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US 11,363,937 B2Granted
Control of a household appliance
AssigneeBSH Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsDaniel Hitzler, Juergen Klein
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Abstract
A method for the process programming of a household appliance includes the following steps: receiving a sequential program by the household appliance; checking the sequential program with respect to a predetermined device condition by the household appliance; and releasing the sequence of the sequential program in the household appliance as a function of the result of the check.
Claims12
A method for the sequential programming of a household appliance by a user, the method comprising the following steps:
- receiving a sequential program by the household appliance from a user;
- checking the sequential program for adherence to at least one known appliance limit for the household appliance;
- executing a sequence of the sequential program in the household appliance if the checked sequential program adheres to the known appliance limit for the household appliance;
- if the checked sequential program violates the known appliance limit for the household appliance, either:
- preventing execution of the sequence of the sequential program in the household appliance;
- or
- changing a parameter of the sequential program that violates the known appliance limit, so that the known appliance limit for the household appliance is adhered to;
- after changing the parameter of the sequential program, automatically executing the sequence of the sequential program in the household appliance to program the household appliance;
- wherein said sequential program is a user-controlled sequential program created or amended by the user.
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A control apparatus for a household appliance, the control apparatus comprising:
- an interface configured for receiving a sequential program with a program sequence, said interface accessible by a user and configured to receive said sequential program from the user;
- a processor configured to check the sequential program for adherence to at least one known appliance limit for the household appliance and, if the known appliance limit is adhered to, to execute the program sequence of the sequential program in the household appliance;
- said processor further configured so that, if the known appliance limit is violated, said processor either:
- does not permit execution of the sequence of the sequential program in the household appliance;
- or
- changes a parameter of the sequential program that violates the known appliance limit, so that the known appliance limit for the household appliance is adhered to;
- said processor further configured to, after changing the parameter of the sequential program, automatically execute the sequence of the sequential program in the household appliance to program the household appliance;
- wherein said sequential program is a user-controlled sequential program created or amended by the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.