Patents by Inventor Christoph Luckhardt

Christoph Luckhardt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170211816
    Abstract: A method for data communication with a domestic appliance by a mobile computer device. The domestic appliance and the mobile computer device are interconnected or interconnectable via a wireless data connection. The wireless data connection is adapted for transferring signals between the domestic appliance and the mobile computer device. Further, the present invention relates to application software for the mobile computer device. Moreover, the present invention relates to a domestic appliance. Additionally, the present invention relates to a mobile computer device including a display or touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Fabienne Reinhard-Herrscher, Kersten Kaiser, Christoph Walther, Daniel Arler, Sandro Comuzzi
  • Publication number: 20170208652
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, in particular a cooking oven, with a camera. The domestic appliance includes a treatment chamber and a door for opening and closing the treatment chamber. The door includes a window or a transparent part. The door includes a door handle arranged at an outer side of said door. The camera is arranged inside the door handle, wherein the lens coverage of the camera extends from said camera through the window or transparent portion of the door into the interior of the treatment chamber. Picture signals generated by the camera are represented or representable by a picture displaying device, wherein said picture displaying device is a part of the control unit of the domestic appliance and/or a part of an external device connected or connectable to said domestic appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Fabienne Reinhard-Herrscher, Kersten Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20170170978
    Abstract: A method for data communication with a domestic appliance by a mobile computer device. The domestic appliance and the mobile computer device are interconnected or interconnectable via a wireless data connection. The wireless data connection is adapted for transferring signals between the domestic appliance and the mobile computer device. Further, the present invention relates to application software for the mobile computer device. Moreover, the present invention relates to a domestic appliance. Additionally, the present invention relates to a mobile computer device including a display or touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Fabienne Reinhard-Herrscher, Kersten Kaiser, Christoph Walther, Daniel Arler, Sandro Comuzzi
  • Patent number: 9494322
    Abstract: The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
  • Publication number: 20150253015
    Abstract: The invention in particular relates to a method of treating soiled inner walls of an oven cavity (3). The method comprises a step of mechanically nebulising a cleansing liquid (5) for generating a mist (11) of the cleansing liquid (5) within the oven cavity (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Reiner Horstmann, Christoph Luckhardt, Arnd Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20150056344
    Abstract: Appliance for processing food and method of operating the same The present application in particular is related to a method of operating a cooking appliance, in which a food category of a food item automatically can be assigned based on features extracted from an image of the food item. For improving assignment, the method is provided with self learning performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Christoph Luckhardt
  • Publication number: 20150047624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a arrangement of at least two glass panels (12, 14, 16) for a heat insulated oven door (10) of a cooking oven. The arrangement of the glass panels (12, 14, 16) is provided as or for a window of the oven door (10). The large-area sides of said glass panels (12, 14, 16) are arranged in parallel. Two neighbored glass panels (12, 14, 16) are arranged with a predetermined distance from each other, so that an intermediate space (24, 24?, 24?) is formed between said neighbored glass panels (12, 14, 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Fabienne Reinhard-Herrscher
  • Publication number: 20140041530
    Abstract: The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
  • Publication number: 20140044841
    Abstract: A method for controlling a cooking process of food stuff includes: a) detecting at least one physical property such as electrical impedance (Z) and/or a temperature (T) at a check point of the food stuff, b) deriving food type information about the type of food of the food stuff and/or food age information about the age of the food stuff, c) deriving a bacterial information (e.g. F or F<F0) about the bacterial concentration (or reduction thereof) in the food stuff, d) using the food type information of the food stuff and/or the food age information of the food stuff in said step of deriving the bacterial information (e.g. F or F<F0), e) providing said bacterial information (e.g. F or F<F0) to an information output unit for adapting the cooking time and/or temperature dependent on this bacterial information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: ELEKTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
  • Patent number: 8563059
    Abstract: The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
  • Patent number: 8360633
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for determining the temperature inside an item to be cooked (12). The invention comprises at least one temperature sensor (20) for detecting at least one surface temperature of the item to be cooked (12) and/or an ambient temperature around the item to be cooked, particularly at a measuring location inside the cooking chamber surrounding the item to be cooked, preferably with an ambient temperature sensor which is arranged at said measuring location. Furthermore, the device comprises at least one distance sensor (22) for detecting one or multiple distances between the distance sensor (22) and one or multiple distance measuring points (36) on the surface of the item to be cooked (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
  • Publication number: 20120237644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining information on food stuff in or for a cooking process comprising the steps of: a) detecting an electrical impedance (Z) or at least one component thereof in a, preferably inner, region of the food stuff, b) deriving from said detected impedance or component thereof information about the age or freshness of the food stuff, c) providing said information about the age or freshness to a user interface and/or to an information output unit and/or to a control unit for controlling the cooking process, in particular for adapting the cooking time and/or cooking temperature dependent on this information about the age or freshness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
  • Publication number: 20110123689
    Abstract: The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
  • Publication number: 20100128755
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for determining the temperature inside an item to be cooked (12). The invention comprises at least one temperature sensor (20) for detecting at least one surface temperature of the item to be cooked (12) and/or an ambient temperature around the item to be cooked, particularly at a measuring location inside the cooking chamber surrounding the item to be cooked, preferably with an ambient temperature sensor which is arranged at said measuring location. Furthermore, the device comprises at least one distance sensor (22) for detecting one or multiple distances between the distance sensor (22) and one or multiple distance measuring points (36) on the surface of the item to be cooked (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther