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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Applicant:
Thomas Ludenia, Falkensee, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Ludenia, Falkensee, DE;
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A devicetoandtofor controlling appliance functions and for communicating with a user need not stay switched on during the entire operating time. These mostly include optical indicating meanstowhose lifetime can be increased if a motion detectoris arranged on the household appliance and is operatively connected to the devicefor controlling and/or the devicetotofor communicating and if the devicetofor communicating can only be switched to active on receiving a signal from the motion detector