Systems and methods for controlling one appliance using another appliance communicatively coupled thereto are provided. In one example aspect, a system includes a first appliance and a second appliance communicatively coupled thereto. The first appliance includes features that allow a user to control the first appliance and the second appliance from a single user interface.

The invention relates to a method for exchanging information between a household appliance (1) and a mobile device (2), the method comprising the steps of: providing optical information at a graphical user interface (3) of the household appliance (1) (S10); preferably, aligning the mobile device (2) with respect to the household appliance (1) based on one or more markers (4) displayed at a graphical user interface (5) of the mobile device (2) or based on a time-invariant portion of provided optical information (S11); receiving optical information at the mobile device (2) by capturing said optical information provided at the household appliance (1) by a camera (6) of the mobile device (2) (S12); processing said received optical information at the mobile device (1) in order to derive an information message included in said received optical information (S13); providing said information message or information associated with said information message at a user interface of the mobile device (2) (S14).

A control system, method and computer program product for controlling food processing steps performed by a multi-function cooking apparatus and food processing steps performed by one or more remote kitchen appliances for preparing a food product. A recipe program interface is configured to access on a data storage device a recipe program for preparing the food product wherein the recipe program is configured to be executed by the cooking apparatus and to synchronize food processing steps performed by the cooking apparatus with food processing steps performed by the one or more remote kitchen appliances. A validation component is configured to check if the one or more remote kitchen appliances are registered with the cooking apparatus in an appliance registry, and is further configured to check if technical specifications of registered remote kitchen appliances comply with control parameters in respective recipe program instructions.

An appliance, a method and system for controlling the same, a server, an appliance controlling apparatus are provided. The method for controlling an appliance includes: receiving a parameter acquiring request transmitted by the appliance or an appliance controlling apparatus, the parameter acquiring request including an identifier of the appliance; acquiring a recommended parameter configuration list corresponding to the identifier of the appliance according to the parameter acquiring request; and transmitting the recommended parameter configuration list to the appliance or the appliance controlling apparatus enables the appliance to run according to the recommended parameter configuration list or enable the appliance controlling apparatus to control running of the appliance according to the recommended parameter configuration list.

An item of furniture or appliance includes at least one worktop formed from at least one substrate made of a transparent monolithic glazing material and of area larger than 0.7 m.sup.2, equipped with a coating so that the substrate equipped with the coating has a haze higher than 15%, a light transmission T.sub.L lower than 60% and an opacity indicator higher than 85. The item of furniture or appliance also includes at least one heating element, at least one light source to light up one or more zones or one or more elements or displays of the substrate, the source being located plumb with the substrate in order to form a display by projection, or under the substrate in order to form a display by transmission through the substrate, and at least one interface for communicating with at least one element of the worktop.

A control system, method and computer program product for controlling food processing steps performed by a multi-function cooking apparatus and food processing steps performed by one or more remote kitchen appliances for preparing a food product. A recipe program interface is configured to access on a data storage device a recipe program for preparing the food product wherein the recipe program is configured to be executed by the cooking apparatus and to synchronize food processing steps performed by the cooking apparatus with food processing steps performed by the one or more remote kitchen appliances. A validation component is configured to check if the one or more remote kitchen appliances are registered with the cooking apparatus in an appliance registry, and is further configured to check if technical specifications of registered remote kitchen appliances comply with control parameters in respective recipe program instructions.

An intelligent laundry method and device, the method including: determining a current user of a washing machine; determining washing features of the current user; determining washing parameters for a laundry according to the washing features; and controlling the washing machine to wash the laundry according to the washing parameters.

Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (IoT) functionality with a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). In some embodiments, a computing system located at a PSAP might receive a first message indicative of an emergency situation, analyze the first message to determine one or more actions to be taken, and identify one or more devices (e.g., household devices; vehicular components associated with a vehicle; utility devices; devices disposed in, on, or along a roadway; devices disposed throughout a population area; etc.) for performing the determined one or more first actions. The computing system might then autonomously control each of the identified one or more devices to perform tasks based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, thereby implementing smart environment functionality (e.g., smart home, building, or customer premises functionality, smart vehicle functionality, smart utility, smart roadway functionality, smart city functionality, etc.).

The specification discloses methods and systems managing the power provided to the components of an appliance by providing a processor and concomitant data memory and a data table stored in memory listing a nominal power consumption for each of a plurality of electrical components of the appliance. The processor is configured to monitor the components to determine which components are being energized based upon the status of their respective inputs and outputs; and adjust the power provided to at least one of said components based upon a predetermined criteria.

Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a motor, a memory configured to store at least one of first frequency information associated with a sound that is generated when the motor is driven or second frequency information associated with a surrounding environment of the electronic device, and a processor configured to control the motor to be driven by avoiding a driving speed corresponding to the frequency information stored in the memory.