EP3447185A1 - Dispositif de soins de vêtements ayant des indicateurs lumineux - Google Patents

Dispositif de soins de vêtements ayant des indicateurs lumineux Download PDF

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EP3447185A1
EP3447185A1 EP17187952.1A EP17187952A EP3447185A1 EP 3447185 A1 EP3447185 A1 EP 3447185A1 EP 17187952 A EP17187952 A EP 17187952A EP 3447185 A1 EP3447185 A1 EP 3447185A1
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care device
garment care
light indicator
garment
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Orhan KAHYA
Winson Garcia Lim
Hee Poh Sin
Wee Ann Chong
Chee Keong Ong
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Priority to RU2019138232A priority patent/RU2728751C1/ru
Priority to PCT/EP2018/072562 priority patent/WO2019038284A1/fr
Priority to CN201880037480.5A priority patent/CN111295474B/zh
Priority to EP18753437.5A priority patent/EP3612674B1/fr
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F75/00—Hand irons
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F75/00—Hand irons
    • D06F75/08—Hand irons internally heated by electricity
    • D06F75/10—Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F87/00—Apparatus for moistening or otherwise conditioning the article to be ironed or pressed

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  • the invention relates to the field of garment care.
  • Garment care devices with movement sensors are already known. However, those known devices do not provide any feedback to user on the movement information. This situation has negative consequences when the user would like to proactively modify the movement of the device in order to optimize the ironing settings, so that improved ironing results can be achieved.
  • the garment care device comprises:
  • this solution gives to the user a visual feedback on the movement characteristics of the device.
  • this visual feedback by the light indicators is informative on the movement characteristics.
  • the visual feedback may indicate that the user is performing short strokes or long strokes.
  • the visual feedback is also helpful for user to modify the way the device is moved. For example, if the switching of the light indicators is such that it reflects that the movement of the device characterizes short strokes, the user may decide to move the device with longer strokes, in particular if he knows that the device can enter a specific operating mode associated with long strokes.
  • the invention also relates to a method of controlling at least one light indicator in a garment care device as mentioned above.
  • Fig. 1 depicts a first embodiment of a garment care device 100 according to the invention.
  • the garment care device 100 comprises a sensor 101 connected to a control unit 104 for generating an output signal characterizing a movement of the garment care device.
  • the garment care device also comprises a display 102 for displaying at least one light indicator 103.
  • the control unit 104 is adapted to:
  • the light indicators 103 correspond to surface-mounted light-emitting diodes ("LED").
  • the light indicators correspond to discrete LEDs or a LED module.
  • the senor 101 is an accelerometer of the type Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) which is adapted to generate at least one acceleration signal along any axis X, Y, Z forming an orthonormal reference, with Z corresponding to a vertical direction, and X-Y forming a horizontal plan.
  • MEMS Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems
  • the garment care device depicted in Fig. 1 comprises a water tank 105, a steam generator 106 receiving water from the reservoir 105.
  • the steam generated in the steam generator 106 exits via steam vents 107 arranged in the soleplate S.
  • a water pump 108 preferably controlled by control unit 104, is used to carry water from the water tank 105 to the steam generator 106.
  • the senor 101 is arranged in a handle 109.
  • an additional protective housing may provide additional protection to the sensor 101 (and/or control unit 102).
  • Controlling the switching of the light indicators means any one of the following type of control:
  • the brightness of a given light indicator is illustrated in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 by a blacken surface (total or partial) of the corresponding light indicator.
  • Fig. 2 depicts a display 102 for displaying at least one light indicator in a garment care device according to Fig. 1 .
  • the light indicators have different sizes.
  • the movement characteristics correspond to the amount of a linear displacement along a given direction (D) of the garment care device.
  • the amount of a linear displacement may preferably correspond to the length of the user's stroke in this given direction (D) when using the garment care device.
  • the given direction (D) correspond to the X axis.
  • Fig. 5A is an illustration of an example of a signal AS generated by a sensor 101 used in a garment care device according to the invention.
  • the senor 101 is an accelerometer, and the output signal generated by the sensor 101 is an acceleration signal AS varying along the time in the given direction D, such as, for example, the X axis.
  • the characteristics of the output signal correspond to the time interval d1 between two consecutive zero-crossing points of the output signal.
  • the time interval d1 is compared to a given duration threshold d0:
  • the given duration threshold d0 corresponds to the average value of the time interval between two consecutive zero-crossing points of the output signal corresponding to an average value of a user's stroke length.
  • the stroke length along a given direction D corresponds to the linear distance of the garment care device between a starting position with zero speed, to the next position with zero speed.
  • the average value of a stroke length of a user is the average linear distance that allows classifying a stroke length between a short stroke and a long stroke.
  • a short stroke is smaller than the average linear distance
  • a long stroke is larger than the average linear distance.
  • the garment care device is preferably adapted to modify characteristics of some operating modes of the device, based on whether a short or long stroke is detected. For example the temperature of a soleplate can be varied, the temperature of a steam chamber can be varied, the amount of steam generated can be varied accordingly.
  • the time interval d1 between two consecutive zero-crossing points of the output signal should be calculated with an offset corresponding to the estimated value of the noise level.
  • An example is illustrated in Fig. 5B .
  • the given duration threshold d0 has a value in the range [200; 800] ms, preferably 550 ms.
  • control unit 104 is adapted to control the switching of a number of light indicators, and the number of light indicators depends on the amount of linear displacement.
  • the number of light indicators which are switched to full brightness is smaller if the amount of linear displacement is below a given threshold, than the number of light indicator which are switched to full brightness if said amount of linear displacement is above said given threshold.
  • the given threshold corresponds to the linear displacement value between a short stroke and a long stroke.
  • the movement characteristics reflect that the garment care device is not moving.
  • a no moving state of the garment care device can be detected by measuring the acceleration signal(s) along any one of axis X, Y, Z.
  • the no moving state of the garment care device can be detected along one or a plurality of axis X, Y, Z. If a plurality of axis is considered, the acceleration signal must have a value lower that 50 mg along each of those axis in order to conclude that the garment care device is not moving.
  • control unit 104 is adapted to switch at least one light indicator among said at least one light indicator 103. This also applies to device depicted in Fig. 3 .
  • the movement characteristics reflect that the garment care device is moving.
  • a moving state of the garment care device can be detected by measuring the acceleration signal(s) along any one of axis X, Y, Z.
  • control unit 104 is adapted to switch the at least one light indicator 303 according to a given light pattern.
  • Fig. 3 depicts a second embodiment of a garment care device 300 according to the invention.
  • This embodiment comprises an iron 301 cooperating with a base unit 302 via a hose cord 308.
  • the base unit 302 comprises a water reservoir 304, a boiler 307 and a water pump 305 for providing water from the water reservoir 304 into the boiler 307.
  • the boiler 307 generates steam as fluid in the hose cord 308. Steam which reaches the iron 301 is further heated in the steam generator 106.
  • the control unit 104 is preferably arranged in the base unit 302, and communicate with the sensor 101 via a wire embedded inside the hose cord 308.
  • the hose cord 308 is also adapted to carry power supply to the steam generator 106.
  • the garment care device also comprises a display 302 for displaying at least one light indicator 303, which works similarly as the display 102 described above.
  • a display 302 for displaying at least one light indicator 303, which works similarly as the display 102 described above.
  • the number of light indicators is larger (i.e. five light indicators 303a, 303b, 303c, 303d, 303e).
  • the display 302, the sensor 101 and the control unit 104 work similarly as in the embodiment of Fig. 1 .
  • control unit 104 is adapted to switch the at least one light indicator 303 according to a given light pattern.
  • the light pattern is a knight rider effect.
  • the knight rider effect is characterized by the fact that at any given time, one of the light indicators is fully bright and the neighbouring two light indicators have limited brightness, for example 30%. The rest of the light indicators are switched-off. The position of the fully bright light indicator on the display 302 is shifted overtime, resulting in the following sequence of display shown in Fig. 3 : (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (e), (d), (c), (b), etc...
  • the movement characteristics correspond to the speed of a displacement along a given direction (D) of the garment care device.
  • D the speed of displacement
  • the speed of displacement can be obtain by integrating the corresponding acceleration signal(s).
  • control unit 104 is adapted to control the switching of a number of light indicators among said at least one light indicator 103, 303, while having the number of light indicators depending on the speed of a displacement.
  • the number of light indicator which are switched is proportional to the speed of displacement. In other words, the higher the speed of device, the larger the number of light indicators which are switched.
  • the portable device is a garment acre device corresponding to any one of the following types:
  • Fig. 6 depicts a flow chart of a method according to the invention of controlling at least one light indicator in a garment care device, such as a garment care device depicted along with Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 .
  • the method comprises the steps of:
  • the step of identifying 602 comprises:

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EP17187952.1A EP3447185A1 (fr) 2017-08-25 2017-08-25 Dispositif de soins de vêtements ayant des indicateurs lumineux
RU2019138232A RU2728751C1 (ru) 2017-08-25 2018-08-21 Устройство со световыми индикаторами для ухода за одеждой
PCT/EP2018/072562 WO2019038284A1 (fr) 2017-08-25 2018-08-21 Dispositif d'entretien de vêtements à voyants lumineux
CN201880037480.5A CN111295474B (zh) 2017-08-25 2018-08-21 具有灯光指示器的服装护理设备
EP18753437.5A EP3612674B1 (fr) 2017-08-25 2018-08-21 Dispositif de soins de vêtements ayant des indicateurs lumineux

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JPH04208200A (ja) * 1990-11-30 1992-07-29 Toshiba Heating Appliances Co 電気アイロン
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