US 11,814,772 B2
Device comprising an output module and/or a sensor module
Arnd Kessler, Monheim am Rhein (DE); Lars Zuechner, Langenfeld (DE); Robert Ruiz Hernandez, Duesseldorf (DE); and Ingo Hardacker, Hamminkeln (DE)
Assigned to HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Appl. No. 16/976,985
Filed by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/055746
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/170821, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 203 587.3 (DE), filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0002810 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01); D06F 103/18 (2020.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 33/37 (2020.02) [D06F 39/024 (2013.01); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for use in a household appliance, the device comprising:
at least one casing,
wherein the casing is configured to be placed in a treatment chamber of a household appliance;
wherein the casing comprises:
at least one output module configured to dispense an amount of at least one preparation into the treatment chamber of the household appliance and/or to trigger an output of the preparation;
and
at least one sensor module in operable communication with the at least one output module and configured to sense a condition of the treatment chamber of the household appliance and/or the device and supply sensor data indicative thereof,
wherein said sensor module comprises at least one magnetic field sensor configured to supply magnetic field sensor data;
wherein the sensor data includes the magnetic field sensor data supplied by the magnetic field sensor, wherein the output module or the sensor module are further configured to analyze the magnetic field sensor data to determine a load condition of the treatment chamber of the household appliance, wherein the load condition represents a load quantity of objects placed in the treatment chamber of the household appliance; and
wherein the dispensing and/or the triggering of the output of the preparation by the at least one output module, the amount of the preparation, and a composition of the preparation are at least partially based on the load condition determined by the output module or the sensor module.