time, such as 15 minutes, so that a reserved program with a predictable flow time of an operation program, such as a washing machine, can be set as a first reserved type, i.e., the ending time of the reserved operation program, and the total program ending time of the reserved program and the operation program is displayed, so that a user can know the time period within which the washed laundry can be obtained. For another example, for the wall breaking machine, after the amount of water added is determined, the operation duration of the soymilk program can be determined or predicted, for example, the water amount of 600 ml corresponds to the operation duration of 30 minutes, and the reservation type of such program can also be set as the first reservation type, so as to obtain soymilk for the user to eat within a specific time period. Of course, there may be a case where the operation duration corresponding to other operation programs can be predicted, which is not described in detail herein.

For example, if the operation time length corresponding to the operation program changes in real time according to the change of the load, it is determined that the reservation type of the home appliance is the second reservation type. It can be understood that the running time corresponding to the running program changes in real time according to the difference of the loads, that is, the running time or the ending time of the running program cannot be predicted, and if the running program is executed by using the ending time of the reserved running program, the running abnormal condition caused by the mismatch of the running time and the reserved time is easy to occur. For example, for a clothes dryer, a clothes drying program is determined in real time, and drying time periods of clothes with different clothes materials and different weights are different, so that the end time of the clothes drying program cannot be determined in advance. For the reservation program with the operation duration which can not be predicted to change in real time according to the change of the load, the second reservation type can be set, namely the starting time of the reservation operation program, the setting of the program can be facilitated, and the user can know the approximate time for drying the clothes, so that the user can conveniently take the dried clothes.

It should be noted that the first reservation type and the second reservation type may be applied to different operation programs of different household appliances, for example, the first reservation type is applied to a washing machine, and the second reservation type is applied to a clothes dryer, so that different household appliances may share one set of control logic, and it is not necessary to configure one set of control logic for each household appliance, which saves the consumption of manpower design program, and further improves the production efficiency of the household appliances. The first and second subscription types can also be present in the same household appliance at the same time, for example, different subscription types are set for different operating programs of the household appliance. For example, for a washing and drying integrated machine or a washing and drying integrated machine, the washing program and the drying program may correspond to different reservation types, and the first reservation type is applied to the washing program and the second reservation type is applied to the drying program. The actual execution of the washing program comprises not only washing of the clothes, but also drying of the clothes, at the moment, the fuzzy algorithm can be adopted to calculate and determine the drying running time of the clothes, and the appointment program and the end time of the washing program are adjusted in real time by combining the washing running time.

103. Acquiring an execution stage of a reservation program in which a user adjusts an operation program or a reservation time length of the household appliance, wherein the execution stage of the reservation program comprises a stage before reservation starting and a stage after reservation starting.

After the operation program and the reserved time length are initially selected by the user, the execution of the corresponding reserved program is changed due to the addition of the clothes, the adjustment of the operation program or the adjustment of the reserved time length, and the adjustment of the execution state of the reserved program is different due to the different execution stages of the reserved program in which the clothes are added, the operation program is adjusted and the reserved time length is adjusted. The execution stage of the reservation program comprises that before reservation starting and after reservation starting, the reservation program and the running program are not started before reservation starting, and the adjustment can be carried out according to the parameter adjustment of the reservation program and the running program by a user; after the reservation starting, before the running program is started and after the running program is started, different adjustment modes of the execution state of the reservation program can be provided. The working states of the household appliances corresponding to different stages are different, the adjustment of the execution state of the reservation program suitable for the different working states of the household appliances can be convenient for a user to operate, the intelligent degree of the household appliances is improved, and the adjustment of the execution state of the reservation program is not required to be carried out by turning on and off every time.

104. And adjusting the execution state of the reserved program according to the reserved type and the execution stage of the reserved program.

The reservation types are divided into a first reservation type for reserving the ending time of the running program and a second reservation type for reserving the starting time of the running program, and when a user carries out the running program and the adjustment of the reserved time length, the execution states of the corresponding reservation programs are different in different reservation types. In addition, when the user adjusts the running program and the reserved time length before and after the reserved start, the execution states of the corresponding reserved programs are different because the working states of the household appliances are different.

The execution state of the reservation program is adjusted in a targeted manner according to the reservation type and the execution stage of the reservation program, so that the use habit of a user can be fitted better, an optimized adjustment mode of the reservation program is provided for the user intelligently, the reservation program execution state is adjusted without turning on and off every time, the operation of the user is facilitated greatly, and the operation of the household appliance is more intelligent.

According to the control method of the household appliance, the reservation type of the household appliance is determined according to the running program, the execution state of the reservation program is adjusted according to the reservation type and the execution stage of the reservation program, the adjustment of the reservation program of the household appliance can be more intelligent, and the reservation program does not need to be adjusted by switching on and off every time. In addition, the control method can be executed in different running programs in the same household appliance, and can also be executed in different running programs in different household appliances, so that a set of control method is shared, and the universality of the control method is improved.

For the adjustment of the running programs or the reserved time lengths in the first reserved type and the second reserved type, the execution states of the corresponding reserved programs are different, and will be described separately below.

Referring to fig. 2 in conjunction with fig. 1, fig. 2 is a second flowchart of a control method for a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of the application further provides a control method of the household appliance, which comprises the following steps:

201. and acquiring the running program and the reserved time length selected by the user.

When a user wants to use a home appliance, the user usually selects an operation program and a reserved time length, wherein the operation program corresponds to an action to be executed by the home appliance, and the reserved time length represents the time when the user expects the home appliance to finish the action. Of course, the user may also choose not to make a reservation, but to directly select the running program to be executed immediately, which only exemplifies the case where the user needs a reservation, and should not be understood that the user must select the running program and the reserved time length each time the user uses the home appliance. For example, when the household appliance is a washing machine, when a user wants to wash clothes using the washing machine, the user may select an operation program such as a washing program, and may select quick washing, normal washing, standard washing, large piece washing, and the like in the washing program, different types of clothes correspond to different washing programs, and the different washing programs have differences in processing modes and operation durations. The user may select the scheduled washing, for example, the user may select the scheduled washing in the evening of the day, so that the washed laundry is taken out from the washing machine for airing in the next morning, or the user may directly wear the laundry processed by the washing machine in the next morning when the washing machine has a drying function. For another example, when the household appliance is a clothes dryer, the user may select to reserve drying, so that the user may directly wear the clothes processed by the clothes dryer within a preset time period. For example, when the household appliance is an electric cooker, the user may select the cooking program and then select the reserved time length, so that the user can obtain the cooked food within the preset time period.

202. Determining the reservation type of the household appliance according to the running program, wherein the reservation type comprises a first reservation type and a second reservation type, the first reservation type is used for reserving the ending time of the running program, and the second reservation type is used for reserving the starting time of the running program.

For different running programs, the corresponding processing methods are different, and therefore, the running time lengths of the different running programs are also different. Based on this, the reservation types of the home appliance are classified, and the reservation types include a first reservation type for reserving an end time of the operation program and a second reservation type for reserving a turn-on time of the operation program. The reservation type classification is based on whether the running time corresponding to the running program is the time length which can be judged in advance.

For example, if the operation time length corresponding to the operation program is a length that can be predicted, the reservation type of the household appliance is determined to be the first reservation type. For example, for a washing machine, a specific washing program such as quick washing has a certain or predictable operation time such as 15 minutes, so that a reserved program with a predictable flow time for an operation program such as a washing machine can be set as a first reserved type, i.e., the end time of the reserved operation program, and the total program end time of the reserved program and the operation program is displayed, so that a user can know in what time period the laundry can be washed. For another example, for the wall breaking machine, after the amount of water added is determined, the operation duration of the soymilk program can be determined or predicted, for example, the water amount of 600 ml corresponds to the operation duration of 30 minutes, and the reservation type of such program can also be set as the first reservation type, so as to obtain soymilk for the user to eat within a specific time period. Of course, there may be a case where the operation duration corresponding to other operation programs can be predicted, which is not described in detail herein.

It should be noted that the first reservation type and the second reservation type may be applied to different operation programs of different household appliances, for example, the first reservation type is applied to a washing machine, and the second reservation type is applied to a clothes dryer, so that different household appliances may share one set of control logic, and it is not necessary to configure one set of control logic for each household appliance, which saves the consumption of a manual design program, and further improves the production efficiency of the household appliances. The first and second subscription types can also be present in the same household appliance at the same time, for example, different subscription types are set for different operating programs of the household appliance. For example, for a washing and drying integrated machine or a washing and drying integrated machine, the washing program and the drying program may correspond to different reservation types, and the first reservation type is applied to the washing program and the second reservation type is applied to the drying program. The actual execution of the washing program comprises not only washing of the clothes, but also drying of the clothes, at the moment, the fuzzy algorithm can be adopted to calculate and determine the drying running time of the clothes, and the appointment program and the end time of the washing program are adjusted in real time by combining the washing running time.

203. And when the reservation type is the first reservation type and the user adjusts the running program of the household appliance before the reservation is started, obtaining the running time length corresponding to the adjusted running program.

The first reservation type is a type of reserving the end time of the running program, after the reservation type of the household appliance is determined to be the first reservation type, the user adjusts the running program of the household appliance before the reservation is started, namely the reservation program is not executed, at this time, the running time corresponding to the adjusted running program needs to be compared with the reservation time to see whether the running time exceeds the reservation time, and for the exceeding of the reservation time and the not exceeding of the reservation time, the execution states of different reservation programs are changed correspondingly. It can be understood that, when the running time length exceeds the reserved time length, the system cannot match the adjusted running program with the appropriate reserved time length due to the ending time of the reserved running program corresponding to the first reservation type. And the running time corresponding to the adjusted running program does not exceed the reserved time, the problem cannot be caused.

204. And if the running time length exceeds the reserved time length or the user reselects the running program, canceling the reserved program.

If the running time length corresponding to the adjusted running program exceeds the reserved time length, the time lengths of the reserved running program and the first reserved type are in conflict because of the ending time of the reserved running program, at the moment, the reserved program can be set to be cancelled, and the user can perform the operations of the reserved program and the reserved time length again.

In addition, if the user reselects the running program instead of performing adjustment based on the original running program, the phenomenon that the reserved time length selected by the user is not matched with the running time length of the new running program is likely to occur, or the reselecting of the running program is likely to cause a situation that the reserved time length is not matched with the new running program, so that in this situation, the reservation canceling program can be set, and the user performs operations of the reserved program and the reserved time length again.

205. And if the operation time length is within the reserved time length, not adjusting the reserved time length.

If the operation time length is within the reserved time length, it indicates that the operation time length corresponding to the adjusted operation program does not affect the reserved time length and the setting logic of the original reserved program, and if the operation time length is within the reserved time length, the reserved time length may not be adjusted, and accordingly, the displayed reserved time does not need to be adjusted.

206. When the reservation type is the first reservation type and the user adjusts the running program of the household appliance after the reservation is started, the reservation timing is suspended.

When the user adjusts the running program of the household appliance after the appointment starting, the appointment timing should be suspended at first, so that the influence of overlong user operation time on the display appointment time is prevented, the display of the household appliance is abnormal, and the use experience of the user is reduced.

207. Acquiring an execution phase of an operation program in which a user adjusts the operation program of the household appliance, wherein the execution phase of the operation program comprises before operation starting and after operation starting.

When a user adjusts the operation program of the household appliance, the execution phase of the operation program in which the operation program of the household appliance is adjusted needs to be acquired, and the execution phase of the operation program includes before operation start and after operation start. It can be understood that, after the reservation program is started, when the user needs to adjust the running program, it needs to see whether the stage of adjusting the running program is before the running program is started, and the running conditions of the corresponding reservation program are different before the running program is started and after the running program is started, so that it is necessary to adjust the running of different reservation programs through different execution states.

208. If the running time of the running program after the adjustment exceeds the remaining reserved time or the user reselects the running program before the running of the running program is adjusted and started by the user, canceling the reserved program; and if the running time is within the reserved residual time, not adjusting the reserved residual time.

After the appointment starting and before the running program is started, the running time length of the running program after the adjustment needs to be compared with the appointment remaining time length to see whether the adjusted running time length exceeds the appointment remaining time length. It can be understood that, if the running time of the running program after adjustment exceeds the reserved remaining time, since the first reservation type is the end time of the reserved running program, the system cannot know how to adjust the execution state of the reserved program, and the reserved program can be cancelled at this time. If the operation time length of the adjusted operation program is within the reserved residual time length, it indicates that the reserved residual time length is not influenced by the operation time length of the adjusted operation program at the time, and the reserved residual time length is not adjusted. Similarly to the case that the running time of the adjusted running program exceeds the reserved remaining time, if the user reselects the running program, the problem that the new running program is not matched with the reserved remaining time easily occurs, so that the user can also set the cancellation of the reserved program and can perform the operations of the reserved program and the reserved time again.

209. And if the user adjusts the running program after running and starting, canceling the reserved program.

If the user adjusts the running program after the running is started, the last state of the reserved program in execution is indicated, and the user is equivalent to adjusting the running program before the reserved program is started, so that the reserved program can be directly cancelled. If the user still needs to continue the reservation, the reservation program needs to be operated again and the reservation time length needs to be selected, and if the user does not need the reservation, the operation stage of the operation program is directly entered after the operation program is adjusted.

According to the control method of the household appliance, the reservation type of the household appliance is determined according to the running program, the execution state of the reservation program is adjusted according to the reservation type and the execution stage of the reservation program, the adjustment of the reservation program of the household appliance can be more intelligent, and the reservation program is not required to be adjusted by on-off operation every time. In addition, the control method can be executed in different running programs in the same household appliance, and can also be executed in different running programs in different household appliances, so that a set of control method is shared, and the universality of the control method is improved.

It should be noted that, when the reservation type is determined to be the first reservation type, that is, the reservation type for reserving the end time of the running program, the display mode for the household appliance may be: and determining the initial reservation time displayed by the household appliance according to the running time length and the reservation time length corresponding to the running program. Illustratively, setting the running time to be t hours and a minutes, and if a is less than or equal to 0, displaying the initial reservation time as the sum of t and the reservation time; and if a is larger than 0, the displayed initial reservation time is the sum of t +1 and the reservation time length.

If the user adjusts the reserved time length, the reserved time length needs to be compared with the running time length of the running program. For example, if the reserved time length adjusted by the user is less than or equal to the running time length, and the first reservation type is used for reserving the end time of the running program, the two types of reservation may not be matched, at this time, the reservation canceling program may be set, and for example, the user may be prompted to select the reserved time length again. If the reserved time length adjusted by the user is longer than the running time length, the problem does not exist, the adjusted reserved time can be displayed at the moment, and it can be understood that the displayed reserved time represents the ending time of the running program after the displayed reserved time is ended.

Referring to fig. 3 in conjunction with fig. 1 and fig. 2, fig. 3 is a third flowchart of a control method for a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present application. The embodiment of the application further provides a control method of the household appliance, which comprises the following steps:

301. and acquiring the running program and the reserved time length selected by the user.

When a user wants to use a home appliance, the user usually selects an operation program and a reserved time length, wherein the operation program corresponds to an action to be executed by the home appliance, and the reserved time length represents the time when the user expects the home appliance to finish the action. Of course, the user may also choose not to make a reservation, but to directly select the running program to be executed immediately, which only exemplifies the case where the user needs a reservation, and should not be understood that the user must select the running program and the reserved time length each time the user uses the home appliance. For example, when the household appliance is a washing machine, when a user wants to wash clothes using the washing machine, the user may select an operation program such as a washing program, and may select quick washing, normal washing, standard washing, large piece washing, and the like in the washing program, different types of clothes correspond to different washing programs, and the different washing programs have differences in processing modes and operation durations. The user may select the scheduled washing, for example, the user may select the scheduled washing in the evening of the day, so that the washed laundry is taken out from the washing machine for airing in the next morning, or the user may directly wear the laundry processed by the washing machine in the next morning when the washing machine has a drying function. For another example, when the household appliance is a clothes dryer, the user may select to reserve drying, so that the user may wear the clothes processed by the clothes dryer within a preset time period. For example, when the household appliance is an electric rice cooker, the user may select the cooking program and then select the reserved time length, so that the user can obtain the cooked food within the preset time period.

302. Determining the reservation type of the household appliance according to the running program, wherein the reservation type comprises a first reservation type and a second reservation type, the first reservation type is used for reserving the ending time of the running program, and the second reservation type is used for reserving the starting time of the running program.

It should be noted that the first reservation type and the second reservation type may be applied to different operation programs of different household appliances, for example, the first reservation type is applied to a washing machine, and the second reservation type is applied to a clothes dryer, so that different household appliances may share one set of control logic, and it is not necessary to configure one set of control logic for each household appliance, which saves the consumption of a manual design program, and further improves the production efficiency of the household appliances. The first subscription type and the second subscription type may also be present in the same household appliance at the same time, for example different subscription types are set for different operating programs of the household appliance. For example, for a washing and drying integrated machine or a washing and drying integrated machine, the washing program and the drying program may correspond to different reservation types, and the first reservation type is applied to the washing program and the second reservation type is applied to the drying program. The actual execution of the washing program comprises not only washing of the clothes, but also drying of the clothes, at the moment, the fuzzy algorithm can be adopted to calculate and determine the drying running time of the clothes, and the appointment program and the end time of the washing program are adjusted in real time by combining the washing running time.

303. When the reservation type is the second reservation type, the user adjusts the running program of the household appliance before the reservation is started or reselects the running program, and the reservation duration is not adjusted.

The second reservation type is for reserving the on time of the operation program, and the operation time of the operation program cannot be predicted because the operation time of the operation program is changed following the change of the load, such as the real-time dry judgment of the dryer. In this case, the user may also set the execution states of different reservation programs before and after the reservation start-up to adjust the operation program of the home appliance.

For example, when the reservation type of the home appliance is determined to be the second reservation type and the user adjusts the operation program of the home appliance before the reservation is started, the reservation time length may not be adjusted at this time because the reservation time length is not affected by the operation time length of the operation program. Similarly, for the case that the user reselects the running program, the reservation time length is not adjusted.

304. When the reservation type is a second reservation type and the user adjusts the running program of the household appliance after the reservation is started, the reservation timing is suspended.

305. If the user adjusts the running program, the reservation time length is not adjusted.

306. And if the user reselects the running program, canceling the reserved program.

With respect to steps 305 and 306:

after the appointment is started, if the user adjusts the running program, the time running program has no influence on the appointment duration, and the appointment duration may not be adjusted at this time. If the user reselects the running program, the reservation program can be cancelled. It should be noted that, if the user reselects the operation program, the original reserved time does not necessarily satisfy the requirement of the new operation program, for example, for the clothes dryer, if the user changes the operation program from the original clothes dryer program to the steam wrinkle-removing program, because the operation lengths of the two are not the same, if the same reserved time is adopted, the end time of the operation program may not satisfy the requirement of the user, and therefore, the new reserved program and the reserved time may be performed with respect to the reselected operation program.

And when the reservation type is determined to be the second reservation type, displaying the reservation time length as the initial reservation time. It is understood that the initial reserved time displayed at this time means that the running program starts to run after the initial reserved time is ended. Although the end time of the running program is not determined, the user can control the time for starting the running of the running program, so that the influence of noise of the household appliance in the running process on the user is prevented, and the use experience of the user on the household appliance can be improved.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5 in combination with fig. 1 to 3, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 5 is a block structural diagram of the household appliance according to the embodiment of the present application. In order to more clearly illustrate the execution mode of the household appliance in the embodiment of the present application, the embodiment of the present application further provides a household appliance 1, where the household appliance 1 may be a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a washing and drying integrated machine, or a washing and drying integrated machine, and the household appliance 1 may also be an electric cooker, a wall breaking machine, a floor sweeping robot, and the like. For convenience of description, the present embodiment takes the household appliance 1 as an example of a washing machine, and the washing machine may be a drum type washing machine, a pulsator type washing machine, or other types of washing machines.

The household appliance 1 may include an operation panel 10 and a controller 20, the operation panel 10 includes a program operation unit 11 and a display unit 12, the program operation unit 11 is used for a user to select an operation program, and the display unit 12 is used for displaying operation parameters of the household appliance 1. For example, when the household appliance 1 is a washing machine, the program operating unit 11 is used for the user to select an operation program, and the operation program may include a quick washing program, a standard washing program, a large piece washing program, a reservation program, and the like. The display unit 12 displays washing parameters such as the progress of washing, the remaining time of washing, and the reservation time. The program operation part 11 may be in the form of a knob, the program operation part 11 may also be in the form of keys, and the key forms may be divided into physical keys and virtual keys, which can be selected as required to fit the usage habits of the user.

The controller 20 is electrically connected to the operation panel 10, and the controller 20 is configured to execute any one of the above-mentioned control methods of the home appliance, so that when a user inputs an operation to the home appliance 1 through the operation panel 10, the home appliance 1 can feed back an operation state and an operation result expected by the user. The control method of the household appliance may refer to fig. 1 to fig. 3 and the above description, which are not described again.

In the control method of the household appliance and the household appliance 1 provided by the embodiment of the application, the reservation type of the household appliance is determined according to the running program, and the execution state of the reservation program is adjusted according to the reservation type and the execution stage of the reservation program, so that the adjustment of the reservation program of the household appliance is more intelligent, and the reservation program is not required to be adjusted by switching on and off every time. In addition, the control method can be executed in different running programs in the same household appliance, and can also be executed in different running programs in different household appliances, so that a set of control method is shared, and the universality of the control method is improved.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the description of the present application, the terms "first", "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features.

The control method of the household appliance and the household appliance provided by the embodiment of the present application are described in detail above, a specific example is applied in the description to explain the principle and the embodiment of the present application, and the description of the above embodiment is only used to help understand the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, the specific implementation manner and the application scope may be changed, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a household appliance, comprising:

acquiring an operation program and a reserved time length selected by a user;

determining the reservation type of the household appliance according to the running program, wherein the reservation type comprises a first reservation type and a second reservation type, the first reservation type is used for reserving the ending time of the running program, and the second reservation type is used for reserving the starting time of the running program;

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting the execution state of the reserved program according to the reservation type and the execution stage of the reserved program includes:

3. The control method according to claim 2, wherein the adjusting the execution state of the reserved program according to the type of reservation and the execution stage of the reserved program further comprises:

if the running time of the running program after the adjustment exceeds the remaining reserved time or the user reselects the running program before the running of the running program is adjusted and started by the user, canceling the reserved program; if the operation time length is within the reserved residual time length, not adjusting the reserved residual time length;

4. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting the execution state of the reserved program according to the type of reservation and the execution stage of the reserved program further comprises:

5. The control method according to claim 4, wherein the adjusting the execution state of the reserved program according to the type of reservation and the execution stage of the reserved program further comprises:

and if the user reselects the running program, canceling the reserved program.

6. The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the determining a reservation type of the home appliance according to the operation program, the reservation type including a first reservation type and a second reservation type, the first reservation type being used for reserving an end time of the operation program, the second reservation type being used for reserving a start time of the operation program, includes:

7. The control method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized by further comprising:

setting the operation time length as t hours and a minutes, and if a is less than or equal to 0, displaying the initial appointment time as the sum of t and the appointment time length; and if a is larger than 0, the displayed initial reservation time is the sum of t +1 and the reservation time length.

8. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the adjusting the execution state of the reserved program according to the type of reservation and the execution stage of the reserved program further comprises:

9. The control method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized by further comprising:

10. A household appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

an operation panel;

a controller electrically connected to the operation panel, the controller for performing the control method of the home appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 9.