US 11,812,912 B2
Method for the dosing of cleaning agents
Arnd Kessler, Monheim am Rhein (DE); Thomas Weber, Weimar (DE); Johannes Zipfel, Amsterdam (NL); Christian Nitsch, Duesseldorf (DE); Lars Zuechner, Langenfeld (DE); Nadine Franke, Cologne (DE); Georg Wawer, Vienna (AT); Alexander Mueller, Monheim (DE); and Clemens Arth, Graz (AT)
Assigned to HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Appl. No. 16/469,572
Filed by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 7, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/081857
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/114363, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 225 833.8 (DE), filed on Dec. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0113405 A1, Apr. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/44 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.01)
CPC A47L 15/0055 (2013.01) [A47L 15/006 (2013.01); A47L 15/0063 (2013.01); A47L 15/4445 (2013.01); A47L 15/4463 (2013.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.02); D06F 39/024 (2013.01); A47L 2401/03 (2013.01); A47L 2401/34 (2013.01); A47L 2501/07 (2013.01); G06V 2201/09 (2022.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a dosing of a cleaning agent in a cleaning machine comprising:
detecting an information item about the cleaning machine, wherein the information item includes an energy classification of the cleaning machine and at least one of a product number, a type number, a model number, a service number, and a serial number;
determining a control information item in response to the information item;
receiving, by a dosing device, the control information item concerning a program structure of the cleaning machine, wherein the control information item is dependent on the information item about the cleaning machine;
detecting, by a sensor, a measured variable of a cleaning fluid;
determining a progress of a cleaning operation in response to the measured variable and the program structure of the cleaning machine;
detecting a soiling state of an item to be cleaned within the cleaning machine;
detecting a hardness of the cleaning fluid;
dosing of the cleaning agent depending on the energy classification of the cleaning machine, the hardness of the cleaning fluid, the soiling state of the item to be cleaned, and the progress of the cleaning operation; and
wherein the information item about the cleaning machine is determined via an image captured by a camera.