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Domestic appliance and method for determining contour information of material

US12366363B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Sebastian Matzinger · Erharting, DE
Kerstin Rigorth · Markt Indersdorf, DE
Sebastian Sterz · Großaitingen, DE
Max Stief · Vogtareuth, DE
Matthias Vogt · Affaltrach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 24, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B6/6447
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A household appliance includes a treatment chamber for treating material, a pattern luminaire designed to radiate a light pattern into the treatment chamber, an image sensor directed into the treatment chamber for capturing the light pattern reflected from the treatment chamber, and a motor operably connected to the pattern luminaire for rotating the pattern luminaire into different angles of rotation so as to enable the household appliance to determine at least one item of contour information from material irradiated by the light pattern from at least two reflected light patterns associated with different ones of the angles of rotation of the pattern luminaire.

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