# US 2021/0277566 A1 · Detection and/or monitoring of the load on a textile piece during a treatment cycle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0277566 A1 - Document ID: US20210277566A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/318,096 - Filed: 2017-07-11 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-15 - Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - Applicants: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - Inventors: Arnd Kessler; Christian Nitsch; Lars Zuechner; Georg Wawer; Alexander Mueller - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210277566A1 ## CPC - D06F 34/18: Condition of the laundry, e.g. nature or weight - D06F 93/00: Counting, sorting, or marking arrangements specially adapted for laundry purposes - D06F 2103/02: Characteristics of laundry or load - D06F 2103/06: Type or material - D06F 2103/08: Humidity - D06F 2103/12: Temperature - D06F 2103/26: Imbalance; Noise level - D06F 2103/38: Time, e.g. duration - D06F 2103/64: Radiation, e.g. microwaves - D06F 2105/58: Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a method and to a textile piece device which allows storing and/or monitoring the load on a textile piece during one or more treatment cycles. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Method, comprising: Obtaining at a textile piece device for a textile piece, at least one treatment parameter value detected and/or determined by a sensor, the treatment parameter value being characteristic of a load on the textile piece during a treatment cycle, and Storing the treatment parameter value in a memory of the textile piece device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising: Detecting and/or determining the treatment parameter value by the sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is part of the textile piece device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is part of a device other than the textile piece device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the treatment parameter value is indicative of a temperature, a treatment duration, an acceleration, a pressure, a vibration, an electromagnetic field, an electromagnetic radiation, a sound frequency, a sound pressure level, a pH value, a conductivity, a redox potential, an odor, an ozone concentration, a NOX concentration, an SO2 concentration, a color, a white fraction, a germ load, a location, a humidity, an air pressure, a wind speed, a wind direction, a light intensity, a Rayleigh scattering and/or a dust concentration. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising: Sending treatment parameter information to a device other than the textile piece device, the treatment parameter information comprising the treatment parameter value and/or representing a treatment cycle history of the textile piece. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising: Sending textile piece treatment information from the textile piece device to a device other than the textile piece device, wherein the textile piece treatment information is indicative of a permissible treatment parameter value and/or a permissible treatment parameter value range for the textile piece. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising: Determining whether the treatment parameter value is permissible for the textile piece. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, the method further comprising: Causing a change of treatment of the textile piece and/or notification of a user, with the textile piece device, if the determining results in the treatment parameter value for the textile piece being inadmissible. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein causing the change in treatment of the textile piece and/or notifying the user comprises sending treatment parameter change information from the textile piece device to a device other than the textile piece device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A textile piece device for a textile piece configured to perform and/or control the method according to claim 1 or comprising respective features for performing and/or controlling the steps of the method according to claim 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The textile piece device according to claim 11, said textile piece device comprising: at least one sensor, the sensor being arranged to detect and/or determine a treatment parameter value, the treatment parameter value being characteristic of a load on the textile piece during a treatment cycle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) Textile piece, the textile piece comprising: a textile piece device according to claim 11. ### Claim 14 A method, comprising: Receiving information from a textile piece device of a textile piece, Determining and/or adapting a treatment program for the textile piece at least partially depending on the received information from the textile piece device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the received information is treatment parameter information comprising a treatment parameter value and/or representing a treatment cycle history of the textile piece, textile piece treatment information indicative of an allowable treatment parameter value and/or range of allowable treatment parameter values for the textile piece, and/or treatment parameter change information. ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 (canceled) ### Claim 18 (canceled) ### Claim 19 (canceled)