Patent ID: 11866866
Assignee: MONOTONY.AI, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  B | IPC B  D

Claim 0:
1. An energy efficient autonomous laundry system, comprising:
a plurality of autonomous washing and drying machines configured to wash and dry a plurality of loads of laundry, each one of the plurality of autonomous washing and drying machines comprising at least one motor drive configured to rotate a spinning drum and at least one heater drive, wherein the spinning drum is configured to receive therein and sequentially wash and dry a load of laundry;
an exhaust manifold configured to receive and combine exhausted humid air from three or more of the plurality of autonomous washing and drying machines and output the combined exhausted humid air, the manifold comprising at least one moveable valve for routing the combined exhausted humid air;
at least one heat pump configured to receive the combined exhausted humid air from the exhaust manifold, the at least one heat pump configured to
cool the exhausted humid air below a dew point to condense moisture from the exhausted humid air, creating dehumidified air,
heat the dehumidified air for delivery into a conduit in fluid communication with the three or more of the plurality of autonomous washing and drying machines, and
drain the condensed moisture;

one or more air sensors configured to measure at least one air characteristic at one or more locations of the system, and output a signal indicative of the at least one air characteristic; and
a controller in operative communication with the at least one motor drive and at least one heater drive of each one of the plurality of autonomous washing and drying machines, a valve actuator of the exhaust manifold, at least one drive of the heat pump and the one or more air sensors, the controller being configured to
stagger cycles of the three or more of the plurality of autonomous washing and drying machines to balance load on the at least one heat pump,
receive the output signal of the one or more air sensors,
analyze the at least one air characteristic associated with the one or more air sensors,
determine, based on the analysis, whether the at least one air characteristics is within a preprogrammed range of values for at least one of air temperature, air flow, and air humidity, and
adjust, in response to determining at least one air characteristic is not within a preprogrammed range of values, one or more controls for at least one of air temperature, air flow, and air humidity at the one or more locations of the system,
wherein adjusting the one or more controls comprises selectively routing a heated portion of dehumidified air from the heat pump to the three or more of the plurality of autonomous washing and drying machines.