Abstract: A self-propelled floor processing device has a drive unit for moving the floor processing device within an environment, a communication interface for outputting information to a user of the floor processing device, an obstacle detection unit for detecting obstacles within the environment and a computing device, which is set up to generate an area map based upon the obstacles detected by the obstacle detection unit, localize the floor processing device using the area map, and transmit control commands to the drive unit and the communication interface. The computing device defines at least one obstacle within the area map that cannot be independently overcome by the floor processing device as a transition obstacle, identifies the transition obstacle based upon a comparison of currently detected obstacles with the transition obstacle stored in the area map, and reports a manual transport requirement to the user upon reaching the transition obstacle.

Abstract: A self-propelled cleaning appliance has a drive unit for moving the cleaning appliance within an environment, a communication interface for outputting a message to a user of the cleaning appliance, an obstacle detection device for detecting obstacles within the environment and a computing device that generates an environment map based on the obstacles detected by the obstacle detection device and for transmitting control commands to the communication interface. The computing device is designed for determining a first environment section, in which a position of a movable obstacle changes in a recurring manner, and for determining a second environment section that could only be cleaned incompletely. The computing device compares the position of the determined first environment section with the position of the determined second environment section and outputs a message concerning the movable obstacle to a user of the cleaning appliance via the communication interface if the positions match.

Abstract: A work base with a holding device for suspending a vessel and a system with such a work base and a vessel are proposed, wherein the vessel is secured against being pulled out of the holding device.

Abstract: An automatically moving disinfection robot for disinfecting surfaces has a device housing, a drive means for the movement of the disinfection robot within a surrounding area comprising at least one room, a navigation means for the navigation and self-localization of the disinfection, a disinfection means, and a control means for controlling the disinfection activity. The control means controls a locally limited disinfection in only one subregion of the room, or a locally limited disinfection of only one object, in a fully automated manner. The disinfection means has a shielding means for separating the locally limited subregion to be disinfected from adjacent subregions of the same room. The shielding means is a housing, which is open only on one side and which is placed around the object or against the surface to be disinfected, so that the disinfection only takes place within the housing, but not outside of the housing.

Abstract: A mobile household appliance has an appliance housing, a display that forms part of an outer shell of the appliance housing, a detection device for detecting an operating parameter that characterizes an operating mode of the household appliance, and an evaluation and control unit for determining the operating mode and for depicting at least one piece of information concerning the current operating mode on the display. The evaluation and control unit varies a depicting direction of the displayed information depending on the determined current operating mode of the household appliance. The detection device has a sensor that is designed for detecting a relative orientation of a handle of the household appliance, which can be adjusted relative to the appliance housing, or a contact sensor for detecting mechanical contact of the household appliance with a service station, or an accumulator monitoring device for detecting charging or discharging of the accumulator.

Abstract: A preparation vessel, in particular for a food processor, has a vessel wall and a preparation area surrounded by the vessel wall. The vessel wall has a cooling device that contacts the vessel wall in a heat-conducting manner for cooling a preparation item present in the preparation area. The vessel wall in at least a partial area has a double-walled design, with an inner wall bordering the preparation area and an outer wall that is formed separately from the inner wall and spaced apart from the inner wall by a gap, wherein the gap has the cooling device and a phase change material located between the cooling device and the outer wall as viewed in a direction from the preparation area to the outer wall.

Abstract: A control system is described for synchronizing food processing steps performed by a multi-function cooking apparatus with food processing steps performed by one or more remote kitchen appliances, includes a recipe program interface for accessing a recipe program on a data storage device wherein the recipe program is configured to be executed by the cooking apparatus and has internal instructions configured to control functions of the cooking apparatus for performing food processing steps thereon, and has at least one external instruction for a remote food processing step performed by a particular remote kitchen appliance.

Abstract: A floor processing device automatically moves within an environment, with a driving attachment, a floor processing unit, an obstacle detection unit, a control unit and a detection unit for detecting device parameters and/or environment parameters control unit is set up to determine an error of the floor processing device based upon the detected parameters that prevents the floor processing device from moving and/or the floor processing device from processing a surface to be processed in such a way that the floor processing device is unable to automatically extricate itself from the error situation. The control unite is set up to analyze the parameters detected by the detection unit with respect to recurring patterns that have a repeatedly encountered combination of an error and at least one chronologically preceding environment and/or device parameter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a food processor, where at least one processing device of the food processor is controlled, in a preparation mode, so as to at least partially automatically prepare food, and where a monitoring device performs an identification of temporally successive acquisition values at the food processor at least during the preparation mode, where the acquisition values are specific to at least one preparation parameter of the food processor, where at least one analysis information is determined dependent upon the temporally successive acquisition values, and a frequency distribution of the analysis information is identified by a time-dependent analysis, whereby an analysis result specific to a preparation state is determined, where dependent upon the analysis result, at least one control signal is emitted for influencing the preparation mode.

Abstract: A mounting device (1) for receiving at least one preparation vessel (2) for food with a heating device having at least one receiving portion (4) for the preparation vessel (2) and at least three contact sockets (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e) for at least partially receiving corresponding contact pins (6a, 6b, 6c) on the preparation vessel (2).

Abstract: An electrically operated kitchen appliance includes at least two functional elements for performing a function of the kitchen appliance and has a receiving region for holding a preparation vessel. The receiving region has an electrical interface with electrical contact elements that are electrically connected to a functional element of the kitchen appliance, and establish an electrically conductive connection to corresponding contact elements of a preparation vessel, which is connected to the receiving region. The kitchen appliance has a switch-over device, which is assigned to the electrical contact elements and which changes a connection assignment between the electrical contact elements of the kitchen appliance and the functional elements of the kitchen appliance in such a way that after the actuation of the switch-over device, a functional element is connected to a different electrical contact element than prior to the actuation of the switch-over device.

Abstract: An automatically moving floor treating device has an electric motor-driven drive, an obstacle detection device, a sensor system, and an evaluation and control device. To analyze further properties of the floor surface, the evaluation and control device controls the drive of the floor treating device so that the floor treating device rotates around a defined location point of the floor surface. The evaluation and control means is furthermore configured to evaluate the parameter, which is detected by the sensor system during the rotation or movement of the floor treating device around the defined location point of the floor surface, and to determine an angle-dependent anisotropy of the parameter of the floor surface based on an anisotropy of the parameter of the floor surface based on defined different directions in space of the surrounding area, and to enter them in the surrounding area map by specifying an angular coordinate.

Abstract: A method for operating an automatically moving service device includes detecting obstacles within an environment with a detection device. The detection results are used to generate an environment map of the environment, and the service device moves within the environment based on the environment map. A control device of the service device receives information about a spatial position of a base station in the environment, and a maneuvering area for the service device to approach, turn toward and/or dock with the base station is determined. The spatial position and maneuvering area are stored in the environment map and a turning point for a directional change is prescribed within the maneuvering area. The service device can execute a last directional change at this turning point at the latest and independently of the remaining progression of movement, before it moves along a straight line toward the base station.

Abstract: A method for creating an environment map for a processing unit, which moves independently within an environment, wherein a detection device detects environmental features and/or objects within the environment, and wherein position data of the environmental features and/or objects are processed by an evaluation device into an environment map. In order to achieve intuitive user-processing unit interaction, the detected environmental features and/or objects are processed via 3D reconstruction into a photo-realistic, three-dimensional environment card.

Abstract: A system consisting of a vehicle which is autarchically mobile in the outdoor area on a property and a surveillance module which can be attached to the vehicle, wherein the surveillance module has surveillance sensors for carrying out surveillance of the property. The surveillance module can be replaced with a work module. Plant care activities can be performed with the work module.

Abstract: A system of a household appliance has an appliance housing, an accumulator having an accumulator housing and an integrated optical display, and a display control for controlling a display of information on the accumulator display. The appliance has a detector for determining appliance states of the appliance, which do not relate to the accumulator, wherein the detector is configured to transmit the detected appliance state to the display control, wherein the display control is configured to control the accumulator display to display the received appliance state. The display control is configured to control the display of a remaining running time, which specifies how long a charging capacity, which is still available in the accumulator, will last, to complete an activity, which is currently performed, wherein the remaining running time relates to a combination of an appliance parameter of the appliance and of the current charging capacity of the accumulator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a food processor (10) comprising at least one processor device (50) and one monitoring device (200). In a preparation mode, said processor device (50) can be actuated so as to prepare food at least partly automatically, said monitoring device (200) comprising at least one sensor (52) for determining at least one first and one second recording (101.1, 101.2), wherein the second recording (101.2) such that, depending on this difference, a future specific state of preparation can be ascertained. The monitoring device (200) comprises a process unit (210) by means of which an item of analysis information can be determined based on the first and/or second recording (101.1, 101.2), an analysis (140) of said analysis information can be carried out in order to determine an analysis result specific to said future specific state of preparation, and at least one control signal (161) can be emitted to influence the preparation mode, depending on said analysis result.

Abstract: A method for the navigation and self-location of an autonomously moving processing device uses an environment map within an environment, wherein environment data of the environment are collected and processed to form an environment map. To support the navigation and self-location of the processing device advantageously, an additional autonomously moving device collects environmental data of the environment for the processing device, and environmental data are transmitted to the processing device. A system consists of an autonomously moving processing device and an additional autonomously moving device.

Abstract: A self-propelled surface treatment unit has a drive device for the autonomous travel of the surface treatment unit within an environment, an energy storage device, a data storage device having an environmental map of the environment, and a navigation device for the navigation and self-location of the surface treatment unit within the environment on the basis of the environmental map having environmental zones. In order to improve the efficiency and service life of the energy storage device, the environmental map has energy data for at least two environmental zones, which indicates the amount of energy that the surface treatment unit will require to treat the surface in each one of the environmental zones.

Abstract: A stirrer for inserting into a bottom opening of a vessel bottom of a stirring vessel of an electric motor operated kitchen appliance has a plurality of positioning protrusions embodied on its circumferential surface one behind the other in the circumferential direction. A plurality of first positioning protrusions of the circumferential surface protrude with a first radial length difference beyond a smallest radius of the circumferential surface. At least one second positioning protrusion protrudes with a second radial length difference beyond the smallest radius of the circumferential surface, which second radial length difference is smaller than the first radial length difference.