阅读说明：本技术 一种冲泡机缺水预警方法及系统 (Water shortage early warning method and system for brewing machine ) 是由 冯书周 于 2018-08-06 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种冲泡机缺水预警方法,冲泡机包括用于执行冲泡操作的冲泡执行部件,包括步骤S1：检测并获取冲泡机的实时水量数据V<Sub>1</Sub>；步骤S2：将实时水量数据V<Sub>1</Sub>与水量预设值V<Sub>0</Sub>进行比较,其中,水量预设值V<Sub>0</Sub>为大于等于完成一次冲泡操作的水量；如果实时水量数据V<Sub>1</Sub>大于等于水量预设值V<Sub>0</Sub>,则执行步骤S3；如果实时水量数据V<Sub>1</Sub>小于水量预设值V<Sub>0</Sub>,则执行步骤S4；步骤S3：冲泡机正常待机；步骤S4：冲泡机发出预警提示信号,提示用户需要加水,该冲泡执行部件无法启动。本发明还提供一种实现该冲泡机预警方法的系统。该冲泡机缺水预警方法及系统可以有效避免在冲泡过程中因缺水而造成的冲泡中止,进而有效避免因冲泡缺水造成的浪费和损失,极大改善冲泡体验。(The invention provides a water shortage early warning method for a brewing machine, wherein the brewing machine comprises a brewing execution component for executing brewing operation, and the method comprises the following steps of S1: detecting and acquiring real-time water volume data V of brewing machine 1 (ii) a Step S2: real-time water volume data V 1 With preset value V of water quantity 0 Comparing, wherein the water quantity is preset value V 0 The water quantity is more than or equal to the water quantity for completing one brewing operation; if the real-time water volume data V 1 Greater than or equal to the preset water quantity value V 0 Then go to step S3; if the real-time water volume data V 1 Less than the preset value V of water quantity 0 Then go to step S4; step S3: the brewing machine is in normal standby; step S4: the brewing machine sends out an early warning prompt signal to prompt a user that water needs to be added, and the brewing execution part cannot be started. The invention also provides a method for realizing the early warning of the brewing machineProvided is a system. The water shortage early warning method and the water shortage early warning system for the brewing machine can effectively avoid brewing interruption caused by water shortage in the brewing process, further effectively avoid waste and loss caused by brewing water shortage, and greatly improve brewing experience.)

1. A water shortage early warning method for a brewing machine, wherein the brewing machine comprises a brewing execution part for executing brewing operation, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

step S1: detecting and acquiring real-time water volume data V of brewing machine₁；

Step S2: real-time water volume data V₁With preset value V of water quantity₀Comparing, wherein the water quantity preset value V₀The water quantity is more than or equal to the water quantity for completing one brewing operation; if the real-time water volume data V₁Greater than or equal to the preset water quantity value V₀Then go to step S3; if the real-time water volume data V₁Less than the preset value V of water quantity₀Then go to step S4;

step S3: the brewing machine is in normal standby;

step S4: the brewing machine sends out an early warning prompt signal to prompt a user that water needs to be added, and the brewing execution part cannot be started.

2. The brewing machine water shortage early warning method according to claim 1, characterized in that: in step S3, after the brewing execution unit is activated in the normal standby state of the brewing machine, step S5 is executed: detecting and acquiring real-time water volume data V of brewing machine₂The real-time water volume data V is obtained₂With preset value V of water quantity₀Comparing if the real-time water volume data V₂Is always greater than or equal to the preset value V₀Then, after the brewing is finished, the step S3 is returned to, otherwise, the brewing is continuously finished and the step S4 is executed.

3. The brewing machine water shortage early warning method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: in step S4, the brewing machine sends out an early warning signal and the brewing execution part cannot be started, and if the user adds water, the process returns to step S1.

4. The brewing machine water shortage early warning method according to claim 1, characterized in that: in step S2, the preset water volume values V are set according to different operation modes₀。

5. The brewing machine water shortage early warning method according to claim 4, characterized in that: the preset value V of the water quantity₀Is 10ml-200 ml.

6. A system for implementing the early warning method of water shortage of brewing machine according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that: the brewing device comprises a main control circuit, a water quantity detection circuit which is electrically connected with the main control circuit and used for detecting and acquiring real-time water quantity data of the brewing machine, and a brewing execution component which is electrically connected with the main control circuit and used for executing brewing operation.

7. The brewing machine water shortage warning system of claim 6, wherein: the brewing machine is characterized by further comprising a user operation unit which is electrically connected with the main control circuit and exposed out of the brewing machine, wherein the user operation unit is used for respectively setting corresponding water quantity preset values according to different operation modes.

8. The brewing machine water shortage warning system of claim 6, wherein: the water volume detection circuit includes a sensor for detecting real-time water volume data.

9. The brewing machine water shortage warning system of claim 6, wherein: the early warning prompting circuit is electrically connected with the main control circuit and used for prompting that the brewing machine needs to be added with water, and comprises a signal lamp and/or a buzzer, wherein the signal lamp is in a flashing and/or color-changing state.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of brewing machines, in particular to a method and a system for early warning of water shortage of a brewing machine.

Background

Brewing machine, the most used is making tea, making coffee, making milk, making medicine or other beverage products or straight drink water, uses in family expenses or commercial occasion usually, and brewing machine's intelligent temperature control and intelligent operation provide a lot of facilities for the user, have greatly enriched user's use and have experienced. However, when the brewing machine is used at present, the situation that water is insufficient in the process of brewing in real time is often faced, a user cannot know the existing water amount in the brewing machine in advance and can only observe the water amount by naked eyes, although some machine types are also provided with a water shortage alarm system, the machine mostly stops working after detecting water shortage and giving an alarm in order to prevent dry burning caused by water shortage in the power-on process, and the water shortage alarm system has the following defects:

when the water-saving type measuring cup is used for brewing, particularly when a medicament is brewed, due to the fact that specific proportioning requirements are provided for water quantity, if half of the time is short of water, water is additionally added, the accurate proportioning cannot be completed due to the fact that the used water quantity data is lost, if a measuring cup is adopted for measurement, the process is troublesome, existing medicaments are mostly small direct-drinking measuring cups, the measuring cups are not common and are not convenient to store, and the size is slightly large and can meet the requirement of flushing;

when the extraction device is used for extraction, particularly a capsule coffee machine, the machine is started after a capsule is placed, if water is deficient, the extraction process is stopped, and the used capsule cannot realize a good extraction effect, so that capsule waste and user loss are caused;

as water environment with clear requirements on temperature and time, such as milk brewing and milk preparing, if water is lacked and additional water needs to be added, the temperature of the brewed milk product is reduced in the waiting process, and the milk product is easy to agglomerate due to proportion mismatch and temperature change, so that the milk brewing experience is influenced.

In summary, when the existing water quantity is not enough to complete one brewing operation, the existing brewing machine is still in a normal working state and can be started normally, but the existing water quantity is not enough to complete one brewing operation, the brewing operation is stopped due to water shortage, brewing experience is greatly influenced, and even unnecessary waste and loss are caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The first technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a water shortage early warning method for a brewing machine aiming at the defects of the prior art.

The second technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a water shortage warning system for a brewing machine, aiming at the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art.

The invention solves the first technical problem by adopting the technical scheme that a water shortage early warning method for a brewing machine is provided, the brewing machine comprises a brewing execution component for executing brewing operation, and the method comprises the following steps:

step S1: detecting and acquiring real-time water volume data V of brewing machine₁；

Step S2: real-time water volume data V₁With preset value V of water quantity₀A comparison is made, wherein the water quantity is preset at a value V₀The water quantity is more than or equal to the water quantity for completing one brewing operation; if the real-time water volume data V₁Greater than or equal to the preset water quantity value V₀Then go to step S3; if the real-time water volume data V₁Less than the preset value V of water quantity₀Then go to step S4;

step S3: the brewing machine is in normal standby;

step S4: the brewing machine sends out an early warning prompt signal to prompt a user that water needs to be added, and the brewing execution part cannot be started.

Further, in step S3, after the brewing execution unit is activated in the normal standby state of the brewing machine, step S5 is executed: detecting and acquiring real-time water volume data V of brewing machine₂The real-time water volume data V is obtained₂With preset value V of water quantity₀Comparing if the real-time water volume data V₂Is always greater than or equal to the preset value V₀Then, after the brewing is finished, the step S3 is returned to, otherwise, the brewing is continuously finished and the step S4 is executed.

Still further, in step S4, the brewing machine sends out an early warning signal and the brewing execution unit cannot be started, and if the user adds water, the process returns to step S1.

Further, in step S2, the corresponding preset water volume values are respectively set according to different operation modes.

Preferably, the preset value V of water amount₀Is 10ml-200 ml.

The present invention adopts a technical solution to solve the second technical problem, and provides a system for implementing the water shortage warning method for the brewing machine, which comprises a main control circuit, a water amount detection circuit electrically connected with the main control circuit and used for detecting and acquiring real-time water amount data of the brewing machine, and a brewing execution unit electrically connected with the main control circuit and used for executing a brewing operation.

Furthermore, the system for early warning of water shortage of the brewing machine further comprises a user operation unit electrically connected with the main control circuit, and the user operation unit is used for respectively setting corresponding water quantity preset values according to different operation modes.

Further, the water volume detection circuit comprises a sensor for detecting real-time water volume data.

Furthermore, the water shortage early warning system of the brewing machine further comprises an early warning prompting circuit which is electrically connected with the main control circuit and used for prompting that the brewing machine needs to be added with water, wherein the early warning prompting circuit comprises a signal lamp and/or a buzzer, and the signal lamp is in a flashing and/or color-changing state.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that: the early warning method and the early warning system of the brewing machine provided by the invention can send out the early warning prompt signal when detecting that the real-time water amount is not enough to finish one brewing operation, effectively remind a user of adding water in time, and the brewing execution part can not be started, and can be normally started only when the real-time water amount is more than or equal to the preset water amount value after the user adds water, so that the smooth completion of the brewing operation is ensured, the waste and the loss caused by water shortage in the brewing process are effectively avoided, and the use experience of the user is greatly improved.

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a water shortage warning method for a brewing machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a block diagram of a water shortage warning system of the brewing machine in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

For a more clear understanding of the technical features, objects and effects of the present invention, embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the preferred embodiment provides a method and a system for early warning of water shortage of a brewing machine, and specifically the early warning system of water shortage of a brewing machine comprises: the brewing device comprises a main control circuit 1 for receiving, central processing and sending electric signals, a water quantity detection circuit 2 which is respectively electrically connected with the main control circuit 1 and is used for detecting real-time water quantity data of the brewing machine, a brewing execution component 3 for executing brewing operation, and an early warning prompt circuit 4 for sending out an early warning prompt signal.

In the preferred embodiment, the water amount detecting circuit 2 includes a sensor 21 for detecting real-time water amount data, and the sensor 21 may be one of a hydraulic sensor, an infrared sensor, a water level sensor, a hall sensor, an optical coupling sensor, and a capacitance sensor, which is not limited herein. The brewing execution part 3 comprises a brewing button 31, the brewing button 31 is exposed out of the brewing machine, and a user starts the brewing execution part 3 by operating the brewing button 31 when a brewing demand exists.

The water shortage early warning system of the brewing machine further comprises a user operation unit 5 which is electrically connected with the main control circuit 1 and exposed out of the brewing machine, wherein the user operation unit 5 comprises an LED display screen, a user can perform key type or touch type operation on the LED display screen, and corresponding water quantity preset values V are respectively set according to different operation modes and use scenes₀. In the preferred embodiment, this water volume preset value V₀Can be set to 10ml-200 ml.

The water shortage early warning method of the brewing machine in the technical scheme comprises the following steps:

step S1: detecting and obtaining brewing machinesReal-time water volume data V₁；

Step S2: real-time water volume data V₁With preset value V of water quantity₀Comparing, wherein the water quantity preset value V₀The water quantity is more than or equal to the water quantity for completing one brewing operation; if the real-time water volume data V₁Greater than or equal to the preset water quantity value V₀Then go to step S3; if the real-time water volume data V₁Less than the preset value V of water quantity₀Then go to step S4;

step S3: the brewing machine is in normal standby;

step S4: the brewing machine sends out an early warning prompt signal to prompt a user that water needs to be added, and the brewing execution part cannot be started.

In step S3, after the brewing execution unit is activated in a normal standby state of the brewing machine, step S5 is executed: detecting and acquiring real-time water volume data V of brewing machine₂The real-time water volume data V is obtained₂With preset value V of water quantity₀Comparing if the real-time water volume data V₂Is always greater than or equal to the preset value V₀Then, after the brewing is finished, the step S3 is returned to, otherwise, the brewing is continuously finished and the step S4 is executed.

In step S4, the brewing machine sends out an early warning signal and the brewing execution part cannot be started, and if the user adds water, the process returns to step S1.

The following detailed description of the brewing machine operation process:

after the brewing machine is started, the water quantity detection circuit 2 detects and acquires real-time water quantity data V of the brewing machine in real time₁The user can respectively set and store different water quantity preset values V according to different use scenes and operation modes through the user operation unit 5 electrically connected with the main control circuit 1₀Since the brewing machine can be a freshly ground coffee machine, a capsule coffee machine, a tea making machine, a milk making machine and an intelligent water dispenser, the preset water quantity value V is set₀Can be preset to 10ml-200ml according to actual needs, in particular to a preset water quantity V when the brewing machine is a freshly ground coffee machine₀Can be 50ml, 100ml, 120ml, 150ml, 160ml, 200ml and the likeThe value of (d); when the brewing machine is a capsule coffee machine, the water quantity is preset value V₀The required values can be 10ml, 20ml, 50ml, 100ml and the like; when the tea making machine is a tea making machine, the water quantity is preset value V₀Can be 30ml, 80ml, 100ml, 180ml and other required values; when the brewing machine is a milk machine, the water quantity is preset value V₀Can be 30ml, 60ml, 90ml, 120ml, 150ml, 180ml and other required values; when the brewing machine is an intelligent water dispenser, the water quantity preset value V₀Can be 50ml, 100ml, 150ml, 200ml and other required values. Preset value of water quantity V₀In the preferred embodiment, the water volume is set to a predetermined value V, which is equal to or greater than the water volume required to complete a brewing operation₀The amount of water for one brewing operation can be set, and in other embodiments, the amount of water is preset to a value V₀Or may be greater than the amount of water required to complete a brewing operation. The above list is not taken as a limitation to specific use scenarios and operation modes, and the user can perform corresponding settings through the user operation unit according to actual needs.

The main control circuit 1 receives the real-time water volume data V detected and output by the water volume detection circuit 2₁Then, real-time water volume data V is obtained₁With preset value V of water quantity₀Making a comparison when V₁≥V₀When the brewing machine is in a normal standby state, when the brewing machine is in a V state₁＜V₀When the water brewing machine is used, the early warning prompt circuit 4 sends out an early warning prompt signal to prompt a user that the water needs to be added to the water brewing machine, the water brewing execution component 3 cannot be started, the specific early warning prompt circuit 4 comprises a signal lamp and/or a buzzer, and the signal lamp can be switched to a flashing and/or color-changing state. In this case, if the user adds water, the brewer will return to step S1 to re-detect and obtain real-time water volume data V for the brewer₁' if the user does not add water, the brewing machine remains in the present state, i.e. the brewing machine actuator 3 cannot be started and an early warning signal is issued.

When the brewing machine is in a normal standby state, a user starts the brewing execution part 3 through the brewing button 31, and as the reserved water volume is gradually reduced along with the brewing process, the brewing machine continuously detects and acquires real-time water volume data V₂. In the preferred embodiment, the water amount detection circuit2 is in a detection state during the brewing process, and the detection state can be continuous detection without intervals, or intermittent detection with intervals, such as detection once in 2 seconds and detection once in 5 seconds, or final detection once after the brewing operation is finished, and is not limited herein.

It is worth mentioning that the real-time water volume data V is a prerequisite for starting the brewing execution unit 3₂Greater than or equal to the preset water quantity value V₀Therefore, the smooth completion of the brewing operation can be ensured, the brewing process detects real-time water quantity to cause two trends, and if the real-time water quantity data V₂Is always greater than or equal to V₀If the operation is finished and the brewing machine returns to the standby state again, the brewing machine can still ensure the smooth starting of the next brewing execution part 3; if the real-time water volume data V is detected₂Less than V during brewing₀If so, an early warning prompt signal is sent to prompt that the brewing machine enters a water shortage state and needs to be added with water, but the brewing operation can still be smoothly finished.

In the early warning state of water shortage, if the user adds water, the brewing machine returns to the step S1 to detect again and acquire the real-time water volume data V of the brewing machine₁"until the brewing machine is in a normal standby state, if the user does not add water, the brewing execution part 3 will remain in a non-starting state.

In the technical scheme, only the real-time water volume data V₁Greater than or equal to a preset value V₀When the brewing machine is in a normal standby state, the brewing execution part 3 can be started, and when the real-time water quantity data is less than the water quantity preset value V₀During the brewing process, the brewing execution part 3 cannot be started, so that the user can be ensured to perform a complete brewing operation or add water in a water shortage early warning state and then perform a complete brewing operation each time after pressing the brewing button 31, otherwise, the brewing execution part 3 cannot be started, and the water shortage early warning method and the water shortage early warning system of the brewing machine effectively solve the problem of brewing stoppage caused by the fact that the real-time water amount cannot be measured by naked eyes in the prior art. Furthermore, the real-time water quantity and the preset water quantity V detected in the brewing operation process₀Comparison, only in real-time water volume dataV₂Is always greater than or equal to the preset water quantity value V₀Then, the brewing machine can return to the normal standby state again after the operation is finished, and if the brewing operation process detects that the real-time water volume data is less than the water volume preset value V once₀Although the brewing machine can complete the operation, the brewing machine can send out an early warning prompt signal, and only when the user adds water and the real-time water quantity value after adding water is greater than the water quantity preset value V₀The brewing machine can return to the normal standby state when in use, thereby effectively ensuring the smooth operation of the next brewing operation. In conclusion, the water shortage early warning method and the water shortage early warning system for the brewing machine can effectively avoid brewing interruption caused by water shortage in the brewing process, further effectively avoid waste and loss caused by brewing water shortage, and greatly improve brewing experience of users.

In addition, those skilled in the art should recognize that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and that appropriate changes and modifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.