Electronic household appliance having a control system with a sub-controller configured for data communication with an external administrative unit

US12045039B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Lutz · Delbrück, DE
• Andreas Ruess · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2021
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/2613
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electronic household appliance has a control system which has a plurality of internal control units and a communication network between the plurality of internal control units. A selected internal control unit of the plurality of internal control units contains a controller and is additionally provided with a communication device which is configured for data communication with at least one external administrative unit without intermediate storage of the data to be communicated. The controller of the selected internal control unit is also configured to control data communication between the at least one external administrative unit and the plurality of internal control units of the control system via the communication device.