Patents by Inventor Matthias Heckes

Matthias Heckes 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).

  • Patent number: 11882980
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing chamber, a controller apparatus configured to perform a wash program from a number of wash programs for washing items to be washed arranged in the washing chamber, an optical sensor configured to capture an optical sensor signal of the washing chamber during performance of the wash program, and an evaluating unit configured to ascertain a subsequent loading of items to be washed by a user as a function of the captured optical sensor signal of the washing chamber, to determine a point in time of the subsequent loading in the wash program, and to perform a predetermined action as a function of the ascertained subsequent loading and the determined point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Patent number: 11759086
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment, an activatable unit arranged in the washing compartment, a control device configured to actuate the activatable unit, an optical sensor configured to acquire an optical sensor signal of the washing compartment, and a communication unit for bidirectional communication with a remote server. The communication unit transmits the acquired optical sensor signal to the remote server and receives a control command from the remote server for actuating the activatable unit and to forward the received control command to the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Publication number: 20220330786
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a control device configured to carry out a treatment program from a plurality of treatment programs, with each of the plurality of treatment programs being determined by a plurality of program parameters, an output unit configured to output a feedback survey in accordance with a feedback cycle to a user of the household appliance, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the feedback cycle depending on a user feedback detected by an input means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Miller, Kai Paintner, Alexander Rommel, Katharina Scheck, Helena Riehl, Manuel Meyer, Matthias Heckes, Matthias Hüdig
  • Publication number: 20220287539
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a control device configured to carry out a treatment program from a plurality of treatment programs, each of the plurality of treatment programs being determined by a plurality of program parameters. An output unit outputs a feedback survey in accordance with a feedback cycle to a user of the household appliance, and an adjustment unit adjusts a content of the feedback survey depending on a user feedback detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Miller, Kai Paintner, Alexander Rommel, Katharina Scheck, Helena Riehl, Manuel Meyer, Matthias Heckes, Matthias Hüdig
  • Patent number: 11399695
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment receiving items to be washed, a control device configured to carry out a washing program selected from a number of washing programs for washing the items to be washed in the washing compartment, an optical sensor configured to acquire an optical sensor signal of the items to be washed in the washing compartment, and an evaluation unit configured to identify a drying state of the items to be washed in the washing compartment as a function of the acquired optical sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Patent number: 11311172
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity for accommodating items to be washed, a controller apparatus configured to perform one wash program from a number of wash programs for washing the items to be washed arranged in the dishwasher cavity, an optical sensor configured to capture an optical sensor signal of the items to be washed arranged in the dishwasher cavity, and an evaluating unit configured to ascertain a loading state of the dishwasher cavity as a function of the captured optical sensor signal of the items to be washed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Patent number: 11287941
    Abstract: In a method for operating a household appliance having a user interface for operation of the household appliance by a plurality of users, a number of predetermined usage actions of a particular user of the plurality of users when operating the household appliance is registered in a user-specific manner, and a user-specific control surface is provided by way of the user interface for the particular user on the basis of the usage actions of the particular user as registered in a user-specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Heckes, Ersin Isbilen, Stefano Frattesi, Claudia Häpp, Bernd Kränzle, Paula Lloreda Puente
  • Publication number: 20220022724
    Abstract: A system includes water-bearing household appliance which includes a controller apparatus for executing a treatment program from a plurality of treatment programs, with each of the treatment programs being defined by program parameters. A memory device stores treatment programs in the form of a N-dimensional matrix, with the treatment programs being associated with matrix elements of the matrix respectively. Each matrix element is determinable by a respective one of defined N-dimensional input vectors. An input captures a user input to change a program parameter, and a selection unit selects one of the defined N-dimensional input vectors as a function of the captured user input, with a determining unit determining a matrix element from the matrix as a function of the selected input vector. The controller apparatus carries out the treatment program associated with the determined matrix element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Miller, Kai Paintner, Alexander Rommel, Katharina Scheck, Helena Riehl, Manuel Meyer, Matthias Heckes, Matthias Hüdig
  • Publication number: 20210127942
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity for accommodating items to be washed, a controller apparatus configured to perform one wash program from a number of wash programs for washing the items to be washed arranged in the dishwasher cavity, an optical sensor configured to capture an optical sensor signal of the items to be washed arranged in the dishwasher cavity, and an evaluating unit configured to ascertain a loading state of the dishwasher cavity as a function of the captured optical sensor signal of the items to be washed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Patent number: 10945579
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a dishwasher, a user preference is captured for a cleaning cycle of the dishwasher. Parameters associated with a cleaning cycle of the dishwasher are read over a plurality of cleaning cycles, and a user input that indicates satisfaction by the user with one of the cleaning cycles is captured. An optimization is determined of a parameter of the parameters on the basis of the user input and the user preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Haidacher, Claudia Häpp, Matthias Heckes
  • Publication number: 20200253456
    Abstract: In a method for operating a household appliance having a user interface for operation of the household appliance by a plurality of users, a number of predetermined usage actions of a particular user of the plurality of users when operating the household appliance is registered in a user-specific manner, and a user-specific control surface is provided by way of the user interface for the particular user on the basis of the usage actions of the particular user as registered in a user-specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Matthias Heckes, Ersin Isbilen, Stefano Frattesi, Claudia Häpp, Bernd Kränzle, Paula Lloreda Puente
  • Publication number: 20200178755
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing chamber, a controller apparatus configured to perform a wash program from a number of wash programs for washing items to be washed arranged in the washing chamber, an optical sensor configured to capture an optical sensor signal of the washing chamber during performance of the wash program, and an evaluating unit configured to ascertain a subsequent loading of items to be washed by a user as a function of the captured optical sensor signal of the washing chamber, to determine a point in time of the subsequent loading in the wash program, and to perform a predetermined action as a function of the ascertained subsequent loading and the determined point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Publication number: 20200154973
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment receiving items to be washed, a control device configured to carry out a washing program selected from a number of washing programs for washing the items to be washed in the washing compartment, an optical sensor configured to acquire an optical sensor signal of the washing compartment, a receiving unit configured to receive a start signal from an external control unit for starting the washing program remotely, and an evaluation unit configured to identify a safe operating state of the household dishwasher as a function of the acquired optical sensor signal and to block or release a start of the washing program initiated by the received start signal as a function of the identified safe operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Publication number: 20200138261
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment, an activatable unit arranged in the washing compartment, a control device configured to actuate the activatable unit, an optical sensor configured to acquire an optical sensor signal of the washing compartment, and a communication unit for bidirectional communication with a remote server. The communication unit transmits the acquired optical sensor signal to the remote server and receives a control command from the remote server for actuating the activatable unit and to forward the received control command to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Publication number: 20200138263
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing compartment receiving items to be washed, a control device configured to carry out a washing program selected from a number of washing programs for washing the items to be washed in the washing compartment, an optical sensor configured to acquire an optical sensor signal of the items to be washed in the washing compartment, and an evaluation unit configured to identify a drying state of the items to be washed in the washing compartment as a function of the acquired optical sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Publication number: 20190298143
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a dishwasher, a user preference is captured for a cleaning cycle of the dishwasher. Parameters associated with a cleaning cycle of the dishwasher are read over a plurality of cleaning cycles, and a user input that indicates satisfaction by the user with one of the cleaning cycles is captured. An optimization is determined of a parameter of the parameters on the basis of the user input and the user preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Florian Haidacher, Claudia Häpp, Matthias Heckes