Claims
- 1. A method for identifying at least one object from a number of possible objects, which comprises:
obtaining measured values of different physical properties of objects with at least one measurement device; and dependent upon a number and a type of the objects to be distinguished, evaluating the measured values obtained by determining at least a minimum number of the measured values of the objects to allow identification of at least one of the objects based upon at least one of the physical properties.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises generating a specific signal profile from a number of measured values for each object to be identified.
- 3. The method according to claim 2, which further comprises storing the signal profiles in a signal profile memory.
- 4. The method according to claim 3, which further comprises providing the signal profile memory as an electronic database.
- 5. The method according to claim 3, which further comprises associating a respective signal profile to a specific possible object based upon an input variable.
- 6. The method according to claim 5, which further comprises:
linking a number of signal profile memories with one another; and carrying out an assignment of a signal profile to a possible object in one of the signal profile memories.
- 7. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises providing the measurement device as a sensor that determines physical properties of the objects.
- 8. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises selecting the physical properties from the group consisting of temperature, weight, humidity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, electrical capacitance, magnetism, reflectance, and at least one of radioactivity and discharge of gas.
- 9. The method according to claim 2, which further comprises including a location of a measurement in the signal profile.
- 10. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises indirectly sensing the physical properties of the objects with the sensors.
- 11. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises indirectly measuring the physical properties of the objects with the measurement device.
- 12. The method according to claim 10, which further comprises determining the physical properties of the objects through at least one of ultrasound vibration analysis and infrared spectroscopy.
- 13. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises providing optical sensors as the measurement device and determining at least one of a color, a shape, and a surface structure of the objects with the optical sensors.
- 14. The method according to claim 13, which further comprises providing at least one of the optical sensors as an image-evaluating camera system.
- 15. The method according to claim 13, which further comprises operating at least one of the optical sensors utilizing the transmitted light technique.
- 16. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises measuring the objects without contact.
- 17. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises measuring the objects with the sensors without contact.
- 18. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises configuring the measurement device as at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of a bar code reader, a text reader, and a transponder reader.
- 19. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises selecting the sensors from the group consisting of a bar code reader, a text reader, and a transponder reader.
- 20. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises utilizing the physical properties determined by the sensors as an input variable for determining further physical variables that can be determined from the input variables.
- 21. A device for carrying out the method according to claim 1.
- 22. A device for identifying at least one object from a number of possible objects, comprising:
at least one measurement device for obtaining measured values of different physical properties of the objects to be measured; an evaluation assembly connected to said measurement device, said evaluation assembly being programmed to:
receive the measured values from said measurement device; and evaluate the measured values obtained, dependent upon a number and a type of the objects to be distinguished, by determining at least a minimum number of the measured values of the objects to allow identification of at least one of the objects based upon at least one of the physical properties.
- 23. The device according to claim 22, wherein:
said evaluation assembly supplies at least one output signal for driving electrical appliances; and said output signal drives at least one operating function of at least one electrical household appliance.
- 24. The device according to claim 23, wherein the at least one household appliance is selected from the group consisting of a stove, a cooktop, an extractor hood, a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a household robot, a floor cleaning appliance, and a vacuum cleaner.
- 25. In an electrical household appliance, an evaluator comprising:
a device for identifying at least one object from a number of possible objects including:
at least one measurement device for obtaining measured values of different physical properties of the objects to be measured; an evaluation assembly connected to said measurement device, said assembly being programmed to:
receive the measured values from said measurement device; and evaluate the measured values obtained, dependent upon a number and a type of the objects to be distinguished, by determining at least a minimum number of the measured values of the objects to allow identification of at least one of the objects based upon at least one of the physical properties.
- 26. The device according to claim 25, wherein the electrical household appliance is selected from the group consisting of a stove, a cooktop, an extractor hood, a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a household robot, a floor cleaning appliance, and a vacuum cleaner.
Priority Claims (1)
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101 56 157.1 |
Nov 2001 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of copending International Application No. PCT/EP02/12218, filed Oct. 31, 2002, which designated the United States and was not published in English.
Continuations (1)
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PCT/EP02/12218 |
Oct 2002 |
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10847496 |
May 2004 |
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