CN116202258A - Ice making apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention belongs to the technical field of ice making equipment, and particularly provides ice making equipment and a control method thereof. The control method of the invention comprises the following steps: acquiring the daily ice amount of the ice making equipment; determining a conventional ice making time of the ice making device according to the daily ice amount; controlling the ice making device to operate at a first ice making power during the electricity consumption low valley period to obtain ice of the daily ice amount in response to the conventional ice making time not being greater than the electricity consumption low valley period; controlling the ice making device to operate at a second ice making power during the electricity consumption off-peak period to obtain ice of the daily ice volume in response to the regular ice making time being greater than the electricity consumption off-peak period; wherein the second ice making power is greater than the first ice making power. The ice making device not only reduces the power load of the whole power grid in the power consumption peak period, but also reduces the electric charge expenditure of users.
Description
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of ice making equipment, and particularly provides ice making equipment and a control method thereof.
Background
With the development of technology and increasing demands of users, some refrigerators now have an ice making function. The current refrigerators with ice making function generally start to make ice when the amount of ice stored is insufficient, so that the refrigerators have enough ice cubes.
When ice is taken by a user, the ice blocks at the upper part of the ice block are often taken away, and the ice blocks at the bottom are retained for a long time, so that the ice blocks at the bottom are not fresh enough. And the function of ice making at any time of the existing refrigerator can increase the load of the power grid in the electricity utilization peak period.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide an ice making apparatus and a control method thereof such that the ice making apparatus makes full use of electricity consumption valley period to make ice satisfying a user's usage amount throughout the day.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides in a first aspect a control method of an ice making apparatus, comprising:
acquiring the daily ice amount of the ice making equipment;
determining a conventional ice making time of the ice making device according to the daily ice amount;
controlling the ice making device to operate at a first ice making power during the electricity consumption low valley period to obtain ice of the daily ice amount in response to the conventional ice making time not being greater than the electricity consumption low valley period;
controlling the ice making device to operate at a second ice making power during the electricity consumption off-peak period to obtain ice of the daily ice volume in response to the regular ice making time being greater than the electricity consumption off-peak period;
wherein the second ice making power is greater than the first ice making power.
Optionally, the controlling the ice making device to operate at the first ice making power during the electricity usage off-peak period in response to the conventional ice making time not being greater than the electricity usage off-peak period includes:
and controlling the ice making device to operate at the first ice making power during the electricity consumption low-valley period and controlling the ice making device to end ice making at the end of the electricity consumption low-valley period in response to the conventional ice making time not being greater than the electricity consumption low-valley period.
Optionally, the controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power during the electricity-use off-peak period in response to the regular ice-making time being greater than the electricity-use off-peak period comprises:
and controlling the ice making device to operate entirely at the second ice making power during the electricity consumption off-peak period in response to the regular ice making time being greater than the electricity consumption off-peak period.
Optionally, before controlling the ice making device to operate entirely at the second ice making power during the electricity consumption valley period, the control method further includes:
and calculating the second ice making power according to the daily ice amount and the electricity consumption valley period.
Optionally, the controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power during the electricity-use off-peak period in response to the regular ice-making time being greater than the electricity-use off-peak period comprises:
and in response to the regular ice making time being greater than the electricity consumption low valley period, controlling the ice making device to operate at the first ice making power for a period of time during the electricity consumption low valley period, and controlling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power for another period of time during the electricity consumption low valley period.
Optionally, the control method further includes: obtaining the deep sleep time of a user in the electricity utilization period;
the controlling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power for another period of time during the electricity usage valley period includes: controlling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power during the deep sleep time.
Optionally, the control method further includes:
if the voltage of the power supply of the ice making equipment does not reach the preset threshold, judging that the current moment is the electricity consumption low valley moment, and recording a set of all continuous electricity consumption low valley moments as electricity consumption low valley periods; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
and if the voltage of the power supply of the ice making equipment reaches the preset threshold value, judging that the current moment does not belong to the electricity consumption valley period.
Optionally, the control method further includes:
the electricity consumption off-peak period determined by the ice making equipment is recorded as a first electricity consumption off-peak period;
recording the electricity consumption low valley period received by the ice making equipment as a second electricity consumption low valley period;
an intersection of the first electricity usage valley period and the second electricity usage valley period is determined, and the intersection is taken as a final electricity usage valley period.
Alternatively, the ice making apparatus is a refrigerator including an ice making module through which the refrigerator makes ice.
Further, the present invention provides in a second aspect an ice making apparatus comprising a processor, a memory and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being arranged, when executed by the processor, to enable the ice making apparatus to perform the control method of any one of the first aspects.
Based on the foregoing description, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the foregoing technical solution of the present invention, when the regular ice making time is not greater than the electricity consumption low valley period, ice of the daily ice amount is obtained by operating the ice making device at the first ice making power during the electricity consumption low valley period; when the conventional ice making time is longer than the electricity consumption low-valley period, the ice making equipment is operated at the second ice making power in the electricity consumption low-valley period to obtain ice with the daily ice quantity, so that the ice making equipment can make full use of the electricity consumption low-valley period to make ice meeting the daily use quantity of a user, and the made ice can be used up by the user in the next day, and the freshness of the ice used by the user is ensured. Therefore, the ice making device not only reduces the power load of the whole power grid in the power consumption peak period, but also reduces the electric charge expenditure of users.
Further, the second ice making power is calculated through the daily ice amount and the electricity consumption low-valley period, and the ice making device is enabled to completely operate with the second ice making power in the electricity consumption low-valley period, so that the ice making device is ensured to be capable of making ice meeting the consumption of a user for one whole day in the electricity consumption low-valley period.
Further, by enabling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power in the deep sleep time, noise generated by the ice making device when a user sleeps shallowly is avoided from being wakened, and therefore the ice making device of the invention ensures the ice making efficiency and the comfort level of the user.
Still further, this value is not accurate enough since the current electricity usage valley period (23:00 a night to 08:00 a next morning) is generally defined by the electricity usage authorities, and is relatively fixed. For example, the power consumption peak period may still be in a certain period of 23:00 to 24:00. Therefore, in order to overcome the problem, the invention also detects the voltage of the power supply of the ice making device, and when the voltage of the power supply reaches a preset threshold value, the current moment is judged to be the electricity consumption low valley moment, and the collection of all continuous electricity consumption low valley moments is recorded as the electricity consumption low valley period, so that the ice making device can autonomously determine the actual electricity consumption low valley period of the whole power grid. In other words, the ice making device can avoid ice making in the false electricity consumption valley period as much as possible, and effectively reduces the electricity consumption load of the whole power grid.
Optionally, by recording the electricity consumption low valley period determined by the ice making device itself as the first electricity consumption low valley period, recording the electricity consumption low valley period received by the ice making device as the second electricity consumption low valley period, and determining the intersection of the first electricity consumption low valley period and the second electricity consumption low valley period, and further taking the intersection as the final electricity consumption low valley period, the ice making device not only can make ice in the actual electricity consumption low valley period, but also reduces the electricity fee expenditure of the user.
The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a flow chart of the main steps of a control method of an ice making apparatus according to some embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a partial construction of an ice making apparatus in some embodiments of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the construction of an ice making module in some embodiments of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the effect of the ice-making apparatus according to other embodiments of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a flow chart showing some steps of a control method of the ice making apparatus according to still other embodiments of the present invention.
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It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments of the present invention, and the some embodiments are intended to explain the technical principles of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive effort, based on the embodiments provided by the present invention, shall still fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.
It should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate directions or positional relationships, which are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Further, it should also be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected, can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can also be communicated with the inside of two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In addition, in the description of the present invention, each functional module may be a physical module formed by a plurality of structures, members, or electronic components, or may be a virtual module formed by a plurality of programs; the functional modules may be independent modules or may be functionally divided by a single integral module. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that, on the premise of being able to implement the technical solution described in the present invention, the structural manner, implementation manner and positional relationship of each functional module do not deviate from the technical principle of the present invention anyway, and therefore all functional modules fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present invention, a control method of an ice making apparatus includes:
step S110, acquiring the daily ice amount of the ice making device.
Wherein the ice making device is an ice maker or a refrigerator. When the ice making apparatus is a refrigerator, the refrigerator has an ice making function. For convenience of description, and for enabling those skilled in the art to quickly understand the technical solution of the present invention, only technical features that are related to the technical problem and/or the technical concept to be solved by the present invention to a relatively strong degree (directly related or indirectly related) will be described hereinafter, and technical features that are related to the technical problem and/or the technical concept to be solved by the present invention to a relatively weak degree will not be described again. Since the technical features with a weak degree of association belong to common general knowledge in the art, the disclosure of the present invention will not be insufficient even if the features with a weak degree of association are not described.
As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, a refrigerator includes a cabinet 1 and an ice making module 2, through which the refrigerator makes ice.
As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments of the present invention, the ice-making module 2 includes a water tank 21, a water pipe 22, a water pump 23, an ice-making tray 24, a driving device 25, and an ice bank 26. Wherein the water tank 21 is detachably mounted to the tank body 1 and is used for storing water. A water pipe 22 is fixedly installed to the case 1, one end of the water pipe 22 communicates with the water tank 21, and the other end of the water pipe 22 is located above the ice-making tray 24. A water pump 23 is fixedly installed to the case 1, and the water pump 23 serves to pump water in the water tank 21 into the water pipe 22 so that the water pipe 22 delivers the water into the ice-making tray 24. An ice-making tray 24 is rotatably mounted to the case 1, and the ice-making tray 24 serves to cool water therein into ice. The driving device 25 is fixedly installed to the case 1, and serves to drive the ice-making tray 24 to be turned upside down. An ice bank 26 is mounted to the case 1 and located below the ice-making tray 24, and the ice bank 26 is for storing ice cubes.
In one example of the present invention, the driving means 25 includes a motor whose case is fixedly coupled to the case 1, and whose rotation shaft is drivingly coupled to the ice-making tray 24. Optionally, a gear set may be further disposed between the rotation shaft of the motor and the ice-making tray 24 to achieve a speed reduction function through the gear shaft.
In some embodiments of the present invention, when the ice making module 2 makes ice, the water pump 23 is controlled to pump water from the water tank 21 into the ice making tray 24, and then the ice making tray 24 cools the water therein into ice. After the ice making tray 24 cools the water therein into ice, the driving device 25 drives the ice making tray 24 to turn upside down so that the ice cubes in the ice making tray 24 fall into the ice bank 26.
In some embodiments of the invention, the daily ice amount is the maximum or average amount of ice that the user uses per day. The daily ice amount may be input to the ice making apparatus by a user, or may be calculated by the ice making apparatus itself.
If the daily ice amount is input into the ice making device by the user, a touch screen may be provided on the ice making device so that the user inputs the daily ice amount to the ice making device through the touch screen.
If the daily ice amount is calculated by the ice making apparatus itself, it is possible to cause the ice making apparatus to count the number of times the ice making tray 24 makes ice per day, and determine the daily ice amount of the user based on this. For example, the ice making apparatus may make ice made all the times of ice making of the ice making tray 24 the previous day as the daily ice amount of the user; the ice produced by the number of times of daily ice making in the ice making tray 24 for the first n days may be used as the daily ice amount for the user. Wherein n is a natural number and is not less than 2.
Step S120, determining the conventional ice making time of the ice making device according to the daily ice amount.
Specifically, a conventional ice making time of the ice making device is determined according to the daily ice amount and the power of the ice making device to make ice.
Further specifically, the number of times (number of trays) that the ice making tray 24 needs to make ice is determined according to the daily ice amount and the ice making amount of each time of the ice making tray 24. And then determines the total time for the ice tray 24 to make the daily ice amount according to the time for each ice making of the ice tray 24. The total time is the conventional ice making time of the ice making device.
And step S130, controlling the ice making device to operate at the first ice making power in the electricity consumption low valley period to obtain ice of the daily ice amount in response to the conventional ice making time not being greater than the electricity consumption low valley period.
The electricity consumption valley period is a period received by the ice making equipment, and can be obtained by at least any one of the following modes:
in the first mode, when the ice making device is manufactured, the manufacturer stores the electricity consumption valley period on the ice making device.
In the second mode, the user inputs the information manually through a touch screen or an operation key arranged on the ice making device, and the ice making device stores the information after receiving the information input by the user.
And in a third mode, the communication module of the ice making device is used for obtaining the ice through the Internet.
Further, the first ice making power is a nominal ice making power or a nominal ice making power of the ice making device.
In some embodiments of the invention, when the regular ice making time is less than or equal to the electricity consumption low valley period, the ice making device is controlled to operate at the first ice making power during the electricity consumption low valley period, and the ice making device is controlled to end the ice making at the end of the electricity consumption low valley period. So as to ensure that ice cubes used by users in the next day are fresh enough while reducing the electricity load of the whole power grid and the electricity expense of the users.
And step S140, controlling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power in the electricity consumption low valley period to acquire ice of the daily ice amount in response to the conventional ice making time being greater than the electricity consumption low valley period.
Wherein the second ice making power is greater than the first ice making power.
As example one:
the second ice making power is a maximum ice making power of the ice making device. When the conventional ice making time is longer than the electricity consumption low-valley period, the ice making device is operated at the maximum ice making power in the electricity consumption low-valley period to obtain ice with the daily ice quantity. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that in this example, the actual ice making time of the ice making device may be less than or equal to the electricity usage low valley period.
As example two:
the second ice making power is a maximum ice making power of the ice making device. When the conventional ice making time is greater than the electricity consumption low-valley period, the ice making device is operated at the first ice making power for a period of time in the electricity consumption low-valley period, and the ice making device is operated at the second ice making power for another period of time in the electricity consumption low-valley period. So that the ice making equipment can make ice of daily ice quantity on the premise of making ice, the ice making time of the ice making equipment is fully concentrated in the electricity consumption valley period, thereby reducing the electricity consumption load of the power grid and saving the electricity consumption expense of users.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the second example ensures the useful life of the ice making device while satisfying the amount of ice for daily use, reducing the electrical load on the grid, and saving the electrical expense for the user, since the useful life of the ice making device when operating at maximum ice making power is shorter than the useful life of the ice making device when operating at rated power.
Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that in example two, it is preferable to control the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power during the deep sleep time, since the noise when the ice making device is operating at the maximum ice making power is greater than the noise when the ice making device is operating at the rated power.
The deep sleep time is the deep sleep time of the user in the power-on period. The deep sleep time may be any feasible time, such as 1:00 to 3:00 early morning, 2:00 to 4:00, 2:00 to 3:00, etc. Further, the ice making device may obtain the deep sleep time in any of the following ways:
in one mode, when the ice making device is manufactured, the manufacturer stores the deep sleep time on the ice making device.
In the second mode, the user inputs the information manually through a touch screen or an operation key arranged on the ice making device, and the ice making device stores the information after receiving the information input by the user.
And in a third mode, a communication module is configured for the ice making equipment, and the communication module is in communication connection with an intelligent bracelet or other sleep detection devices worn by a user. When the user is in deep sleep, the intelligent bracelet or other sleep detection device sends the corresponding time to the communication module, so that the ice making equipment obtains the deep sleep time of the user.
As an example three:
the second ice making power is not greater than the maximum ice making power of the ice making device and is not less than the rated ice making power of the ice making device.
When the conventional ice making time is longer than the electricity consumption low-valley period, the second ice making power is calculated according to the daily ice amount and the electricity consumption low-valley period, and then the ice making equipment is enabled to always operate at the second ice making power in the electricity consumption low-valley period so as to make ice with the daily ice amount.
Wherein, the second ice making power=daily ice amount/electricity consumption valley period.
Based on the foregoing description, those skilled in the art will appreciate that in some embodiments of the present invention, ice of a daily ice amount is obtained by operating an ice-making device at a first ice-making power during a power-on off-peak period when a conventional ice-making time is not greater than the power-on off-peak period; when the conventional ice making time is longer than the electricity consumption low-valley period, the ice making equipment is operated at the second ice making power in the electricity consumption low-valley period to obtain ice with the daily ice quantity, so that the ice making equipment can make full use of the electricity consumption low-valley period to make ice meeting the daily use quantity of a user, and the made ice can be used up by the user in the next day, and the freshness of the ice used by the user is ensured. Therefore, the ice making device not only reduces the power load of the whole power grid in the power consumption peak period, but also reduces the electric charge expenditure of users.
Further, the second ice making power is calculated through the daily ice amount and the electricity consumption low-valley period, and the ice making device is enabled to completely operate with the second ice making power in the electricity consumption low-valley period, so that the ice making device is ensured to be capable of making ice meeting the consumption of a user for one whole day in the electricity consumption low-valley period.
Further, by enabling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power in the deep sleep time, noise generated by the ice making device when a user sleeps shallowly is avoided from being wakened, and therefore the ice making device of the invention ensures the ice making efficiency and the comfort level of the user.
It should be noted that the foregoing embodiments of the present invention are merely basic embodiments that can achieve the objects of the present invention. In other words, the control method of the ice making apparatus to be protected by the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but includes any other possible embodiments, such as other embodiments described later.
As shown in fig. 4, in other embodiments of the present invention, the ice making apparatus further includes a voltage detection module 3, the voltage detection module 3 being electrically connected to the power line 4, the voltage detection module 3 being for detecting a voltage of the power source 5 of the ice making apparatus.
As shown in fig. 5, in other embodiments of the present invention, the control method of the ice making apparatus further includes, prior to step S130:
step S210, if the voltage of the power supply 5 of the ice making device reaches a preset threshold, it is determined that the current time does not belong to the electricity consumption valley period.
Wherein the preset threshold value can be obtained through a plurality of tests. Specifically, the voltage of the power supply 5 is detected during the power consumption low-peak period and the power consumption high-peak period, respectively, and a voltage value is selected therefrom. The voltage value is smaller than or equal to the voltage value of the power supply 4 at the time of the power use peak period, and is larger than the voltage value of the power supply 5 at the time of the power use peak period. The preset threshold may be any feasible value, such as 200V, 205V, 218V, etc.
In step S220, if the voltage of the power supply 5 of the ice making device does not reach the preset threshold, it is determined that the current time is the electricity consumption off-peak time, and the set of all continuous electricity consumption off-peak times is recorded as the first electricity consumption off-peak period.
In step S230, the electricity consumption low period received by the ice making device is recorded as a second electricity consumption low period.
The electricity consumption valley period received by the ice making equipment can be obtained by at least any one of the following modes:
in the first mode, when the ice making device is manufactured, the manufacturer stores the electricity consumption valley period on the ice making device.
In the second mode, the user inputs the information manually through a touch screen or an operation key arranged on the ice making device, and the ice making device stores the information after receiving the information input by the user.
And in a third mode, the communication module of the ice making device is used for obtaining the ice through the Internet.
Step S240, determining an intersection of the first electricity consumption low period and the second electricity consumption low period, and taking the intersection as a final electricity consumption low period.
Based on the foregoing description, those skilled in the art will appreciate that in other embodiments of the present invention, the ice making apparatus is capable of not only discriminating the true or false of the electricity usage valley period, and making ice during the true electricity usage valley period, but also reducing the electricity fee expenditure of the user.
In addition, those skilled in the art may take the aforementioned first electricity valley period as the final electricity valley period in other embodiments of the present invention as desired.
Further, although not shown in the figures, in further embodiments of the present invention, the ice-making device further comprises a processor, a memory, and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, enable the ice-making device to perform the control method described in any one of the preceding embodiments.
The memory is used for storing execution instructions, and the execution instructions are specifically computer programs capable of being executed. Further, the memory may include memory and non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory) and provide the processor with instructions and data for execution. By way of example, the Memory may be a Random-Access Memory (RAM), and the non-volatile Memory may be at least 1 disk Memory.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the control method described above may be applied to the processor or may be implemented by the processor. The processor is illustratively an integrated circuit chip having the capability of processing signals. In the process of executing the control method by the processor, each step of the control method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit in a hardware form or an instruction in a software form in the processor. Further, the processor may be a general purpose processor such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a network processor (Network Processor, NP), a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a Field-programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, a microprocessor, and any other conventional processor.
Thus far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in connection with the foregoing embodiments, but it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is not limited to only these specific embodiments. The technical solutions in the above embodiments can be split and combined by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical principles of the present invention, and equivalent changes or substitutions can be made to related technical features, so any changes, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the technical principles and/or technical concepts of the present invention will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A control method of an ice making apparatus, comprising:
acquiring the daily ice amount of the ice making equipment;
determining a conventional ice making time of the ice making device according to the daily ice amount;
controlling the ice making device to operate at a first ice making power during the electricity consumption low valley period to obtain ice of the daily ice amount in response to the conventional ice making time not being greater than the electricity consumption low valley period;
controlling the ice making device to operate at a second ice making power during the electricity consumption off-peak period to obtain ice of the daily ice volume in response to the regular ice making time being greater than the electricity consumption off-peak period;
wherein the second ice making power is greater than the first ice making power.
2. The control method of an ice making apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,
the controlling the ice-making device to operate at a first ice-making power during the electricity-use valley period in response to the conventional ice-making time not being greater than the electricity-use valley period includes:
and controlling the ice making device to operate at the first ice making power during the electricity consumption low-valley period and controlling the ice making device to end ice making at the end of the electricity consumption low-valley period in response to the conventional ice making time not being greater than the electricity consumption low-valley period.
3. The control method of an ice making apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,
the controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power during the electricity-use valley period in response to the regular ice-making time being greater than the electricity-use valley period includes:
and controlling the ice making device to operate entirely at the second ice making power during the electricity consumption off-peak period in response to the regular ice making time being greater than the electricity consumption off-peak period.
4. The control method of an ice making apparatus according to claim 3, wherein,
before controlling the ice making device to operate entirely at the second ice making power during the electricity usage valley period, the control method further includes:
and calculating the second ice making power according to the daily ice amount and the electricity consumption valley period.
5. The control method of an ice making apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,
the controlling the ice-making device to operate at a second ice-making power during the electricity-use valley period in response to the regular ice-making time being greater than the electricity-use valley period includes:
and in response to the regular ice making time being greater than the electricity consumption low valley period, controlling the ice making device to operate at the first ice making power for a period of time during the electricity consumption low valley period, and controlling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power for another period of time during the electricity consumption low valley period.
6. The control method of an ice making apparatus according to claim 5, wherein,
the control method further includes: obtaining the deep sleep time of a user in the electricity utilization period;
the controlling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power for another period of time during the electricity usage valley period includes: controlling the ice making device to operate at the second ice making power during the deep sleep time.
7. The control method of an ice making apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,
the control method further includes:
if the voltage of the power supply of the ice making equipment does not reach the preset threshold, judging that the current moment is the electricity consumption low valley moment, and recording a set of all continuous electricity consumption low valley moments as electricity consumption low valley periods; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
and if the voltage of the power supply of the ice making equipment reaches the preset threshold value, judging that the current moment does not belong to the electricity consumption valley period.
8. The control method of an ice making apparatus according to claim 6, wherein,
the control method further includes:
the electricity consumption off-peak period determined by the ice making equipment is recorded as a first electricity consumption off-peak period;
recording the electricity consumption low valley period received by the ice making equipment as a second electricity consumption low valley period;
an intersection of the first electricity usage valley period and the second electricity usage valley period is determined, and the intersection is taken as a final electricity usage valley period.
9. The control method of an ice making apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein,
the ice making apparatus is a refrigerator including an ice making module through which the refrigerator makes ice.
10. An ice making apparatus comprising a processor, a memory and execution instructions stored on the memory, the execution instructions being arranged, when executed by the processor, to cause the ice making apparatus to perform the control method of any one of claims 1 to 9.
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