CN111198697A

Movatterモバイル変換

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Publication number: CN111198697A
Application number: CN201811365424.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张南富; 王雪峰; 张丰广; 孙宁
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-16
Filing date: 2018-11-16
Publication date: 2020-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2038-11-16
Also published as: CN111198697B

Abstract

Translated fromChinese

本发明公开了一种家用电器的控制方法和家用电器。家用电器包括扫码器和存储器，存储器存储有操作信息，家用电器的控制方法包括：控制扫码器扫描操作更新标识以得到操作更新信息；和根据操作更新信息更新操作信息。本发明实施方式的家用电器的控制方法，通过扫码器来获取更新操作信息，可以方便快捷地对家用电器的操作信息进行更新，有利于提高用户体验。

The invention discloses a control method of a household appliance and the household appliance. The household appliance includes a code scanner and a memory, and the memory stores operation information. The control method of the household appliance includes: controlling the code scanner to scan the operation update identifier to obtain the operation update information; and updating the operation information according to the operation update information. In the control method of the household appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention, the update operation information is obtained through a code scanner, and the operation information of the household appliance can be updated conveniently and quickly, which is beneficial to improve the user experience.

Description

Control method of household appliance and household appliance

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a control method of a household appliance and the household appliance.

Background

The related art home appliance generally prestores operation information in a storage unit of the home appliance, and a user can call the operation information to control the operation of the home appliance. However, when the user wants to add, modify, and delete the operation information, it is necessary to directly modify the operation information of the storage unit or indirectly modify the operation information of the storage unit through other storage devices connected to the home appliance. Therefore, the operation is complicated, and the efficiency of updating the menu is not improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a control method of a household appliance and the household appliance.

The embodiment of the invention provides a control method of a household appliance. The household appliance comprises a code scanner and a memory, the memory stores operation information of the household appliance, and the control method of the household appliance comprises the following steps:

controlling the code scanner to scan the operation update identification to obtain operation update information; and

and updating the operation information according to the operation updating information.

According to the control method of the household appliance, the update operation information is obtained through the code scanner, the operation information of the household appliance can be updated conveniently and rapidly, and the improvement of user experience is facilitated.

In some embodiments, the operation update information includes an update instruction and at least one operation to be updated, and updating the operation information according to the operation update information includes:

and updating the operation information according to the updating instruction and the at least one operation to be updated.

In some embodiments, the updating instruction includes an operation adding instruction, the at least one operation to be updated includes an operation to be added, and updating the operation information according to the updating instruction and the at least one operation to be updated includes:

and adding the operation to be added into the operation information according to the operation adding instruction.

In some embodiments, the updating instruction includes an operation deleting instruction, the at least one operation to be updated includes an operation to be deleted, and updating the operation information according to the updating instruction and the at least one operation to be updated includes:

and deleting the operation to be deleted from the operation information according to the operation deleting instruction.

In some embodiments, the updating instruction includes an operation modification instruction, the at least one operation to be updated includes an operation to be modified, and updating the operation information according to the updating instruction and the at least one operation to be updated includes:

and modifying the operation to be modified in the operation information according to the operation modification instruction.

In some embodiments, the household appliance includes a prompting device, and the control method of the household appliance includes:

and when the operation information is updated, controlling the prompting device to prompt the updating completion information.

In some embodiments, the control method of the home appliance includes:

controlling the code scanner to scan a target identifier to obtain target operation;

determining whether the operation information includes the target operation;

when the operation information comprises the target operation, controlling the household appliance to operate according to the target operation;

and when the operation information does not comprise the target operation, returning to the step of controlling the code scanner to scan the target identification to obtain the target operation.

In some embodiments, the home appliance includes a prompt device for controlling the home appliance to operate according to the target operation, including:

and controlling the prompting device to prompt the operation flow of the target operation and the running state of the household appliance.

In some embodiments, the operation update identifier comprises at least one of a barcode and a two-dimensional code, and the target identifier comprises at least one of a barcode and a two-dimensional code.

The embodiment of the invention provides a household appliance, which comprises a code scanner, a memory and a controller, wherein the controller is connected with the code scanner, the memory stores the operation information of the household appliance, and the controller is used for realizing the control method of the household appliance in any one of the above embodiments.

According to the household appliance provided by the embodiment of the invention, the update operation information is obtained through the code scanner, so that the operation information of the household appliance can be conveniently and quickly updated, and the improvement of user experience is facilitated.

Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of embodiments of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a home appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a home appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a home appliance according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a home appliance according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a home appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a home appliance according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a home appliance according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a module schematic view of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the main element symbols:

household appliance 10,controller 11,code scanner 12,memory 14,door 16,handle 162,cavity 18,front plate 182,control panel 19,speaker 191,display 192,input unit 194.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the invention. To simplify the disclosure of the present invention, the components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, the present invention provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or uses of other materials.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, an embodiment of the invention provides a method for controlling ahousehold appliance 10. Thehousehold appliance 10 comprises acode scanner 12 and amemory 14, thememory 14 stores operation information of thehousehold appliance 10, and the control method of thehousehold appliance 10 comprises the following steps:

step S12: controlling thescanner 12 to scan the operation update flag to obtain operation update information; and

step S14: and updating the operation information according to the operation updating information.

According to the control method of thehousehold appliance 10, the update operation information is acquired through thecode scanner 12, so that the operation information of thehousehold appliance 10 can be updated conveniently and quickly, and the improvement of user experience is facilitated.

Note that the operation information before update may include one operation or a plurality of operations, and in step S14, the operation information may be updated on the basis of the one operation or the plurality of operations according to the operation update information. Of course, the operation information before updating may also include 0 operation, that is, none of the operation information is included in the operation information, and in step S14, the operation information may be added according to the operation update information, so that a new operation is entered into the operation information.

Thehousehold appliance 10 may be an oven, a microwave oven, an electric rice cooker, an electric steam box, a yogurt maker, a soymilk maker, a washing appliance (such as a dishwasher or a washing machine), and the like. For a washing appliance, the target operation may be a target washing operation, which may include washing stages (e.g., pre-wash, main wash, rinse, dry and custody), time of washing per washing stage, temperature, and interval time between two washing stages. For a cooking appliance such as a microwave oven, an electric steamer, etc., the target operation may be a target menu including a heating power and a heating time corresponding to the heating power. For a yogurt machine, the target operation may be a target fermentation operation, which may include a fermentation temperature and a fermentation time corresponding to the fermentation temperature. For a soymilk maker, the target operation may be a target soymilk making operation, which may include a blade rotation speed, a crushing time corresponding to the blade rotation speed, a soymilk boiling temperature, and a soymilk boiling time corresponding to the soymilk boiling temperature.

For convenience of understanding, the microwave oven is exemplified in the embodiment of the present invention, but the specific kind of thehome appliance 10 is not limited.

In addition, thescanner 12 may be disposed on the body of thehousehold appliance 10, or may be separated from thehousehold appliance 10 and connected in a wireless manner. For example, thescanner 12 may be located on a remote control of an air conditioner.

In addition, thehousehold appliance 10 may include adoor 16 and acavity 18, wherein thedoor 16 is rotatably connected to thecavity 18. Thefront plate 182 of thecavity 18 is provided with acontrol panel 19, and thecontrol panel 19 includes adisplay screen 192 and aninput unit 194. In the illustrated embodiment, thescanner 12 is disposed below thefront plate 182 of thecavity 18. It is understood that in other embodiments, thebarcode scanner 12 may be disposed elsewhere on thehousehold appliance 10, such as on thehandle 162 of thedoor 16, or on an exterior side of thehousehold appliance 10, or elsewhere.

Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, the operation update information includes an update instruction and at least one operation to be updated, and step S14 includes:

step S142: and updating the operation information according to the updating instruction and at least one operation to be updated.

In this way, batch updates of operations are achieved. Specifically, the update instruction may be an operation addition instruction, an operation deletion instruction, and an operation modification instruction.

In one example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes five menus, namely, an a menu, a B menu, a C menu, a D menu and an E menu before updating, the updating instruction is a menu addition instruction, the operation to be updated is a menu to be added, namely, an F menu, step S142 realizes that the F menu is added to the menu information, so that updating of the menu information is realized, and the updated menu information includes six menus, namely, the a menu, the B menu, the C menu, the D menu, the E menu and the F menu.

In another example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes five menus, i.e., an a menu, a B menu, a C menu, a D menu, and an E menu before updating, the update instruction is a menu deletion instruction, the operation to be updated is 2 menus to be deleted, i.e., the a menu and the C menu, step S142 implements deletion of the a menu and the C menu from the menu information, thereby implementing updating of the menu information, and the updated menu information includes three menus, i.e., the B menu, the D menu, and the E menu.

In another example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes five menus of an a menu, a B menu, a C menu, a D menu, and an E menu before updating, the update instruction is a menu modification instruction, the operation to be updated is 2 menus to be modified, that is, the B menu is modified to a B1 menu and the D menu is modified to a D1 menu, step S142 implements the modification of the B menu to a B1 menu and the modification of the D menu to a D1 menu in the menu information, thereby implementing the update of the menu information, and the updated menu information includes five menus of an a menu, a B1 menu, a C menu, a D1 menu, and an E menu.

Referring to fig. 5, in some embodiments, the update instruction includes an operation add instruction, and the at least one operation to be updated includes an operation to be added, step S142 includes:

step S1422: and adding the operation to be added into the operation information according to the operation adding instruction.

Thus, the new addition of the operation is realized. Specifically, the operation to be added may be one or more, and the operations in the operation information may be arranged in a sequence. When the number of the operations to be added is multiple, in step S1422, the multiple operations to be added may be sequentially arranged at the end in the sequence of the operation information, and of course, the multiple operations to be added may also be randomly inserted into the sequence of the operation information, or the multiple operations to be added may be inserted into the sequence of the operation information according to a certain rule.

In one example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes three menus, i.e., an a menu, a B menu, and a C menu, before being updated, the operation to be added is a menu to be added, i.e., a D menu, in step S144, the D menu is added to the end of the menu sequence according to the operation addition instruction, so that the updating of the menu information is realized, and the menu of the updated menu information is four menus, i.e., the a menu, the B menu, the C menu, and the D menu, in turn.

In another example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes three menus, i.e., an a menu, a B menu, and a C menu, before being updated, the to-be-added operation is two to-be-added menus, i.e., a D menu and an E menu, in step S1422, the D menu and the E menu are randomly inserted into the sequence of the menu information according to the operation addition instruction, so as to update the menu information, and the sequence of the updated menu information is five menus, i.e., the a menu, the D menu, the C menu, the B menu, and the E menu, in sequence.

Referring to fig. 6, in some embodiments, the update instruction includes an operation deletion instruction, and the at least one operation to be updated includes an operation to be deleted, and step S142 includes:

step S1424: and deleting the operation to be deleted from the operation information according to the operation deleting instruction.

In this manner, deletion of the operation is achieved. Specifically, the operation to be deleted may be one or more, that is, one operation or a plurality of operations may be deleted from the operation information at a time.

In one example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes four menus, i.e., an a menu, a B menu, a C menu, and a D menu, before being updated, and the operation to be deleted is a menu to be deleted, i.e., the C menu, in step S1424, the C menu in the menu information is deleted according to a menu deletion instruction, so that the menu information is updated, and the updated menu information includes three menus, i.e., the a menu, the B menu, and the D menu.

In another example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes four menus, i.e., an a menu, a B menu, a C menu, and a D menu, before being updated, and the operation to be deleted is a menu to be deleted, i.e., the a menu and the C menu, in step S1424, the a menu and the C menu in the menu information are deleted according to the menu deletion instruction, so that the menu information is updated, and the updated menu information includes two menus, i.e., the B menu and the D menu.

Referring to fig. 7, in some embodiments, the update instruction includes an operation modification instruction, the at least one operation to be updated includes a modification operation, and step S142 includes:

step S1426: and modifying the operation to be modified in the operation information according to the operation modification instruction.

In this manner, a modification of the operation is achieved. Specifically, the operation information is menu information, each menu in the menu information may include information such as power and time, and in step S1426, the information may be modified according to the operation modification instruction. In addition, one menu in the menu information may be modified, and a plurality of menus in the menu information may also be modified. When a menu in the menu information is modified, one piece of information of the menu can be modified, and a plurality of pieces of information of the menu can be modified.

In one example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes three menus of a menu, B menu and C menu before updating, the firepower of the C menu is two levels, the operation to be modified is the C menu, that is, the firepower of the C menu is modified from two levels to three levels, and in step S1426, the firepower of the C menu in the menu information is modified from two levels to three levels according to the menu modification instruction, so that the updating of the menu information is realized.

In another example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes three menus of an a menu, a B menu, and a C menu before updating, the firepower of the C menu is two-stage and the time is ten minutes, the operation to be modified is the C menu, that is, the firepower of the C menu is modified from two-stage to three-stage and the time of the C menu is modified from ten minutes to five minutes, in step S1426, the firepower of the C menu in the menu information is modified from two-stage to three-stage and the time of the C menu is modified from ten minutes to five minutes according to a menu modification instruction, thereby implementing updating of the menu information.

In still another example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes three menus of a menu, B menu, and C menu before updating, the firepower of the B menu is four levels, the firepower of the C menu is two levels, and the operations to be modified are the B menu and the C menu, i.e., the firepower of the B menu is modified from four levels to three levels and the firepower of the C menu is modified from two levels to three levels, in step S1426, the firepower of the B menu is modified from four levels to three levels and the firepower of the C menu is modified from two levels to three levels according to the menu modification instruction, thereby realizing updating of the menu information.

In still another example, the operation information is menu information, the menu information includes three menus of a menu, B menu, and C menu before updating, the firepower of the B menu is four stages, the firepower of the C menu is two stages, the time of the C menu is ten minutes, the operations to be modified are the B menu and the C menu, that is, the firepower of the B menu is modified from four stages to three stages, the firepower of the C menu is modified from two stages to three stages, and the time of the C menu is modified from ten minutes to five minutes, in step S1426, the firepower of the B menu is modified from four stages to three stages according to the menu modification instruction, the firepower of the C menu is modified from two stages to three stages, and the time of the C menu is modified from ten minutes to five minutes, thereby implementing updating of the menu information.

Referring to fig. 8, in some embodiments, thehousehold appliance 10 includes a prompting device, and the method for controlling thehousehold appliance 10 includes:

step S16: when the updating operation information is completed, the control prompting device prompts the updating completion information.

Thus, the prompt of the update completion information is realized. Specifically, the prompting device may be thedisplay screen 192 or thespeaker 191. The update completion information may be chinese, foreign language, or an icon. In one example, thedisplay screen 192 displays a word of "update complete" when the update operation information is completed; in another example, upon completion of updating the operation information, thedisplay screen 192 displays a word "SUCCESS"; in yet another example, thedisplay screen 192 displays an update-completed icon when updating the operation information is completed. In still another example, thespeaker 191 broadcasts a sound of "update complete" when the update operation information is complete.

In addition, the progress of updating the operation information may also be displayed in the form of a progress bar or percentage on thedisplay screen 192, so that the user has a grasp on the progress of updating the operation information.

Further, thedisplay screen 192 may be an LED display screen or an OLED display screen. The number of thedisplay 192 may be one or more.

Referring to fig. 9, in some embodiments, the method for controlling thehousehold appliance 10 includes:

step S17: controlling thecode scanner 12 to scan the target mark to obtain a target operation;

step S18: determining whether the operation information includes a target operation;

step S19: controlling thehome appliance 10 to operate according to the target operation when the operation information includes the target operation; and returns to step S17 when the operation information does not include the target operation.

In this way, thehousehold appliance 10 is controlled to operate according to the corresponding target operation by scanning the target identification. It can be understood that, taking the target operation as the target menu as an example, when the scanned target menu does not exist in the menu information, thehousehold appliance 10 cannot call the corresponding menu from the menu information to control thehousehold appliance 10 to operate, and therefore, when the menu information does not include the target menu, thehousehold appliance 10 does not operate according to the target menu, but enters step S17 to enter the scanning state. In this way, only allowing the user to perform cooking using the menu stored in thehome appliance 10 can prevent the user from performing an erroneous cooking operation using an irregular menu, so that thehome appliance 10 is damaged due to the erroneous operation.

In step S17, thedoor 16 may be opened as soon as thedoor 16 is opened, that is, thebarcode scanner 12 may be opened as a signal to start scanning, that is, thedoor 16 and thechamber 18 are separated. In step S19, the door may be closed, that is, thedoor 16 and thecavity 18 are closed, and as soon as thedoor 16 is closed, thehousehold appliance 10 starts to cook as thehousehold appliance 10 starts to cook according to the target menu. Note that when the menu information includes a target menu, thescanner 12 may be controlled to be turned off to save power.

In addition, when thescanner 12 is turned on, the word "scanning" or "SCAN" or the icon of the SCAN may be displayed on thedisplay screen 192. The target indicia may be printed on the packaging of the food item.

In some embodiments, thehousehold appliance 10 includes thedisplay screen 192, and the step S19 includes:

thecontrol display 192 displays the operation flow of the target operation and the operation state of thehome appliance 10.

In this way, the operation flow of the display target operation and the operation state of thehome appliance 10 are realized. Specifically, when the target operation is a target menu, the operation flow may be information including the time and power of cooking and the like. For example, cooking at a first level of power for five minutes, cooking at a second level of power for ten minutes, and finally cooking at a first level of power for two minutes. The operation state of thehome appliance 10 may include the current power and the remaining time.

In some embodiments, the operation update identification includes at least one of a barcode and a two-dimensional code, and the target identification includes at least one of a barcode and a two-dimensional code.

"the operation update identification includes at least one of a barcode and a two-dimensional code" includes three cases: operating the update identifier as a bar code; the operation updating mark is a two-dimensional code; or the operation update identification includes a bar code and a two-dimensional code.

"the target identification includes at least one of a barcode and a two-dimensional code" includes three cases: the target identification is a bar code; the target identification is a two-dimensional code; or the target identification includes bar codes and two-dimensional codes.

Referring to fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention provides ahousehold appliance 10, which includes acode scanner 12, amemory 14 and acontroller 11, wherein thecontroller 11 is connected to thecode scanner 12, thememory 14 stores operation information of thehousehold appliance 10, and thecontroller 11 is configured to implement the control method of thehousehold appliance 10 according to any one of the above embodiments.

According to thehousehold appliance 10 of the embodiment of the invention, the update operation information is obtained through thecode scanner 12, so that the operation information of thehousehold appliance 10 can be updated conveniently and quickly, and the improvement of user experience is facilitated.

Specifically, thecontroller 11 may include a Micro Controller Unit (MCU). Thecontroller 11 may be disposed on a main control board, a computer board or a control board of thehousehold appliance 10, and thecontroller 11 may be connected with thebarcode reader 12 in a wireless or wired manner.

In addition, thememory 14 may store a program, and the program may implement the control method of thehousehold appliance 10 when executed by thecontroller 11, for example, execute step S12: controlling thescanner 12 to scan the operation update flag to obtain operation update information; and step S14: and updating the operation information according to the operation updating information.

In some embodiments, thememory 14 may be an external memory of the household appliance 10 (such as an SD card, a TF card, an MMC card, a usb disk, or the like), and in this case, the program may be stored in the external memory of thehousehold appliance 10. In other embodiments, thememory 14 may be an internal memory of thehousehold appliance 10, and the operation information and the program are stored in the internal memory of thehousehold appliance 10.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention may satisfy only one of the above embodiments or a plurality of the above embodiments at the same time, that is, an embodiment in which one or more of the above embodiments are combined also belongs to the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

In the description of the specification, reference to the terms "certain embodiments," "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments or examples is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations to the above embodiments within the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.