Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Henkel Ag&co. Kgaa

Thomas Juckel

Arnd Kessler

Lars Zuechner

Robert Ruiz Hernandez

Christian Nitsch

Peter Schmiedel

Thomas Doering

Thomas Weber

Thorsten Bastigkeit

Wolfgang Wick

Johannes Zipfel

Anna Klemmer

Georg Wawer

Alexander Mueller

Noelle Wrubbel

Ingo Hardacker

Clemens Arth

Nadine Franke

Erik Brueckner

Slavoljub Barackov

Erik Brückner

Juergen Stiller

Markus Jungmann

Rayko Enz

Volker Hoppe

Annette Dietrich

Lars ZÜCHNER

Alexander MÜLLER

Sergio Linz

A method and system remotely controlling a cleaning cycle of a household appliance using transmission of wireless signals is provided. Signals are transmitted between a mobile dispensing device arranged in the household appliance and an electronic device. The method determines the strength of a signal received by the mobile dispensing device. The determined strength is compared to a threshold value. If the determined strength is above the threshold value transmission of wireless signals from the mobile dispensing device to the electronic device is enabled. If the determined strength is below the threshold value transmission of signals from the mobile dispensing device to the electronic device is disabled. When transmission of signals is enabled, a status wireless signal comprising status information about the cleaning cycle is sent to the electronic device.

Method for remotely controlling a cleaning cycle of a household appliance

Among other things, a procedure is revealed which comprises the following: Detecting one or more pieces of air humidity information indicative of a relative humidity within a treatment room of an air-conducting domestic appliance, wherein the one or more pieces of air humidity information are detected by means of at least one air humidity sensor; and determining drying information indicative of a time of an end of a drying process performed by the air-conducting domestic appliance, wherein the drying information is determined based on the one or more pieces of air humidity information. Also disclosed are a device for executing and/or controlling this process, a system with one or more devices for executing and/or controlling this process and a computer program for executing and/or controlling this process by a processor.

Method and device for an air-guiding domestic appliance

Among other things, a method is disclosed which includes the following: acquiring at least one set of acceleration data indicative of a progression of measured acceleration values; determining status data indicative of a process step within a cleaning program performed by a dishwasher; outputting or causing the output of the determined status data. Further revealed is a device for executing and/or controlling this method, a system with one or more devices for executing and/or controlling this method and a computer program for executing and/or controlling this method by employing a processor.

Monitoring of a washing program of a dishwasher machine

The present disclosure relates to a method for washing laundry of a laundry load, in particular in a washing drum (B), carried out by at least one device (). In one example, the method includes generating steam and applying the steam to the laundry of the laundry load; producing a microemulsion by employing a detergent composition; and washing the laundry of the laundry load using a first wash liquor based on the microemulsion.

Method for washing laundry of a wash load

Among other things, a method is disclosed which comprises the following: acquiring at least one set of acceleration data indicative of a progression of measured acceleration values; determining at least one set of evaluation data at least partially based on the acquired acceleration data, wherein determining the evaluation data comprises determining whether one or more characteristic actions have been performed by a user, and if so, performing the following: storing an action data representing the one or more actions that is included in the determined evaluation data or is at least a part of the determined evaluation data; and outputting or causing the output of the determined evaluation data. A device for executing and/or controlling this method, a system with one or more devices for executing and/or controlling this method and a computer program for executing and/or controlling this method by a processor are further disclosed.

Monitoring of loading and/or unloading of dishwasher machines

A method for setting a time of a release of a cleaning agent during a cleaning cycle in a household appliance includes obtaining an evolution over time of a local parameter inside the appliance, the local parameter comprising an acceleration induced by the cycle or a temperature inside the appliance; obtaining reference patterns of evolutions of the local parameter during a cycle comprising different cleaning steps including a step adapted for releasing the cleaning agent at a predetermined adapted time; comparing the evolution of the local parameter to the reference patterns and identifying a cleaning step within the cycle when a similarity between a reference pattern and the evolution is above a predetermined threshold, and setting the release of the agent at the predetermined adapted time within the identified cleaning step when the identified step corresponds to a step adapted for releasing the agent.

Method for setting a time of a release of a cleaning agent during a cleaning cycle in a household appliance

A method for the dosing of cleaning agents in cleaning machines includes the steps: receiving the control information items; wherein the control information items are dependent on an information item about a cleaning machine; determining the progress of a cleaning operation; dosing of cleaning agent depending on the received control information items and the determined progress of the cleaning operation; wherein the information item about the cleaning machine can be manually input via a user interface.

Method for the dosing of cleaning agents

The invention relates to a method for operating a dispensing device () for releasing an agent from the dispensing device () in defined manner into a surrounding environment () of the dispensing device (), the dispensing device () comprising: a reservoir unit () for accommodating an agent to be dispensed and a valve unit () for defined opening and closing of a valve passage () from the reservoir unit () into the surrounding environment () of the dispensing device (), opening and closing of the valve passage () proceeding as a function of an ambient temperature profile of the dispensing device () and the valve passage () being opened when the ambient temperature falls and the ambient temperature is above a first and/or second defined minimum temperature.

Method for operating a metering device, and metering device

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Monheim, Germany

Thomas Juckel