Method and device for ascertaining a treatment parameter of a textile using an impurity composition and a textile property

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11568501-B2
Application number	US-201816621622-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2018
Priority date	Jun 12, 2017
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

In particular, a method performed by one or more devices is disclosed, the method comprising: obtaining a first intensity information item ( 210 ) representative of a spectral image ( 208 ) resulting from an soiling ( 202, 302 ) of a textile ( 200, 304 ); obtaining a second intensity information item ( 212, 214 ) representative of a spectral image ( 216 ) characteristic of at least one property of at least one part of the textile ( 200, 304 ); determining at least one treatment parameter, wherein the determination of the treatment parameter takes place dependent both on the composition of the soiling ( 202, 302 ) from the first intensity information item ( 210 ) and on the at least one property of at least the part of the textile ( 200, 304 ) from the second Intensity information item ( 212, 214 ); and outputting or triggering an outputting of the at least one treatment parameter.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method performed by one or more devices, comprising:
obtaining a first intensity information item of a spectral image resulting from soiling of a textile;
determining at least one first intermediate parameter dependent on the first intensity information item;
obtaining a second intensity information item of a spectral image of at least one property of at least one part of the textile;
determining a second intermediate parameter dependent on the second intensity information item;
determining at least one treatment parameter, wherein the determination of the treatment parameter comprises comparing the first and second intermediate parameters; and
outputting or triggering an outputting of the at least one treatment parameter,
wherein:
a first set of treatment parameters is set up with regard to the composition of the soiling,
a second set of treatment parameters is set up with regard to the at least one property of the at least one part of the textile,
the first set of treatment parameters and the second set of treatment parameters comprise ranges, and
the first and second treatment parameters are selected based on the greatest possible overlap of the ranges of the first and second set of treatment parameters.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first intensity information item of a spectral image results from an illuminated surface of the soiling on the textile.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the second intensity information item is of a spectral image resulting from an illuminated surface of at least one part of the structure of the textile and/or is of a spectral image resulting from an illuminated surface of a marking on the textile.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the second intensity information item is of a spectral image of the type of materials of the textile, the color of the textile and/or for the form of the fabric of the textile.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second intensity information item of a spectral image results from an illuminated surface of at least one part of the structure of the textile and/or results from an illuminated surface of a marking on the textile.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second intensity information item is of a spectral image of the type of materials of the textile, the color of the textile and/or for the form of the fabric of the textile.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second intensity information item of a spectral image of the type of materials of the textile, the color of the textile and/or for the form of the fabric of the textile.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination of the at least one treatment parameter comprises the determination of a composition information item of the soiling from the first intensity information item and/or the determination of a structure information item of the textile from the second intensity information item.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the determination of the composition information item is based in part on the structure information item and/or the determination of the structure information item is based in part on the composition information item.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one treatment parameter comprises at least one parameter of a cleaning strategy of the textile.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one treatment parameter is output to a treatment device.

12. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
performing a treatment of the textile via a treatment device.

13. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
determining the first intensity information item and/or second intensity information item.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first intensity information item and/or second intensity information item are of spatially resolved portions of a spectral image.

15. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
determining a user profile based at least in part on the treatment parameter,
wherein the determination of the at least one treatment parameter is based at least partially on the user profile.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one treatment parameter comprises a machine learning method.

17. A device comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory having computer program code,
wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured with the at least one processor to execute and/or to control at least one method of:
obtaining a first intensity information item of a spectral image resulting from soiling of a textile;
determining at least one first intermediate parameter dependent on the first intensity information item;
obtaining a second intensity information item of a spectral image of at least one property of at least one part of the textile;
determining a second intermediate parameter dependent on the second intensity information item;
determining at least one treatment parameter, wherein the determination of the treatment parameter comprises comparing the first and second intermediate parameters; and
outputting or triggering an outputting of the at least one treatment parameter,
wherein:
a first set of treatment parameters is set up with regard to the composition of the soiling,
a second set of treatment parameters is set up with regard to the at least one property of the at least one part of the textile,
the first set of treatment parameters and the second set of treatment parameters comprise ranges, and
the first and second treatment parameters are selected based on the greatest possible overlap of the ranges of the first and second set of treatment parameters.

18. A computer program comprising program instructions that cause a processor to execute and/or control a method when the computer program is run on the processor, the method comprising:
obtaining a first intensity information item of a spectral image resulting from soiling of a textile;
determining at least one first intermediate parameter dependent on the first intensity information item;
obtaining a second intensity information item of a spectral image of at least one property of at least one part of the textile;
determining a second intermediate parameter dependent on the second intensity information item;
determining at least one treatment parameter, wherein the determination of the treatment parameter comprises comparing the first and second intermediate parameters; and
outputting or triggering an outputting of the at least one treatment parameter,
wherein:
a first set of treatment parameters is set up with regard to the composition of the soiling,
a second set of treatment parameters is set up with regard to the at least one property of the at least one part of the textile,
the first set of treatment parameters and the second set of treatment parameters comprise ranges, and
the first and second treatment parameters are selected based on the greatest possible overlap of the ranges of the first and second set of treatment parameters.

Assignees

• Henkel Ag & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Kessler Arnd
• Zuechner Lars
• Schmiedel Peter
• Roeleke Christina

Classifications

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• G06Q50/10 Primary

  Services · CPC title

• G06K19/027

  the material being suitable for use as a textile, e.g. woven-based RFID-like labels designed for attachment to laundry items (markings attached to laundry items in general D06F93/00) · CPC title

• D06F2105/58

  Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user · CPC title

• D06F2103/06

  Type or material · CPC title