Control of a household appliance
A method for controlling a domestic appliance includes the following steps: determining conventional operating parameters when the domestic appliance is in operation; determining a correlation of the operating parameters with respect to external information; and determining a proposal for operating the domestic appliance with the modified operating parameters if the external information deviates from a conventional value.
1. A method of controlling a dishwashing appliance, the method comprising the following steps:
providing a control apparatus, at least one sensor, and a user interface; the control apparatus being configured to define at least one operating parameter of the dishwashing appliance using the sensor;
defining typical operating parameters of the dishwashing appliance during an operational cycle;
determining a correlation between the operating parameters and an external item of information, the external information relating to an appliance parameter of another household appliance in the household;
determining a correlation between the operating parameters and an appliance parameter and determining a suggestion as a function of a current appliance parameter, wherein the appliance parameter comprises a type or quantity of a loading of the dishwashing-appliance with objects to be treated; and
if the external item of information deviates from a typical value, determining the suggestion to operate the dishwashing appliance with modified operating parameters; and
displaying the suggestion for controlling the dishwashing appliance via the user interface.
2. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises determining a user of the dishwashing appliance and relating the external information to the user.
3. The method according to claim 2 , which comprises taking the external information from a calendar of the user.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the external information relates to the presence of an additional person in a household.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the suggestion relates to a first operational cycle of the dishwashing appliance and the suggestion is determined so that a subsequent second operational cycle of the dishwashing appliance according to typical operational parameters is enabled.
6. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises determining the correlation by way of a Bayesian filter.
7. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises determining the correlation by a neural network.
8. A dishwashing appliance, comprising:
a control apparatus for controlling the dishwashing appliance according to predetermined operating parameters;
at least one sensor; and
a user interface;
said control apparatus being configured to:
determine typical operating parameters, via said at least one sensor, during an operational cycle of the dishwashing appliance;
determine a correlation between the operating parameters and an external item of information, the external information relating to an appliance parameter of another household appliance in the household;
determine a correlation between the operating parameters and an appliance parameter and determine a suggestion as a function of a current appliance parameter, wherein the appliance parameter comprising a type or quantity of a loading of the dishwashing appliance with objects to be treated; and
determine, and display via said user interface, the suggestion to operate the dishwashing appliance with modified operating parameters if the external information deviates from a typical value.
9. A method of controlling a dishwashing appliance, the method comprising the following steps:
providing a control apparatus, at least one sensor, and a user interface; the control apparatus being configured to define at least one operating parameter of the dishwashing appliance using the sensor;
defining typical operating parameters of the dishwashing-appliance during an operational cycle;
determining a correlation between the operating parameters and an external item of information;
determining a user of the dishwashing appliance and relating the external information to the user and taking the external information from a calendar of the user;
determining a correlation between the operating parameters and an appliance parameter and determining a suggestion as a function of a current appliance parameter, wherein the appliance parameter comprises a type or quantity of a loading of the dishwashing-appliance with objects to be treated; and
if the external item of information deviates from a typical value, determining the suggestion to operate the dishwashing appliance with modified operating parameters; and
displaying the suggestion for controlling the dishwashing appliance via the user interface.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the external information relates to an appliance parameter of another household appliance in the household.
11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the suggestion relates to a first operational cycle of the dishwashing appliance and the suggestion is determined so that a subsequent second operational cycle of the dishwashing appliance according to typical operational parameters is enabled.
12. The method according to claim 9 , which comprises determining the correlation by way of a Bayesian filter.
13. The method according to claim 9 , which comprises determining the correlation by a neural network.