Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Yao Hean Chiah

Victor Martinus Gerardus Van Acht

Arnoldus Johannes Martinus Jozeph Ras

Antonius Johannes Joseph Wismans

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Yong Jiang

Mohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan

Karl Catharina Van Bree

Dmitry Nikolayevich Znamenskiy

Aditya Mehendale

Binyam Gebrekidan Gebre

Petra Bijl

Sergio Consoli

Orhan Kahya

Harold Agnes Wilhelmus Schmeitz

Boon Teck Tan

Joldert Maria Boersma

Luck Wee Png

Thomas Petrus Hendricus Warmerdam

Yen Leng Pang

Timotheus Johannes Maria Van Aken

Gary Chi Yang Lim

Wee Ann Chong

Rico Paolo Ochoa Ramirez

Hee Poh Sin

Palani Pandurangan

Kin Leong Yip

Xin Xian Kong

Mun Kong Soo

Joo Pheng Toh

Prakash S S

Joris Pieter Oosterhuis

Kenny Khng

Harold Agnes Willhelmus Schmeitz

Wei Bian

Kwong Lim Chin

The invention relates to a portable device () comprising a bottom surface (BS) intended to be in contact with a textile (TXT). The portable device comprises an image sensor () for taking an image of a textile, and an illumination system () for illuminating a portion of the textile when said image is being taken. The portable device also comprises a control unit () for executing an algorithm stored in the portable device, using the taken image as an input of said algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile. The image sensor and the control unit are integrated within the portable device. The image sensor has an active surface sensitive to light, which is oriented compared to said bottom surface (BS), with an absolute value of the orientation angle being in the range 15-70 degrees; and/or the illumination system () has a light source oriented compared to the said bottom surface (BS), with an absolute value of the orientation angle being in the range 15-70 degrees.

Portable device with image sensor and illumination system for textile classification

The invention relates to a portable textile treatment device comprising a heatable soleplate () intended to be in contact with a textile (TXT) for treating the textile. The heatable soleplate () comprises a soleplate opening (H). The device comprises a module (MD) comprising an image sensor () for taking an image of the textile to be treated through the soleplate opening (H), and a control unit () configured for a) executing an algorithm stored in said portable textile treatment device, using the taken image as an input of the algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile, and for b) controlling, based on the classification, at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device. The module (MD) and the control unit () are integrated within the portable textile treatment device. The image sensor comprises an active surface sensitive to light which is oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable soleplate (), with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in the range from 15 to 70 degrees. The portable textile treatment device further comprises thermal insulation means arranged in-between the heatable soleplate () and the module (MD) for insulating the module (MD) from heat dissipated by the heatable soleplate ().

Portable textile treatment device with image sensor and thermal insulation means

A portable textile treatment device includes a heatable soleplate for contacting and treating the textile, an image sensor and an illumination system. The image sensor has an active surface sensitive and takes an image of the textile, and the illumination system has a light source that illuminates a portion of the textile when the image is being taken. The portable device also includes a control unit configured to execute an algorithm stored in the portable device for obtaining a classification of the textile based on taken image, and based on the classification for controlling at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device. The image sensor and/or light source are oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable soleplate, with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in the range from 15 to 70&#xb0; C.

Portable textile treatment device with image sensor and illumination system for textile classification

The invention relates to a method of operating a textile treatment device comprising a heatable soleplate intended to be in contact with a textile for treating the textile. The method comprises a first step () of setting a first temperature target for the heatable soleplate, and a step () of detecting movement of said textile treatment device. If the step () of 5 detecting movement did not detect any movement of said textile treatment device during more than a given first time duration, a step () of actively decreasing the temperature of the heatable soleplate () up to reaching a first given temperature having a value below said first temperature target.

Method for actively decreasing the temperature of a heatable soleplate in a textile treatment device

The present application relates to a system () for sensing liquid level in a receptacle (). The system comprises a capacitive sensing probe (), for sensing a capacitance between the capacitive sensing probe () and an electrically conductive portion of the receptacle (). The system also comprises a control circuit () connected to the capacitive sensing probe () for detecting a level of the liquid in the receptacle () based on said capacitance, a non-isolated AC power supply () arranged to power the control circuit (), the non-isolated AC power supply () having an electrical connection between its input and its output, and at least one filter capacitor (C, C) connected in series between the capacitive sensing probe () and the control circuit ().

Method and system for sensing a liquid level

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