US 12,329,344 B2
System comprising a dishwasher, method for operating a dishwasher, and computer program product
Kuldeep Narayan Singh, Dillingen a.d. Donau (DE); Kai Paintner, Welden (DE); and Michael Rupp, Holzheim (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/926,151
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/064145
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/254758, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020207578.6 (DE), filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190071 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/18 (2006.01); A47L 15/46 (2006.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4295 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0028 (2013.01); A47L 15/0063 (2013.01); A47L 15/18 (2013.01); A47L 15/46 (2013.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A47L 2401/04 (2013.01); A47L 2501/04 (2013.01); A47L 2501/06 (2013.01); A47L 2501/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a dishwasher including a receptacle for items to be washed;
an image capturing facility configured to capture an image of the receptacle, the captured image corresponding to a first view of the receptacle;
a transformation unit configured to generate a new image based on the captured image and to output the generated image, the generated image corresponding to a second view of the receptacle different from the first view of the captured image;
an image processing facility configured to determine in dependence upon the captured image or the generated image a map of an arrangement of the items to be washed, with the map comprising a division of the receptacle into a number of regions, each said region comprising a predetermined arrangement of items to be washed from a number of predetermined arrangements of items to be washed, each pixel of the captured image or the generated image being allocated to a respective predetermined arrangement of items to be washed to form each region of the map;
an allocation unit configured to determine a cleaning matrix, which comprises an allocation of a treatment specification to each of the regions in the map, and to output the cleaning matrix; and
a control apparatus configured to control at least one physical component positioned in the dishwasher to execute a wash program based on the cleaning matrix such that each region of the receptacle is treated based on a respective allocated treatment specification indicated by the cleaning matrix.