WO2019100884A1

WO2019100884A1 - Intelligent wardrobe and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2019100884A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/111389
Authority: WO
Inventors: 尹俊明; 许升; 黄振兴; 舒海
Original assignee: 青岛海尔洗衣机有限公司
Priority date: 2017-11-24
Filing date: 2018-10-23
Publication date: 2019-05-31
Also published as: CN109832826A

Abstract

Provided are an intelligent wardrobe and a control method thereof. The intelligent wardrobe comprises a wardrobe body, a door body, a clothing recognition module and a control module. The wardrobe body comprises a clothing storage chamber for storing clothes. The door body is mounted on the wardrobe body to open/close the clothing storage chamber. The clothing recognition module is arranged in the clothing storage chamber to recognize an electronic tag on the clothing by transmitting a radio signal which covers the entire clothing storage chamber, so as to obtain corresponding clothing information. The control module is in data connection with the clothing recognition module, and controls the clothing recognition module to be turned on/off according to the open/close state of the door body. The intelligent wardrobe can recognize and store a user's clothing information, and prompt the user cloth care and cloth matching information according to the clothing information, thereby assisting the user in the clothing management and improving the user's life quality.

Description

Intelligent wardrobe and control method thereof

Technical field

The invention relates to the field of furniture, in particular to a smart wardrobe capable of recognizing a user's clothes and a control method thereof.

Background technique

The existing clothes storage device is only used to place the user's clothes, and when the clothes are large, the clothes are stored in the clothes storage device (the wardrobe), and it is easy for people to forget the clothes that they have purchased, thereby causing waste of resources, and a large amount of After the clothes are stored, the management of the clothes is a difficult problem, so the smart wardrobe or wardrobe that recognizes the clothes gradually appears on the market. However, the existing smart wardrobe or wardrobe design principle is simple, but the wardrobe is installed. The clothing recognizing device, and the process of recognizing the laundry by the clothing recognizing device requires manual control by the user, thereby causing the wardrobe function to be improved, but the intelligence is not high, and the user's use is also changed, and only the user's The clothing information is presented to the user by the smart wardrobe, but the clothing information is not processed to help the user manage the clothes.

The materials stored in the wardrobe or closet are different in material, different in color, different in style, and different materials have different storage requirements. The user has limited knowledge of clothing, and it is impossible to study specifically, and the clothes identify the clothes. After the clothing information, the user's clothing information is merely prompted, which merely simplifies the process of the user viewing the clothing information, and does not achieve the purpose of intelligently assisting the user to manage the clothing. On the other hand, the clothing information of the clothing purchased by the user represents the wearing of the clothing information. The habit of clothing, these data have great significance for both users and clothing brand merchants. Therefore, making full use of the user's clothing information service will enable users to further improve the development of smart wardrobes and improve the quality of services for users. .

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 to provide a smart wardrobe capable of automatically opening/closing a clothing recognition function, identifying and storing the user's clothing information, and prompting the user's clothing according to the clothing information. The matter and the recommendation of the user's clothing match, thereby assisting the user in the management of the clothes and improving the quality of life of the user.

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

A smart wardrobe that includes:

a wardrobe body having a laundry storage chamber for storing laundry;

a door body mounted on the wardrobe body to open/close the laundry storage chamber;

a clothing identification module disposed in the laundry storage chamber to identify an electronic tag on the clothing by transmitting a wireless signal covering the entire laundry storage chamber to obtain corresponding clothing information;

The control module is connected to the clothing identification module to control the opening and closing of the clothing identification module according to the open/close state of the door body.

In the above solution, the control module controls the opening/closing of the clothing recognition module according to the open/close state of the door body, so that the clothing information is automatically recognized during the process of the user picking up and releasing the laundry, without requiring manual control by the user, and the intelligence is high. The user experience is good.

Preferably, the wardrobe body is further provided with a door body state detecting module, and the door body state detecting module is connected with the control module data for detecting the open/close state of the door body and transmitting to the control module.

Preferably, the door body state detecting module is a mechanical sensor disposed on the door body and/or the wardrobe body; preferably, the door body state detecting module is a limit switch, and the limit switch associated with the door body is closed in place. Position and electrically connected to the control module;

Or the door body state detecting module is an inductive sensor disposed inside the door body or in the clothes storage chamber. Preferably, the door body state detecting module is a photoelectric sensor, and the door body opening/closing state is sensed. The sensor is electrically connected to the control module.

Preferably, the smart wardrobe further includes a clothing information display module including a display screen disposed on the wardrobe body and/or a handheld device wirelessly connected to the clothing identification module/control module, the clothing The information display module displays the clothing information stored in the wardrobe based on the recognition result of the clothing recognition module.

In the above solution, the clothing information display module may be a display screen mounted on the surface of the smart wardrobe body, the display screen is used to display the clothing information recognized by the clothing identification module to prompt the user, or the clothing information display module is A handheld device wirelessly coupled to the clothing identification module/control module, preferably a smart phone for displaying information fed back by the smart closet.

Preferably, the smart closet further includes a wireless communication module, wherein the clothing identification module and/or the control module is connected to the cloud server through the wireless communication module, and the cloud server is configured to receive the clothing information sent by the wireless communication module, and perform Processing information of the clothing, generating clothing care information, and feeding back to the clothing information display module to prompt the user;

In the above solution, the cloud server stores a large amount of clothing related knowledge information, and the cloud server performs clothing information processing according to the clothing information of the user's clothing, generates clothing care information, and feeds back to the clothing information display module to prompt for The user and the cloud server can respectively select corresponding clothing care knowledge for different clothes of the user, and feed back to the clothing information display module to prompt the user. On the other hand, the cloud server also recommends clothing matching according to the clothing information of the user's clothing, and the cloud server can synchronize the current popular habits to recommend the user's corresponding dressing match.

Preferably, the laundry care information includes washing notice information and/or laundry precaution information corresponding to each piece of clothing information.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a control method applied to the smart wardrobe described above, wherein the control method includes: the control module controls the opening/closing of the clothing recognition module according to the open/close state of the door body.

Preferably, when the door body is opened, the control module controls the laundry identification module to be turned on, when the door body is closed, the control clothing recognition module is closed, or the clothing identification module is controlled to be closed after the set time;

Preferably, the door body is further provided with a door body state detecting module, and the door body state detecting module detects the open/close state of the door body and feeds back to the control module.

Preferably, when the door body state detecting module detects that the door body is from the open state to the closed state, the control module controls the laundry identifying module to be turned on, and controls the laundry identifying module to be closed after the laundry identifying module is turned on for a set time.

Preferably, the clothing information display module has a state of being in a screen-off standby state and a bright-screen operation state, and the control module controls the clothing recognition module to enter a low power consumption in a state in which the clothing information display module is in the off-screen standby state. In the shutdown state, when it is detected that the clothing information display module enters the working state of the bright screen from the state of the screen blank standby state, the control clothing recognition module enters the standby state from the low power consumption shutdown state, and receives the control command issued by the user. After that, the control clothing recognition module performs the corresponding operation.

Preferably, the cloud server and/or the control module further performs data analysis processing according to the user's clothing information, generates clothing care information, and sends the information to the clothing information display module, and the laundry care information includes washing corresponding to each clothing information. Precautions information and/or clothing storage precautions information;

Preferably, the cloud server and/or the control module recommend the clothing care information according to the material information in the clothing information, and the clothing care information includes a treatment item that needs to be deodorized and sterilized when storing the clothes.

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

1. The smart wardrobe of the present invention is capable of recognizing and storing the user's clothing information, and prompting the user's care items and recommending the user's clothing according to the clothing information, thereby assisting the user in performing laundry management and improving the user's quality of life.

2. In the present invention, the door body state is provided with a door body state detecting module, and the door body state detecting module is connected with the control module data for detecting the open/close state of the door body and transmitting to the control module. The control module controls the opening/closing of the clothing identification module according to the open/close state of the door body, so that the clothing information is automatically recognized during the process of the user picking up the clothes, without manual control by the user, the intelligence is high, and the user experience is good.

3. In the present invention, the clothing information display module has a state of being in the off-screen standby state and a bright-screen operation state, and the control module controls the clothing recognition module to enter a low power consumption in a state in which the laundry information display module is in the off-screen standby state. In the shutdown state, when it is detected that the clothing information display module enters the working state of the bright screen from the state of the screen blank standby state, the control clothing recognition module enters the standby state from the low power consumption shutdown state, and receives the control command issued by the user. After that, the control clothing recognition module performs the corresponding operation.

4. In the present invention, the cloud server and/or the control module further performs data analysis processing according to the user's clothing information, generates clothing care information, and sends it to the clothing information display module to prompt the user, and the clothing care information includes corresponding clothes. Information washing precautions information and/or clothing storage precautions information; the cloud server and/or the control module recommend clothing care information according to the material information in the clothing information, the clothing care information includes deodorization and sterilization when storing the clothes Handling matters.

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:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a control flow chart of the smart closet of the present invention.

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 smart wardrobe, comprising: a wardrobe body having a laundry storage chamber for storing laundry;

a door body mounted on the wardrobe body to open/close the laundry storage chamber; a clothing identification module disposed in the laundry storage chamber to identify the laundry by transmitting a radio signal covering the entire laundry storage chamber The electronic tag is configured to obtain corresponding clothing information; the control module is connected to the clothing identification module, and controls the clothing recognition module to be turned on/off according to the opening/closing state of the door body. Preferably, the clothing identification module is an RFID radio frequency identification module, and the electronic tag on the clothing is an RFID electronic tag.

Preferably, the laundry care information includes washing notice information corresponding to each piece of clothing information and/or clothing storage precaution information.

Embodiment 2

The second embodiment provides a control method for the smart closet used in the first embodiment. The control method includes: the control module controls the opening/closing of the clothing recognition module according to the open/close state of the door.

In the above solution, when the door body is opened, the control module controls the clothing identification module to be turned on to perform the clothing identification, so as to identify the clothing information of the stored clothes during the storage of the clothes by the user, and when the door body is closed, the user is proved to be taken. After the clothes are finished, the clothing identification module can be closed at this time. Preferably, in order to ensure the recognition effect on the clothes, the clothing identification module can be kept open for a certain period of time after the door body is closed, and then closed, thereby ensuring that the clothes are completely recognized. Clothing information.

In another control mode, when the door body state detecting module detects that the door body is from the open state to the closed state, the control module controls the laundry identification module to be turned on, and controls the laundry identification module to be closed after the laundry identification module is turned on for a set time.

In the above solution, when the door body is in the open state to the closed state, the process of the user's picking and discharging of the clothes is ended, and the controller controls the clothes recognition module to open the set time, thereby identifying the clothing information in the wardrobe body.

Preferably, the method further includes: determining a process for the user to pick up and release the laundry: the control module controls the clothing recognition module to be turned on when the door body enters the closed state from the open state, and determines, according to the current clothing recognition result and the adjacent last clothing recognition result, The clothing taken out or stored by the user, and the control clothing information display module displays corresponding pick-and-place information, the clothing information display module prompts the user to take/place the clothes after the user picks up the clothes, and prompts the user to confirm, through the user The process of confirmation ensures the correctness of the access information.

Preferably, the cloud server and/or the control module further performs data analysis processing according to the user's clothing information, generates clothing care information, and sends the information to the clothing information display module, and the clothing care information includes washing corresponding to each clothing information. Precautions information and/or clothing storage precautions information;

Preferably, the cloud server and/or the control module performs data analysis processing according to the user's clothing information, generates clothing care information and/or clothing collocation information, and prompts the user;

Preferably, the cloud server and/or the control module includes a first data storage module for storing the identification result of the last clothing identification module, and a second data storage module for storing the user. The total clothing information, the control module performs the filtering and repeating processing on the clothing information recognized by the clothing identification module and the clothing information stored in the second data storage module, and determines the total clothing information of the user, and stores the information in the second storage module;

Preferably, the cloud server and/or the control module generates clothing care information and/or clothing collocation information according to the total clothing information;

Preferably, the cloud server and/or the control module recommend the clothing care information according to the material information in the clothing information, the laundry care information includes washing precautions and/or storage precautions of the respective clothes, cloud server and/or control. The module recommends clothing matching information according to style information and color information in the clothing information.

Specifically, the cloud server and/or the control module respectively generate corresponding care information according to the material information and/or the color information in the clothing information of each clothing, for example:

When the material information in the clothing information of the cloud server and/or the control module is cotton or hemp, the user is prompted to wash, dry, and fold the clothes, the wardrobe, the cabinet, and the polyethylene bag when storing the clothes. Keep it clean and dry to prevent mildew.

When the cloud server and/or the control module is white for the color information in the clothing information, the user is prompted to separate the white clothing from the dark clothing to prevent staining or yellowing.

When the cloud server and/or the control module information on the material in the clothing information is woolen cloth, the user is prompted to wear the woolen garment for a period of time, to dry and beat, to remove dust, and to be placed in a dry place when not wearing, and to hang the storage, and the fabric is reversed. Eversion, to prevent fading weathering, wind print, and before cleaning, should be brushed or washed, flattened, dried, ventilated for one day, and prompted high-grade woolen clothing, preferably hanging in the closet, not Stacking to avoid deformation and affecting the appearance. When storing whole-wool or blended clothing, wrap the mothballs in thin paper and put them in your clothes pocket or in a closet or box. Plush clothing should be stored separately from other clothing to avoid falling hair and staining other clothing.

When the material information in the clothing information of the cloud server and/or the control module is chemical fiber, the user is prompted to lay the man-made fiber clothing, and it is not suitable for long-term hanging, so as not to be elongated due to the overhang. When storing the blended fabrics containing natural fibers, you can put a small amount of mothballs or insecticides, but don't touch them; for synthetic fabrics such as polyester and nylon, you don't need to put the mothballs, and you can't put the hygienic balls, so as to avoid the two. Naphthol causes damage to clothing and fabrics.

A preferred control step in the second embodiment is provided below:

S1, the door of the smart wardrobe is closed, and the clothing recognition module is in a low power consumption shutdown state;

When the door body state detecting module detects that the door body is in the closed state to the open state, the control module controls the clothing recognition module to enter the standby state;

S3. When the door body state detecting module detects that the door body is turned from the open state to the closed state, the control module controls the clothing recognition module to be turned on to perform the clothing recognition process;

S4. The control module controls the clothing recognition module to be closed after the set time;

S5. The control module controls the clothing information display module to display the identified clothing information.

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 smart wardrobe, characterized by comprising:

a wardrobe body having a laundry storage chamber for storing laundry;

a door body mounted on the wardrobe body to open/close the laundry storage chamber;

a clothing identification module disposed in the laundry storage chamber to identify an electronic tag on the laundry by transmitting a radio signal covering the entire laundry storage chamber to obtain corresponding clothing information;

The control module is connected to the clothing identification module to control the opening and closing of the clothing identification module according to the open/close state of the door body.
The smart wardrobe according to claim 1, wherein the wardrobe body is further provided with a door body state detecting module, and the door body state detecting module is connected with the control module for detecting the door body. The open/closed state is sent to the control module.
The smart wardrobe according to claim 2, wherein the door body state detecting module is a mechanical sensor disposed on the door body and/or the wardrobe body; preferably, the door body state detecting module is limited a position switch, the limit switch associated with the door body is closed in position and electrically connected to the control module;

Or the door body state detecting module is an inductive sensor disposed inside the door body or in the clothes storage chamber. Preferably, the door body state detecting module is a photoelectric sensor, and the door body opening/closing state is sensed. The sensor is electrically connected to the control module.
A smart wardrobe according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a clothing information display module comprising a display screen and/or a clothing recognition module disposed on the wardrobe body/ The handheld device wirelessly connected to the control module, the laundry information display module displays the laundry information stored in the wardrobe according to the recognition result of the laundry identification module.
The smart wardrobe according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a wireless communication module, wherein the clothing identification module and/or the control module is connected to the cloud server through the wireless communication module, and the cloud server is configured to receive The clothing information sent by the wireless communication module, and the clothing information processing, generating the clothing care information, and feeding back to the clothing information display module to prompt the user;

Preferably, the laundry care information includes washing notice information corresponding to each piece of clothing information and/or clothing storage precaution information.
A control method for the smart wardrobe according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the control method comprises: the control module controls the opening of the clothing recognition module according to the opening/closing state of the door body /shut down.
The control method according to claim 6, wherein the control module controls the clothing recognition module to be turned on when the door body is opened, and controls the clothing recognition module to be closed when the door body is closed, or controls the clothing recognition module to be set. Close after time;

Preferably, the door body is further provided with a door body state detecting module, and the door body state detecting module detects the open/close state of the door body and feeds back to the control module.
The control method according to claim 6, wherein when the door body state detecting module detects that the door body is in an open state to a closed state, the control module controls the laundry identifying module to be turned on, and after the clothing identifying module is turned on for a set length of time , control the clothing identification module to close.
The control method according to any one of claims 6-8, wherein the clothing information display module has a state of being in a standby mode and a state of a bright screen operation, and the control module is in the clothing information display module. In the state of the screen off standby, the clothing recognition module is controlled to enter a low power consumption shutdown state, and when the clothing information display module is detected to be in the working state of the bright screen by the state of the screen blank standby, the laundry recognition module is controlled to be powered off by a low power consumption. The state enters the standby state, and after receiving the control command issued by the user, the clothing recognition module is controlled to perform the corresponding operation.
The control method according to any one of claims 6-9, wherein the cloud server and/or the control module further performs data analysis processing according to the user's clothing information, generates clothing care information, and sends the message to the clothing information display module for prompting a user, the laundry care information includes washing attention information corresponding to each clothing information and/or clothing storage precaution information;

Preferably, the cloud server and/or the control module recommend the clothing care information according to the material information in the clothing information, and the clothing care information includes a treatment item that needs to be deodorized and sterilized when storing the clothes.