Method for determining a position of an apparatus which can be inserted into a domestic device
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsArnd Kessler, Lars Zuechner, Robert Ruiz Hernandez
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Abstract
The present disclosure concerns a method performed by at least one device, including: acquiring location data indicative of a location of a device which may be placed in a liquid- and/or gas-carrying household appliance; determining treatment chamber data indicative of a conclusion as to whether or not the at least one device is placed in a treatment chamber of the household appliance, the treatment chamber data being determined at least partially based on the acquired location data; and outputting or causing the output of the determined treatment chamber data. Furthermore, the present disclosure concerns a device and a system.
Claims16
A method performed by at least one device, comprising:
- acquiring location data indicative of a location of a device which is placed in a household appliance comprising liquid and/or gas, wherein the device is a dosing device or a physical treatment device;
- determining treatment chamber data indicative of a conclusion as to whether or not the device is placed in a treatment chamber of the household appliance, wherein the treatment chamber data is determined at least partially based on the location data;
- and
- outputting or causing output of the treatment chamber data,
- wherein the location data is acquired by at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is designed to acquire one or more of the following parameters i) to vi):
- i) light intensity;
- ii) acoustic signal;
- iii) conductivity;
- iv) acceleration;
- v) temperature;
- and/or
- vi) signal strength or signal attenuation.
A device configured to perform a method comprising:
- a processor that implements a computer program comprising one or more program instructions that cause the processor to execute the method steps of:
- acquiring location data indicative of a location of the device which is placed in a household appliance comprising liquid and/or gas, wherein the device is a dosing device or a Physical treatment device;
- determining treatment chamber data indicative of a conclusion as to whether or not the device is placed in a treatment chamber of the household appliance, wherein the treatment chamber data is determined at least partially based on the location data;
- and
- outputting or causing output of the treatment chamber data, wherein the location data is acquired by at least one sensor,
- wherein the at least one sensor is designed to acquire one or more of the following parameters i) to vi):
- i) light intensity;
- ii) acoustic signal;
- iii) conductivity;
- iv) acceleration;
- v) temperature;
- and/or
- vi) signal strength or signal attenuation.
A method performed by at least one device, comprising:
- acquiring location data indicative of a location of a device which is placed in a household appliance comprising liquid and/or gas, wherein the device is a dosing device or a physical treatment device;
- determining treatment chamber data indicative of a conclusion as to whether or not the device is placed in a treatment chamber of the household appliance, wherein the treatment chamber data is determined at least partially based on the location data;
- and
- outputting or causing output of the treatment chamber data, wherein the location data is representative of signal strength from one or more wireless communication networks, wherein the signal strength is acquired based on signals transmitted from the one or more wireless communication networks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.