US 12,251,067 B2
Method for remotely controlling a cleaning cycle of a household appliance
Arnd Kessler, Monheim am Rheim (DE); Thomas Juckel, Monheim (DE); Annette Dietrich, Erkrath (DE); and Robert Ruiz Hernandez, Duesseldorf (DE)
Assigned to HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA, Duesseldorf, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/786,507
Filed by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070739
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/121679, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19217843 (EP), filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0034509 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.01); D06F 103/00 (2020.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 101/00 (2020.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01); G16Y 40/35 (2020.01)
CPC A47L 15/0063 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0055 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); A47L 2301/08 (2013.01); A47L 2401/34 (2013.01); A47L 2501/07 (2013.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.02); D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 34/14 (2020.02); D06F 2101/00 (2020.02); D06F 2103/00 (2020.02); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02); G16Y 40/35 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for remotely controlling a cleaning cycle of a household appliance using transmission of wireless signals, the wireless signals being transmitted between a mobile dispensing device configured to be arranged in a housing of the household appliance and an external electronic device located outside of the household appliance, the method comprising:
determining a value of a strength of a wireless signal received by the mobile dispensing device;
comparing the determined value of the strength of the wireless signal received by the mobile dispensing device to a threshold signal strength value;
enabling transmission of wireless signals from the mobile dispensing device to the external electronic device when the determined value of the strength of the wireless signal received by the mobile dispensing device is above the threshold signal strength value;
sending a status wireless signal comprising status information about the cleaning cycle, the status wireless signal being sent from the mobile dispensing device to the external electronic device when transmission of wireless signals is enabled during the cleaning cycle; and
disabling transmission of wireless signals from the mobile dispensing device to the external electronic device when the determined value of the strength of the wireless signal received by the mobile dispensing device is below the threshold signal strength value.