CLEANING AN ITEM

• US 20170265706A1
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Dial Corporation (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Inventors: Koven, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US15/075,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20170265706A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/0021 Regulation of operational steps within the washing processes, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending from the detergent nature or from the condition of the crockery
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/0063 using remote monitoring or controlling of the dishwasher operation, e.g. networking systems
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2103/00 Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2105/58 Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 33/30 Control of washing machines characterised by the purpose or target of the control controlling processes of washer-dryers D06F33/50
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/05 for wireless communication between components, e.g. for remote monitoring or control
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/28 Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/91 Remote control based on location and proximity
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for cleaning an item. The methods and systems include, with a cleaning system programmed to perform the method obtaining, with a location circuit, a location of a cleaning device, the cleaning device to be used to clean the item, based on the location of the cleaning device, determining environmental conditions for that location, and based on the environmental conditions for that location, presenting, via a user interface (UI), a recommendation to improve cleanliness of the item when cleaning the item with the cleaning device.

Claims

1. A method for cleaning an item, the method comprising, with a cleaning system programmed to perform the method:

obtaining, with a location circuit, a location of a cleaning device, the cleaning device to be used to clean the item;

based on the location of the cleaning device, determining environmental conditions for that location; and

based on the environmental conditions for that location, presenting, via a user interface (UI), a recommendation to improve cleanliness of the item when cleaning the item with the cleaning device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information relating to the environmental conditions for a number of locations in a database.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising storing recommendations for each of the locations based on the environmental conditions associated with a respective location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location comprises a house address, a city, a county, a country, a continent, a longitudinal coordinate, a latitudinal coordinate, or combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the environmental conditions comprise common stains associated with the location, a type of soil for the location, water conditions for the location, regional foods associated with the location, current weather conditions for the location, or combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommendation comprises utilizing a specific cleaning process, a specific detergent, a specific bleach, a specific water temperature, specific settings of the cleaning device, or combinations thereof for cleaning the item with the cleaning device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the location circuit and the UI are integrated into a mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the location circuit and the UI are integrated into the cleaning device.

9. A system for cleaning an item, the system comprising:

a database to;

store information relating to environmental conditions for a number of locations; and

store recommendations for each of the locations based on environmental conditions associated with a respective location; and

a cleaning system to;

with a location circuit, obtain a location of a cleaning device to be used to clean the item;

access the database;

based on the location of the cleaning device, determine the environmental conditions for that location; and

with a user interface (UI), present, based on the environmental conditions for that location, at least one of the recommendations to improve cleanliness of the item when cleaning the item with the cleaning device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein each of the locations comprises a house address, a city, a county, a country, a continent, a longitudinal coordinate, a latitudinal coordinate, or combinations thereof.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the environmental conditions comprise common stains associated with each of the locations, a type of soil for each of the locations, water conditions for each of the locations, regional foods associated with each of the locations, current weather conditions for each of the locations, or combinations thereof.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein each of the recommendations comprise utilizing a specific cleaning process, a specific detergent, a specific bleaching agent, a specific water temperature, specific settings of the cleaning device, or combinations thereof for cleaning the item with the cleaning device.

13. A machine-readable, non-volatile storage medium encoded with instructions, the instructions executable by a processor of a system to cause the system to:

store information relating to environmental conditions for a number of locations;

based on a location of a cleaning device, determine the environmental conditions for that location; and

based on the environmental conditions for that location, present, via a user interface (UI), a recommendation to improve cleanliness of an item when cleaning the item with the cleaning device.

14. The machine-readable, non-volatile storage medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to store recommendations for each of the locations based on environmental conditions associated with a respective location.

15. The machine-readable, non-volatile storage medium of claim 13, wherein each of the locations comprises a house address, a city, a county, a country, a continent, a longitudinal coordinate, a latitudinal coordinate, or combinations thereof.

16. The machine-readable, non-volatile storage medium of claim 13, wherein the environmental conditions comprise common stains associated with each of the locations, a type of soil for each of the locations, water conditions for each of the locations, regional foods associated with each of the locations, current weather conditions for each of the locations, or combinations thereof.

17. The machine-readable, non-volatile storage medium of claim 13, wherein the recommendation comprises utilizing a specific cleaning process, a specific detergent, a specific bleaching agent, a specific water temperature, specific settings of the cleaning device, or combinations thereof for cleaning the item with the cleaning device.

18. The machine-readable, non-volatile storage medium of claim 13, wherein a location circuit and the UI are integrated into a mobile device

19. The machine-readable, non-volatile storage medium of claim 13, wherein a location circuit and the UI are integrated into the cleaning device

20. The machine-readable, non-volatile storage medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain, via a location circuit, the location of the cleaning device, the cleaning device used to clean the item.