US 12,390,076 B2
System comprising a dishwasher, and method for operating a dishwasher
Maria Terrádez Alemany, Munich (DE); and Berkay Ogulcan Tutal, Munich (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/797,732
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/053141
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/170404, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020202502.9 (DE), filed on Feb. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148826 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/46 (2006.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01)
CPC A47L 15/0021 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4293 (2013.01); A47L 15/4295 (2013.01); A47L 15/46 (2013.01); A47L 2401/04 (2013.01); A47L 2501/26 (2013.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a dishwasher including a dishwasher cavity;
a door for closing the dishwasher cavity;
a number of receptacles for accommodating items to be washed;
a control device configured to carry out a washing program from a number of washing programs for washing items to be washed;
an optical sensor configured to record a first optical sensor signal of the dishwasher cavity and configured to record a second optical sensor signal of an additional item to be washed that is to be introduced into the dishwasher cavity;
a determining unit configured to determine a load state of the dishwasher cavity as a function of the first optical sensor signal recorded by the optical sensor; and
an output unit configured to output a first positioning recommendation to a user for positioning at least one of the items to be washed in one of the receptacles based on the load state determined by the determining unit and configured to output a second positioning recommendation to the user for sorting the additional item to be washed into one of the receptacles based on the second optical sensor signal and based on the load state.