US 12,239,274 B2
System comprising a dishwasher and method for operating a dishwasher
Alfredo Calvimontes, Dillingen a. d. Donau (DE); and Philipp Neumaier, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/924,130
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/063278
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/239537, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020206488.1 (DE), filed on May 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172423 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); G01J 3/42 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); G01J 3/10 (2006.01); G01J 3/32 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/94 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4295 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0028 (2013.01); A47L 15/0063 (2013.01); G01J 3/42 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); A47L 15/0021 (2013.01); A47L 15/0047 (2013.01); A47L 2401/023 (2013.01); A47L 2401/04 (2013.01); A47L 2401/30 (2013.01); A47L 2501/07 (2013.01); A47L 2501/30 (2013.01); G01J 3/10 (2013.01); G01J 3/32 (2013.01); G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8854 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G01N 21/94 (2013.01); G01N 2021/945 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0627 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a dishwasher including a washing chamber;
an image capturing device designed to capture an image of washware arranged in the washing chamber, with the image comprising a plurality of sub-images, each of which having different spectral information of the washware;
an illumination unit designed to illuminate the washware in the washing chamber;
an image analysis unit designed to receive the captured image from the image capturing device and to carry out a chemical analysis of soiling on the washware based on the plurality of sub-images of the received image and to ascertain a dirt characteristic of soiling as a result of the chemical analysis; and
a control device designed to carry out a washing program for washing the washware in the washing chamber, said control device receiving the dirt characteristic from the image analysis unit and adapting the washing program for washing the washware as a function of the received dirt characteristic.