Patents by Inventor Zhenxing HUANG

Zhenxing HUANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11967320
    Abstract: A process of a voice control method with a cloud server and a terminal device. The voice control method includes: a terminal device receiving voice information; the terminal device querying a control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a local voice database; when the control instruction corresponding to the voice information is not queried in the local voice database, the terminal device uploading the voice information to a cloud server; the cloud server parsing the control instruction corresponding to the voice information; when the control instruction corresponding to the voice information is parsed, the cloud server sending the control instruction to the terminal device; and the terminal device receiving the control instruction, and performing a corresponding operation on the basis of control instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenxing Huang, Sheng Xu, Junming Yin, Hai Shu
  • Publication number: 20240003072
    Abstract: The washing machine includes control buttons controlling the washing machine to operate, and the washing machine is controlled to be connected/disconnected with a WiFi/to enter in a WiFi configuration mode by obtaining a trigger duration of one of the control buttons. The washing machine is controlled to be connected/disconnected with the WiFi/to enter in the WiFi configuration mode through the trigger duration of the control buttons, which realizes connection controllability of the washing machine and the WiFi, a user can control whether the washing machine is connected with the WiFi and enters in the WiFi configuration mode to configure a connection of the washing machine and the WiFi according to his/her own needs, which avoids conditions that the washing machine is directly connected with the WiFi and the user controls the washing machine mistakenly, and the safety of remote control of the washing machine is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO.,LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuxia ZHANG, Zhenxing HUANG, Sheng XU
  • Publication number: 20240003073
    Abstract: A control method for a smart home system, the smart home system comprising a smart socket and a laundry treatment device. The laundry treatment device is electrically connected to the smart socket. The control method includes: measuring electricity consumption parameters of a laundry treatment device by a smart socket; determining operation information of the laundry treatment device according to the electricity consumption parameters; determining the amount of detergent consumed by the laundry treatment device according to the operation information; and calculating a remaining amount of the detergent in the laundry treatment device according to the amount of detergent consumed; and based on a calculation result, selectively giving an insufficient detergent prompt by a reminding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuxia ZHANG, Zhenxing HUANG, Sheng XU
  • Patent number: 11767628
    Abstract: A clothing treatment device comprises a tag excitation apparatus, and the tag excitation apparatus is used for transmitting an excitation signal to excite an electronic tag on clothing, to generate a tag signal that can be obtained by a signal base station. The tag excitation apparatus and an NB-iot module are added on the clothing treatment device. The tag excitation apparatus is only used for transmitting the excitation signal, and a reading module is not provided. The tag signal generated by the electronic tag is obtained by the signal base station nearby, and the signal base station forwards the obtained tag signal to a corresponding clothing treatment device by means of a cellular mobile communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junming Yin, Zhenxing Huang, Sheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11705129
    Abstract: A voice control method that includes: a terminal device receiving voice information; the terminal device querying a control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a local voice library; when no control instruction corresponding to the voice information is found in the local voice library, the terminal device uploading the voice information onto a cloud server; the cloud server querying the control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a cloud voice library; when the control instruction corresponding to the voice information is found in the cloud voice library, the cloud server sending the control instruction to the terminal device; the terminal device receiving the control instruction, and executing a corresponding operation on the basis of the control instruction. The present disclosure improves the response speed of a terminal device, and improves user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenxing Huang, Sheng Xu, Junming Yin, Hai Shu
  • Publication number: 20230117118
    Abstract: The present application provides a network access method, apparatus and device, the method includes: acquiring device information of a mesh network device after registration; determining a first master node set to be connected according to the device information of the mesh network device; determining a first target master node device from the first master node set based on a master node selection manner, determining the device group corresponding to the first target master node device, and acquiring a target node device in the device group corresponding to the first target master node device; and connecting the mesh network device to the target node device to enable a terminal device connected to the mesh network device to realize network access through a communication link corresponding to the mesh network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zizhen WANG, Zhenxing HUANG, Sheng XU
  • Publication number: 20230052184
    Abstract: A control method for a smart clothes treatment system, solving the problem that an existing linkage method is more suitable for application to a system of associated home appliances that work with the same operating parameters and the linkage mobility and the degree of intelligence are not good. The control method of the smart clothes treatment system can automatically recommend care parameter information of a clothes care device according to washing parameter information of a clothes washing device, so that the clothes care device can directly operate on the basis of the recommended care parameter information. The control method can be appliable to a combination of linkage home appliances having different types of operating parameters such as the clothes washing device and the clothes care device, so that multiple home appliances having a large difference in operating parameters can perform linkage operation on the basis of a specific matching scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junming YIN, Shuai WANG, Zhenxing HUANG, Pengda LIU
  • Patent number: 11578449
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a remote control method for a washing machine, a washing machine and a mobile terminal in wireless connection with the washing machine are used, and the remote control method includes the following steps: a status feedback channel that is between the washing machine and the mobile terminal and that is configured to transmit a working status of the washing machine is established; a control request sent by the mobile terminal is received by the washing machine; and after an activation key disposed on the washing machine is activated, a control channel that is between the washing machine and the mobile terminal and that is configured to transmit a control instruction is established. The remote control method for a washing machine disclosed in the present disclosure, solves the safety problem of the remote control of the washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Zhenxing Huang, Wenwei Li, Jun Wu
  • Publication number: 20220394437
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing method and system, an electrical device, and an edge computing device. The method includes receiving at least one of preset information sent by an edge computing device or operation parameter information of the electrical device sent by the edge computing device; and controlling operation of the electrical device according to the at least one of the preset information or the operation parameter information. The preset information is preset information broadcast by an electronic tag on a preset object within the preset range of the electrical device. After the electronic tag broadcasts the preset information, the preset information is received by a base station and sent to the edge computing device by the base station. The operation parameter information is determined according to the preset information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Zizhen WANG, Zhenxing HUANG, Sheng XU, Yang LI
  • Publication number: 20220320914
    Abstract: A storage cabinet comprises a cabinet body having at least one space for accommodating a wearable device. In correspondence to the space, a wireless power supply module is arranged on the cabinet body, the wireless power supply module is used for receiving energy transmitted from outside to the cabinet body and for emitting energy from the cabinet body to outside. The wireless power supply module comprises a wireless power supply receiver and a wireless power supply emitter, with the wireless power supply receiver being used for receiving the energy transmitted from outside to the cabinet body, and the wireless power supply emitter being used for emitting the energy from the cabinet body to outside. With this arrangement, a plurality of independent storage cabinets can be placed and displayed in a certain range according to requirements, thereby meeting the requirements of various situations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Yang LI, Zhenxing HUANG, Junming YIN
  • Patent number: 11377770
    Abstract: A washing machine has a remote control function, and the control method comprises: after a washing procedure is finished, judging whether a remote control function is in an open state. If the judgment is yes, controlling a lock to keep a locked state, and executing a standby process for a time duration of t1, and if the judgment is no, controlling the lock to open, and executing a standby process for a time duration of t2, wherein t1?t2; preferably, t1>t2. After a washing procedure is finished, the waiting time of a washing machine when the remote control function is in an open state is longer than the waiting time of a washing machine when the remote control function is in a closed state, thereby effectively preventing a remote controller from missing further control of a washing machine in a standby process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Zhenxing Huang, Wenwei Li, Jun Wu
  • Publication number: 20220195651
    Abstract: A clothing treatment device comprises a tag excitation apparatus, and the tag excitation apparatus is used for transmitting an excitation signal to excite an electronic tag on clothing, to generate a tag signal that can be obtained by a signal base station. The tag excitation apparatus and an NB-iot module are added on the clothing treatment device. The tag excitation apparatus is only used for transmitting the excitation signal, and a reading module is not provided. The tag signal generated by the electronic tag is obtained by the signal base station nearby, and the signal base station forwards the obtained tag signal to a corresponding clothing treatment device by means of a cellular mobile communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junming YIN, Zhenxing HUANG, Sheng XU
  • Patent number: 11365499
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for storing a washing machine identification code in a tag memory, the washing machine identification code being for indicating fabric information, the tag memory including an EPC memory for storing an electronic product code for identifying a tag object and a USER memory for storing user-defined data. The method includes: detecting a storage space remained of the EPC memory of the tag memory; storing the washing machine identification code into the EPC memory if the storage space is enough to store the washing machine identification code; otherwise, storing the washing machine identification code into the USER memory. Meanwhile, different writing priorities are used for different types of fabric attribute information in the storage process, thus ensuring that the electronic tag memory can completely and effectively store the key information of fabric attributes and meeting the requirement of smart washing of the washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Hai Shu, Yang Li, Junming Yin, Zhenxing Huang, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11310730
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of connecting to a network for a home appliance, a home appliance, and a method of connecting to a network for a home appliance system. The method of connecting to a network for a home appliance includes: in response to a network connection failure of a WiFi module in the home appliance when the WiFi module is in a monitoring mode for network connection, entering, by the WiFi module, a hotspot mode for network connection. This method provides favorable compatibility, is simple in operation, high in network connection efficiency, and provides favorable user experience. A home appliance employing the network connection method can easily communicate with a network, enabling simple remote control of the home appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenxing Huang, Sheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11261553
    Abstract: A method for terminating remote control over a washing machine wherein when shutdown control over the washing machine is triggered, the washing machine sends an instruction to terminate a channel between the washing machine and a mobile terminal connected with the washing machine, and shuts down. The shutdown control is triggered in a short-range or remote manner. By this method a termination instruction is sent before the washing machine shuts down to terminate a channel between the washing machine and the mobile terminal, it is ensured that the channel between the washing machine and a mobile terminal has already been cut off before the washing machine shuts down, such that the washing machine is no longer controlled by the mobile terminal connected with the washing machine the last time when being turned on next time, for improving security of washing machine control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Zhenxing Huang, Wenwei Li, Jun Wu
  • Publication number: 20220028384
    Abstract: A voice control method includes: a terminal device receiving voice information; the terminal device querying a control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a local voice database; when the control instruction corresponding to the voice information is not queried in the local voice database, the terminal device uploading the voice information to a cloud server; the cloud server parsing the control instruction corresponding to the voice information; when the control instruction corresponding to the voice information is parsed, the cloud server sending the control instruction to the terminal device; and the terminal device receiving the control instruction, and performing a corresponding operation on the basis of the control instruction. The present embodiments may improve the response speed of the terminal device that has the voice recognition function, and thus greatly improve the user experience of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenxing HUANG, Sheng XU, Junming YIN, Hai SHU
  • Publication number: 20220028383
    Abstract: A voice control method that includes: a terminal device receiving voice information; the terminal device querying a control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a local voice library; when no control instruction corresponding to the voice information is found in the local voice library, the terminal device uploading the voice information onto a cloud server; the cloud server querying the control instruction corresponding to the voice information from a cloud voice library; when the control instruction corresponding to the voice information is found in the cloud voice library, the cloud server sending the control instruction to the terminal device; the terminal device receiving the control instruction, and executing a corresponding operation on the basis of the control instruction. The present disclosure improves the response speed of a terminal device, and improves user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenxing HUANG, Sheng XU, Junming YIN, Hai SHU
  • Patent number: 11208749
    Abstract: A washing machine control method is provided. A washing machine has a remote control function. After the washing machine is powered off and then restarted, the remote control function is controlled to be enabled/disabled according to an unlocked/locked state of a door lock. The washing machine control method is applicable to the field of Internet of Things (Internet of Things) washing machines, and may effectively guarantee the safety of an Internet of Things washing machine in remote control and avoid occurrence of safety accidents. Meanwhile, a washing machine using the washing machine control method is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Zhenxing Huang, Wenwei Li, Jun Wu, Hai Shu
  • Patent number: 11198965
    Abstract: A remote control method for a washing machine includes the following steps: establishing, between a mobile terminal and the washing machine, a control channel used to transmit a control instruction and a status feedback channel used to transmit a working status of the washing machine; obtaining status information of the washing machine; and when the status information does not match preset information by which the mobile terminal remotely controls the washing machine, cutting off the control channel, and maintaining the status feedback channel. When the washing machine is remotely controlled by the mobile terminal, corresponding state conditions are controlled in a centralized manner, preset information by which the mobile terminal is allowed to remotely control the washing machine is formed, and then it is determined whether real-time status information of the washing machine matches the preset information, so that safety of the remote control method is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Zhenxing Huang, Wenwei Li, Jun Wu
  • Publication number: 20210332520
    Abstract: A washing machine has a remote control function, and the control method comprises: after a washing procedure is finished, judging whether a remote control function is in an open state. If the judgment is yes, controlling a lock to keep a locked state, and executing a standby process for a time duration of t1, and if the judgment is no, controlling the lock to open, and executing a standby process for a time duration of t2, wherein t1?t2; preferably, t1>t2. After a washing procedure is finished, the waiting time of a washing machine when the remote control function is in an open state is longer than the waiting time of a washing machine when the remote control function is in a closed state, thereby effectively preventing a remote controller from missing further control of a washing machine in a standby process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Zhenxing HUANG, Wenwei LI, Jun WU