Household appliance with a biometric person-identifying device
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Abstract
A household appliance, such as a refrigerator or freezer, having a door and a locking device on the door. The locking device is controlled by a biometric person-identifying device. The biometric identification can be based on recognition of at least one of the person'"'"'s fingerprint, voice characteristics or iris pattern.
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34 Claims
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15. A household appliance, comprising:
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at least one interior space closed by an appliance door;
a locking device for said appliance door for locking said interior space with said appliance door; and
a biometric person-identifying device for controlling said locking device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for locking an interior space of a household appliance having an appliance door, comprising:
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closing the interior space with the appliance door;
locking said interior space with said appliance door; and
providing a biometric person-identifying device for controlling said locking device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A household appliance, comprising:
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at least one interior space closed by an appliance door;
a locking device for said appliance door for locking said interior space with said appliance door;
a biometric person-identifying device for controlling the locking and unlocking of said locking device; and
said biometric person-identifying device is operated by at least one of a fingerprint recording device, a speech recording device and an iris recording device. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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