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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Riccardo Foiera, Forli, IT;

Gianluca Venturini, Forli, IT;

Alex Viroli, Forli, IT;

Massimo Nostro, Forli, IT;

Laurent Jeanneteau, Forli, IT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2807 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 12/2823 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for exchanging information between a household appliance () and a mobile device (), the method comprising the steps of: providing optical information at a graphical user interface () of the household appliance () (S); preferably, aligning the mobile device () with respect to the household appliance () based on one or more markers () displayed at a graphical user interface () of the mobile device () or based on a time-invariant portion of provided optical information (S); receiving optical information at the mobile device () by capturing said optical information provided at the household appliance () by a camera () of the mobile device () (S); processing said received optical information at the mobile device () in order to derive an information message included in said received optical information (S); providing said information message or information associated with said information message at a user interface of the mobile device () (S).


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