WO2019062487A1

WO2019062487A1 - Laundry identification system and laundry identification method

Info

Publication number: WO2019062487A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/103885
Authority: WO
Inventors: 许升; 黄振兴; 尹俊明; 舒海
Original assignee: 青岛海尔洗衣机有限公司
Priority date: 2017-09-30
Filing date: 2018-09-04
Publication date: 2019-04-04
Also published as: CN109594281B; CN109594281A

Abstract

A laundry identification system and a laundry identification method. The laundry identification system comprises: an intelligent terminal and/or a laundry treatment device, and a laundry identification apparatus provided independently, wherein the laundry identification apparatus is in communication connection with the intelligent terminal/laundry treatment device; the laundry identification apparatus identifies laundry information and sends an identification result to the intelligent terminal and/or the laundry treatment device; and the intelligent terminal and/or the laundry treatment device receives the laundry information identified by the laundry identification apparatus and stores same. A laundry identification module is provided independently and can be in communication connection with the intelligent terminal or the laundry treatment device, and stores the identified laundry information in the laundry treatment device or the intelligent terminal. Therefore, when a laundry treatment is carried out, after laundry information about the laundry is directly selected on the laundry treatment device or the intelligent terminal, the laundry treatment device or the intelligent terminal recommends a laundry treatment procedure, and the laundry treatment device executes the laundry treatment process according to the recommended laundry treatment procedure.

Description

Clothing identification system and clothing identification method

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of household appliances, and in particular to a clothing identification system and a clothing identification method.

Background technique

The newly-applied laundry machine with the clothing identification function in the field of laundry treatment can recognize the clothes with the clothing identification label, and select the corresponding washing program according to the clothing information, and can also view the laundry information through the mobile terminal.

In the prior art, the clothing identifying device is disposed on the laundry treating device instead of the independent laundry identifying module, and thus the identification of the laundry is based on the laundry treating device.

On the other hand, in the prior art, the clothing recognition module is usually disposed on the laundry treating device, such as the laundry dispensing opening of the washing machine, or directly in the casing inside the laundry treating device to identify the laundry, and after identifying the laundry The laundry processing device needs to perform data analysis processing to recommend an appropriate laundry processing program. In the technical solution, each time the laundry processing is performed, the laundry treating device needs to perform the laundry identifying process first, thereby performing a matching laundry processing program according to the clothing recognition result. Therefore, the laundry treatment process has a large limitation, and each time the laundry identification is performed, a large amount of time is required, and it is not guaranteed that the laundry is recognized, and, for example, when the laundry having the electronic label and the washing without the electronic label are simultaneously performed, The clothing identification module can only recognize part of the clothes, and at this time, the user is required to participate in prompting unrecognized clothing information. If the recognizable laundry is stored on the smart terminal or the laundry treating device, the user directly selects the laundry information of the laundry on the laundry treating device or the smart terminal when the laundry processing is performed next time, without requiring the laundry treating device to perform the laundry. Identification, so that the laundry processing process is more flexible, the user can create a piece of clothing on the laundry processing device or the smart terminal alone, edit the specific clothing information of the clothing, so that the clothing without the electronic label can also enjoy the automatic clothing processing equipment Match the function of the program.

In view of this, the present invention has been specifically proposed.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, and provide a clothing identification system in which a clothing identification module is independently provided, and can communicate with a smart terminal or a laundry processing device to store the identified clothing information. To the laundry treating device or the smart terminal, so that when the laundry processing is performed, the laundry processing device is recommended by the laundry treating device or the smart terminal directly after selecting the laundry information of the laundry to be laundry on the laundry treating device or the smart terminal, and the laundry treating device The laundry treatment process is performed in accordance with the recommended laundry treatment program.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the basic idea of the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:

A clothing identification system comprising:

a smart terminal and/or a laundry treating device, a separately disposed laundry identifying device, and a clothing identifying device in communication connection with the smart terminal/clothing processing device;

The laundry identifying device identifies the laundry information and transmits the recognition result to the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device;

The smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device receives the laundry information recognized by the laundry identifying device and saves it.

In the above solution, the clothing identification module is independently provided, and can be communicably connected with the smart terminal or the laundry processing device, and save the identified clothing information to the laundry processing device or the smart terminal, thereby directly passing through the laundry processing device when performing the laundry processing. After the laundry information of the laundry is selected on the smart terminal, the laundry processing device or the smart terminal recommends the laundry processing program, and the laundry processing device executes the laundry processing process according to the recommended laundry processing program.

Preferably, the clothing identification device includes a wireless module for wirelessly connecting with the smart terminal/clothing processing device;

Alternatively, the clothing recognition device is communicably connected to the smart terminal/clothing processing device via a data line.

In the above aspect, preferably, the laundry identifying device is provided with a wireless module, thereby facilitating the laundry identifying device to be an independent device.

Preferably, the clothing identification device comprises a clothing identification module and a wireless module, and the wireless module wirelessly transmits the clothing information recognized by the clothing identification module to the smart terminal or the laundry processing device for storage.

Preferably, the clothing identification device is wirelessly connected to the smart terminal, and the smart terminal is wirelessly connected to the laundry processing device;

The clothing identification module sends the identified clothing information to the smart terminal for saving, the user selects the clothing information in the clothing information saved on the smart terminal and sends the clothing information to the laundry processing device, or the user selects the clothing information on the smart terminal. The smart terminal generates a laundry processing program based on the selected clothing information and transmits it to the laundry treating device.

In the above aspect, the laundry treating apparatus or the smart terminal performs data processing on the laundry information to generate a laundry processing program.

Preferably, the clothing identification module is an RFID module, the wireless module is an NFC module, the RFID module shares a partial structure with the NFC module, the clothing identification module further includes a control module, and the control module switches the RFID module. The NFC module is turned on, and the smart terminal has an NFC function.

In the above solution, the control module switches the RFID module and the NFC module to be turned on, and the clothing recognition module can be switched in the RFID recognition mode and the NFC communication mode, thereby eliminating an additional communication module and facilitating communication with the NFC-enabled smartphone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a clothing recognizing method applied to the above-described laundry recognizing system, comprising: the laundry recognizing device preliminarily recognizing the laundry information, and transmitting it to the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device, the smart terminal and/or the clothing The processing device saves the laundry information to recommend the laundry processing program according to the laundry information selected by the user on the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device when the laundry processing is performed later.

In the above aspect, when the laundry processing is performed, the laundry processing device is recommended by the laundry treating device or the smart terminal directly after selecting the laundry information of the laundry to be laundry on the laundry treating device or the smart terminal, and the laundry treating device according to the recommended laundry The processing program executes the laundry processing process, or the laundry processing device communicates with the intelligent terminal through the server connection, the server performs a matching process of the laundry processing program, and the intelligent terminal is used to select the laundry information for the server to perform data processing.

Preferably, the wireless module of the clothing identification device sends the clothing information recognized by the clothing identification module to the smart terminal for storage, and the smart terminal accepts the clothing information of the laundry selected by the user in the stored plurality of clothing information, and then performs data processing to generate the data. The laundry processing program is sent to the laundry treating device, and the laundry treating device performs corresponding control according to the laundry processing program;

Or the smart terminal receives the laundry information selected by the user, and sends the laundry information selected by the user to the laundry processing device, and the laundry processing device generates a laundry processing program according to the laundry information, and executes the laundry. Processing program.

Preferably, the smart terminal and/or the laundry processing device further accepts a user operation in the process of saving the clothing information, and marks each clothing information;

Preferably, the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating apparatus includes display means for displaying the laundry information recognized by the laundry identifying means, the marking respective laundry information including the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating apparatus accepting the user's operation, giving the recognized clothing Information adds a name and/or image.

In the above scheme, by adding a name and/or an image to the recognized clothing information, the user is facilitated to quickly recognize the laundry, and the image can take a physical photograph of the laundry through the smart terminal.

Preferably, the laundry is brought close to the laundry identifying device, or the laundry identifying device is brought close to the laundry for clothing recognition, and the method for the laundry identifying device to recognize the laundry includes single-piece scanning recognition or batch scanning identification.

Preferably, the single-piece scanning is recognized as a control module of the clothing identification device to control the opening of the RFID module. After identifying a piece of clothing, the switching control NFC module is turned on to send the identification information to the intelligent terminal, and the intelligent terminal receives the identification information. Receiving a user operation flag to identify the identification information;

The batch scan identifies that the control module of the clothing identification device controls the opening of the RFID module. After identifying the plurality of pieces of clothing, the switching control NFC module is turned on to simultaneously send the clothing information to the intelligent terminal, and the intelligent terminal receives the user operation, and sequentially marks each Clothing information.

In the above solution, the batch scanning identification can improve the recognition efficiency and reduce the switching on frequency of the RFID module and the NFC module.

By adopting the above technical solutions, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. The clothing identification system of the present invention comprises: an intelligent terminal and/or a laundry treating device, a separately provided laundry identifying device, the laundry identifying device is in communication connection with the intelligent terminal/clothing processing device; the laundry identifying device identifies the laundry information, and the recognition result is Sended to the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device; the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device receives the laundry information recognized by the laundry identifying device and saves. In the present invention, the clothing identification module is independently provided, and can be communicably connected with the smart terminal or the laundry processing device, and the identified clothing information is saved to the laundry processing device or the intelligent terminal, so that when the laundry is processed, directly through the laundry processing device or After selecting the laundry information of the laundry on the smart terminal, the laundry processing device or the smart terminal recommends the laundry processing program, and the laundry processing device executes the laundry processing process according to the recommended laundry processing program.

2. The clothing identification module is an RFID module, the wireless module is an NFC module, the RFID module shares a partial structure with the NFC module, the clothing identification module further includes a control module, and the control module switches the RFID module. The NFC module is turned on, and the smart terminal has an NFC function. The control module switches the RFID module and the NFC module to open, and the clothing identification module can be switched in the RFID recognition mode and the NFC communication mode, thereby eliminating the need for additional communication modules to facilitate communication with the NFC-enabled smartphone.

3. The smart terminal and/or the laundry processing device further accepts a user operation in the process of saving the laundry information, and marks each clothing information; the intelligent terminal and/or the laundry processing device includes a display device that displays the clothing information recognized by the clothing identification device, The marking each clothing information includes the smart terminal and/or the laundry processing device accepting a user operation, adding a name and/or an image to the recognized clothing information, and adding a name and/or an image to the recognized clothing information, thereby facilitating the user to quickly For the identification of the laundry, the image can take a physical photo of the laundry through the smart terminal.

4. The laundry is approached to the clothing identification device, or the laundry identification device is positioned close to the laundry for clothing identification, and the method for the laundry identification device to recognize the laundry includes single-piece scanning recognition or batch scanning identification. The single-piece scanning is recognized as a control module of the clothing identification device to control the opening of the RFID module. After identifying a piece of clothing, the switching control NFC module is turned on to send the identification information to the intelligent terminal, and the intelligent terminal receives the identification information and receives the user. The operation marks the identification information; the batch scan identifies that the control module of the clothing identification device controls the opening of the RFID module, and after identifying the plurality of pieces of clothing, the switching control NFC module is turned on to simultaneously send the clothing information to the intelligent terminal, and the intelligent terminal receives The user operates to mark each clothing information in turn, and the batch scanning identification can improve the recognition efficiency and reduce the switching on frequency of the RFID module and the NFC module.

The specific embodiments of the present invention are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DRAWINGS

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be illustrative of the invention. It is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and other drawings may be obtained from those skilled in the art without departing from the drawings. In the drawing:

1 is a schematic diagram of communication between a clothing identification device and a laundry treating device;

2 is a schematic diagram of communication between a clothing identification device and a smart terminal;

Figure 3 is another communication diagram of the clothing identification device and the laundry treating device;

4 is a view showing a step of identifying a garment provided in the second embodiment.

It is to be understood that the drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

Detailed ways

The embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that the orientation or positional relationship of the terms "upper", "lower", "inside", "outside", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, only for the purpose of The invention is not limited by the scope of the invention, and is not intended to be a limitation of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "mounting" and "connecting" are to be understood broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral, unless otherwise explicitly stated and defined. Ground connection; it can be mechanical connection or electrical connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in a specific case by those skilled in the art.

Embodiment 1

The first embodiment provides a clothing identification system, including:

In this embodiment, the relationship between the clothing identification device and the laundry processing device and the intelligent terminal is as follows:

Referring to FIG. 1 , a solution is that the clothing identification device is independently provided, and includes an RFID reader and a communication module. The communication module is preferably a WIFI module, and the WIFI module is connected to the laundry processing device. Specifically, the clothing identification device includes a radio frequency antenna, an RFID reader, an MCU processor, a WIFI module, and the RFID antenna is coupled with the RFID electronic tag on the clothing to obtain the coded information in the tag, and the reader interprets the information acquired by the antenna and Sended to the MCU processor, the MCU processor performs data buffer processing on the read clothes information, and sends the clothes processing device to the machine through the WIFI module according to the protocol; the laundry processing device includes the WIFI module, the control module, and the WIFI module receives From the data of the clothing recognition device, the control module processes the acquired data and saves the received clothing information according to a user operation.

Referring to FIG. 2, the communication module of the clothing identification device is an NFC module, and the smart terminal is also provided with an NFC module, and the clothing identification device transmits the clothing information read by the RFID reader to the intelligent terminal through the NFC module, and the smart terminal performs the clothing information. Save. Of course, as shown in FIG. 3, the communication module on the laundry processing device may be an NFC module, and the clothing recognition device sends the identification information to the laundry processing device through the NFC module for data storage.

After the laundry processing device or the intelligent terminal stores the clothing information, the user can directly accept the user to select the laundry information to perform program matching, and generate an appropriate laundry processing program. The following provides specific application scenarios:

1. After the user puts the laundry on the laundry treating device, the laundry information of the laundry is selected on the display panel of the laundry treating device, and the laundry treating device recommends an appropriate laundry processing program according to the laundry information.

2. After the user puts the laundry on the laundry processing device, the laundry information is selected on the smart terminal, and the smart terminal recommends the laundry processing program according to the clothing information selected by the user, and sends the laundry processing device to the laundry processing device for clothing processing, or the smart only The laundry information is sent to the laundry treating device, and after receiving the information, the laundry treating device recommends the laundry processing program.

3. After the user puts the clothing with the electronic label and the clothing without the electronic label on the laundry processing device, the laundry processing device performs the clothing identification, and the user further selects the pre-stored without the clothing processing program or the smart terminal. The clothing information of the clothing of the electronic tag, the laundry processing device performs data processing based on the recognized clothing information and the clothing information selected by the user, and recommends the laundry processing program.

Embodiment 2

The second embodiment provides a clothing identification method applied to the clothing identification system in the first embodiment, including: the clothing identification device recognizes the clothing information in advance, and transmits the information to the smart terminal and/or the laundry processing device, the smart terminal, and/or The laundry treating apparatus stores the laundry information to recommend the laundry processing program based on the laundry information selected by the user on the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating apparatus when the laundry is processed later.

Referring to Figure 4, a preferred garment identification step is provided:

S1. After identifying the clothing, the clothing identification device sends the identification information to the smart terminal;

S2. The smart terminal receives a user operation and marks the clothing information;

S3. The user places the laundry in the laundry processing device;

S4. The user selects the laundry information on the smart terminal, and the smart terminal recommends the laundry processing program and sends the laundry processing device to the laundry processing device;

S5. The laundry treating device performs corresponding control according to the received laundry processing program.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any technology that is familiar with the present patent. Those skilled in the art can make some modifications or modifications to equivalent embodiments by using the technical content of the above-mentioned hints, without departing from the technical solution of the present invention, according to the present invention. Technical simplifications Any simple modifications, equivalent variations and modifications of the above embodiments are still within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

A clothing identification system, comprising:

a smart terminal and/or a laundry treating device, a separately disposed laundry identifying device, and a clothing identifying device in communication connection with the smart terminal/clothing processing device;

The laundry identifying device identifies the laundry information and transmits the recognition result to the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device;

The smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device receives the laundry information recognized by the laundry identifying device and saves it.
A clothing identification system according to claim 1, wherein said clothing recognition means comprises a wireless module for wirelessly connecting with the smart terminal/clothing processing device;

Alternatively, the clothing recognition device is communicably connected to the smart terminal/clothing processing device via a data line.
A clothing recognizing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the clothing recognizing device includes a clothing recognizing module and a wireless module, and the wireless module wirelessly transmits the clothing information recognized by the laundry recognizing module to the smart terminal or The laundry treatment equipment is stored.
A clothing identification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said clothing recognition device is wirelessly connected to the smart terminal, and said smart terminal is wirelessly connected to the laundry treatment device;

The clothing identification module sends the identified clothing information to the smart terminal for saving, the user selects the clothing information in the clothing information saved on the smart terminal and sends the clothing information to the laundry processing device, or the user selects the clothing information on the smart terminal. The smart terminal generates a laundry processing program based on the selected clothing information and transmits it to the laundry treating device.
A clothing identification system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the clothing identification module is an RFID module, the wireless module is an NFC module, and the RFID module and the NFC module share a partial structure. The clothing identification module further includes a control module, the control module switches the RFID module and the NFC module to be turned on, and the smart terminal has an NFC function.
A clothing recognizing method applied to the clothing recognizing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the laundry recognizing device recognizes the laundry information in advance and transmits it to the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device, the smart terminal and And/or the laundry treating apparatus saves the laundry information to recommend the laundry processing program according to the laundry information selected by the user on the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating apparatus when the laundry processing is performed later.
The clothing recognizing method according to claim 6, wherein the wireless module of the clothing recognizing device transmits the clothing information recognized by the clothing recognizing module to the smart terminal for storage, and the smart terminal accepts that the user selects among the stored plurality of clothing information. After the laundry information of the laundry, data processing is performed to generate a laundry processing program and sent to the laundry processing device, and the laundry processing device performs corresponding control according to the laundry processing program;

Or the smart terminal receives the laundry information selected by the user, and sends the laundry information selected by the user to the laundry processing device, and the laundry processing device generates a laundry processing program according to the laundry information, and executes the laundry. Processing program.
The clothing recognizing method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating device further accepts a user operation in the process of storing the laundry information, and marks each clothing information;

Preferably, the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating apparatus includes display means for displaying the laundry information recognized by the laundry identifying means, the marking respective laundry information including the smart terminal and/or the laundry treating apparatus accepting the user's operation, giving the recognized clothing Information adds a name and/or image.
The clothing recognizing method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the laundry is brought close to the laundry recognizing device, or the laundry recognizing device is brought close to the laundry for clothing recognition, and the method for recognizing the laundry by the laundry recognizing device includes single-piece scanning recognition or Batch scan identification.
The clothing identifying method according to claim 9, wherein the single piece scanning is identified as a control module of the clothing identifying device controls the opening of the RFID module, and after identifying a piece of clothing, the switching control NFC module is turned on to identify the information. Sending to the smart terminal, after receiving the identification information, the smart terminal receives the user operation marking the identification information;

The batch scan identifies that the control module of the clothing identification device controls the opening of the RFID module. After identifying the plurality of pieces of clothing, the switching control NFC module is turned on to simultaneously send the clothing information to the intelligent terminal, and the intelligent terminal receives the user operation, and sequentially marks each Clothing information.