Household dishwasher machine and method for operating a household dishwasher machine
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsMaria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
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Abstract
A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment receiving items to be washed, a control device configured to carry out a washing program selected from a number of washing programs for washing the items to be washed in the washing compartment, an optical sensor configured to acquire an optical sensor signal of the items to be washed in the washing compartment, and an evaluation unit configured to identify a drying state of the items to be washed in the washing compartment as a function of the acquired optical sensor signal.
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
A household dishwasher, comprising:
- a washing compartment receiving items to be washed;
- a control device configured to carry out a washing program selected from a number of washing programs for washing the items to be washed in the washing compartment;
- an optical sensor configured to acquire an optical sensor signal of the items to be washed in the washing compartment;
- and
- an evaluation unit configured to identify a drying state of the items to be washed in the washing compartment as a function of the acquired optical sensor signal.
A method for operating a household dishwasher, comprising:
- executing by a control device a washing program selected from a number of washing programs for washing items to be washed arranged in a washing compartment of the household dishwasher;
- acquiring by an optical sensor an optical sensor signal of the washing compartment;
- and
- identifying by an evaluation unit a drying state of the items to be washed in the washing compartment as a function of the acquired optical sensor signal.
A computer program product for operating a household dishwasher, comprising a program-controlled device having stored therein a computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the computer program, when loaded into the program-controlled device and executed by the program-controlled device, causes the program-controlled device to execute the steps of:
- executing by a control device a washing program selected from a number of washing programs for washing items to be washed arranged in a washing compartment of the household dishwasher;
- acquiring by an optical sensor an optical sensor signal of the washing compartment;
- and
- identifying by an evaluation unit a drying state of the items to be washed in the washing compartment as a function of the acquired optical sensor signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.