Smart clotheshorse and method for controlling hanger in smart clotheshorse

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10914032-B2
Application number	US-201815952156-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2018
Priority date	Aug 18, 2017
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a smart clotheshorse and a method for controlling a hanger in a smart clotheshorse. The smart clotheshorse includes first supporting poles parallel to each other, a hanger connected between the first supporting poles and configured to be slidable along the first supporting poles, the hanger having a driving device and a control device; and a sensing device. The sensing device is configured to sense environmental information of the hanger. The environmental information includes at least one of humidity information and light intensity information. The control device is configured to control the driving device based on the environmental information. The driving device is configured to drive the hanger to slide along the first supporting poles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A smart clotheshorse comprising:
first supporting poles parallel to each other, each of the first supporting poles comprising a first sliding groove, and the first sliding grooves are opposite to each other;
secondary supporting poles connected with the first supporting poles, each of the secondary supporting poles comprising a second sliding groove, the second sliding grooves being opposite to each other and in communication with the corresponding first sliding grooves respectively;
at least one hanger connected between the first supporting poles and configured to be slidable along the first supporting poles, each of the at least one hangers comprising a driving device and a control device, the driving device comprising a motor, a drive shaft and a sliding wheel; and
a sensing device;
wherein the sensing device is configured to sense environmental information of the at least one hanger, wherein the environmental information comprises at least one of humidity information and light intensity information;
wherein the control device is configured to control the driving device based on the environmental information;
wherein the driving device is configured to drive each of the at least one hangers to slide along the first supporting poles; and
wherein the motor is configured to control rotation of the drive shaft to cause the sliding wheel to move in the first sliding groove or the second sliding groove.

2. The smart clotheshorse of claim 1 , wherein the sensing device comprises a first humidity sensor located at the at least one hanger and a light intensity sensor located at the first supporting pole;
wherein the first humidity sensor is configured to sense humidity of the clothes on the at least one hanger; and
wherein the light intensity sensor is configured to sense a light intensity at a position on the first supporting pole.

3. The smart clotheshorse of claim 1 , wherein a side of the second sliding groove away from the first supporting pole has an opening.

4. The smart clotheshorse of claim 1 , further comprising a lifting mechanism configured to make its top surface rise and fall in a vertical part of the second sliding groove, such that the top surface forms a part of the first sliding groove or the second sliding groove.

5. The smart clotheshorse of claim 1 , wherein the driving device further comprises a telescopic shaft extending out of both ends of each of the at least one hangers in an axial direction of each of the at least one hangers and connected to two sliding wheels respectively, wherein a distance by which the telescopic shaft extends out of both ends of each of the at least one hangers is controlled.

6. The smart clotheshorse of claim 1 , further comprising a second supporting pole perpendicular to and connected with the first supporting pole.

7. The smart clotheshorse of claim 1 , further comprising a storage box located directly below the at least one hanger.

8. The smart clotheshorse of claim 7 , wherein the storage box comprises a body and a cover connected with the body, the cover is angled with a horizontal plane, and a height of an edge of the cover connected with the body is lower than heights of other parts of the cover.

9. The smart clotheshorse of claim 8 , wherein the cover has a second humidity sensor and an opening-and-closing control device;
wherein the second humidity sensor is configured to sense humidity of the cover; and
wherein the opening-and-closing control device is configured to control opening and closing of the cover based on the humidity of the cover.

10. The smart clotheshorse of claim 8 , further comprising a water tank, wherein the water tank is arranged to closely adjoins to the body at a lower side of the cover.

11. The smart clotheshorse of claim 1 , wherein the at least one hanger comprises a plurality of hangers, and a distance between two neighboring ones of the plurality of hangers is 10 cm.

12. The smart clotheshorse of claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one hangers is 16 to 18.

13. A method for controlling at least one hanger in a smart clotheshorse, the smart clotheshorse comprising:
first supporting poles parallel to each other;
at least one hanger connected between the first supporting poles and configured to be slidable along the first supporting poles, each of the at least one hangers comprising a driving device and a control device;
a sensing device; and
a storage box;
wherein the sensing device is configured to sense environmental information of the at least one hanger, wherein the environmental information comprises at least one of humidity information and light intensity information;
wherein the control device is configured to control the driving device based on the environmental information; and
wherein the driving device is configured to drive the at least one hanger to slide along the first supporting poles,
the method comprising:
sensing humidity of clothes on the at least one hanger;
sensing a light intensity at a position on the first supporting pole when the humidity of the clothes is higher than a first preset humidity;
adjusting a position of the at least one hanger based on the humidity and the light intensity;
sensing the humidity of a cover of the storage box;
acquiring the humidity of the clothes on the at least one hanger when the humidity of the cover is less than or equal to second preset humidity; and
opening the cover when the humidity of the clothes is less than or equal to the first preset humidity.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the adjusting the position of the at least one hanger based on the humidity and the light intensity comprises:
moving one of the at least one hangers, the clothes on which having the highest humidity, to a position with the highest light intensity.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one hanger comprises a plurality of hangers, and the adjusting the position of the at least one hanger based on the humidity and the light intensity further comprises:
adjusting the position of the plurality of hangers, on which the clothes are hanged respectively, such that a ranking of the humidity of the clothes corresponds to a ranking of the light intensities at an adjusted position of the plurality of hangers.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first supporting pole comprises a first sliding groove, and the smart clotheshorse further comprises a secondary supporting pole connected with the first supporting pole and a lifting mechanism, wherein the secondary supporting pole comprises a second sliding groove, and the second sliding grooves are in communication with the corresponding first sliding grooves respectively,
wherein the lifting mechanism is configured to make its top surface rise and fall in a vertical part of the second sliding groove, so that the top surface forms a part of the first sliding groove or the second sliding groove,
the method further comprising:
exchanging the sequence of the positions of a first hanger and a second hanger of the at least one hanger in the first sliding groove through the lifting mechanism.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the exchanging the sequence of the positions of the first hanger and the second hanger in the first sliding groove through the lifting mechanism comprises:
moving the first hangers to the top surface of the lifting mechanism;
making the top surface of the lifting mechanism fall such that the top surface is flush with a bottom surface of the second sliding groove;
moving the first hangers such that the first hangers leav

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tong Lu
• Zhao Tianyue
• Zhang Xiao

Classifications

• D06F57/08 Primary

  Folding stands (D06F57/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F57/06 Primary

  comprising vertical members connected by horizontal bars · CPC title

• D06F58/38

  of drying, e.g. to achieve the target humidity · CPC title

• D06F2103/34

  Humidity · CPC title

• D06F2105/00

  Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers · CPC title