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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Riccardo Foiera, Forli, IT;
Gianluca Venturini, Forli, IT;
Alex Viroli, Forli, IT;
Massimo Nostro, Forli, IT;
Laurent Jeanneteau, Forli, IT;
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
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).