US 11,988,444 B2
Domestic appliance having a camera arranged in a door
Daniel Bihr, Kirchheim am Ries (DE); Hans Peter Werner, Giengen (DE); Christopher Rodney, Burgau (DE); and Stephan Kempfle, Ellzee (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/438,492
Filed by BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/058923
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/201199, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 204 534.0 (DE), filed on Apr. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412645 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 29/005 (2013.01) [F25D 2700/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A household appliance, comprising:
a treatment chamber and a pivotable door for selectively closing said treatment chamber;
at least one camera for recording images from the treatment chamber when the door is open;
a door movement sensor for detecting values of at least one door movement parameter of a door movement of said door;
said door movement sensor having at least one inertial sensor;
said at least one camera and said at least one inertial sensor being integrated in a camera/sensor module;
said camera/sensor module being arranged in said door and having a data communication facility for emitting image data of said at least one camera of said camera/sensor module;
said camera/sensor module having an evaluation facility configured to evaluate measuring signals of said at least one inertial sensor for determining the at least one parameter value, and to trigger at least one action by detecting at least one trigger value;
said evaluation facility being combined with said at least one inertial sensor in a common integrated sensor that is disposed together with said data communication facility on a communications printed circuit board; and
the household appliance being configured to trigger at least one appliance function upon detecting the at least one trigger value.
 
16. A household appliance, comprising:
a treatment chamber and a pivotable door for selectively closing said treatment chamber;
at least one camera for recording images from the treatment chamber when the door is open;
a door movement sensor for detecting values of at least one door movement parameter of a door movement of said door;
said door movement sensor having at least one inertial sensor being a rotation rate sensor configured for determining a current door opening angle of said door;
said at least one camera and said at least one inertial sensor being integrated in a camera/sensor module;
said camera/sensor module being arranged in said door and having a data communication facility for emitting image data of said at least one camera of said camera/sensor module; and
the household appliance being configured to trigger said at least one camera to acquire image data upon detecting a trigger value and in dependence on the door opening angle.