US 12,410,546 B2
Prediction method, recording medium, prediction system, server, and display device
Chieko Sasaki, Osaka (JP); and Tatsuro Yamada, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/776,895
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/023107
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/180878, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-028845 (JP), filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160126 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 33/70 (2020.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/68 (2020.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.01); D06F 34/26 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 103/32 (2020.01); D06F 103/68 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); G06N 5/022 (2023.01)
CPC D06F 33/70 (2020.02) [D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/68 (2020.02); D06F 34/04 (2020.02); D06F 34/26 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); G06N 5/022 (2013.01); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02); D06F 2103/68 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02)] 13 Claims
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1. A prediction method comprising:
acquiring, from a sensor of a drying function-equipped washer, parameters for a drying operation performed by the drying function-equipped washer;
predicting, by a processor and using a first prediction method, a drying time required for the drying operation based on the parameters acquired in the acquiring;
displaying, on a display of the drying function-equipped washer, the drying time required for the drying operation;
determining, by the processor, when a restart of the drying operation is detected while the drying operation is stopped, whether the first prediction method performed in the predicting is applicable;
continuing, by the processor, the first prediction method after determining that the first prediction method is applicable; and
after determining that the first prediction method is not applicable;
switching, by the processor, a prediction method from the first prediction method to a second prediction method, and re-predicting an updated drying time required for the drying operation based on the parameters; and
updating, on the display, the drying time previously displayed with the updated drying time required for the drying operation.