US2024085029A1PendingUtilityA1

Control method, control apparatus, kitchen appliance, and computer-readable storage medium

Assignee: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WASHING APPLIANCES MFG CO LTDPriority: Sep 9, 2021Filed: Nov 15, 2023Published: Mar 14, 2024
Est. expirySep 9, 2041(~15.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Yulei Liu
F24C 15/2021
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Abstract

Provided are a control method, a control apparatus, a kitchen appliance, and a computer-readable storage medium. The control method includes: obtaining an oil fume concentration based on oil fume data outputted by an oil fume sensor; selecting one speed adjustment curve from a plurality of speed adjustment curves, and controlling operation of a kitchen appliance based on the selected speed adjustment curve and the oil fume concentration; obtaining an adjustment curve by processing a current speed adjustment curve based on an obtained manual speed adjustment operation; and controlling operation of the kitchen appliance by using the adjustment curve.

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A control method comprising:
 obtaining an oil fume concentration based on oil fume data outputted by an oil fume sensor;   selecting one speed adjustment curve from a plurality of speed adjustment curves, and controlling operation of a kitchen appliance based on the selected speed adjustment curve and the oil fume concentration;   obtaining an adjustment curve by processing a current speed adjustment curve based on an obtained manual speed adjustment operation; and   controlling operation of the kitchen appliance by using the adjustment curve.   
     
     
         2 . The control method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 obtaining the plurality of speed adjustment curves from a server, and   updating the kitchen appliance with the plurality of speed adjustment curves.   
     
     
         3 . The control method according to  claim 1 , further comprising uploading the adjustment curve into a server for storage. 
     
     
         4 . The control method according to  claim 1 , wherein the oil fume sensor comprises at least one of an optical sensor or an organic molecule sensor. 
     
     
         5 . The control method according to  claim 1 , wherein said obtaining the adjustment curve by processing the current speed adjustment curve based on the obtained manual speed adjustment operation comprises:
 when the manual speed adjustment operation is an upshift operation, selecting a speed adjustment curve having a slope greater than a slope of the current speed adjustment curve as the adjustment curve; and   when the manual speed adjustment operation is a downshift operation, selecting a speed adjustment curve having a slope smaller than the slope of the current speed adjustment curve as the adjustment curve.   
     
     
         6 . The control method according to  claim 1 , wherein said obtaining the adjustment curve by processing the current speed adjustment curve based on the obtained manual speed adjustment operation comprises:
 when the manual speed adjustment operation is an upshift operation and a slope of the current speed adjustment curve is a maximum slope among slopes of the plurality of speed adjustment curves, increasing the slope of the current speed adjustment curve to obtain the adjustment curve; and   when the manual speed adjustment operation is a downshift operation and a slope of the current speed adjustment curve is a minimum slope among the slopes of the plurality of speed adjustment curves, reducing the slope of the current speed adjustment curve to obtain the adjustment curve.   
     
     
         7 . The control method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 when the obtained manual speed adjustment operation is a mis-operation, removing the obtained manual adjustment operation.   
     
     
         8 . The control method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 obtaining temperature information of a kitchen and gas component information of the kitchen;   determining whether to turn on a fan of the kitchen appliance based on the temperature information and the gas component information;   obtaining humidity information of the kitchen and dust information of the kitchen; and   determining whether to adjust an operation parameter of the fan based on the humidity information and the dust information.   
     
     
         9 . The control method according to  claim 8 , wherein said determining whether to turn on the fan of the kitchen appliance based on the temperature information and the gas component information comprises:
 when the temperature information is greater than a first temperature threshold and the gas component information is greater than a first component threshold, determining to turn on the fan of the kitchen appliance; and   when the temperature information is smaller than the first temperature threshold and/or the gas component information is smaller than the first component threshold, determining not to turn on the fan of the kitchen appliance.   
     
     
         10 . The control method according to  claim 8 , wherein said determining whether to adjust the operation parameter of the fan based on the humidity information and the dust information comprises:
 when the humidity information is greater than a first humidity threshold, increasing air volume of the fan;   when the humidity information is smaller than the first humidity threshold and greater than a second humidity threshold, keeping the operation parameter of the fan unchanged, the second humidity threshold being smaller than the first humidity threshold; and   when the humidity information is smaller than the second humidity threshold, reducing the air volume of the fan.   
     
     
         11 . The control method according to  claim 8 , wherein said determining whether to adjust the operation parameter of the fan based on the humidity information and the dust information further comprises:
 when the dust information is greater than a first dust threshold, increasing air volume of the fan;   when the dust information is smaller than the first dust threshold and greater than a second dust threshold, keeping the operation parameter of the fan unchanged, the second dust threshold being smaller than the first dust threshold; and   when the dust information is smaller than the second dust threshold, reducing the air volume of the fan.   
     
     
         12 . The control method according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 when the temperature information is smaller than a second temperature threshold, the gas component information is smaller than a second component threshold, the humidity information is smaller than a third humidity threshold, and the dust information is smaller than a third dust threshold, determining to turn off the fan of the kitchen appliance.   
     
     
         13 . The control method according to  claim 1 , further comprising determining a cooking habit based on temperature information, gas component information, humidity information, and dust information. 
     
     
         14 . A control apparatus comprising one or more processors configured to:
 obtain an oil fume concentration based on oil fume data outputted by a fume sensor;   select one speed adjustment curve from a plurality of speed adjustment curves based on the oil fume concentration and control operation of a kitchen appliance by using the selected speed adjustment curve; and   obtain an adjustment curve by processing a current speed adjustment curve based on an obtained manual speed adjustment operation,   wherein one or more processors are configured to control operation of the kitchen appliance by using the adjustment curve.   
     
     
         15 . A kitchen appliance comprising:
 a control apparatus; and   a fan,   wherein the control apparatus is electrically connected to the fan.   
     
     
         16 . The kitchen appliance according to  claim 15 , further comprising:
 a temperature sensor configured to obtain the temperature information of the kitchen;   a gas component sensor configured to obtain the gas component information of the kitchen;   a humidity sensor configured to obtain the humidity information of the kitchen; and   a dust sensor configured to obtain the dust information of the kitchen,   wherein:   the control apparatus is connected to the temperature sensor, the gas component sensor, the humidity sensor, and the dust sensor, and configured to determine whether to turn on the fan based on the temperature information and the gas component information, and configured to determine whether to adjust the operation parameter of the fan based on the humidity information and the dust information; and   the fan is configured to operate based on the operation parameter.   
     
     
         17 . The kitchen appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein the control apparatus is further configured to determine to turn off the fan of the kitchen appliance, when the temperature information is smaller than a second temperature threshold, the gas component information is smaller than a second component threshold, the humidity information is smaller than a third humidity threshold, and the dust information is smaller than a fourth dust threshold. 
     
     
         18 . The kitchen appliance according to  claim 16 , wherein the control apparatus is further configured to determine a cooking habit based on the temperature information, the gas component information, the humidity information, and the dust information. 
     
     
         19 . A kitchen appliance comprising:
 one or more processors; and   a memory storing a computer program,   wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer program to implement the control method according to  claim 1 .   
     
     
         20 . A computer-readable storage medium, having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by one or mor processors, implements the control method according to  claim 1 .

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