IP Library Granted Patent US 12693069
Granted Patent B2
US 12693069 · App. 18/549,965 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Method and system for controlling a storage atmosphere for a storage item

Inventors: Antje Engstler (Heidenheim, DE); Niels Liengaard (Ulm, DE); Delia Rademacher (Wipperfürth, DE); Carsten Weiss (Giengen, DE)
Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
F25D29/00F25D2500/06F25D2700/06F25D2700/12
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Patent No.
US 12693069
App. No.
18/549,965
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a household refrigeration appliance includes detection of a storage item to be disposed and/or is disposed in a refrigeration compartment of the appliance. An acceptance storage atmosphere is determined. The storage atmosphere differs from a target storage atmosphere to the storage item in the refrigeration compartment and in which storage of the storage item is acceptable based on the storage item.

Claims (24)

1 . A method for operating a household refrigeration appliance, which comprises the steps of:

detecting a storage item which is to be disposed and/or is disposed in a refrigeration compartment of the household refrigeration appliance in a detection step;

determining a target storage atmosphere for storing the detected storage item; and

determining an acceptance storage atmosphere which differs from the target storage atmosphere for storing the storage item in the refrigeration compartment and in which storage of the storage item is acceptable based on the storage item.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises verifying and comparing an actual storage atmosphere in the refrigeration compartment with the acceptance storage atmosphere determined in a verification step.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein if the actual storage atmosphere deviates from the acceptance storage atmosphere, changing the actual storage atmosphere in a direction of the acceptance storage atmosphere in an adaptation step.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein if the actual storage atmosphere deviates from the target storage atmosphere, changing the actual storage atmosphere to the target storage atmosphere in the adaptation step.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , which further comprises generating at least one output in dependence on the storage item detected relative to the acceptance storage atmosphere of the storage item.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , which further comprises generating the at least one output on a mobile terminal device.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one output includes a status message which is output in the adaptation step relative to the acceptance storage atmosphere being reached.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , which further comprises forming the status message with a storage request.

9 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one output includes a warning message which is output in the adaptation step relative to an absence of the acceptance storage atmosphere.

10 . A method for operating a household refrigeration appliance, which comprises the steps of:

detecting a storage item which is to be disposed and/or is disposed in a refrigeration compartment of the household refrigeration appliance in a detection step;

detecting at least one piece of state information of the storage item in the detection step;

determining a target storage atmosphere for storing the detected storage item; and

determining an acceptance storage atmosphere which differs from the target storage atmosphere for storing the storage item in the refrigeration compartment and in which storage of the storage item is acceptable based on the storage item.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , which further comprises taking the at least one piece of state information into consideration when the acceptance storage atmosphere is determined.

12 . A household refrigeration appliance, comprising:

at least one refrigeration compartment for storing a storage item; and

a controller for carrying out the method according to claim 1 .

13 . A household system, comprising:

the household refrigeration appliance according to claim 12 ; and

a mobile terminal device.