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Method and apparatus for operating a domestic appliance and domestic appliance

US9927777B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Frank Böldt · Brieselang, DE
Jörg Groβer · Lappersdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2011
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY04S20/242
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method for operating a domestic appliance to reduce consumption of one or more operating resources includes receiving data about a temporal cost profile of the operating resources, having a first time interval with low costs and a second time interval with high costs, comparing a operating time period with the first time interval and determining a point in time for starting operation as a function of a result of the comparison, when the operating time period is longer than the first time interval, determining a temporal program segment with a higher consumption than other program segments based on a temporal consumption profile that describes consumption as a function of time during operation, and determining the point in time for starting the operation such that the program segment with the higher consumption falls within the first time interval.

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