DOMESTIC APPLIANCE DEVICE

Abstract

A household appliance apparatus includes a hyperspectral image capture unit configured to capture in an operating state a state of an object in an image capture region, and a control unit configured to ascertain an item of information in the operating state based on the state of the one object.

Claims

1.-13. (canceled)

14. A household appliance apparatus, comprising: a hyperspectral image capture unit configured to capture in an operating state a state of an object in an image capture region; and a control unit configured to ascertain an item of information in the operating state based on the state of the one object.

15. The household appliance apparatus of claim 14, embodied as a cooking appliance apparatus.

16. The household appliance apparatus of claim 14, wherein the hyperspectral image capture unit is configured to capture the state by using a plurality of scanning values which comprise each an item of hyperspectral image information with regard to the object.

17. The household appliance apparatus of claim 14, wherein the item of information comprises an item of food-related information.

18. The household appliance apparatus of claim 14, wherein the item of information comprises an item of information that is not food related.

19. The household appliance apparatus of claim 14, wherein the control unit is configured to trigger in the operating state an action based on the item of information.

20. The household appliance apparatus of claim 19, wherein the action comprises an output to a user.

21. The household appliance apparatus of claim 20, wherein the output comprises a warning.

22. The household appliance apparatus of claim 19, wherein the action comprises an adaptation of a household appliance operating parameter.

23. The household appliance apparatus of claim 19, wherein the action comprises an adaptation of a recipe parameter.

24. The household appliance apparatus of claim 14, wherein the control unit is configured to take into consideration a specific item of user information in the operating state.

25. A household appliance system, comprising a household appliance apparatus, said household appliance apparatus comprising a hyperspectral image capture unit configured to capture in an operating state a state of an object in an image capture region, and a control unit configured to ascertain an item of information in the operating state based on the state of the one object.

26. A household appliance, comprising a household appliance apparatus as set forth in claim 14.

27. A method for operating a household appliance apparatus, said method comprising: capturing in an operating state with a hyperspectral image capture unit a state of an object in an image capture region; and ascertaining an item of information based on the state of the object.

28. The method of claim 27 for operating a cooking appliance apparatus as the household appliance apparatus.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the state of the object is captured by using a plurality of scanning values which comprise each an item of hyperspectral image information with regard to the object.

30. The method of claim 27, further comprising triggering in the operating state an action based on the item of information.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the action comprises an output to a user.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the output comprises a warning.

33. The method of claim 30, wherein the action comprises an adaptation of a household appliance operating parameter.

Description

[0026] Further advantages are provided in the following drawing description. Two exemplary embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawing. The drawing, the description and the claims include numerous features in combination. The person skilled in the art will also consider the features individually in an expedient manner and combine the features to appropriate further combinations.

[0027] In the drawings:

[0028] FIG. 1 shows a household appliance system having a household appliance apparatus having a hyperspectral image capture unit in a simplified perspective view,

[0029] FIG. 2 shows a state of an object that is captured in an operating state by the hyperspectral image capture unit in an image capture region of the hyperspectral image capture unit having a plurality of scanning values,

[0030] FIG. 3 shows an output, which is triggered by a control unit of the household appliance apparatus, to a user and the output comprises a warning,

[0031] FIG. 4 shows an adaptation, which is triggered by the control unit, of at least one household appliance operating parameter,

[0032] FIG. 5 shows an adaptation, which is triggered by the control unit, of at least one recipe parameter,

[0033] FIG. 6 shows a specific item of user information that is taken into consideration by the control unit in an operating state,

[0034] FIG. 7 shows a flow diagram of a method for the operation of the household appliance apparatus having a method step and a further method step and

[0035] FIG. 8 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a household appliance apparatus that is part of a household appliance in a simplified perspective view.

[0036] In each case, only one of the objects that are provided multiple times in the figures is provided with a reference character.

[0037] FIG. 1 illustrates a household appliance system 10a. The household appliance system 10a has a household appliance apparatus 14a. Moreover, the household appliance system 10a has a household appliance 12a that is designed as an extractor hood.

[0038] The household appliance apparatus 14a in the illustrated example is designed as a cooking appliance apparatus. The household appliance apparatus 14a is in an operating state.

[0039] The household appliance apparatus 14a has a hyperspectral image capture unit 16a. In the illustrated example, the hyperspectral image capture unit 16a is arranged on an extractor hood.

[0040] The hyperspectral image capture unit 16a in the illustrated operating state is provided so as to capture a state 36a, in particular an image, of at least one object 18a in an image capture region 20a. The object 18a as an example is designed as a pan and an item of food that is arranged in the pan.

[0041] Moreover, the household appliance apparatus 14a has a control unit 22a. The control unit 22a is arranged in particular within a cooking appliance.

[0042] The control unit 22a is provided so as in the operating state to ascertain at least one item of information based on the state 36a, in particular based on the image, of the at least one object 18a. The control unit 22a evaluates the state 36a, in particular the image, of the at least one object 18a so as to ascertain the information.

[0043] The information comprises at least one item of food-related information and namely in the illustrated example with regard to the food in the pan (cf. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2). Moreover, the information comprises at least one item of information that is not food related and namely in the illustrated example with regard to the pan.

[0044] The hyperspectral image capture unit 16a is provided so as to ascertain the state 36a by means of a plurality of scanning values 24a. The plurality of scanning values 24a are illustrated in an exemplary manner with the aid of a plurality of pixels in FIG. 2.

[0045] Each scanning value 24a of the plurality of scanning values 24a comprises in each case an item of hyperspectral image information 26a with regard to the object 18a.

[0046] In the operating state, the control unit 22a triggers at least one action based on the information. In the illustrated example, the control unit 22a triggers a multiplicity of actions based on the information. The exemplary actions are illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 6.

[0047] The actions comprise an output 28a to a user. The output 28a is performed as an example by means of a display 40a of the cooking appliance. FIG. 3 illustrates the output 28a that in the illustrated case comprises a warning. In particular, the information, in particular the food information, is ascertained based on the state 36a that an allergen is contained in the food. In particular, the warning comprises the indication to the user that an allergen is contained in the food.

[0048] FIG. 4 illustrates one of the actions that comprises an adaptation of at least one household appliance operating parameter 30a. In the illustrated example, the household appliance operating parameter 30a is designed as a heating power of the cooking appliance. In particular, the control unit 22a triggers a reduction of the heating power of the cooking appliance based on the information.

[0049] In the illustrated example, the adaptation of the household appliance operating parameter 30a is displayed with the aid of the display 40a.

[0050] FIG. 5 illustrates a further action that comprises an adaptation of a recipe parameter 32a. In particular, the recipe parameter as an example is a quantity of salt that is reduced in the illustrated example, in particular by two units to one unit. In the illustrated example, the adaptation of the recipe parameter 32a is displayed with the aid of the display 40a.

[0051] Moreover, the control unit 22a is provided so as to take into consideration at least one specific item of user information 34a in the operating state and in particular when the at least one action is triggered (cf. FIG. 6). The specific item of user information 34a in the illustrated example is designed as information with regard to an allergy and namely a peanut allergy of the user. In particular, in the operating state and in particular when the at least one action is triggered the control unit 22a is provided so as to take into consideration multiple specific items of user information 34a that are part of various user profiles 42a. In the illustrated example, the control unit 22a has a communication unit 44a with which the specific items of user information 34a, in particular the user profiles 42a, can be retrieved. For this purpose, the user can log in using their corresponding user profile 42a, for example using the display 40a.

[0052] FIG. 7 illustrates a flow diagram of a method 100a for the operation of the household appliance apparatus 14a. In the illustrated example, the method 100a has a first method step 102a and a further method step 104a.

[0053] In the first method step 102a, by means of the hyperspectral image capture unit 16a the state 36a, in particular the image, of the object 18a is captured in the image capture region 20a and namely if the household appliance apparatus is in the operating state.

[0054] In the further method step 104a, the information is ascertained based on the state 36a of the object 18a and namely in particular automatically.

[0055] A further exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 8. The following descriptions are limited essentially to the differences between the exemplary embodiments, wherein in relation to components, features and functions that remain identical, reference is made to the description of the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 7. In order to differentiate the exemplary embodiments, the letter a is replaced in the reference characters of the exemplary embodiment in FIGS. 1 to 7 by the letter b in the reference characters of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 8. In relation to components that remain identical, in particular in relation to components having identical reference characters, it is possible fundamentally also to refer to the drawings and/or the description of the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 7.

[0056] FIG. 8 illustrates a further exemplary embodiment of the invention and namely a household appliance 12b having a further household appliance apparatus 14b.

[0057] The household appliance 12b is designed as a wall module and in the illustrated example is mounted on a wall. The household appliance 12b in the illustrated example comprises all the components of the household appliance apparatus 14b.

[0058] The household appliance apparatus 14b has a hyperspectral image capture unit 16b. The hyperspectral image capture unit 16b has an image capture region 20b which covers at least a region on a worktop. Furthermore, the image capture region 20b covers a hob. The household appliance apparatus 14b has a display 40b for outputting information.

REFERENCE CHARACTERS

[0059] 10 Household appliance system [0060] 12 Household appliance [0061] 14 Household appliance apparatus [0062] 16 Hyperspectral image capture unit [0063] 18 Object [0064] 20 Image capture region [0065] 22 Control unit [0066] 24 Scanning value [0067] 26 Hyperspectral image information [0068] 28 Output [0069] 30 Household appliance operating parameter [0070] 32 Recipe parameter [0071] 34 Specific user information [0072] 36 State [0073] 40 Display [0074] 42 User profile [0075] 44 Communication unit [0076] 100 Method [0077] 102 Method step [0078] 104 Further method step