JP7290735B2 - Program push method and program execution method for home appliance - Google Patents

Description

The present invention belongs to the field of home appliance control, and specifically provides a program push method and a program execution method for home appliances.

With the development of washing technology, fully automatic washing machines are becoming more and more popular. Fully automatic washing machines usually set up multiple (8 or 9 types, as many as 20 or more) clothes processing programs at the factory to meet the washing requirements of clothes of various materials and fabrics. .

However, when the user is using the washing machine, only two or three of the clothes treatment programs are used, or two or three of them are used most frequently. Other clothing treatment programs are either less popular with users or their specific use is not clearly known.

In addition, many clothes processing program settings on the washing machine control interface bring a lot of inconvenience to the user's operation. In particular, elderly people who are not accustomed to electronic products cannot or do not use them.

Therefore, in order to solve these problems, the present field needs a new program push method and program execution method for home appliances.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, that is, to solve the problem that there are too many laundry processing programs on the control panel of the conventional fully automatic washing machine, which is inconvenient for users to use, the present invention is A program execution method for a home appliance is provided, the program execution method comprising: a mobile terminal device transmitting request information to a server; the server determining an external program based on the request information; a step of a server transmitting the external program to the home appliance ; and the home appliance performing the external program or the and selectively executing an own program , wherein the external program is stored in the home appliance separately from the own program installed when the home appliance is shipped from the factory. The received external program is only the received latest external program, and the home appliance has a plurality of program indicators respectively corresponding to the own program and one display corresponding to the received latest external program. It has a control panel that includes a cloud program indicator .

In a preferred technical aspect of the above program execution method , the step of sending the external program to the home appliance by the server , and storing only the latest received external program in the home appliance includes: and transmitting the external program to the consumer electronic device via .

In a preferred technical aspect of the above program execution method , the step of the server transmitting the external program to the home appliance, and storing only the latest received external program in the home appliance further comprises: further comprising: transmitting the external program to the mobile terminal; and transferring the external program to the home appliance by the mobile terminal.

In a preferred technical aspect of the program execution method , the home appliance selects the external program or the own program based on a monitored user's operation for executing the external program or the own program. a step of executing the self-appliance program received by the home appliance when the user's operation is to execute the self-appliance program ; and and if the user's operation is to execute the external program, the home appliance executes the external program.

Further, the present invention provides a program execution method for a home appliance, wherein the program execution method is such that an external program is installed in the home appliance separately from the self-program installed when the home appliance is shipped from the factory. The stored external program is only the latest one received external program, and the home appliance displays a plurality of program indicators respectively corresponding to the own program and the received latest external program. a cloud program indicator corresponding to the home appliance receiving the external program from a server; and the home appliance executing the external program or the own program. selectively executing the external program or the self-device program based on the monitored operation of the user to perform It is determined based on information.

In a preferred technical aspect of the above program execution method , said home appliance receives an external program from a server, and the step of storing only the latest received external program in said home appliance comprises : receiving the external program from the server via .

In a preferred technical aspect of the program execution method , the step of the home appliance receiving an external program from a server and storing only the latest received external program in the home appliance comprises: The method further includes receiving the external program from the mobile terminal, wherein the external program is obtained by the mobile terminal from the server.

Further, the present invention provides a program push method for a home appliance, the program push method comprising: determining an external program by a server based on request information from a mobile terminal; transmitting the external program to the home appliance so as to selectively execute the external program or the own program based on the monitored operation of the user for executing the external program or the own program wherein the external program is stored in the home appliance separately from the home appliance program installed when the home appliance is shipped from the factory, and the stored external program is the latest received Only the external program, the home appliance comprises a control panel including a plurality of program indicators each corresponding to the own program and one cloud program indicator corresponding to the latest received external program. are

In a preferred technical aspect of the above program push method , the step of the server transmitting the external program to the home appliance such that the home appliance selectively executes the external program includes: , sending the external program to the consumer electronic device via a router .

In a preferred technical aspect of the above program push method , the step of the server transmitting the external program to the home appliance such that the home appliance selectively executes the external program includes: and transmitting the external program to the mobile terminal such that the mobile terminal transfers the external program to the home appliance.

As can be understood by those skilled in the art, in a preferred technical aspect of the present invention, the mobile terminal device transmits request information to a server so that the server identifies an external program based on the request information, By causing the home appliance to transmit the program, the home appliance can be caused to selectively execute the external program. Also, home appliances can normally only load some local programs, and get target external programs from a server in certain cases. This can reduce the number of programs on the home appliance control panel, facilitate user operation, and obtain target external programs to meet the specific needs of different families. Therefore, the washing machine using the above program execution method can not only reduce the number of clothes processing programs on its control panel, but also can hold only a few conventional clothes processing programs frequently used by the user. can facilitate user operations. Further, operation of the mobile terminal device enables the washing machine to acquire at least one target laundry treatment program to meet the user's particular laundry treatment needs.

In a workable embodiment of the present invention, a washing machine as a household appliance is provided with three standard clothes processing program options of self-programming options, mix, quick wash, spin only, and one external program option. be done. In the shipping setting mode, the washing machine can only run its own standard clothes processing program and cannot run external programs. In other words, even if the option of the external program is manipulated, the washing machine does nothing. If the user needs other clothes processing programs, the user can download the corresponding APP on the mobile phone and bind it with the washing machine. The user browses the external programs of the APP on the mobile phone to select the target external program, and then the user sends the selected target external program to the washing machine via the mobile phone. The washing machine can then execute the received target external program.

Here, the step of the mobile phone sending the target external program to the washing machine includes: first, the mobile phone sends request information to the server; the server determines the target external program based on the request information and sends it to the mobile phone; The mobile phone is to send the received target external program to the washing machine.

1 is a schematic diagram of a control system for a washing machine according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a control panel of a washing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a control panel of a washing machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a control panel of a washing machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a control panel of a washing machine according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; 1 is a main step flow diagram of a program execution method for a washing machine according to the present invention; FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in combination with an automatic washing machine with reference to the drawings.
Persons skilled in the art will understand that this embodiment is only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention and does not limit the protection scope of the present invention. For example, the program execution method of the present invention can be applied not only to washing machines, but also to home appliances such as clothes dryers, washing/drying machines, microwave ovens, electric ovens, shoe washing machines, refrigerators, and air conditioners. Persons skilled in the art can adjust it according to their needs to suit the specific application situation, and the adjusted technical solution still falls within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "connection" and "coupling" should be understood in a broad sense unless there is a particularly clear definition or limitation. may be an integral connection, a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; It may be a communication inside two elements. A person skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above-mentioned terms in the present invention according to the specific situation.

As shown in FIG. 1, the control system of the present invention mainly includes a washing machine 1, a mobile terminal device 2 and a server 3 which are communicatively connected to each other.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 1, the washing machine 1 includes a controller 11 and a communication module 12 communicatively connected to each other. Preferably, the communication module 12 is a wireless communication module that enables communication connection with the mobile terminal device 2 and the server 3 via a wireless LAN. Specifically, the communication module 12 realizes a communication connection with the mobile terminal device 2 via the wireless LAN generated by the router 4, and the communication module 12 connects to the Internet via the router 4 to connect to the server. 3 to realize a communication connection.

Here, the controller 11 can receive commands transmitted from the mobile terminal device 2 and control the washing machine 1 to perform corresponding operations according to the commands. Controller 11 can receive and store external garment processing programs (e.g., scrims, synthetics, downs, silks, curtains, rinsing only, etc.) transmitted from mobile terminal 2 and/or server 3.

With continued reference to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal device 2 can communicate with the server 3 via the router 4 or communicate with the server 3 via GPRS communication. The mobile terminal device 2 may be communicatively connected to the communication module 12 via the router 4, or may be communicatively connected to the communication module 12 via a wireless signal such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), ZigBee (registered trademark), infrared rays, or the like. can. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the mobile terminal device 2 may be a mobile phone, tablet, laptop, or the like. Taking the mobile phone as an example, in order to realize the control of the washing machine 1 by the mobile phone, the user operates the corresponding APP to control the washing machine 1, obtain the operation status of the washing machine 1, Install the corresponding APP on the mobile phone, so as to send a reminder message to the user (for example, the washing machine has finished processing the clothes) and obtain the cloud program (i.e., the external clothes processing program) from the server 3; There is a need to. Furthermore, by operating this APP, the user can change the execution parameters of the clothes processing program on the washing machine 1 . The operating parameters include main parameters (reservation time, washing time, washing temperature, washing times, dehydration time, dehydration rotation speed, etc.) and additional functions (energy-saving washing, sterilization, enhanced washing, special dirt washing, etc.).

Referring to FIG. 1, the server 3 can be a cloud server or a background server, in which a plurality of clothes processing programs, which are cloud programs, are stored. The server 3 allows the user to complete the registration and management of the account and the binding and management of the user account with the washing machine 1 through the mobile terminal device 2, send the control instruction to the washing machine 1, and report from the washing machine 1 can be configured to receive information

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the washing machine 1 of the present invention includes any user-operable surface on the washing machine 1, such as the top of the washing machine 1, the front panel of the washing machine 1, the side panel of the washing machine 1, or the like. It further includes a control panel 13 that can be installed at the position of . Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the control panel 13 may be a physical structure control panel or a single touch display screen with corresponding virtual keys and garment treatment program information displayed on the display. It can be understood.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the control panel 13 mainly includes a power key 131, a start/stop key 132, a program key 133, and a program indicator lamp 134 connected to the controller 11. , a reservation key 135 and a time display module 136 are provided.

Here, the power key 131 is used to control whether or not the power of the washing machine 1 is turned on. The start/stop key 132 is used to start or pause the current operation of the washing machine 1 .

Referring to FIG. 2, the control panel 13 is provided with four program instruction lamps 134, and the four program instruction lamps 134 are arranged in order from top to bottom for mixing, dehydration only, quick washing, and cloud processing programs. It corresponds to the processing program. Here, the three clothes processing programs of mixing, dehydration only, and quick washing are the clothes processing programs of the washing machine 1 installed at the time of shipment. Annotative comments are also displayed next to each program indicator lamp 134 for ease of operation by the user, as shown in FIG. Here, the cloud program indicator light indicates that the washing machine 1 (controller 11 or the sole storage device in the washing machine 1) can download and store the clothes processing program from the server 3. To meet the user's needs, those skilled in the art will also install any other number of cloud program indicator lamps (e.g., 2, 3, 4, etc.) on the control panel 13 as needed to The program key 133, which can be annotated with cloud program 1, cloud program 2, cloud program 3, . Then, the program indication lamp 134 corresponding to the target clothing processing program is lit. When the program key 133 is repeatedly pressed, the four program indicator lamps 134 light up in either top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top order. Preferably, when the cloud program (clothes processing program other than mixing, dehydration only, and quick washing) is not stored in the washing machine 1, the cloud program cannot be selected and the cloud program indication lamp is not lit. Alternatively, a person skilled in the art can turn on the cloud program indication lamp as needed, but the washing machine 1 cannot operate when the cloud program indication lamp is on.

Further referring to FIG. 2, the reservation key 135 is for allowing the user to reserve the operation of the washing machine 1 . Illustratively, after the clothes processing program is selected, the user uses the reservation key 135 to time (eg, 6 hours) or schedule (eg, schedule until 3:00 pm) the washing machine 1 . The controller 11 controls the start of operation of the washing machine 1 when the timing time is completed or the reserved time is reached.

An operation of the reservation key 135 will be described by taking a timing operation as an example. If the user presses and releases the reserve key 135 quickly, the timing increases by one minute, and if the user presses the reserve key 135 and does not release it, the timing increases continuously.

Referring to FIG. 2, the time display module 136 is for displaying the time, which can be the current run time, remaining run time, scheduled time, current time, etc. of the washing machine 1 .

As shown in FIG. 3, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the reservation key 135 is not provided on the control panel 13 unlike the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4, the third embodiment of the present invention differs from the first embodiment in that the program key 133 is incorporated into the time display module 136. FIG. In addition, those skilled in the art can set the program key 133 in this embodiment to a knob and rotate the knob to select the corresponding laundry processing program and turn on the corresponding program indicator lamp 134 as needed. It can also be lit.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the reservation key 135 is not provided on the control panel 13, and the control panel 13 is provided with intelligent drying lamps. different from In other words, the washing machine 1 of the fourth embodiment has a function of drying the laundry, and includes a laundry processing program capable of drying the laundry.

Below, referring to FIG. 6, the control system of the present invention will be described in detail in relation to the program execution method of the present invention.

For ease of explanation, the program execution method of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 3 and the above-described second embodiment as an example.

As shown in FIG. 6, the program execution method of the present invention mainly includes the following steps.

In step S<b>10 , the mobile terminal device 2 transmits request information to the server 3 .

In step S20, the server 3 determines the target cloud program (that is, the cloud-side target clothing processing program) based on the request information.

At step S<b>30 , the server 3 transmits the target cloud program to the washing machine 1 .

In step S40, washing machine 1 selectively executes the target cloud program.

Specifically, in step S<b>10 , the user first establishes a communication connection between the mobile terminal device 2 and the washing machine 1 . For example, the mobile terminal device 2 and the washing machine 1 are arranged in the same wireless LAN, and the user scans the two-dimensional code of the washing machine 1 through the mobile terminal device 2 (for example, opening an APP on a mobile phone). Then, the mobile terminal device 2 and the washing machine 1 are bound and connected. The technical means of scanning the two-dimensional code to bind the two scanning devices and the device to be scanned are well known to those skilled in the art, so they are not further described here.

Further, after the mobile terminal device 2 and the washing machine 1 have established a communication connection, the user confirms on the display screen of the mobile terminal device 2 whether or not the target laundry processing program is stored in the washing machine 1. If the target laundry processing program is not stored in the washing machine 1 or if the cloud program stored in the washing machine 1 is not the target laundry processing program, the user can store the target clothing processing program on the mobile terminal device 2. Select on the display screen. The mobile terminal device 2 sends a request message to the server 3 after receiving the command with the target garment processing program selected. The request message may be information such as a code, alias, or letter abbreviation for the target garment processing program.

Specifically, in step S20, after receiving the request message sent from the mobile terminal device 2, the server 3 analyzes the request message and determines the target clothing processing program.

Specifically, in step S30, the server 3 may transmit the target clothing processing program to the mobile terminal device 2 and then cause the mobile terminal device 2 to transmit the target clothing processing program to the controller 11, or the server 3 may transmit the target clothing processing program to the controller 11. may first send the target garment treatment program directly to the controller 11 .

Specifically, in step S40, the controller 11 receives and stores the target garment treatment program, and selectively executes the standard garment treatment program or the target garment treatment program in response to monitored user operations.

As can be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the controller 11 directly stores the received target laundry treatment program if the washing machine 1 does not have a cloud program pre-stored therein. If a cloud program is pre-stored in the washing machine 1, the controller 11 deletes the previous cloud program and stores the received target laundry processing program.

In addition, if the user selects the mixing, spin-only or quick wash clothes processing program, the controller 11 causes the washing machine 1 to perform corresponding operations according to the mix, spin-only or quick wash clothes processing program. When the user selects the cloud program, the controller 11 causes the washing machine 1 to perform operations according to the target laundry processing program.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal device 2 is pre-stored with all clothing processing programs (including scrim, synthetic fiber, down, silk, curtain, rinsing only, etc.) as needed by those skilled in the art, The mobile terminal device 2 may be caused to send a target laundry processing program among all laundry processing programs to the washing machine. Taking the mobile phone as an example, when the mobile phone downloads the corresponding APP, the APP implementation package contains all the clothing processing programs. Once the APP is installed, all clothing processing programs are automatically saved in your mobile phone. After the mobile phone communicates with the washing machine 1, the user can send the target laundry processing program from the mobile phone to the controller 11 of the washing machine 1 by selecting the target laundry processing program in the mobile phone.

As described above, according to the program execution method of the present invention, the washing machine 1 can satisfy all the user's demands for processing clothes by setting only one position of the cloud program on the control panel 13. A person skilled in the art can understand. To optimize the appearance of the washing machine 1 by simplifying the structure of the control panel 13 of the washing machine 1. - 特許庁

Although the technical solutions of the present invention have been described above with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, it is obvious for those skilled in the art that the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments. is. Without departing from the principle of the present invention, those skilled in the art can equivalently change or replace the relevant technical features, and the technical solutions after these changes or replacements shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. It is included.

1: washing machine 2: mobile terminal device 3: server 4: router;
11: Controller 12: Communication module 13: Control panel 131: Power key 132: Start/stop key 133: Program key 134: Program indicator lamp 135: Reserve key 136: Time display module

Claims (10)

A program execution method for a home appliance, comprising:
a mobile terminal sending request information to a server;
the server determining an external program based on the request information;
the server transmitting the external program to the home appliance;
the home appliance selectively executing the external program or the own program based on a monitored user's operation for executing the external program or the own program ;
including
The external program is stored in the home appliance separately from the own program installed when the home appliance is shipped from the factory, and the stored external program is only the latest received external program. can be,
The home appliance comprises a control panel including a plurality of program indicators each corresponding to the own program and one cloud program indicator corresponding to the received latest external program. A method of executing a program for a consumer electronic device. The step of the server transmitting the external program to the home appliance, and storing only the latest received external program in the home appliance,
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the external program to the home appliance through a router by the server. The step of the server transmitting the external program to the home appliance, and storing only the latest received external program in the home appliance,
the server transmitting the external program to the mobile terminal;
transferring the external program to the home appliance by the mobile terminal;
The method of claim 1, further comprising: The step of selectively executing the external program or the own program based on the monitored user's operation for executing the external program or the own program by the home appliance,
If the user's operation received by the home appliance is to execute the own program, the home appliance executes the own program;
If the user's operation received by the home appliance is to execute the external program, the home appliance executes the external program;
4. The program execution method for home appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: A program execution method for a home appliance, comprising:
The external program is stored in the home appliance separately from its own program installed when the home appliance is shipped from the factory, and the stored external program is only the latest received external program. wherein the home appliance comprises a control panel including a plurality of program indicators each corresponding to the own program and one cloud program indicator corresponding to the latest received external program, the home appliance comprising: receiving the external program from a server;
the home appliance selectively executing the external program or the own program based on a monitored user's operation for executing the external program or the own program ;
including
A program execution method for a home appliance, wherein the external program is determined based on request information transmitted from the mobile terminal to the server by the server. The step of the home appliance receiving the external program from a server and storing only the latest received external program in the home appliance,
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising: receiving the external program from the server via a router. The step of the home appliance receiving the external program from a server and storing only the latest received external program in the home appliance,
further comprising the consumer electronic device receiving the external program from the mobile terminal;
6. The method of executing a program for a home appliance according to claim 5, wherein said external program is obtained by said mobile terminal from said server. A program push method for a home appliance, comprising:
determining the external program by the server based on the request information from the mobile terminal;
The external program so that the server selectively executes the external program or the own program based on a monitored user's operation for the home appliance to execute the external program or the own program. to the consumer electronic device; and
including
The external program is stored in the home appliance separately from the own program installed when the home appliance is shipped from the factory, and the stored external program is only the latest received external program. wherein the home appliance comprises a control panel including a plurality of program indicators each corresponding to the own program and one cloud program indicator corresponding to the latest received external program. and a program push method for home appliances. the server transmitting the external program to the consumer electronic device such that the consumer electronic device selectively executes the external program;
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the external program to the home appliance through a router by the server. the server transmitting the external program to the consumer electronic device such that the consumer electronic device selectively executes the external program;
9. The consumer electronic device of claim 8, further comprising the step of the server transmitting the external program to the mobile terminal such that the mobile terminal forwards the external program to the consumer electronic device. program push method.

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