CN110822641A - Air conditioner, control method and device thereof and readable storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an air conditioner, a control method and a control device thereof and a readable storage medium, wherein the control method of the air conditioner comprises the following steps: acquiring the distance between a user and an air conditioner; and determining that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is smaller than a preset threshold value, and controlling the virtual image to be displayed on a display screen of the air conditioner so as to improve the intelligence of the virtual image display of the air conditioner, reduce the interaction difficulty between the user and the air conditioner and improve the experience of the user when interacting with the air conditioner.

Description

Air conditioner and its control method, device and readable storage medium

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, and in particular, to a control method, device and readable storage medium of an air conditioner.

Background technique

At present, many air conditioners have built-in intelligent voice functions to facilitate users to control the air conditioners. With the improvement of people's living standards, users increasingly hope that the intelligent voice function is more intelligent, and even has a certain anthropomorphism, so as to improve the user's emotional satisfaction.

However, the built-in voice assistant of the air conditioner products currently on the market is only activated by voice and cannot provide additional interactive fun, which makes the user's interaction experience with the air conditioner not good.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a control method, device and readable storage medium for an air conditioner, so as to improve the user's interactive experience with the air conditioner.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a control method for an air conditioner, and the control method for the air conditioner includes:

Get the distance between the user and the air conditioner;

It is determined that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, and the avatar is controlled to be displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner.

Optionally, after determining that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, the step of controlling the avatar to be displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner includes:

Confirming the target display ratio of the avatar according to the distance, wherein the larger the distance, the larger the target display ratio;

The avatar display is controlled according to the target display scale.

Optionally, the step of confirming the target display ratio of the avatar according to the distance includes:

confirming the preset value interval in which the distance is located;

Obtain the display ratio associated with the preset value interval as the target display ratio, wherein the preset value interval includes a first interval, a second interval and a third interval, and the value of the first interval is greater than the second interval The value of the second interval is greater than the value of the third interval.

Optionally, after the step of obtaining the distance between the user and the air conditioner, the method further includes:

If the distance does not satisfy the avatar display condition, control the avatar to hide.

Optionally, when there are multiple users in the working space of the air conditioner, the step of obtaining the distance between the users and the air conditioner includes:

The minimum distance among the distances between a plurality of users and the air conditioner is acquired, and the minimum distance is used as the distance between the user and the air conditioner.

Optionally, if the distance satisfies the avatar display condition, the step of controlling the avatar to be displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner includes:

Obtain the user's body temperature data;

The display parameters of the avatar on the display screen of the air conditioner are adjusted according to the body temperature data.

Optionally, if the distance satisfies the avatar display condition, the step of controlling the avatar to be displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner further includes:

receiving a control instruction sent by the user to the air conditioner;

The avatar is controlled to execute the operation corresponding to the control instruction.

Optionally, when the control instruction is a voice control instruction, the step of controlling the avatar to perform an operation corresponding to the control instruction includes:

Identify user information according to the voice control instruction;

The image model of the avatar corresponding to the user information is replaced.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a control device for an air conditioner, the control device for an air conditioner includes a memory, a processor, and an air conditioner stored in the memory and running on the processor A control program for an air conditioner, when the control program for an air conditioner is executed by the processor, implements the steps of the above-described control method for an air conditioner.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides an air conditioner, the air conditioner includes a casing and the above-mentioned control device for the air conditioner, wherein a display for displaying or hiding an avatar is provided on the casing. Screen.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a readable storage medium, where a control program of an air conditioner is stored on the readable storage medium, and the control program of the air conditioner and the air conditioner is implemented when executed by a processor The steps of the control method of the air conditioner as described above.

The present invention provides an air conditioner and its control method, device and readable storage medium. The control method of the air conditioner includes the following steps: obtaining the distance between a user and the air conditioner; determining the distance between the user and the air conditioner. If the distance is less than the preset threshold, the avatar is controlled to be displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner, so as to improve the intelligence of the avatar display of the air conditioner, thereby reducing the difficulty of interaction between the user and the air conditioner, and improving the interaction between the user and the air conditioner. experience when interacting.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or exemplary embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings used in the embodiments or exemplary descriptions. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only the For some embodiments of the invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to those shown in these drawings without any creative effort.

1 is a schematic diagram of a terminal structure of a hardware operating environment involved in an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of a control method for an air conditioner according to the present invention;

3 is an example diagram of an avatar of an embodiment of a control method for an air conditioner according to the present invention;

4 is a schematic flowchart of a second embodiment of a control method for an air conditioner according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a third embodiment of a control method for an air conditioner according to the present invention.

The realization, functional characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed ways

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.

The main solution of the present invention is: obtaining the distance between the user and the air conditioner; determining that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, then controlling the avatar to display on the display screen of the air conditioner.

Since most of the air conditioner products in the prior art are "only heard the sound but not seen the person", the interaction experience between the user and the air conditioner is not good.

The present invention provides a solution for obtaining the distance between the user and the air conditioner; determining that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, then controlling the avatar to display on the display screen of the air conditioner, In order to improve the intelligence of the virtual image display of the air conditioner, the difficulty of interaction between the user and the air conditioner is reduced, and the experience when the user interacts with the air conditioner is improved.

As shown in FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware operating environment of a terminal involved in an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the terminal may include: a processor 1001 , such as a CPU, a network interface 1004 , a user interface 1003 , a memory 1005 , and a communication bus 1002 . Among them, the communication bus 1002 is used to realize the connection and communication between these components. The user interface 1003 may include a display screen, an input unit such as a keyboard (Keyboard), and a remote control, and the optional user interface 1003 may also include a standard wired interface and a wireless interface. The network interface 1004 may optionally include a standard wired interface, a wireless interface (eg, non-volatile memory), such as disk storage. Optionally, the memory 1005 may also be a storage device independent of the aforementioned processor 1001 .

Those skilled in the art can understand that the structure of the terminal shown in FIG. 1 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and may include more or less components than the one shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the memory 1005 as a computer storage medium may include an operating system, a network communication module, a user interface module, and a control program of an air conditioner.

In the terminal shown in FIG. 1 , the network interface 1004 is mainly used to connect to the background server and perform data communication with the background server; the user interface 1003 is mainly used to connect to the client (client) and perform data communication with the client; and the processor 1001 can be used to call the air conditioner control program stored in memory 1005 and perform the following operations:

Get the distance between the user and the air conditioner;

It is determined that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, and the avatar is controlled to be displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner.

Further, the processor 1001 can call the control program of the air conditioner stored in the memory 1005, and also perform the following operations:

Confirming the target display ratio of the avatar according to the distance, wherein the larger the distance, the larger the target display ratio;

The avatar display is controlled according to the target display scale.

Further, the processor 1001 can call the control program of the air conditioner stored in the memory 1005, and also perform the following operations:

confirming the preset value interval in which the distance is located;

Obtain the display ratio associated with the preset value interval as the target display ratio, wherein the preset value interval includes a first interval, a second interval and a third interval, and the value of the first interval is greater than the second interval The value of the second interval is greater than the value of the third interval.

Further, the processor 1001 can call the control program of the air conditioner stored in the memory 1005, and also perform the following operations:

If the distance does not satisfy the avatar display condition, control the avatar to hide.

Further, the processor 1001 can call the control program of the air conditioner stored in the memory 1005, and also perform the following operations:

The minimum distance among the distances between a plurality of users and the air conditioner is acquired, and the minimum distance is used as the distance between the user and the air conditioner.

Further, the processor 1001 can call the control program of the air conditioner stored in the memory 1005, and also perform the following operations:

Obtain the user's body temperature data;

The display parameters of the avatar on the display screen of the air conditioner are adjusted according to the body temperature data.

Further, the processor 1001 can call the control program of the air conditioner stored in the memory 1005, and also perform the following operations:

receiving a control instruction sent by the user to the air conditioner;

The avatar is controlled to execute the operation corresponding to the control instruction.

Further, the processor 1001 can call the control program of the air conditioner stored in the memory 1005, and also perform the following operations:

Identify user information according to the voice control instruction;

The image model of the avatar corresponding to the user information is replaced.

The invention provides a control method of an air conditioner.

Referring to FIG. 2 , FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of a control method for an air conditioner according to the present invention.

This embodiment provides a control method for an air conditioner, and the control method for the air conditioner includes:

S10, obtain the distance between the user and the air conditioner;

S20: It is determined that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, and the avatar is controlled to be displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner.

In this embodiment, the embodiment terminal may be an air conditioner, and may also be a control terminal or a server of the air conditioner. The following description will be given by taking the embodiment where the terminal is an air conditioner as an example. Wherein, the housing of the air conditioner is provided with a display screen, and the display screen is used to display or hide the avatar.

Optionally, the air conditioner includes a detection module, a control module, a screen interaction module and an intelligent voice function module, wherein the detection module is used for real-time or regular detection of the relationship between the user and the air conditioner through sensing technologies such as sound sensors, infrared sensors or video images. The intelligent voice function module has built-in intelligent voice technology, which can realize human-machine language communication, including speech recognition technology (ASR) and speech synthesis technology (TTS); the screen interaction module is used to control the virtual voice corresponding to the intelligent voice function. The image is displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner; the control module is used to receive the data detected by the detection module, and issue control instructions or other instructions to the avatar according to the received data, or control the avatar to switch the image model or Adjustment.

Optionally, the avatar corresponding to the intelligent voice function can be an avatar image displayed with a doll or a character, or a 3D avatar based on 3D modeling, and the character image of the 3D avatar can be specifically an animal, a robot, a human, etc. . For example, the character image of the three-dimensional avatar can be a bear, so that the anthropomorphism of the intelligent voice function of the air conditioner can be realized by displaying the avatar of a bear on the display screen of the air conditioner.

It should be understood that the designer of the air conditioner can perform 3D modeling of the avatar in advance to obtain an image model of the avatar, and then enter the image model into the database of the air conditioner, and display it to the air conditioner by calling the image model in the database. On the display screen, the virtual image can be displayed on the display screen.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 3 , when the environmental information of the air conditioner 10 is detected, and when the environmental information meets the avatar display condition, the avatar 30 is displayed on the display screen 20 of the control air conditioner 10 .

Optionally, the avatar model of the avatar may be a preset avatar model, such as a bear or other avatar models.

Further, obtain the distance between the user and the air conditioner, and after detecting the distance between the user and the air conditioner, determine whether the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, when the user and the air conditioner are If the distance between the air conditioners is less than the preset distance, the control avatar is displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner. Since the air conditioner is provided with sensing technologies such as infrared sensors or video images, image data when the user is in the action space of the air conditioner can be collected; the distance between the user and the air conditioner can be confirmed according to the image data. Wherein, when acquiring the distance between the user and the air conditioner, the distance between the user and the display screen of the air conditioner may be acquired.

Optionally, the air conditioner is provided with an infrared camera connected to the control module, and the infrared cameras include multiple ones, which are respectively arranged on the front and two sides of the air conditioner, so that no matter where the user is in the action space of the air conditioner, the The infrared camera can collect the user's infrared image data and send it to the control module, and the control module receives the infrared image data and processes it to obtain the distance between the user and the air conditioner. And because the infrared camera is used in this embodiment, that is, the user's avatar can be acquired regardless of the operating space of the air conditioner in a dark or bright environment, so as to improve the accuracy of the data.

Further, the above-mentioned avatar display condition is that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold. It should be understood that the preset threshold can be set according to actual needs, and can be selected from 3 meters to 5 meters, which is not limited herein.

Further, when there are multiple users in the working space of the air conditioner, the minimum distance among the distances between the multiple users and the air conditioner can be collected, and the minimum distance can be used as the distance between the user and the air conditioner. distance.

Further, it is determined that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, at this time, the user's body temperature data is acquired, and the display of the avatar on the display screen of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the body temperature data parameter. The user's body temperature data may be acquired through an infrared sensor, that is, the infrared sensor may acquire an infrared image of the user, and read the user's body temperature data from the infrared image.

Further, when the user's body temperature data is in an abnormal state, the display state of the avatar can be controlled according to the body temperature data in the abnormal state. For example, when the user's body temperature data is 35°C, the display state of the avatar is It can be adjusted to a flashing state to prompt the user that the current body temperature data is lower than the normal body temperature data, so that the user can know the prompt information, that is, the user experience when interacting with the air conditioner is improved.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling an air conditioner, specifically by acquiring the distance between the user and the air conditioner; and after determining that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, controlling the avatar in the air conditioner The display is displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner, so as to improve the intelligence of the virtual image display of the air conditioner, thereby reducing the difficulty of interaction between the user and the air conditioner, and improving the user experience when interacting with the air conditioner.

Further, referring to FIG. 4 , a second embodiment of the present invention is proposed based on the first embodiment. In this embodiment, it is determined that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, and the avatar is controlled. After the steps of displaying on the display screen of the air conditioner include:

S30, confirming the target display ratio of the avatar according to the distance, wherein the larger the distance, the larger the target display ratio;

S40, controlling the display of the avatar according to the target display ratio.

In this embodiment, the target display ratio of the avatar may be confirmed according to the distance, so as to adjust the display ratio of the entire avatar.

Optionally, a plurality of preset value intervals regarding the distance are preset, and each preset data interval is associated with a corresponding display scale.

Optionally, confirming a preset numerical value interval in which the distance between the user and the air conditioner is located, and obtaining a display ratio associated with the preset numerical value interval as a target display ratio. In this embodiment, the preset value interval includes a first interval, a second interval and a third interval, the value of the first interval is greater than the value of the second interval, and the value of the second interval is greater than the value of the third interval Values in three intervals. Wherein, the first interval is associated with the maximum display scale, the size of the display scale associated with the second interval is 0.75 times the maximum display scale, and the third interval is associated with 0.5 times the maximum display scale.

Optionally, the distance interval range of the third interval is [0, 2 meters), the distance interval range of the second interval is [2 meters, 4 meters), and the distance interval range of the second interval is [4 meters, 5 meters] .

Specifically, after the distance between the user and the air conditioner is obtained, the preset numerical interval in which the distance between the two is located is further obtained, and then the display ratio associated with the obtained preset numerical interval is used as the target display ratio. For example, if the distance between the current user and the air conditioner is 4.5 meters, the preset value interval in which the distance is located is the first interval, and the first interval is associated with the maximum display scale. Therefore, the maximum display scale is obtained as the target display scale. And after it is determined that the target display ratio is obtained, the current display ratio of the avatar is switched to the target display ratio, so that the entire avatar is displayed at the target display ratio. In this way, the display scale of the avatar displayed on the display screen can be adjusted according to the distance between the user and the display screen.

Optionally, when the distance between the user and the air conditioner is greater than the value of the first interval (for example, the distance between the user and the air conditioner is greater than 5 meters), the terminal may hide the display of the avatar on the display screen, or Scale the avatar to the corner display area of the display screen to reduce the avatar's occupation of screen display resources.

In this way, by confirming the target display ratio of the avatar according to the distance, and controlling the display of the avatar according to the target display ratio, the display ratio of the avatar can be adjusted according to the distance between the user and the air conditioner, so as to realize When the distance is far, the display of the virtual image on the display screen is enlarged, and when the distance is short, the display of the virtual image on the display screen is reduced, so as to facilitate the user to view the virtual image.

Further, referring to FIG. 5 , a third embodiment of the present invention is proposed based on the first embodiment. In this embodiment, it is determined that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, and the avatar is controlled in the The steps of displaying on the display screen of the air conditioner further include:

S50, receiving a control instruction sent by the user to the air conditioner;

S60: Control the avatar to execute the operation corresponding to the control instruction.

Optionally, after the control avatar is displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner, a control instruction sent by the user to the air conditioner is received, and the avatar is controlled to perform an operation corresponding to the control instruction. Wherein, the control instruction includes a voice control instruction, a gesture control instruction, or a control instruction sent by a user through a device such as a remote control, etc., which is not limited herein.

Further, when the control command is a voice control command, user information is identified according to the voice control command, and the avatar model of the avatar corresponding to the user information is replaced. The image model may be a virtual image model constructed by three-dimensional modeling based on user information. For example, an image model is constructed by three-dimensional modeling using a user's image as a prototype. It is understandable that, in the process of constructing the model, figurative actions or expressions can be added, for example, to construct an figurative model that is making a listening action and a thinking expression, which is not limited herein.

Further, when the control instruction is a gesture control instruction, the avatar is controlled to perform an operation corresponding to the gesture control instruction. For example, when the gesture control information sent by the user is a clapping action, the avatar performs a clapping action according to the gesture control information.

In this way, by receiving the control instruction sent by the user to the air conditioner, and controlling the avatar to perform the operation corresponding to the control instruction, the corresponding operation is performed according to the control instruction, so as to improve the user's experience with the air conditioner.

The present invention also provides a control device for an air conditioner, the control device for the air conditioner includes: a memory, a processor, and a control program for the air conditioner and the air conditioner stored on the memory and running on the processor, When the control program of the air conditioner is executed by the processor, the steps of the air conditioner control method described in the above embodiments are implemented.

The present invention also provides an air conditioner, the air conditioner includes a casing and the above-mentioned control device of the air conditioner, wherein a display screen for displaying or hiding an avatar is provided on the casing.

The present invention also provides a readable storage medium, where a control program of an air conditioner is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the control program of the air conditioner is executed by a processor, it is implemented as described in any of the above embodiments The steps of a control method of an air conditioner.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are only for description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method of the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention can be embodied in the form of software products in essence or the parts that make contributions to the prior art, and the computer software products are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, CD-ROM), including several instructions to make a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a cloud server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods of the various embodiments of the present invention.

It should be noted that, herein, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields , are similarly included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A control method for an air conditioner, wherein the control method for the air conditioner comprises: Get the distance between the user and the air conditioner; It is determined that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, and the avatar is controlled to be displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner. 2 . The method for controlling an air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein, by determining that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, the display of the avatar on the air conditioner is controlled. 3 . The steps shown on the screen are followed by: Confirming the target display ratio of the avatar according to the distance, wherein the larger the distance, the larger the target display ratio; The avatar display is controlled according to the target display scale. 3. The control method of an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the step of confirming the target display ratio of the avatar according to the distance comprises: confirming the preset numerical range in which the distance is located; Obtain the display ratio associated with the preset value interval as the target display ratio, wherein the preset value interval includes a first interval, a second interval and a third interval, and the value of the first interval is greater than the second interval The value of the second interval is greater than the value of the third interval. 4. The method for controlling an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein after the step of acquiring the distance between the user and the air conditioner, the method further comprises: If the distance does not satisfy the avatar display condition, control the avatar to hide. 5 . The control method of an air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein when there are multiple users in the working space of the air conditioner, the step of obtaining the distance between the users and the air conditioner comprises: 6 . The minimum distance among the distances between a plurality of users and the air conditioner is acquired, and the minimum distance is used as the distance between the user and the air conditioner. 6 . The method for controlling an air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein, by determining that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, the control avatar is displayed on the display screen of the air conditioner. 7 . The steps to show are followed by: Obtain the user's body temperature data; The display parameters of the avatar on the display screen of the air conditioner are adjusted according to the body temperature data. 7 . The method for controlling an air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein, by determining that the distance between the user and the air conditioner is less than a preset threshold, the avatar is controlled on the display screen of the air conditioner. 8 . The steps shown are followed by: receiving a control instruction sent by the user to the air conditioner; The avatar is controlled to execute the operation corresponding to the control instruction. 8 . The method for controlling an air conditioner according to claim 7 , wherein when the control command is a voice control command, the step of controlling the avatar to perform an operation corresponding to the control command comprises: 9 . Identify user information according to the voice control instruction; The image model of the avatar corresponding to the user information is replaced. 9. A control device for an air conditioner, characterized in that the control device for the air conditioner comprises a memory, a processor, and a control program for the air conditioner and the air conditioner stored on the memory and running on the processor , the steps of implementing the air conditioner control method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 when the control program of the air conditioner is executed by the processor. 10. An air conditioner, characterized in that the air conditioner comprises a casing and the control device of the air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein a display screen for displaying or hiding an avatar is provided on the casing . 11 . A readable storage medium, wherein a control program of an air conditioner is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the control program of the air conditioner is executed by a processor, any one of claims 1 to 8 is implemented. The steps of the control method of the air conditioner described in item.

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