System comprising a dishwasher and method for operating a dishwasher
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsMichael Rupp, Kai Paintner, Kuldeep Narayan Singh
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Abstract
A system includes a dishwasher including a receptacle for an item to be washed, and a control device for carrying out a washing program, which can be parameterized by a number of different washing program parameters. An image-capturing device captures an image of the receptacle and an image analysis unit classifies the item to be washed in the receptacle in dependence on the captured image of the receptacle and to output a classification result to the control device. The control device is designed to parameterize the washing program depending on the classification result.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- a dishwasher including a receptacle in which an item to be washed is configured to be arranged, the receptacle being adjustable using a rail or a roller system to be positioned at a pulled-out position to load the item to be washed in the receptacle;
- a control device for carrying out a washing program, which is parameterizable by a number of different washing program parameters;
- an image-capturing device designed to capture an image of the receptacle based on the receptacle being positioned within a capturing range of the image-capturing device, the capturing range comprising the pulled-out position of the receptacle;
- a position sensor unit designed to capture a position of the receptacle and to output a position signal to the image-capturing device in response to the receptacle being in the pulled-out position, the position signal configured to cause the image-capturing device to capture the image of the receptacle such that the receptacle is completely visible in the pulled-out position in the captured image;
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- an image analysis unit designed to classify the item to be washed in the receptacle in dependence on the captured image of the receptacle and to output a classification result to the control device,
- wherein the control device is designed to parameterize the washing program depending on the classification result.
A method for operating a dishwasher, said method comprising:
- outputting, by a position sensor unit of the dishwasher that captures a position of a receptacle of the dishwasher, a position signal in response to the receptacle being in a pulled-out position;
- capturing, by an image-capturing device in response to receiving the position signal, an image of the receptacle of the dishwasher in which an item to be washed is configured to be arranged, the image being captured by the image-capturing device in response to the receptacle being in the pulled-out position within a capturing range of the image-capturing device such that the receptacle is completely visible in the pulled-out position in the captured image, wherein the capturing range comprises the pulled-out position to which the receptacle is adjustable using a rail or a roller system to load the item to be washed in the receptacle;
- classifying the item to be washed in the receptacle in dependence on the captured image;
- outputting a classification result;
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- parameterizing a washing program for washing the item to be washed in dependence on the classification result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.