KR100970620B1 - Method for Setting Course of Dish Washer - Google Patents

Abstract

This is a method of setting a course of a dishwasher that guides users to habitually select a course and registers it as a fixed course so that washing can be performed by simply selecting a course. And a dishwasher capable of finely selecting a corresponding course, storing the corresponding stroke selection values when the user selects a course, and determining whether the same stroke selection value is consecutively greater than or equal to a first reference value among the stored stroke selection values. And performing at least one of determining whether the same stroke selection value among the stored stroke selection values is greater than or equal to the second reference value, and selecting the same stroke selection value in succession more than the first reference value and the same stroke selection over the second reference value. If at least one of the values is present, the corresponding administrative selection value is used. Instructing the user and confirming whether or not to set the course according to the administrative selection as the user course, and when the user selects the user course setting, additionally setting the user course consisting of the corresponding administrative selection to the dishwasher course. Since it includes the effect to provide convenience to the user.

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Method for Setting Course of Dish Washer}

1 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a general dish washer

2a to 2d is a view showing a course setting screen of the dishwasher according to the present invention

3 is a flowchart illustrating a course setting method of the dish washing machine according to the present invention.

4A and 4B show examples of displaying a course setting screen according to FIG.

The present invention relates to a dishwasher, and more particularly, to a method of setting a course of a dishwasher.

In general, as shown in FIG. 1, the dishwasher includes a tub 1 having upper racks 17 and a lower rack 18 on which tableware is placed, and a dish disposed below the tub 1. The sump (2) (sump) to store the wash water used to wash the water, and the washing water stored in the sump (2) connected to the sump (2) to pump the upper and lower injection arms (3a) (3b) The upper injection arm which is connected to the washing pump 15 and the washing pump 15 and sprays the washing water pumped by the pumping action of the washing pump 15 toward the dishes placed on the upper rack 17 and the lower rack 18. (3a) (spray arm) and lower injection arm (3b) is provided.

At this time, the sump (2) is provided with a filter 19 for filtering dirt, such as rice grass contained in the wash water re-introduced into the sump (2) after completion of the dish washing action, the sump (2) A drainage passage 20 is provided to discharge the washing water to the outside after completion, and a drainage pump 16 is provided on the conduit of the drainage passage 20.

On the other hand, the back of the drain pump 16 of the drain flow path 20 is equipped with a non-return valve 21 for preventing the back flow of the wash water.

The dishwashing process of the dishwasher configured as described above is as follows.

If the dishwasher is operated by pressing the operation start button of the dishwasher with the dishes to be washed in the upper rack 17 and the lower rack 18 of the dishwasher, the solenoid blocking the water flow path (not shown) first. The valve is opened to supply water and detergent.

After the water supply is made, when the washing pump 15 is operated, the supplied washing water is sucked into the washing pump 15 through an inlet connected to the sump 2, and an upper injection arm (7) is pumped by the washing pump 15. The washing water pumped to the 3a) and the lower spray arm 3b is sprayed into the dish through the spray holes formed in the upper and lower spray arms 3b to perform the washing action on the dirt attached to the dish.

On the other hand, the washing water sprayed into the tableware drops to the bottom of the tub (1) with the dirt of the tableware after the washing action, the washing water dropped to the bottom of the tub (1) flows into the sump (2) and then the filter (19) After being sucked back into the washing pump 15 and pumped again, the powder is re-injected into the tableware through the upper and lower injection arms 3a and 3b.

As described above, when the dirt attached to the tableware is completely removed by repetition of the pumping and spraying process of the washing water, the washing of the tableware is completed, and when the tableware is finished, the drain pump 16 operates by the filter 19. The filtered dirt is discharged out of the dishwasher through the drainage passage 20 together with the washing water.

On the other hand, when the drainage pump 16 is stopped, the non-return valve 21 installed on the drainage passage 20 prevents the discharged polluted water from re-introducing into the dishwasher by closing the drainage passage.

The dishwasher described above mainly focuses on various loads constituting a mechanical mechanism in which the dishwashing is performed. Control and drive-related components including a control unit for controlling according to the value are installed on one side of the dishwasher in the form of a separate motherboard.

In addition, the dishwasher configured as described above may select a course and a detailed stroke value by course.

The user selects the standard course so that dish washing is performed according to the detailed stroke values set in the standard course, or the detailed strokes are arbitrarily selected and used.

Of course, the administration may be selected differently depending on the situation and the habit difference of each user when using the dishwasher, but each user often repeats the same administrative selection according to his habit.

However, although the same stroke selection is habitually made for each user as described above, the dishwasher according to the prior art has a problem inconvenient the user since the key input according to the same stroke selection must be repeated every time it is used.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is inconvenient to repeat each administrative selection by guiding the course that the user habitually selects and registers as a fixed course so that washing is performed only by simple course selection. The purpose is to provide a course setting method of the dishwasher to solve the problem.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a dishwasher capable of selecting a course and a corresponding detailed stroke, storing the corresponding stroke selection values when a user selects a course, and the same stroke selection value is consecutively equal to or greater than a first reference value among stored stroke selection values. Determining at least one of the stored stroke selection values and determining whether the same stroke selection value is greater than or equal to the second reference value, and continuously performing the same stroke selection value and the second reference value at least the first reference value. If at least one of the same stroke selection values exists, informing the user of the stroke selection value and confirming whether or not to set the course according to the stroke selection value as the user course, and when the user selects the user course setting Dishwasher course with user course consisting of stroke selection Characterized in that it comprises the step of adding settings.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the course setting method of the dishwasher according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail as follows.

2A to 2D are views illustrating a course setting screen of the dish washing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a course setting method of the dish washing machine according to the present invention, and FIGS. 4A and 4B are courses according to FIG. 3. A diagram showing an example of the setting screen display.

First, the present invention is to add or change the operation program of the control unit for performing the operation operation related to the course setting and the data storage and management, and is provided with a control unit, a memory unit, a display unit and a user interface unit like a general dishwasher. Doing.

First, a user may select a desired course from among a plurality of courses (eg, standard course, strong course, ...) preset in the dishwasher, for example, refer to FIGS. 2A to 2D. In other words, it is possible to select each of the other detailed strokes such as rinsing, temperature and drying, such as selecting a washing stroke time of 20 minutes among 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes and 30 minutes in the standard course.

That is, the number of rinses is set to "+1 time (two times)", the temperature is set to "room temperature", and the drying is set to "not dry".

Therefore, in the course setting method of the dish washing machine according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the controller determines whether the course and the detailed strokes are selected by the user (S31).                     

If the user selects a course and detailed administrations, it is determined whether the selected course is a habit course (name according to an embodiment of the present invention) (S32).

At this time, only courses that are already set in the dishwasher exist in the initial use of the dishwasher.

Therefore, if the determination result (S32), if not the habit course, the administrative selection value of the current course is stored in the corresponding area of the memory unit (S33).

At this time, the stroke selection value of the current course is, as described above, the selection contents of each stroke for performing one course, for example, the above-described set of "20 minutes washing / twisting rinse / temperature room temperature / not drying". Can be made.

Subsequently, it is determined whether the stroke selection value stored so far is equal to M or more times consecutively (S34).

At this time, 'M' is a first reference value for determining a habitual administrative selection pattern of the user, and can be set to at least two, and is set to '5' for convenience of description of the present invention.

As a result of the determination (S34), if the administration selection value stored so far is the same five times or more continuously, the habit course guide and the user selection confirmation are performed (S36).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, a confirmation message asking whether the user selects the course and administration selection values and the selection value as the habit course is displayed.

Subsequently, it is determined whether the user selects the habit course setting by viewing the display content as shown in FIG. 4A (S37). When the habit course setting is selected, the administration selection values are additionally set as the habit course (S38). It is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 4B.

On the other hand, in the determination result (S34), if the stroke selection values stored so far are not the same five times or more consecutively, it is determined whether 'N' or more stroke selection values among the currently stored stroke selection values are the same (S35).

In this case, 'N' is a second reference value for determining a stroke selection pattern of a user who is frequently used although not continuous, and is preferably set to a larger value than the first reference value. In addition, it is set as '10' for convenience of description of the present invention.

As a result of the determination (S35), if at least ten stroke selection values among the currently stored stroke selection values are the same, a habit course guide and a user selection confirmation are performed (S36).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, a confirmation message asking whether the user selects the course and administration selection values and the selection value as the habit course is displayed.

Subsequently, it is determined whether the user selects the habit course setting by viewing the display content as shown in FIG. 4A (S37). When the habit course setting is selected, the administration selection values are additionally set as the habit course (S38). It is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 4B.

After the step (S31), the dish washing is performed in parallel according to the selected course, and after setting the habit course, the user does not need to select each stroke again. A cleaning stroke is made.

Meanwhile, although all of the above-described steps S34 and S35 are applied to increase the reliability of the user habit determination according to an embodiment of the present invention, each of the two steps S34 and S35 independently determines the user habit. In this case, only one of the two may be applied.

The course setting method of the dishwasher according to the present invention stores the administrative selection values and compares them to determine user habits and inform the user so that the course can be set only for the user. Therefore, the user's desired administration is made only by the user's simple course selection, thereby providing convenience to the user.

Claims (2)

In the dishwasher, you can choose the course and the course details. Storing administrative selection values of a corresponding course when the user selects a course; Performing at least one of determining whether the same stroke selection value has been stored consecutively more than the first reference value and determining whether the same stroke selection value has been stored discontinuously more than the second reference value; If the result of the determination is that the same stroke selection value is continuously stored above the first reference value or the same stroke selection value is stored consecutively above the second reference value, the user is informed of the stroke selection value and the course according to the stroke selection value is displayed. Confirming to the user whether or not to set the value to 0; If the user selects a user course setting, additionally setting a user course consisting of a corresponding administrative selection value to a dishwasher course, And wherein the second reference value is equal to or greater than the first reference value. delete

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