Appliance state recognition device and methods

A household appliance comprising:

• a housing;
• a door coupled to the housing;
• a door sensor to detect when the door is open;
• a display to present information associated with the household appliance;
• a light to illuminate an interior of the housing;
• a temperature sensor to monitor a condition associated with the household appliance, the temperature sensor to output a sensor output signal;
• wireless communication circuitry;
• processor circuitry;
• and
• at least one storage device including computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor circuitry to:
• cause the wireless communication circuitry to transmit first data via a network, the first data representative of a temperature based on the sensor output signal and corresponding to a first state of the household appliance;
• and
• change the first state of the household appliance to a second state in response to a command in a network communication to the household appliance via the wireless communication circuitry, the command based on the first state of the household appliance and second data, the second data indicative of at least one of a presence or absence of a person in a vicinity of the household appliance.

A household appliance comprising:

• a housing;
• a door coupled to the housing;
• means for detecting when the door is open;
• a display to present information associated with the household appliance;
• a light to illuminate an interior of the housing;
• means for sensing a condition associated with the household appliance, the sensing means to output condition data;
• means for transmitting first data corresponding to the condition data via a network, the first data corresponding to a first state of the household appliance;
• and
• means for changing the first state of the household appliance to a second state in response to a command from a network communication, the command based on the first state of the household appliance and second data, the second data indicative of at least one of a presence or absence of a person in a vicinity of the household appliance.