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Household appliance

US8420984B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

31References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. · BE

Inventors

Kersten Kaiser · Burgbernheim, DE
Alwin Neukamm · Wilhermsdorf, DE
Claudio Cenedese · Udine, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2007
Grant date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 1, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B2213/07
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a household appliance for performing a housekeeping task. The household appliance comprises a data input device (16) adapted to remotely sense a property in a sensing area (18), and a controller (22) coupled to the data input device and adapted to control an operation of the household appliance in accordance with the sensed property.

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