WO2019109909A1

WO2019109909A1 - Laundry treatment device and control method therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2019109909A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/119166
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李文伟; 吴军; 潘光辉; 王海波; 王光锋; 王育宝
Original assignee: 青岛海尔滚筒洗衣机有限公司
Priority date: 2017-12-04
Filing date: 2018-12-04
Publication date: 2019-06-13
Also published as: CN109868612A; CN109868612B

Abstract

A laundry treatment device, comprising a laundry treatment body, a sensing section and a control section, wherein the sensing section senses the duration/number of times/frequency of being pressed or touched, and the control section controls, according to the different durations/numbers of times/frequencies sensed by the sensing section and a determination result, the laundry treatment device to execute a corresponding operation. According to the present invention, more functional control is realized by means of fewer instruction input sections, thereby simplifying the structure of a control panel of the laundry treatment device.

Description

Clothing processing device and control method thereof

Technical field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a laundry treating device and a control method thereof.

Background technique

With the development of the laundry treatment equipment technology, the functions of the laundry treatment equipment can be more and more, and the treatment control of the laundry treatment equipment is more and more refined. For example, the existing washing machine has different washing procedures for the material of the laundry, for example: The utility model comprises a cotton linen washing program, a wool washing program and a chemical fiber washing program. The washing machine has a children's clothing washing program, a underwear washing program, a down jacket washing program, a curtain washing program, etc. for the clothing type, and the washing machine is often provided with a single dehydration washing for the washing process. , single rinsing washing, etc., the washing machine has an instruction to control the suspension of the washing process for the washing process, an instruction to control the execution of the laundry, an instruction to control the opening of the door lock, an instruction to control the opening of the door, etc., in order to realize various control effects in the prior art , corresponding to each control command is provided with a corresponding button or touch button, so when the function of the washing machine is more, the washing machine is provided with too many control buttons, so that the operation panel keys of the washing machine are redundant and complicated. Conducive to user use, and the appearance is redundant. In the prior art, for these problems, a different washing program is selected by means of a knob, and different clothes processing programs are selected by rotating the knob to different positions, thereby solving a certain redundancy problem to a certain extent. . However, when the washing machine is in the working process, when the user wants to perform a certain control, the knob is twisted, and the control commands that the knob passes are executed. However, in the process of washing the washing machine, the safety of the control method is poor, Stable, easy to mistake the control instructions. In the current technological development, touch control is cited in the field of washing machine control, which is popular among the public. However, in the prior art, touch control cannot realize the implementation of different commands by one touch area.

The present invention has been made in view of the above.

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 control method for a laundry treating device, which realizes that the laundry treating device realizes more functional control by using fewer command input portions, thereby simplifying laundry treatment. The structure of the control panel of the device is beneficial to the overall aesthetics of the laundry treatment device.

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

A method of controlling a laundry treating apparatus, the laundry treating apparatus comprising a sensing portion and a control portion, wherein the sensing portion senses a duration/time/frequency of being pressed or touched, and the control portion varies according to different times sensed by the sensing portion/ The number/frequency information judges the user's control command, and controls the laundry treating device to perform a corresponding operation according to the judgment result.

In the present invention, the laundry processing device analyzes different sensing commands according to different sensing information of the sensing portion, thereby realizing more functional control by using fewer sensing portions, thereby simplifying the structure of the control panel of the laundry treating device. Conducive to the overall aesthetics of the laundry treatment equipment.

Preferably, the sensing unit is pressed or touched by different durations/times/frequency corresponding to different control commands, and the control unit determines, according to the sensing information of the sensing unit, a control instruction corresponding to a user's touch or pressing event;

Preferably, the control command includes an instruction to open the door lock and/or an instruction to open the door and/or an instruction to start the laundry processing device and/or an instruction to suspend the laundry processing device.

Preferably, the control command includes N, and the different durations that the sensing unit is pressed or touched correspond to different control commands, and the control unit receives the duration information sensed by the sensing unit, and determines the corresponding control according to the duration information. instruction.

In the above scheme, N>2 is described.

Preferably, N-1 time nodes are sequentially arranged according to the length of time, and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is before the first time node, determines that the user issues the first control command, and the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses The length of time between the first time node and the second time node determines that the user issues the second control command, and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is at the N-2th time node and the N-1th. Between the time nodes, it is determined that the user issues the N-1 control command, and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is after the N-1th time node, and then determines that the user releases the Nth control command.

Preferably, the different times of pressing or touching the sensing unit correspond to different control commands, and the control unit determines a corresponding control command according to different times when the sensing unit is pressed or touched in a single pressing or touch event.

Preferably, the control unit detects a time interval between two adjacent presses or touches sensed by the sensing portion, and if the time interval between two adjacent presses or touches is within a set time range, determining that the two presses or touches are The operation in the same pressing or touch event, otherwise it is judged that the second pressing or touching is the latest pressing or touch event, and corresponding control is performed according to the sensing result of the sensing portion.

In the above solution, by setting the set time range, it is advantageous to receive two different control commands input by the user in a short time, and to prevent the occurrence of the sending of the wrong command when the control command is input two times.

Preferably, in each pressing or touch event, different pressing or touching frequencies correspond to different control commands, and the control commands include N. When the control unit detects that the sensing portion senses the pressing or the touch frequency is less than f1, the user is determined. When the first control command is issued and the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses the pressing or the touch frequency is greater than f1 and is less than f2, it is determined that the user issues the second control command, and the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses the pressing or the touch frequency is greater than fN-2. When it is less than fN-1, it is determined that the user issues the N-1 control command, the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses the pressing or the touch frequency is greater than fN-1, and determines that the user releases the Nth control command.

Wherein fN-1>fN-2...>f2>f1.

Preferably, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a state indicating portion that displays current state information of the laundry treating device in accordance with a control operation of the control portion.

Preferably, the status information is a state in which the laundry processing device executes different control commands.

In the above solution, after the control unit determines that the laundry processing device executes the corresponding control command according to the sensing information of the sensing portion, the state indicating portion synchronously displays the corresponding state, thereby prompting the user to issue a control command to prevent the laundry processing device from executing. Non-required instructions.

Preferably, the status indication portion includes an indicator light, and the status information displayed by the status indication portion is determined by a blinking state of the indicator light and/or a display color of the indicator light.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a laundry treating apparatus using the above control method, the laundry treating apparatus comprising:

Clothing treatment equipment body;

a sensing portion disposed on the body of the laundry treating device, including a button and/or a touch sensor;

The control unit is electrically connected to the sensing unit, determines a control command issued by the user according to the sensing information of the sensing unit, and controls the laundry processing device to perform a corresponding operation according to the control command.

Preferably, the sensing portion is a touch sensor.

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

1. The laundry treating apparatus of the present invention comprises: a laundry treating device body; a sensing portion disposed on the body of the laundry treating device, comprising a button or a touch sensor; and a control portion electrically connected to the sensing portion, according to the sensing The sensing information of the part determines a control command issued by the user, and controls the laundry processing device to perform a corresponding operation according to the control instruction. The sensing portion of the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention senses the duration/number of times/frequency of being pressed or touched, and the control unit determines the control command of the user according to the different duration/number of times/frequency information sensed by the sensing portion, and controls the laundry treating device according to the determination result. Perform the appropriate action. The design of the invention realizes more functional control through fewer instruction input parts, thereby simplifying the structure of the control panel of the laundry treating apparatus and facilitating the overall beauty of the laundry treating apparatus.

2, in the present invention, the control command includes N, in one embodiment, the different durations of the sensing or being touched by the sensing portion correspond to different control commands, and the control unit receives the duration information sensed by the sensing portion, according to the The duration information determines the corresponding control command. N-1 time nodes are sequentially set according to the length of time, and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is before the first time node, and determines that the user has issued the first control command, and the control unit detects the length of time sensed by the sensing unit. Between the first time node and the second time node, it is determined that the user issues the second control command, and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is at the N-2th time node and the N-1th time node. If it is determined that the user has issued the N-1 control command and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is after the N-1th time node, it is determined that the user issues the Nth control command.

3. In one embodiment of the present invention, different times of pressing or touching the sensing portion corresponds to different control commands, and the control portion determines the number of times the sensing portion is pressed or touched in a single pressing or touch event. Corresponding control commands. The control unit detects a time interval between two adjacent presses or touches sensed by the sensing portion, and if the time interval between two consecutive presses or touches is within a set time range, determining that the two presses or touches are the same press or Touching the operation within the event, otherwise determining that the second press or touch is the latest press or touch event, and performing corresponding control according to the sensing result of the sensing portion. By setting the set time range, it is advantageous to receive two different control commands input by the user in a short time, and to prevent the occurrence of the sending of the wrong command when the control command is input twice.

4. In the present invention, the control command includes N. In another embodiment, in each press or touch event, different press or touch frequencies correspond to different control commands, and the control command includes N control units. When it is detected that the pressing of the sensing unit or the touch frequency is less than f1, it is determined that the user issues the first control command, the control unit detects the pressing of the sensing unit, or the touch frequency is greater than f1 and less than f2, and determines that the user issues the second control command, ... When the control unit detects that the pressing of the sensing unit or the touch frequency is greater than fN-2 and less than fN-1, it is determined that the user issues the N-1 control command, and the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses the pressing or the touch frequency is greater than fN-1. Determining that the user issues the Nth control command,

Wherein fN-1>fN-2...>f2>f1.

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 a judgment control instruction in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of a laundry treating apparatus in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

In the figure, 1, the state indicating portion; 2, the sensing portion; 3, the front panel; 4, the door lock; 5, the door.

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 embodiment provides a method for controlling a laundry processing device. The laundry processing device includes a sensing portion and a control portion, and the sensing portion senses a duration/time/frequency of being pressed or touched, and the control portion senses according to the sensing portion. The different duration/time/frequency information determines the user's control command, and controls the laundry processing device to perform the corresponding operation according to the judgment result.

Of course, the control command may also be an instruction of a different laundry processing program issued by the user.

In the above scheme, N>2 is described.

Referring to FIG. 1 , after the user touches or presses the sensing unit, the sensing unit senses the length of time that the user touches or presses, and the control unit sets three time nodes according to the length of time, and the time interval between two adjacent time nodes is 1 Second, when the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is within one second, the laundry control device is controlled to execute the first control command, and when the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing portion is within one second, The control laundry processing device executes the first control command, and when the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing portion is within one second and two seconds, the laundry control device is controlled to execute the second control command, and when the control portion detects the sensing portion When the length of time sensed is between two seconds and three seconds, the laundry control device is controlled to execute the third control command, and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing portion is more than three seconds, and then controls the laundry processing device to perform the fourth control. instruction.

Preferably, another method is: the different times of pressing or touching the sensing part corresponds to different control commands, and the control part determines according to different times that the sensing part is pressed or touched in one press or touch event. Corresponding control commands.

Preferably, in each of the above aspects, the control unit detects a time interval between two adjacent presses or touches sensed by the sensing unit, and if the time interval between two adjacent presses or touches is within a set time range, determining the Two presses or touches are operations within the same press or touch event, otherwise it is determined that the second press or touch is the latest press or touch event, and corresponding control is performed according to the sensing result of the sensing portion.

Wherein fN-1>fN-2...>f2>f1.

Preferably, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a state indicating portion that displays current state information of the laundry treating device according to a control operation of the control portion.

Embodiment 2

Referring to FIG. 2, another object of the present invention is to provide a laundry treating apparatus using the above control method, the laundry treating apparatus comprising:

The laundry treating apparatus body includes a front panel 3, a door lock 4, and a door 5 that is openable and closable on the front panel.

The sensing portion 2 is disposed on the body of the laundry treating device, including a button and/or a touch sensor;

Preferably, the sensing portion is a touch sensor.

Preferably, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a state indicating unit 1 that, when the control unit determines that the laundry processing device executes the corresponding control command according to the sensing information of the sensing unit 2, the state indicating unit synchronously displays the corresponding state, thereby prompting the user to The issued control instruction prevents the laundry processing device from executing non-required instructions.

Preferably, the status indication portion includes an indicator light, and the status information displayed by the status indication portion is determined by a blinking state of the indicator light and/or a display color of the indicator light. For example, the status indicating portion includes a plurality of indicator lights, each of which lights up to indicate that the laundry processing device is executing a control instruction, and the laundry processing device is provided with a plurality of the sensing portions, and each sensing portion has a corresponding one. The group indicator lights, the number of each group of indicators is the same as the number of types of control commands that can be triggered by the sensing unit, that is, each different indicator light is illuminated to represent a control command of the corresponding sensing portion.

For another example, the status indication unit is a display screen, and the display screen directly displays a control instruction to be executed by the laundry processing device. In order to assist the user to issue a control instruction, the display screen is combined with the sensing portion: touching the finger When the sensing portion is displayed, different control commands are displayed on the display screen according to the length of the touch time. When the user's finger is separated from the sensing portion, the control command on the corresponding display screen is the control command issued by the user. In order to prevent the user from grasping the time inaccuracy, the display screen displays a progress bar, and each length of the progress bar corresponds to a control command, and when the user touches the sensing portion, the touch time is adjusted according to the progress bar, thereby achieving accurate The control device is issued without error. Preferably, the laundry treating device comprises a plurality of sensing portions, and the plurality of sensing portions share a display screen, and the display screen can be a small-sized low-cost display screen, and does not need to be existing High-cost color screens, touch screens, etc. The plurality of sensing portions are respectively used by the user to issue different types of control commands, for example, the first sensing portion is used for the user to issue an instruction to execute different laundry processing programs, and the second sensing portion is used in the process of executing the laundry processing program. Or before, the user issues additional control commands, such as a pause command, a power-on door command, an unlock command, and the like.

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 method of controlling a laundry treating apparatus, comprising: a sensing portion and a control portion, wherein the sensing portion senses a duration/time/frequency of being pressed or touched, and the control portion senses according to the sensing portion The different duration/time/frequency information determines the user's control command, and controls the laundry processing device to perform the corresponding operation according to the judgment result.
The control method of the laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the different durations/numbers/frequency of the sensing portion being pressed or touched correspond to different control commands, and the control unit is configured according to the sensing information of the sensing portion. Determining a control instruction corresponding to a user touching or pressing an event at a time;

Preferably, the control command includes an instruction to open the door lock and/or an instruction to open the door and/or an instruction to start the laundry processing device and/or an instruction to suspend the laundry processing device.
The control method of the laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control command comprises N, and the different durations of the sensing or being touched correspond to different control commands, and the control is performed. After receiving the duration information sensed by the sensing unit, the part determines the corresponding control command based on the duration information.
A method of controlling a laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that N-1 time nodes are sequentially set in accordance with the length of time, and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing portion is the first Before the time node, it is determined that the user issues the first control command, and the control unit detects that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is between the first time node and the second time node, and determines that the user issues the second control command, ... the control unit When it is detected that the length of time sensed by the sensing unit is between the N-2th time node and the N-1th time node, it is determined that the user releases the N-1 control command, and the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses the length of time. After the N-1 time node, it is determined that the user issues the Nth control command.
The control method of the laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sensing unit is pressed or touched different times corresponding to different control commands, and the control unit presses one time according to the sensing unit or In the touch event, the number of times pressed or touched determines the corresponding control command.
The control method of the laundry treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit detects a time interval between two adjacent presses or touches sensed by the sensing portion, if the time of two adjacent presses or touches If the interval is within the set time range, it is determined that the two presses or touches are operations within the same press or touch event, otherwise the second press or touch is determined to be the latest press or touch event, and according to the sensing result of the sensing portion, Take the appropriate controls.
A control method of a laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1-2 and 5-6, characterized in that, in each pressing or touching event, different pressing or touch frequencies correspond to different control commands, The control command includes N. When the control unit detects that the sensing is induced by the sensing unit or the touch frequency is less than f1, the control unit determines that the user has issued the first control command, and the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses the pressing or the touch frequency is greater than f1 and less than f2. When it is determined that the user issues the second control command, the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses the pressing or the touch frequency is greater than fN-2 and is less than fN-1, the user determines that the N-1 control command is issued, and the control unit detects that the sensing unit senses. When the pressing or touch frequency is greater than fN-1, it is determined that the user issues the Nth control command;

Wherein fN-1>fN-2...>f2>f1.
The control method of the laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the laundry treating apparatus further includes a state indicating portion, and the state indicating portion operates according to a control of the control portion. Displays current status information of the laundry treatment device.
The control method of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the state indicating portion includes an indicator light, and the state information displayed by the state indicating portion passes the blinking state of the indicator light and/or the display color of the indicator light. determine.
A laundry treating apparatus using the control method according to any one of claims 1-9, comprising:

Clothing treatment equipment body;

a sensing portion disposed on the body of the laundry treating device, including a button and/or a touch sensor;

The control unit is electrically connected to the sensing unit, determines a control command issued by the user according to the sensing information of the sensing unit, and controls the laundry processing device to perform a corresponding operation according to the control command.