WO2018103431A1

WO2018103431A1 - Method and system for identifying clothing materials

Info

Publication number: WO2018103431A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/103800
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赵毅; 胡方龙; 何灼文; 刘吴旭
Original assignee: 广州视源电子科技股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-12-07
Filing date: 2017-09-27
Publication date: 2018-06-14
Also published as: CN106758084A; CN106758084B

Abstract

A method and a system for identifying clothing materials applied in a clothing care machine. The clothing care machine includes a fan (11) for generating a suction force. The method for identifying clothing materials comprises: obtaining current operation parameters of the fan (11) when it is detected that an air inlet of the fan (11) has come to a predetermined distance from a clothing item: the operation parameters of the fan (11) including an operating current, an operating rotational speed, and an operating voltage of the fan (11); and searching for a clothing material matching the current operation parameters on the basis of the current operation parameters. In the method and system for identifying clothing materials, since clothes made of different materials have different air permeability, the operation parameters of the fan (11) must undergo corresponding changes when the inlet of the fan (11) comes close to clothing items with different air permeability, enabling the clothing material matching the current operation parameters to be found based on the current operation parameters of the fan (11).

Description

Method and system for identifying clothing material

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of clothing care technology, and in particular, to a method and system for identifying a clothing material.

Background technique

With reform and opening up, the economic level is developing rapidly, people's living standards are constantly improving, and people pay more attention to their own dressing, especially for the clothes they wear, and they hope that the clothes they wear will not leave wrinkles and always keep bright and beautiful.

In order to meet the above requirements of the user, there are clothing care devices, such as ironing machines, ironing machines, etc., which usually use the user to pull clothes or use a fan to suck the clothes, and then spray the steam to the clothes. Ironing is carried out so that the clothes are free from wrinkles and always keep the brilliance bright.

However, different materials have different requirements for the suction force, steam ejection flow and steam temperature of the fan. In the prior art, the current clothing care device is used for any material because the material of the clothing cannot be identified. The same working parameters make the suction force of the fan to be uniform for any material, and the steam ejection flow and the steam temperature generated by the clothes of any material are consistent, which makes it impossible to meet the nursing needs of each clothing material. Unable to achieve optimal clothing care and even cause irreparable damage to clothing.

Summary of the invention

Based on this, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for identifying a material of a garment to realize a material capable of recognizing different garments.

A method for identifying a material of a garment according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a laundry care device, wherein the laundry care device includes a fan for generating suction, and the method for identifying the material of the laundry includes:

Obtaining a current operating parameter of the fan when the air outlet of the fan is detected to be close to the laundry, the operating parameter of the fan includes an operating current, a working speed, and a working voltage of the fan;

And searching for a clothing material that matches the current running parameter according to the current running parameter.

In addition, the method for identifying the material of the laundry according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

The step of searching for a clothing material that matches the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter includes:

Finding a clothing ventilation rate that matches the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter;

According to the air permeability of the clothes, the material of the clothes matching the air permeability of the clothes is found.

After the step of searching for the material of the clothing that matches the current running parameter according to the current operating parameter, the method for identifying the material of the clothing further includes:

Finding an optimal operating parameter of the fan that matches the material of the clothing according to the material of the laundry;

The fan is operated with the optimal operating parameters.

The laundry care device further includes a steam generator for generating steam, and after the step of operating the fan with the optimal operating parameter, the method for identifying the material of the laundry further comprises:

Determining, according to the material of the laundry, an optimal steam parameter of the steam generator matching the material of the laundry, the steam parameter of the steam generator comprising a steam discharge flow rate and a steam temperature;

The steam generator is operated with the optimal steam parameters.

The method for identifying the material of the clothing further includes: before the step of acquiring the current operating parameter of the fan when the air outlet of the fan is detected to be a preset distance;

The fan is started with rated operating parameters.

A clothing material identification system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a laundry care device, the laundry care device includes a fan for generating suction, and the clothing material identification system includes:

Obtaining a module, configured to acquire a current operating parameter of the fan when the air outlet of the fan is detected to be close to the laundry, the operating parameter of the fan includes an operating current, a working speed, and a working voltage of the fan ;

The material search module is configured to search for a clothing material that matches the current running parameter according to the current running parameter.

In addition, an identification system for a clothing material according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have Additional technical features,

The material search module includes:

a ventilation degree searching unit, configured to search for a clothing ventilation degree that matches the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter;

The material finding subunit is configured to find the material of the clothing that matches the air permeability of the clothing according to the air permeability of the clothing.

The clothing material identification system further includes:

a fan parameter finding module, configured to find an optimal operating parameter of the fan matched with the material of the clothing according to the material of the clothing;

a first operating module for operating the fan with the optimal operating parameters.

The laundry care device further includes a steam generator for generating steam, the identification system of the laundry material further comprising:

a steam parameter finding module, configured to find an optimal steam parameter of the steam generator that matches a material of the laundry according to the material of the laundry, the steam parameter of the steam generator includes a steam discharge flow rate and a steam temperature ;

A second operating module for operating the steam generator with the optimal steam parameters.

The clothing material identification system further includes:

A fan starting module for starting the fan with rated operating parameters.

The method and system for identifying the material of the above-mentioned clothes have different air permeability due to the different materials of the clothes. When the mouth of the fan is close to the clothes of different air permeability, the rotation speed of the fan will inevitably change accordingly. Affecting the operating parameters of the fan, and the method and system for identifying the material of the clothing, when detecting that the air outlet of the fan is close to the clothes to a preset distance, acquiring current operating parameters of the fan, and then according to the The current operating parameters are used to find the material of the garment that matches the current operating parameters, thereby obtaining the material of the garment. Moreover, the method and system for identifying the material of the garment acquire the optimal operating parameters of the fan and the steam generator after obtaining the material of the garment, thereby enabling the fan and the steam generator to The optimum suction, optimal steam ejection flow, and optimal steam temperature are used to care for the garment to provide optimal care of the garment.

DRAWINGS

1 is a flow chart showing a method of identifying a material of a garment in a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart showing a method of identifying a material of a garment in a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a clothing material identification system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Main component symbol description

风机 Fan	1111	蒸汽发生器 Steam generator	1212
获取模块Acquisition module	21twenty one	材质查找模块Material search module	22twenty two
通气度查找单元 Ventilation search unit	221221	材质查找子单元 Material lookup subunit	222222
风机参数查找模块Fan parameter search module	23twenty three	第一运行模块First run module	24twenty four
蒸汽参数查找模块Steam parameter search module	2525	第二运行模块 Second run module	2626
风机启动模块 Fan start module	2727	衣物材质的识别系统Clothing material identification system	2020

The invention will be further illustrated by the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

detailed description

In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the invention are presented in the drawings. However, the invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and comprehensive.

It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" to another element, it may be directly on the other element or the element may be present. When an element is considered to be "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like, as used herein, are for illustrative purposes only.

All technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. The terminology used in the description of the present invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to limit the invention. The term "and/or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

1 is a flowchart of a method for identifying a material of a garment according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The method for identifying a material of a garment is applied to a laundry care device, and the laundry care device includes a suction device for generating suction. The fan, the method for identifying the material of the laundry includes steps S01 to S02.

In step S01, when it is detected that the tuyere of the fan approaches the laundry to a preset distance, the current operating parameter of the fan is obtained.

The operating parameters of the fan include an operating current, a working speed, and an operating voltage of the fan.

It can be understood that when the user uses the laundry care device to care for the clothes, it is generally required to bring the tuyere of the fan close to the clothes, so as to achieve the purpose of sucking the clothes, when the fan is detected. When the tuyere approaches the garment to the predetermined distance, the current operating parameters of the fan will be read.

Step S02: Find a clothing material that matches the current running parameter according to the current running parameter.

It can be understood that the air permeability of the clothes of different materials is also different. When the mouth of the fan is close to the clothes of different air permeability, the rotation speed of the fan will inevitably change accordingly, thereby affecting the operation of the fan. The parameter S02 can be specifically implemented according to the following steps: searching for the air permeability of the clothing matching the current running parameter according to the current operating parameter, and then finding the air permeability according to the clothing Corresponding clothing material.

It should be noted that before identifying the material of the clothing, it is necessary to pre-store all the materials of the clothes and the corresponding air permeability of the clothes, and it is necessary to pre-store the fan operating parameters corresponding to the air permeability of each type of clothing, and the air permeability of each type of clothing. The corresponding fan operating parameters can be obtained through experiments, so that the specific clothing materials can be found through the operating parameters of the fan during specific use. For example, assuming that the material of a garment is a yarn, the air permeability of the garment of the yarn can be easily obtained by analysis, and then the tuyere of the fan is brought close to the garment, and the fan will change its parameters to record the current parameters. After repeated experiments, the fan operating parameters of the material of the yarn can be obtained. Finally, the clothes of the yarn are stored in the clothing and the operating parameters of the fan are stored. When the fan is used, the operating parameters of the fan are detected. The clothing is airy, and the current clothing material is the yarn.

In summary, the method and system for identifying the above-mentioned clothing materials are based on the clothing of different materials. Differently, when the nozzle of the fan is close to the clothes of different air permeability, the rotation speed of the fan will inevitably change accordingly, thereby affecting the operating parameters of the fan, and thus the method and system for identifying the material of the clothing Obtaining a current operating parameter of the fan when detecting that the air outlet of the fan is close to the clothes to a preset distance, and then finding the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter. The material of the garment is matched to obtain the material of the garment.

2 is a flowchart of a method for identifying a material of a garment according to a second embodiment of the present invention, the method for identifying a material of the garment is applied to a laundry care device, and the laundry care device includes a fan for generating suction And a steam generator for generating steam, the method of identifying the material of the laundry comprising steps S11 to S18.

In step S11, the fan is started with a rated operating parameter.

The fan must have a preset rated operating parameter. When the fan is started, the current operating parameter is the rated operating parameter, and the rated operating parameter is only used when detecting the material of the laundry.

In step S12, when it is detected that the tuyere of the fan is close to the laundry to a preset distance, the current operating parameter of the fan is obtained.

Step S13: Find a clothing ventilation degree that matches the current running parameter according to the current running parameter.

Step S14, searching for the material of the clothing that matches the air permeability of the clothes according to the air permeability of the clothes.

Step S15: Find an optimal operating parameter of the fan that matches the material of the clothing according to the material of the clothing.

It can be understood that before identifying the material of the clothing, it is necessary to set the optimal fan operating parameters corresponding to each of the clothing materials, and pre-store each of the clothing materials and the corresponding optimal fan operating parameters, so as to After identifying the material of the laundry, S14 can find the optimal operating parameters of the fan that match the material of the laundry.

In step S16, the fan is operated with the optimal operating parameters.

It will be appreciated that the fan, when operated with the optimal operating parameters, is capable of producing the optimum suction for the garment.

Step S17: Find an optimal steam parameter of the steam generator that matches the material of the laundry according to the material of the laundry.

Wherein, the steam parameters of the steam generator include a steam discharge flow rate and a steam temperature.

It can be understood that before identifying the material of the clothing, it is necessary to set the optimal steam parameters of the steam generator corresponding to each material of the clothing, and optimize the steam of the optimum steam parameters of each clothing material and the corresponding steam generator. The parameters are pre-stored so that after the step S14 identifies the material of the garment, the optimal steam parameters of the steam generator that match the material of the garment can be found.

In step S18, the steam generator is operated with the optimal steam parameter.

It will be appreciated that the steam generator, when operated with the optimum steam parameters, is capable of producing an optimum steam effluent flow rate and steam temperature.

In summary, the method and system for identifying the material of the above-mentioned clothes have different air permeability due to the different materials of the clothes. When the mouth of the fan is close to the clothes of different air permeability, the rotation speed of the fan will inevitably occur accordingly. The change, and thus the operating parameters of the fan, the method and system for identifying the material of the garment, when detecting that the tuyere of the fan is close to the garment to a preset distance, acquiring current operating parameters of the fan, Then, according to the current running parameter, the material of the clothing matching the current running parameter can be found, thereby obtaining the material of the clothing. Moreover, the method and system for identifying the material of the garment acquire the optimal operating parameters of the fan and the steam generator after obtaining the material of the garment, thereby enabling the fan and the steam generator to The optimum suction, optimal steam ejection flow, and optimal steam temperature are used to care for the garment to provide optimal care of the garment.

In another aspect of the present invention, an identification system for a clothing material is provided. Referring to FIG. 3, it is a schematic structural view of a clothing material identification system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the laundry care device, the laundry care device includes a blower 11 for generating suction and a steam generator 12 for generating steam, and the identification system 20 for the laundry material includes an acquisition module 21 and a material search module 22.

The acquiring module 21 is configured to: when detecting that the air outlet of the fan 11 is close to the laundry to a preset distance, The current operating parameters of the fan 11 are obtained.

The operating parameters of the fan 11 include an operating current, a working speed, and an operating voltage of the fan 11 .

The material searching module 22 is electrically connected to the acquiring module 21, and is configured to search for a clothing material that matches the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter.

Further, the material search module includes a ventilation degree searching unit 221 and a material search sub-unit 222.

The air permeability searching unit 221 is electrically connected to the acquiring module 21, and is configured to find a clothing airflow that matches the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter.

The material searching sub-unit 222 is electrically connected to the air permeability searching unit 221, and is configured to search for the clothing material that matches the clothing air permeability according to the clothing air permeability.

Further, the clothing material identification system 20 further includes a fan parameter search module 23 and a first operation module 24.

The fan parameter searching module 23 and the material searching subunit 222 are configured to find an optimal operating parameter of the fan 11 that matches the material of the clothing according to the material of the clothing.

The first running module 24 is electrically connected to the fan parameter searching module 23 and the fan 11 for operating the fan 11 with the optimal operating parameters.

Further, the clothing material identification system 20 further includes a steam parameter finding module 25 and a second running module 26.

The steam parameter searching module 25 is electrically connected to the material searching sub-unit 222 for finding an optimal steam parameter of the steam generator 12 that matches the material of the clothing according to the material of the clothing.

Wherein, the steam parameters of the steam generator 12 include a steam discharge flow rate and a steam temperature.

The second operating module 26 is electrically coupled to the steam parameter finding module 25 and the steam generator 12 for operating the steam generator 12 with the optimal steam parameters.

Further, the clothing material identification system 20 further includes a fan starting module 27.

The fan starting module 27 is electrically connected to the fan 11 for starting the fan 11 with rated operating parameters.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that a number of variations and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims.

Claims

A method for identifying a material of a garment is applied to a laundry care device, the laundry care device comprising a fan for generating suction, wherein the method for identifying the material of the garment comprises:

Obtaining a current operating parameter of the fan when the air outlet of the fan is detected to be close to the laundry, the operating parameter of the fan includes an operating current, a working speed, and a working voltage of the fan;

And searching for a clothing material that matches the current running parameter according to the current running parameter.
The method for identifying a material of a garment according to claim 1, wherein the step of searching for a material of the garment matching the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter comprises:

Finding a clothing ventilation rate that matches the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter;

According to the air permeability of the clothes, the material of the clothes matching the air permeability of the clothes is found.
The method for identifying a material of a garment according to claim 1, wherein after the step of searching for a material of the garment matching the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter, the material of the garment The identification method also includes:

Finding an optimal operating parameter of the fan that matches the material of the clothing according to the material of the laundry;

The fan is operated with the optimal operating parameters.
The method of identifying a material of a garment according to claim 3, wherein the laundry care device further comprises a steam generator for generating steam, wherein the fan is operated with the optimal operating parameter After the step, the method for identifying the material of the clothing further includes:

Determining, according to the material of the laundry, an optimal steam parameter of the steam generator matching the material of the laundry, the steam parameter of the steam generator comprising a steam discharge flow rate and a steam temperature;

The steam generator is operated with the optimal steam parameters.
The method for identifying a material of a garment according to claim 1, wherein before the step of acquiring the current operating parameter of the fan when the tuyere of the fan is detected to be close to the garment to a preset distance, The method for identifying the material of the laundry further includes:

The fan is started with rated operating parameters.
A clothing material identification system for use in a laundry care appliance, the laundry care appliance comprising The utility model relates to a fan for generating suction, characterized in that the identification system of the material of the clothing comprises:

Obtaining a module, configured to acquire a current operating parameter of the fan when the air outlet of the fan is detected to be close to the laundry, the operating parameter of the fan includes an operating current, a working speed, and a working voltage of the fan ;

The material search module is configured to search for a clothing material that matches the current running parameter according to the current running parameter.
The clothing material identification system according to claim 6, wherein the material search module comprises:

a ventilation degree searching unit, configured to search for a clothing ventilation degree that matches the current operating parameter according to the current operating parameter;

The material finding subunit is configured to find the material of the clothing that matches the air permeability of the clothing according to the air permeability of the clothing.
The clothing material identification system according to claim 6, wherein the clothing material identification system further comprises:

a fan parameter finding module, configured to find an optimal operating parameter of the fan matched with the material of the clothing according to the material of the clothing;

a first operating module for operating the fan with the optimal operating parameters.
The clothing material identification system according to claim 8, wherein the laundry care device further comprises a steam generator for generating steam, and the clothing material identification system further comprises:

a steam parameter finding module, configured to find an optimal steam parameter of the steam generator that matches a material of the laundry according to the material of the laundry, the steam parameter of the steam generator includes a steam discharge flow rate and a steam temperature ;

A second operating module for operating the steam generator with the optimal steam parameters.
The clothing material identification system according to claim 6, wherein the clothing material identification system further comprises:

A fan starting module for starting the fan with rated operating parameters.