Method and device for controlling household appliances
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorWillibald Reitmeier
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Abstract
A method, a device, and a control system for inputting control information into an appliance, whereby a biometric recognition of a respective user is performed with the aid of a fingerprint. For purposes the method, the corresponding device, and the control system, a user is assigned to one of several user and/or authorization levels by the biometric recognition. A predetermined minimum range of functions and/or range of setting options of the appliance are enabled upon the occurrence of a biometric recognition failure occurs and/or operation by an unknown user.
Claims25
A method for inputting control information into a household appliance, which comprises:
- performing a biometric fingerprint recognition of a respective user with a biometric fingerprint recognition device of a household appliance;
- assigning the user to one of several authorization levels based on the biometric fingerprint recognition;
- enabling at least one of a predetermined minimum range of functions and a predetermined minimum range of setting options of the appliance when at least one of a biometric recognition failure occurs and operation by an unknown user occurs;
- granting children at least one of minimal user authorization and minimal setting authorization upon biometric recognition of a respective child's fingerprint;
- providing a light with the appliance;
- and
- authorizing children to turn on the light as the minimal user authorization.
The method according to 1, which further comprises performing the biometric recognition with a capacitive measurement of the fingerprint.
A method for inputting control information into a household appliance, which comprises:
- performing a biometric fingerprint recognition of a respective user with a biometric fingerprint recognition device of a household appliance;
- assigning the user to one of several authorization levels based on the biometric fingerprint recognition;
- enabling at least one of a predetermined minimum range of functions and a predetermined minimum range of setting options of the appliance when at least one of a biometric recognition failure occurs and operation by an unknown user occurs;
- granting children at least one of minimal user authorization and minimal setting authorization upon biometric recognition of a respective child's fingerprint;
- providing a stove as the appliance;
- and
- authorizing children to at least one of turn on the light of the stove and to activate a temperature of the stove suitable for reheating prepared foods as the minimal user authorization.
A method for inputting control information into a household appliance, which comprises:
- performing a biometric fingerprint recognition of a respective user with a biometric fingerprint recognition device of a household appliance;
- assigning the user to one of several authorization levels based on the biometric fingerprint recognition;
- enabling at least one of a predetermined minimum range of functions and a predetermined minimum range of setting options of the appliance when at least one of a biometric recognition failure occurs and operation by an unknown user occurs;
- granting children at least one of minimal user authorization and minimal setting authorization upon biometric recognition of a respective child's fingerprint;
- providing a stove as the appliance;
- and
- authorizing children to at least one of turn on the light of the stove and to activate a temperature of the stove between approximately 50° and 60° C. as the minimal user authorization.
A method for inputting control information into a household appliance, which comprises:
- performing a biometric fingerprint recognition of a respective user with a biometric fingerprint recognition device of a household appliance;
- assigning the user to one of several authorization levels based on the biometric fingerprint recognition;
- enabling at least one of a predetermined minimum range of functions and a predetermined minimum range of setting options of the appliance when at least one of a biometric recognition failure occurs and operation by an unknown user occurs;
- and
- activating a childproofing function of the appliance by placement of a predetermined finger of an authorized user and not running through appliance menus.
A method for inputting control information into a household appliance, which comprises:
- performing a biometric fingerprint recognition of a respective user with a biometric fingerprint recognition device of a household appliance;
- assigning the user to one of several authorization levels based on the biometric fingerprint recognition;
- enabling at least one of a predetermined minimum range of functions and a predetermined minimum range of setting options of the appliance when at least one of a biometric recognition failure occurs and operation by an unknown user occurs;
- and
- centrally monitoring at least one of:
- control information entry;
- and at least one of the control and monitoring of appliances, at a location in a networked household.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.