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Household appliance

  • US 8,420,984 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2007
  • Issued: 04/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A household appliance (10) for performing a housekeeping task, the household appliance comprising a data input device (16) supported at an external location outside of the household appliance relative to a sensing area (18) and separated from the sensing area (18) of the household appliance (10), wherein the data input device (16) is adapted to remotely sense, from the external location, a physical dimension of an object (20) in the sensing area (18), and a controller (22) coupled to the data input device and adapted to control an operation of the household appliance in accordance with the sensed physical dimension of the object (20).

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