CN113777933A

CN113777933A - Household appliance and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN113777933A
Application number: CN202110750923.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 严颖欣
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-02
Filing date: 2021-07-02
Publication date: 2021-12-10

Abstract

The application provides a household appliance and a control method thereof, wherein the control method of the household appliance comprises the following steps: acquiring a setting mode of the household appliance; determining a control mode of the household appliance according to the age of the current operator of the household appliance under the condition that the setting mode is the intelligent setting mode; under the condition that the setting mode is the common setting mode, responding to a first selection instruction of a preset user to the control mode, and determining the control mode of the household appliance; and controlling the household appliance to work based on the control mode of the household appliance. According to the scheme, two setting modes are provided, and the corresponding control mode can be determined in each setting mode, so that the flexibility of selecting the control mode is improved.

Description

Household appliance and control method thereof

Technical Field

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

Background

With the development of society, household appliances such as washing machines, water heaters, and dish washers have been widely used in daily life. However, some existing home appliances have a single control mode, for example, the same operational space is provided for the home appliances regardless of the age of an operator. The disadvantage of the household appliance with a single control mode includes that the demands of the household appliances may be different for operators of different ages, and therefore, if the same control mode is set for operators of all ages, the use of the household appliances in some ages is not favorable.

Disclosure of Invention

The application mainly provides household electrical appliance equipment and a control method thereof, so as to improve the flexibility of selecting a control mode.

In order to solve the technical problem, the application adopts a technical scheme that: provided is a method for controlling a home appliance, including: acquiring a setting mode of the household appliance; determining a control mode of the household appliance according to the age of the current operator of the household appliance under the condition that the setting mode is the intelligent setting mode; under the condition that the setting mode is the common setting mode, responding to a first selection instruction of a preset user to the control mode, and determining the control mode of the household appliance; and controlling the household appliance to work based on the control mode of the household appliance.

Judging whether an age detection unit is damaged or not, wherein the age detection unit is used for acquiring the age of the current operator; if yes, sending out a prompt, and/or switching the setting mode from the intelligent setting mode to the common setting mode.

Wherein, obtain the settlement mode of tame electric installation, include: and determining the setting mode of the household appliance in response to a second selection instruction of the preset user.

Wherein, based on the control mode of tame electric installation, control tame electric installation work, include: under the condition that the control mode is the first control mode, controlling partial operation keys of the household appliance to be effective, and/or starting the first function mode of the household appliance; under the condition that the control mode is the second control mode, all operation keys for controlling the household appliance are effective; under the condition that the control mode is the third control mode, controlling all operation keys of the household appliance to be effective, and starting a second function mode of the household appliance; the first control mode, the second control mode and the third control mode correspond to different age groups.

Wherein, the age bracket that first control mode corresponds is less than first predetermined age, and the partial operating key of control household electrical appliances is effective, includes: a power key for controlling the home appliance and an operation key for generating a selection instruction are available, wherein the operation key includes at least one of: the mobile terminal comprises a first operating key and a second operating key, wherein the first operating key is used for generating a first selection instruction, the second operating key is used for generating a second selection instruction, and the second selection instruction is used for determining a setting mode; and receiving a selection instruction generated by operating an operation key by the current operator, and not responding to the selection instruction when detecting that the age of the current operator is smaller than a first preset age.

After the first functional mode of the household appliance is started, the method further comprises at least one of the following steps: sending out warning information under the condition that the first condition is detected to be met; and recording the working state of the household appliance, and controlling the household appliance to work according to the recorded working state under the condition that a second condition is met, wherein the working state comprises a working mode and/or a working progress.

The first condition comprises that an operation instruction of an operation key and/or the state of a door of the household appliance is detected to be changed; and/or recording the working state of the household appliance, and controlling the household appliance to work according to the recorded working state under the condition that a second condition is met, wherein the method comprises at least one of the following steps: detecting that the door is switched from a closed state to an open state, recording the working state of the household appliance, and controlling the household appliance to stop working; when the condition that the switching of the door from the open state to the closed state exceeds the preset time is detected, controlling the household appliance to continue working according to the recorded working state; recording the working state of the household appliance before shutdown; and after the next startup, controlling the household appliance to continue working according to the working state before the shutdown directly or in response to the selection of the user.

After the second functional mode of the household appliance is started, the method further comprises the following steps: and sending out a prompt for assisting the user operation.

Wherein, sending out the suggestion of supplementary user's operation includes: acquiring the storage condition of the articles in the household appliance by using a storage acquisition unit; determining a recommended working mode according to the article storage condition; and determining a third operation key for selecting the recommended working mode, and prompting the user to operate the third operation key.

Wherein, before determining the control mode of the home appliance according to the age of the current operator of the home appliance, the method further comprises: acquiring characteristic data of a current operator by using an age detection unit, and determining the age of the current operator based on the characteristic data; wherein the feature data comprises one or more of facial features, hair features, voiceprint features; and/or, determining a control mode of the home appliance according to the age of the current operator of the home appliance, comprising: determining the control mode of the household appliance to be a first control mode under the condition that the age of the current operator is smaller than a first preset age; determining the control mode of the household appliance to be a second control mode under the condition that the age of the current operator is between a first preset age and a second preset age; and determining the control mode of the household appliance to be a third control mode under the condition that the age of the current operator is greater than a second preset age.

In order to solve the technical problem, another technical solution adopted by the present application is to provide a home appliance, where the home appliance includes a control unit, and an age detection unit and a first operation key respectively connected to the control unit; the system comprises an age detection unit, a display unit and a display unit, wherein the age detection unit is used for collecting characteristic data of a current operator under the condition that a setting mode of household electrical appliance equipment is an intelligent setting mode, and the characteristic data is used for determining the age of the current operator; the first operation key is used for receiving a first selection instruction of a user on the control mode; the control unit is used for determining the control mode of the household appliance according to the age of the current operator under the condition that the setting mode is the intelligent setting mode; under the condition that the setting mode is a common setting mode, responding to a first selection instruction, and determining a control mode of the household appliance; and controlling the household appliance to work based on the control mode of the household appliance.

The beneficial effect of this application is: different from the prior art, the control mode of the household appliance can be determined according to the age of the current operator of the household appliance, and the control mode of the household appliance can be flexibly selected. In addition, the method and the device also provide an intelligent setting mode and a common setting mode, and the control mode of the household appliance can be determined in each setting mode, so that the flexibility of selecting the control mode of the household appliance is further improved.

In some application scenarios, by providing the intelligent setting mode and the common setting mode, if the age of the current operator of the household appliance cannot be obtained in the intelligent setting mode, the common setting mode can also be used, so that the control mode of the household appliance is determined, and the flexibility of selecting the control mode of the household appliance is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts, wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for controlling a home appliance according to the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a process of determining a control mode of a home device according to an embodiment of a method for controlling a home device provided in the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a home appliance provided in the present application.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar 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 and are only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

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

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, 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; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different configurations of embodiments of the application. In order to simplify the disclosure of the embodiments of the present application, the components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present application. Furthermore, embodiments of the present application may repeat reference numerals and/or reference letters in the various examples, which have been repeated for purposes of simplicity and clarity and do not in themselves dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or arrangements discussed. In addition, embodiments of the present application provide examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for controlling a home appliance according to the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, a method for controlling a home appliance provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the following steps:

step S11: and acquiring a setting mode of the household appliance.

The household appliance in the embodiment of the disclosure comprises any household appliance such as a washing machine, a dishwasher and a water heater.

The setting mode of the home appliance may be various. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the setting mode may be a normal setting mode and an intelligent setting mode. The normal setting mode may be a mode for determining a control mode of the home appliance according to a command of the home appliance, and the smart setting mode may be a mode for determining a control mode of the home appliance by itself.

The setting mode may be acquired in various ways. E.g., based on a stored set mode flag. And further, judging according to the identification lamp in the household appliance. And under the condition that the marker light is red, the setting mode is determined to be a common setting mode, and under the condition that the marker light is green, the setting mode is determined to be an intelligent setting mode. If the setting mode is the smart setting mode, step S12 is executed, otherwise, step S13 is executed.

Step S12: and determining the control mode of the household appliance according to the age of the current operator of the household appliance.

The control mode of the household appliance can be to control the validity or invalidity of each operation key and control the on or off of each function of the household appliance. In some disclosed embodiments, the effective operation keys are different and the functions of turning on the home devices are not completely the same in different control modes of the home devices. For example, when the current age of the operator is 8 years, the operation keys effective under the control mode of the corresponding home appliance are different from the operation keys effective under the control of the corresponding home appliance when the current age of the operator is 20 years.

Step S13: and determining the control mode of the household appliance in response to a first selection instruction of a preset user for the control mode.

Here, the preset user may be a current operator or a user who previously set the control mode.

And under the condition that the preset user is the current operator, receiving a selection instruction of the current operator to the control mode, and responding to the received selection instruction to determine the control mode of the household appliance. When a preset user selection instruction is not received within a specified time period, a default control mode is directly entered. The default control mode may be a control mode in which the home device is used most frequently. Of course, in other embodiments, the default control mode may also be the mode with the highest safety factor among all control modes. Wherein the safety factor is for the current operator. The protection for operators such as children can be improved by setting a control mode for directly entering the mode with the highest safety factor.

When the preset user is not the current operator, the previously set control mode is acquired, and the previously set instruction of the control mode is used as a first selection instruction of the control mode. And then responding to the first selection instruction to acquire the control mode of the household appliance.

The setting instruction of the user for the control mode may be a last selection instruction for the control mode before the last shutdown of the home appliance, or may be a default control mode after the home appliance is powered on each time. For example, the preset user may set that the home appliance directly enters the preset control mode if the home appliance is in the normal setting mode after being turned on each time. Here, the preset control mode may be a control mode in which the home appliance is used most frequently. Of course, in other embodiments, the preset control mode may also be the mode with the highest safety factor among all the control modes. Wherein the safety factor is for the current operator. The protection for operators such as children can be improved by setting a control mode for directly entering the mode with the highest safety factor. In some disclosed embodiments, if it is detected that there is another home appliance connected to the current home appliance and the another home appliance is set with a control mode, it may be considered that a first selection instruction is received, where the control mode indicated by the first selection instruction is the same as the control mode of the another home appliance, so as to set the control mode of the current home appliance according to the control mode of the another home appliance.

Step S14: and controlling the household appliance to work based on the control mode of the household appliance.

And controlling the household appliance to work based on the selection of the corresponding operation key in the current operation mode of the household appliance. Such as controlling a dishwasher to wash dishes, controlling a washing machine to wash clothes, and the like.

According to the scheme, the control mode of the household appliance can be acquired according to the age of the operator, and the control mode of the household appliance can be flexibly selected. In addition, the method and the device also provide an intelligent setting mode and a common setting mode, and the control mode of the household appliance can be obtained in each setting mode, so that the flexibility of selecting the control mode of the household appliance is further improved.

In some application scenarios, by providing the intelligent setting mode and the common setting mode, if the age of the current operator of the household appliance cannot be obtained in the intelligent setting mode, the household appliance can be switched to the common setting mode to obtain the control mode of the household appliance, so that the flexibility of selecting the control mode of the household appliance is improved.

In some disclosed embodiments, before the setting mode of the home appliance is acquired, whether the age detection unit is damaged or not is judged. Wherein the age detection unit may be configured to obtain an age of a current device operator. The home appliance is hereinafter referred to as a "home appliance".

If the judging result is that the age detection unit is damaged, a prompt can be sent. Through the prompt, an operator or a preset user can repair the age detection unit, and the user is prompted to select to set the setting mode of the household appliance to the common setting mode. The prompting mode can be various, for example, voice prompting, sending a short message to a terminal connected with the household appliance, flashing a designated indicator light, and the like.

In some disclosed embodiments, in the case that the setting mode is determined to be the intelligent mode, whether the age detection unit is damaged or not may be further determined, and if yes, the setting mode may be switched from the intelligent setting mode to the normal setting mode. In this case, a prompt may also be sent, where the prompt may be used to prompt an operator to select a control mode, or after the control mode is automatically selected, prompt the operator to prompt the current control mode, so that the operator may adjust the control mode of the home appliance according to the requirement.

The setting mode of the household appliance may be obtained in response to a second selection instruction of a preset user. The second selection instruction may be a voice instruction or a click instruction of an operation key on the home appliance. The operation keys described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be physical keys of a pressing type or a non-pressing type, or may be function keys on a display screen. As mentioned above, the preset user here may also be the current operator.

The method for acquiring the age of the current equipment operator by using the age detection unit may include the following steps:

first, the characteristic data of the operator is collected by the age detection unit. The characteristic data of the operator may include one or more of facial characteristics, voice print characteristics, and hair characteristics, among others. In some disclosed embodiments, the age detection unit includes a data acquisition subunit for acquiring data of the operator and a feature extraction subunit. The feature extraction subunit can be used for performing feature extraction on the data acquired by the data acquisition subunit to obtain feature data. In some disclosed embodiments, the data acquisition subunit may be configured to acquire facial image data of the operator, may be configured to acquire voice data of the operator, and may be configured to acquire hair data of the operator.

Correspondingly, the feature extraction subunit may be configured to perform feature extraction on the received facial image data to obtain facial features of the operator, may also be configured to perform feature extraction on voice to obtain voiceprint features of the current operator, and may also be configured to perform feature extraction on hair data of the operator to obtain hair features of the operator. Of course, in some disclosed embodiments, the data acquisition subunit may acquire multiple aspects of the operator's data simultaneously, for example, acquiring facial image data and voice data of the operator simultaneously. That is, the feature extraction subunit can be configured to extract features of the face image data, the voice data, and the like, respectively, and obtain a plurality of feature data.

The current operator age is then determined based on the characteristic data. In some disclosed embodiments, the feature extraction subunit transmits the extracted feature data to the control unit, which determines the age of the operator from the feature data. Certainly, in other disclosed embodiments, the age detecting unit further includes an analyzing subunit, and the analyzing subunit is configured to perform data analysis according to the data extracted by the feature extracting subunit to obtain the age of the operator.

Some disclosed embodiments use the feature data to determine whether a current operator corresponding to the feature data is a dummy, and if so, determine that the age detection failed, and if not, perform the step of determining the age of the current operator based on the feature. The dummy may be a photograph, a doll, or the like. For example, when the feature extraction subunit extracts the facial features of the operator, it is determined whether the current operator corresponding to the facial features is a dummy, and if it is determined that the current operator is a dummy, it is determined that the age detection has failed. And when the voiceprint features of the operator are extracted by the feature extraction subunit, further judging whether the current operator corresponding to the voiceprint features is a dummy, and if so, determining that the age detection fails. If the facial features and the voiceprint features of the current operator are extracted simultaneously by the feature extraction subunit, and when the operator corresponding to at least one type of feature data is a real person, the age of the operator (the real person) is acquired by using the corresponding feature data. For example, when the operator corresponding to the facial feature is determined to be a dummy and the operator corresponding to the voiceprint feature is determined to be a real person, the age of the current operator is determined based on the voiceprint feature. And under the condition that the facial features and the voiceprint features of the current operator are simultaneously extracted by the feature extraction subunit, determining that the age detection fails when the current operators corresponding to the two types of feature data are both false, and not executing the step of determining the age of the current operator based on the feature data.

In some disclosed embodiments, in a case where the age of the current operator is less than a first preset age, the first control mode is taken as the control mode of the home appliance, i.e., it is determined that the control mode of the home appliance is the first control mode. Alternatively, the first preset age may be set according to actual requirements, such as ten years old, eleven years old, and the like. Of course, if a certain operation capability that the user thinks that the family is eight years old is already provided by the child is preset, the first preset age may be set to eight years old.

In some disclosed embodiments, in a case where the age of the operator is between a second preset age and the first preset age, the second control mode is used as the control mode of the home appliance, that is, the control mode of the home appliance is determined to be the second control mode.

Here, the second preset age may be larger than or equal to the first preset age, or smaller than or equal to the second preset age. And determining the control mode of the household appliance to be the third control mode when the age of the operator is larger than the second preset age. Similarly, the second preset age may be set according to specific situations. For example, the second preset age may be set to 50 years.

In some disclosed embodiments, in the case where a plurality of operators are detected, the age of one of the operators is selected as the age of the current operator. Further, if there are operators whose ages are smaller than the first preset age and also operators whose ages are greater than or equal to the first preset age, the operators whose ages are greater than or equal to the first preset age are taken as the current operators. By the method, the flexibility of using the household appliance by an operator can be improved. In other disclosed embodiments, if there are operators whose ages are smaller than a first preset age and there are operators whose ages are greater than or equal to the first preset age, the operators whose ages are smaller than the first preset age are taken as the current operators. In this way, the protection of the child can be increased. Further, if there are a plurality of current operators, the age of the operator closest to the home appliance may be selected as the age of the current operator. For example, when one person is 2 meters away from the home appliance and one person is 5 meters away from the home appliance, the age detection unit extracts the voiceprint features of the current operator to determine the age, and after detecting the voiceprint features of the two persons, the age of one person is 8 years and the age of one person is 20 years, and the detected operator of 8 years is 1.8 meters away from the home appliance and the other person is 4 meters away from the home appliance, the age of 8 years is taken as the age of the current operator.

In some disclosed embodiments, if the age detection unit is not damaged and currently in the intelligent setting mode, the age detection unit is in a working state all the time, and once the change of the current age of the operator is detected, the control mode is determined according to the latest age of the operator. For example, if the home appliance is in the second control mode, the age detection unit recognizes that the current age of the operator is smaller than a first preset age, and switches the home appliance from the second control mode to the first control mode. By the mode, the situation that the personal of the child is threatened or the household appliance is damaged due to the misoperation of the child in the working process of the household appliance can be reduced. Or, if the home appliance is in the first control mode, if the age detection unit identifies that the current age of the operator is between a second preset age and a first preset age, the home appliance is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode. Through the mode, the flexibility of the operation of the household appliance by an operator can be improved.

Of course, when the control mode is switched, the household appliance can keep working continuously. Or when the damage of the age detection unit is detected during the work of the household appliance, a prompt is sent, and the setting mode of the household appliance is switched to the common setting mode. The prompt sent here can be referred to above, and is not described here again. Further, after the household appliance is switched to the ordinary setting mode, the household appliance can be directly switched to the first control mode, and the household appliance can continue to work according to the working mode before switching.

In some disclosed embodiments, the method for controlling the operation of the home appliance based on the control mode of the home appliance specifically includes: when the control mode is the first control mode, part of the operation keys for controlling the home appliance are enabled. Alternatively, one or more of a power key for controlling the home appliance, an operation key for generating a selection instruction are available. For example, only the power key for controlling the home appliance is activated, or the operation key is activated, or both are activated. The valid operation key means that the operation key can respond to a click, press or turn command of the operation key after receiving the command, and the home appliance device does not respond to the command even if other invalid operation keys receive the current click, press or turn command of an operator.

Optionally, the operation key for generating the selection instruction includes at least one of a second operation key and a first operation key. The first operation key can be used for generating a first selection instruction, and the second operation key can be used for generating a second selection instruction. The second selection instruction may be used to determine a setting mode of the home appliance.

Further, in order to protect an operator below a first preset age from mistakenly touching the operation keys on the appliance, a danger occurs. In the embodiment of the disclosure, after the selection instruction generated by the operation key is received, the selection instruction is not affected when the age of the current operator is smaller than a first preset age. That is, in the first control mode, only an operator whose age is greater than the first preset age can operate the currently valid operation key. An operator of a smaller age than the first preset age can only control the power key or cannot control the power key.

The method for detecting whether the age of the current operator is smaller than the first preset age can be to judge whether the area of the finger in contact with the operation key is smaller than the preset area, if so, the age of the current operator is determined to be smaller than the first preset age, and if not, the age of the current operator is determined to be larger than or equal to the first preset age. Of course, alternatively, if the finger is not in contact with the operation key, the instruction generated by the operation key is received and then responded after a period of time. And, in this process, the home appliance may continue to operate, or stop operating. In some disclosed embodiments, the prompt may also be issued when the finger is not in contact with the operation key. In other disclosed embodiments, it is determined whether the contact area with the operation key is smaller than a predetermined area, and the area does not need to be the area of a finger in contact with the operation key. That is, contact of an object with the operation key may also cause the home appliance to generate an instruction.

In addition, the sensitivity of the operation keys may be reduced so that the operation keys cannot be operated by the operator at present who is less than the first preset age. In some disclosed embodiments, in order to further reduce the operation risk of the current operator of less than the first preset age, no matter what control mode is in what setting mode, no operation key other than the power key generates an instruction to the current operator. The specific implementation manner is as described above, that is, whether the contact area between the current operator and the operation key is smaller than the preset area may be determined. If so, the corresponding instruction is not generated, for example, the second selection instruction and the first selection instruction are not generated.

In some disclosed embodiments, if the control mode is the first control mode, the first functional mode of the home appliance is activated. Wherein, the first functional mode can be one or more of an alarm function and a memory function. The alert function may be used to send out alert information when an alert condition is triggered, and the memory function may be used to record various setting states of the appliance. In other embodiments, the first functional mode may be to include an persuasion function, wherein the persuasion function is to persuade an operator. The persuasion mode is persuasion voice, wherein the persuasion voice can be factory set or set by a user. For example, the persuasive voice may be an adult specifically recorded for a child.

After the first functional mode of the household appliance is started, warning information is sent out under the condition that the first condition is met. The warning information can be a set sound effect, flashing of an indicator light, sending of a warning short message to a terminal connected with the household appliance and the like. The set sound effect can be buzzing, voice and the like.

Alternatively, the first condition may be that an operation instruction to the operation key is detected. The detected operation instruction for the operation key may specifically be an operation instruction for a valid operation key, and no warning information is issued for an operation instruction for an invalid operation key in the first control mode. The operating instruction may be click, press, twist, etc. In some disclosed embodiments, if the operation key can be controlled according to voice, the operation instruction further includes a voice instruction.

The first condition may also be a change in the state of a door of the appliance. Wherein the states of the door include a closed state and an open state. The state of the door may be changed from a closed state to an open state, or from an open state to a closed state. For example, if the household appliance is a washing machine, if the door of the washing machine is switched from the open state to the closed state, in order to prevent children from entering the washing machine and causing personal danger, in the first control mode, if the door is switched from the open state to the closed state, a warning message is sent out, so that a current operator or other personnel can determine whether danger exists after receiving the warning message.

The first condition may be that an object stored inside the household appliance is detected, and if the detection result includes an object that should not be stored inside the household appliance, the first condition is considered to be satisfied. For example, a large-sized metal object should not be present in the washing machine except for the clothes, and the first condition is considered to be satisfied when the large-sized metal object is detected to be stored in the washing machine. At this point, a reminder may be issued. Further, the first condition has different judgment results and different reminding modes. For example, the determination result of the first condition is that an operation command to the operation key is detected and that an object that should not be stored is detected inside the home appliance, and the two cases are different in the manner of reminding so that the user can know what has occurred substantially after receiving the reminding information. The different reminding modes can be different voice content reminding modes, different indicator light flickering modes, different short message informing modes, or one mode adopts voice reminding mode, one mode adopts indicator light flickering mode for reminding, and the other mode adopts short message informing mode and the like. In some disclosed embodiments, an event may be sent reminders in multiple reminders at the same time. Of course, in other control modes, the objects stored in the household appliance can be detected, and if the detection result includes the objects which should not be stored in the household appliance, a corresponding prompt is given.

In some disclosed embodiments, the operating state of the appliance is recorded after the first functional mode of the appliance is initiated. The working state of the household appliance comprises one or more of working progress and working mode. The work mode may include work intensity, work content, and the like. For the washing machine, the working strength may be the agitation strength of the washing machine, the agitation strength of the general washing machine is strong, medium, weak, etc., and the working contents may be washing, rinsing, dehydrating, soaking, etc.

And if the second condition is met, controlling the household appliance to work according to the previously recorded working state. Alternatively, the second condition may be the receipt of an instruction from the current operator instructing it to operate according to the recorded operating condition. The instruction may be made in real time or may be set in advance. For the setting mode of the instruction, reference may be made to the setting mode of other instructions, and details are not described here.

Specifically, when it is detected that the door of the home appliance is switched from a closed state to an open state, the operating state of the home appliance is recorded, and then the home appliance is controlled to stop operating. In some disclosed embodiments, the home appliance may record its operating status in real time.

Further, in order to ensure that in the first control mode, an operator with an age smaller than a first preset age enters the household appliance by mistake and personal danger is caused, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when it is detected that the door of the household appliance is switched from the open state to the closed state for more than a preset time, the household appliance is controlled to operate according to the recorded operating state.

The preset time can be set according to a specific application scenario, for example, the preset time can be 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and the like. That is, after the door of the home appliance is switched from the open state to the closed state, the door does not immediately operate according to the recorded operating state, but operates after a predetermined time interval.

In some disclosed embodiments, when the control mode is the second control mode, all operation keys for controlling the home appliance are valid. The second control mode may be considered to be a youth mode, and the operator can safely operate the home appliance at present, and therefore, all the operation keys that can control the home appliance are effective in this case. In some disclosed embodiments, when the control mode is the third control mode, all operation keys for controlling the home appliance are valid. And, a second functional mode of the home appliance is turned on. Wherein the second functional mode may be an auxiliary functional mode.

Specifically, in the case where the second function mode is on, a prompt to assist the user operation may be issued. The current operator can set the working mode of the household appliance according to the prompt.

The method for sending the prompt for assisting the user operation may be as follows:

and the storage acquisition unit is used for acquiring the storage condition of the articles in the household appliance. The article storage condition may be a degree of contamination, a weight, an ambient temperature, an ambient humidity, and the like of the article. For example, when the household appliance is a dishwasher, the articles can be dishes, and when the household appliance is a washing machine, the articles can be clothes.

And then obtaining a recommended working mode according to the article storage condition. For example, if the household appliance is heavily soiled, the operating time may recommend a longer operating time or a higher intensity of agitation. Still alternatively, a longer work time may be recommended when the quantity of items is greater.

Finally, a third operation key for selecting the recommended operation mode is determined. And then prompts the user to operate a third operation key. The third operation key may be an operation key for selecting an operation time period, an operation intensity, or an operation content. The prompting mode can be various, such as voice prompt, flashing of an indicator light corresponding to an operation key, and the like. The current operator or user may select the currently recommended working mode, or may set the working mode by self, which is not limited herein.

According to the scheme, the control mode of the household appliance can be acquired according to the age of an operator, and the control mode of the household appliance can be flexibly selected. In addition, the method and the device also provide an intelligent setting mode and a common setting mode, and the control mode of the household appliance can be determined in each setting mode, so that the flexibility of selecting the control mode of the household appliance is further improved.

For better understanding of the technical solutions proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, please refer to fig. 2 at the same time, and fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating determining a control mode of a home device in an embodiment of a method for controlling a home device according to the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for determining a control mode of a home appliance, including the following steps:

step S21: it is determined whether the age detection unit is damaged.

After the household appliance is started, if a user sets that the household appliance is started, the household appliance automatically enters a common setting mode, and the step of judging whether the age detection is damaged or not does not need to be executed. The manner of determining whether the age detection unit is damaged is as described above, and is not described herein again. If the determination result is yes, step S22 is executed, otherwise step S25 is executed.

Step S22: and determining that the setting mode of the household appliance is a common setting mode.

As described above, after the age detecting unit is judged to be damaged, a prompt can be given.

Step S23: a first selection instruction is received.

For example, the first selection instruction may be received in a plurality of ways, which are described above and not described herein again. If the first selection instruction of the current operator is not received within the specified time period, the selection instruction of the current operator for selecting the second control mode is received by default, so that the second control mode is directly used as the control mode of the household appliance. Of course, in other embodiments, it may be considered that a selection instruction of the default control mode is received, so that the default control mode is used as the control mode of the home appliance, which is not described herein again. Or, if it is detected that there is another home appliance connected to the current home appliance and the another home appliance is provided with a control mode, it may be considered that the first selection instruction is received, where the control mode indicated by the first selection instruction is the same as the control mode of the another home appliance, so as to set the control mode of the current home appliance according to the control mode of the another home appliance.

Step S24: a control mode of the home device is determined.

The detailed manner is as described above, and is not described herein again.

Step S25: and acquiring a setting mode of the household appliance.

The specific manner is as described above, and is not described herein again. If the setting mode of the home appliance is the normal setting mode, the step S23 and the following steps are executed, otherwise, the step S26 is executed.

Step S26: the age of the current operator is obtained.

The specific manner is as described above, and is not described herein again.

Step S27: and judging whether the age is between a first preset age and a second preset age.

The manner of determining whether the age is between the second preset age and the first preset age may be to compare the obtained current age of the operator with the two ages. The first preset age and the second preset age can be directly stored in the chip without using a database for storage. Specifically, whether the age of the current operator is greater than or equal to a first preset age and less than or equal to a second preset age is judged. If so, go to step S28, otherwise go to step S29. Wherein the first predetermined age is less than the second predetermined age.

Step S28: and determining the control mode of the household appliance to be the second control mode.

The manner of using the second control mode as the control mode of the home appliance is described above, and details are not repeated here.

Step S29: and judging whether the age is smaller than a first preset age.

If so, go to step S31, otherwise go to step S30.

Step S30: and determining the control mode of the household appliance to be a third control mode.

The manner of using the third control mode as the control mode of the home appliance is as described above, and will not be described herein again.

Step S31: and determining the control mode of the household appliance to be a first control mode.

The manner of using the first control mode as the control mode of the home appliance is described above, and details are not repeated here.

According to the scheme, the control mode of the household appliance can be acquired according to the age of the operator of the household appliance, and the control mode of the household appliance can be flexibly selected. In addition, the method and the device also provide an intelligent setting mode and a common setting mode, and the control mode of the household appliance can be obtained in each setting mode, so that the flexibility of selecting the control mode of the household appliance is further improved.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the method of the present invention, the order of writing the steps does not imply a strict order of execution and any limitations on the implementation, and the specific order of execution of the steps should be determined by their function and possible inherent logic.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a home appliance according to the present application. As shown in fig. 3, the home appliance 1 includes a control unit 10, an age detection unit 20, and a first operation key 30.

Wherein the age detecting unit 20 and the first operation key 30 are respectively connected to the control unit 10.

The age detection unit 20 is configured to collect characteristic data of a current operator when the setting mode of the home appliance 1 is the smart setting mode.

Wherein the characteristic data can be used to determine the age of the current operator. The age detection unit 20 may determine the current age of the operator using the characteristic data, or the control unit 10 may determine the current age of the operator based on the characteristic data.

The first operation key 30 may be used to receive a first selection instruction of the control mode by the user. The first selection instruction may be used to determine a control mode of the home device 1.

The control unit 10 may be configured to determine the control mode of the home appliance 1 according to the current age of the operator when the setting mode of the home appliance 1 is the smart setting mode.

And the control unit 10 determines the control mode of the home appliance 1 in response to the first selection instruction when the setting mode of the home appliance 1 is the normal setting mode.

The control unit 10 may also be configured to control the operation of the home device 1 based on the control mode of the home device 1. The control modes of the home appliance 1 include a first control mode, a second control mode, and a third control mode.

In some disclosed embodiments, the home device 1 further includes a second operation key (not shown).

Wherein the second operation key may be used to generate a second selection instruction. The second selection instruction may be used to determine a setting mode of the home device 1.

The first operation key 30 and/or the second operation key may be a pressed or non-pressed physical key, or may be a key on the display frequency of the home appliance 1.

In some disclosed embodiments, the home device 1 further comprises an alarm unit (not shown).

The warning unit may be configured to send warning information if it is detected that the first condition is satisfied in the first control mode. For a way of sending the warning information when the first condition is detected, please refer to an embodiment of a control method of the home appliance 1, which is not described herein again.

In some disclosed embodiments, a recording unit (not shown) is further included. The recording unit is used for recording the working state and/or the working mode of the household appliance 1. Specifically, in the first control mode, if it is detected that the door of the home appliance 1 is switched from the closed state to the open state, the operating state of the home appliance 1 may be recorded.

By acquiring the control mode of the home appliance 1 according to the age of the operator of the home appliance 1, the control mode of the home appliance 1 can be flexibly selected. In addition, the application also provides an intelligent setting mode and a common setting mode, and the control mode of the household appliance 1 can be determined in each setting mode, so that the flexibility of selecting the control mode of the household appliance 1 is further improved.

The functions of the modules are further described in the embodiment of the control method of the home appliance 1, and are not described herein again.

The above description is only an example of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by the contents of the specification and the drawings, or which are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a home appliance, comprising:

acquiring a setting mode of the household appliance;

determining a control mode of the household appliance according to the age of the current operator of the household appliance under the condition that the setting mode is an intelligent setting mode; and

under the condition that the setting mode is a common setting mode, responding to a first selection instruction of a preset user to the control mode, and determining the control mode of the household appliance;

and controlling the household appliance to work based on the control mode of the household appliance.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

judging whether an age detection unit is damaged or not, wherein the age detection unit is used for acquiring the age of the current operator;

if yes, sending out a prompt, and/or switching the setting mode from the intelligent setting mode to the common setting mode.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the setting mode of the home device comprises:

and responding to a second selection instruction of a preset user, and determining a setting mode of the household appliance.

4. The method of claim 1,

based on the control mode of the household electrical appliance, controlling the household electrical appliance to work, comprising:

under the condition that the control mode is a first control mode, controlling partial operation keys of the household appliance to be effective, and/or starting a first function mode of the household appliance;

under the condition that the control mode is a second control mode, controlling all operation keys of the household appliance to be effective;

under the condition that the control mode is a third control mode, controlling all operation keys of the household appliance to be effective, and starting a second function mode of the household appliance;

the first control mode, the second control mode and the third control mode correspond to different age groups.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the age group corresponding to the first control mode is smaller than a first preset age, and the controlling of the part of the operation keys of the home appliance is effective comprises:

a power key for controlling the home appliance and an operation key for generating a selection instruction are available, wherein the operation key includes at least one of: the first operating key is used for generating the first selection instruction, the second operating key is used for generating the second selection instruction, and the second selection instruction is used for determining the setting mode;

and receiving the selection instruction generated by the current operator operating the operating key, and not responding to the selection instruction under the condition that the age of the current operator is detected to be less than the first preset age.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein after said initiating the first functional mode of the home device, the method further comprises at least one of:

sending out warning information under the condition that the first condition is detected to be met;

and recording the working state of the household appliance, and controlling the household appliance to work according to the recorded working state under the condition of meeting a second condition, wherein the working state comprises a working mode and/or a working progress.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first condition comprises detecting that an operation instruction of the operation key and/or a state of a door of the home appliance is changed;

and/or, the recording the working state of the household appliance, and controlling the household appliance to work according to the recorded working state when a second condition is met, wherein the recording comprises at least one of the following steps:

detecting that the door is switched from a closed state to an open state, recording the working state of the household appliance, and controlling the household appliance to stop working; when the condition that the switching of the door from the open state to the closed state exceeds the preset time is detected, controlling the household appliance to continue working according to the recorded working state;

recording the working state of the household appliance before shutdown; and after the next startup, directly or in response to the selection of the user, controlling the household appliance to continue working according to the working state before the shutdown.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein after the turning on the second functional mode of the home device, the method further comprises:

and sending out a prompt for assisting the user operation.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said prompting to facilitate user action comprises:

acquiring the storage condition of the articles in the household appliance by using a storage acquisition unit;

determining a recommended working mode according to the article storage condition;

and determining a third operation key for selecting the recommended working mode, and prompting a user to operate the third operation key.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to said determining the control mode of the home device based on the age of the current operator of the home device, the method further comprises:

collecting feature data of the current operator by using an age detection unit, and determining the age of the current operator based on the feature data; wherein the feature data comprises one or more of facial features, hair features, voiceprint features;

and/or, determining a control mode of the home appliance according to the age of the current operator of the home appliance comprises:

determining that the control mode of the household appliance is a first control mode under the condition that the age of the current operator is smaller than a first preset age;

determining that the control mode of the household appliance is a second control mode under the condition that the age of the current operator is between the first preset age and a second preset age;

and determining that the control mode of the household appliance is a third control mode under the condition that the age of the current operator is greater than the second preset age.

11. The household appliance is characterized by comprising a control unit, an age detection unit and a first operation key, wherein the age detection unit and the first operation key are respectively connected with the control unit; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the age detection unit is used for collecting characteristic data of a current operator under the condition that the setting mode of the household appliance is an intelligent setting mode, wherein the characteristic data is used for determining the age of the current operator;

the first operation key is used for receiving a first selection instruction of a user on a control mode;

the control unit is used for determining the control mode of the household appliance according to the age of the current operator under the condition that the setting mode is an intelligent setting mode; under the condition that the setting mode is a common setting mode, responding to the first selection instruction, and determining a control mode of the household appliance; and controlling the household appliance to work based on the control mode of the household appliance.