Air humidifying device and method of moving the same, air humidifying system and control method thereof, and monitoring system

• US 10,619,869 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2017
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Yue, Su, Haijun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bushey, Charles S
• Application Number:
  US15/546,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20180216839A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• Field of Search: 261 26, 261 782, 261115, 261129, 261135
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/63 Electronic processing
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/70 Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/89 Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/20 Humidity
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2221/12 transportable
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2221/42 Mobile autonomous air conditioner, e.g. robots
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 6/00 Air-humidification , e.g. cooling by humidification
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 6/12 by forming water dispersions in the air

Abstract

An air humidifying device and a moving method thereof, an air humidifying system and a control method thereof, and a monitoring system are disclosed. The moving method includes: determining a target region to be humidified, the target region being any one of N to-be-humidified regions, and N being an integer greater than or equal to 2; determining movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region; moving to the target region according to the movement trace information; and humidifying the target region. The method is used in a humidifying process of the air humidifying device, which not only expands the scope of air humidification, but also makes the air humidifying device move flexibly.

Claims

1. A method of moving an air humidifying device, comprising:

determining a target region, the target region being any one of N to-be-humidified regions, and N being an integer greater than or equal to 2;

determining movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region;

moving the air humidifying device to the target region according to the movement trace information; and

humidifying the target region,

wherein a monitoring node is provided in each of the N to-be-humidified region, the monitoring node is configured for detecting humidity in the to-be-humidified region and transmitting the detected humidity to the air humidifying device, and

the determining a target region comprises;

determining that the to-be-humidified region where the monitoring node is located is the target region to be humidified, if the detected humidity transmitted by the monitoring node is less than a humidity threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the determining movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region, comprises:

transmitting positioning instructions to N monitoring nodes, each of the positioning instructions carrying a region identifier of the target region;

receiving relative position information with respect to the air humidifying device transmitted by the N monitoring nodes;

determining one of the N monitoring nodes as a movement management node according to the relative position information; and

receiving the movement trace information transmitted by the movement management node.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining one of the N monitoring nodes as a movement management node according to the relative position information, includes:

taking a monitoring node closest to the air humidifying device as the movement management node, according to the relative position information.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the movement trace information is configured for indicating an outlet within a first to-be-humidified region where the air humidifying device is close to the target region, the first to-be-humidified region being any one of the N to-be-humidified regions;

wherein the moving the air humidifying device to the target region according to the movement trace information, comprises;

moving the air humidifying device to arrives at the outlet, according to the movement trace information; and

repeatedly executing the above steps, until the air humidifying device arrives at the target region.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining a target region, comprises:

receiving a humidification instruction, the humidification instruction comprising a region identifier of the target region; and

determining the target region according to the region identifier of the target region.

20. The method according to claim 3, wherein the movement trace information is configured for indicating an outlet within a first to-be-humidified region where the air humidifying device is close to the target region, the first to-be-humidified region being any one of the N to-be-humidified regions;

wherein the moving the air humidifying device to the target region according to the movement trace information, comprises;

moving the air humidifying device to arrives at the outlet, according to the movement trace information; and

repeatedly executing the above steps, until the air humidifying device arrives at the target region.

6. An air humidifying device, comprising:

a determining unit, configured for determining a target region, and determining movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region, the target region being any one of N to-be-humidified regions, and N being an integer greater than or equal to 2;

a moving unit, configured for moving the air humidifying device to the target region according to the movement trace information; and

a humidifying unit, configured for humidifying the target region,

wherein a monitoring node is provided in each of the N to-be-humidified regions the monitoring node is configured for detecting humidity in the to-be-humidified region and transmitting the detected humidity to the determining unit, and

wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine that the to-be-humidified region where the monitoring node is located is the target region to be humidified, if the detected humidity transmitted by the monitoring node is less than a humidity threshold.

7. The air humidifying device according to claim 6, wherein the air humidifying device further comprises a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, wherein

the transmitting unit is configured for transmitting positioning instructions to the N monitoring nodes, each of the positioning instructions carrying a region identifier of the target region;

the receiving unit is configured for receiving relative position information with respect to the air humidifying device transmitted by the N monitoring nodes, and receiving the movement trace information transmitted by the movement management node;

the determining unit is further configured for determining, according to relative position information, one of the N monitoring nodes as the movement management node.

8. The air humidifying device according to claim 7, wherein the determining unit takes a monitoring node closest to the air humidifying device as the movement management node.

9. The air humidifying device according to claim 7, wherein,

the receiving unit is further configured for receiving a humidification instruction, the humidification instruction comprising the region identifier of the target region;

and

the determining unit is further configured for determining the target region according to the region identifier of the target region.

14. An air humidifying system, comprising the air humidifying device according to claim 6, and a monitoring system,

wherein the monitoring system comprises N monitoring nodes, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, each monitoring node comprising:

a position determining unit, configured for receiving a positioning instruction transmitted by the air humidifying device, and determining relative position information with respect to the air humidifying device, the positioning instruction carrying a region identifier of the target region;

a transmitting unit, configured for transmitting the relative position information to the air humidifying device, so that the air humidifying device, according to the relative position information, determines one of the N monitoring nodes as a movement management node; and

transmitting the movement trace information to the air humidifying device; and

a trace determining unit, configured for determining the movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region, according to the region identifier of the target region and the relative position information, if the monitoring node is the movement management node;

wherein the N monitoring nodes being respectively located in the N to-be-humidified regions.

15. The air humidifying system according to claim 14, further comprising:

a terminal device, configured for transmitting a humidification instruction to the air humidifying device, the humidification instruction comprising a region identifier of the target region.

16. A control method for the air humidifying system according to claim 14, comprising:

determining relative position information between the first monitoring node and the air humidifying device, if the first monitoring node receives the transmitted positioning instruction, the positioning instruction carrying the region identifier of the target region, the first monitoring node is any one of the N monitoring nodes;

transmitting the relative position information between the first monitoring node and the air humidifying device to the air humidifying device, and determining one of the N monitoring nodes as a movement management node, according to the relative position information;

determining movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region, according to the region identifier of the target region and the relative position information, if the first monitoring node is the movement management node, and transmitting the movement trace information to the air humidifying device.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the determining relative position information between the first monitoring node and the air humidifying device, comprises:

collecting the environmental data within the first to-be-humidified region by the first monitoring node, the first monitoring node being located in the first to-be-humidified region;

determining relative position information between the first monitoring node and the air humidifying device according to the environmental data, if characteristic information of the air humidifying device is extracted from the environmental data, characteristic information of the air humidifying device comprising an identification characteristic of the air humidifying device.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the collecting the environmental data within the first to-be-humidified region by the first monitoring node, comprises:

collecting information of distance from an obstacle in front, at different rotation angles; and

generating the environmental data according to the rotation angle and the distance information.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the determining the movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region, according to the region identifier of the target region and the relative position information, comprises:

determining an outlet close to the target region within the first to-be-humidified region, according to the relative position information, if the region identifier of the target region is not the same as the region identifier of the first to-be-humidified region where the first monitoring node is located;

taking a distance and a direction of the air humidifying device with respect to the outlet as the movement trace information, so that the air humidifying device moves towards and arrives at the outlet according to the movement trace information, and determining the movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region next time, until the air humidifying device arrives at target region.

10. A monitoring system for an air humidifying system, wherein the air humidifying system comprises an air humidifying device, the monitoring system comprises N monitoring nodes, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, each monitoring node comprising:

a position determining unit, configured for receiving a positioning instruction transmitted by the air humidifying device, and determining relative position information with respect to the air humidifying device, the positioning instruction carrying a region identifier of the target region;

a transmitting unit, configured for transmitting the relative position information to the air humidifying device, so that the air humidifying device, according to the relative position information, determines one of the N monitoring nodes as a movement management node; and

transmitting the movement trace information to the air humidifying device;

a trace determining unit, configured for determining the movement trace information of the air humidifying device moving towards the target region, according to the region identifier of the target region and the relative position information, if the monitoring node is the movement management node.

11. The monitoring system according to claim 10, wherein, each of the monitoring nodes further comprises a collecting unit, and the collecting unit is configured for collecting environmental data within a first to-be-humidified region;

wherein the first monitoring node is located within the first to-be-humidified region;

the position determining unit extracts characteristic information of the air humidifying device from the environmental data, and determines relative position information between the first monitoring node and the air humidifying device, wherein characteristic information of the air humidifying device comprises an identification characteristic of the air humidifying device.

12. The monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein, the collecting unit comprises an infrared distance measurement sensor and a rotary steering gear arranged coaxially,

the infrared distance measurement sensor is configured for collecting information of distance between the monitoring node and an obstacle in front of the monitoring node during the rotary steering gear is being rotated to different rotation angles;

the position determining unit generates the environmental data according to the rotation angle and the distance information.

13. The monitoring system according to claim 10, wherein, if the region identifier of the target region is not the same as the region identifier of the first to-be-humidified region where the monitoring node is located, the trace determining unit determines an outlet where the air humidifying device is close to the target region within the first to-be-humidified region, according to the relative position information;

and takes a distance and a direction of the air humidifying device with respect to the outlet as the movement trace information.