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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2019
Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa, Duesseldorf, DE;
Arnd Kessler, Monheim am Rhein, DE;
Thomas Juckel, Monheim, DE;
Rayko Enz, Heilbronn, DE;
Volker Hoppe, Heilbronn, DE;
Lars Zuechner, Langenfeld, DE;
Robert Ruiz Hernandez, Duesseldorf, DE;
Wolfgang Wick, Dormagen, DE;
Ingo Hardacker, Hamminkeln, DE;
HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
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.