CN110678599A

CN110678599A - Laundry care appliance with control device

Info

Publication number: CN110678599A
Application number: CN201880033905.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: C·富克斯; N·热拉尔
Original assignee: BSH Home Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: BSH Home Appliances Co Ltd; BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2017-06-02
Filing date: 2018-05-15
Publication date: 2020-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 2038-05-15
Also published as: WO2018219627A1; CN110678599B; DE102017209377A1; EP3631076A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a laundry care appliance (100) having a control device (105) for controlling the laundry care appliance (100), wherein the control device (105) can be connected to a user device (117) for outputting prompts to a user of the laundry care appliance (100). The control device (105) can be connected to a program selection device (107) for selecting a plurality of laundry care programs. The control device (105) is designed to detect a user wash characteristic of a user of the laundry care appliance (100) during a reference period. The user device (117) is designed to prompt the user to select at least one laundry care program during a washing session following the reference session depending on the detected washing characteristics of the user.

Description

Laundry care appliance with control device

Technical Field

The invention relates to a laundry care appliance with a control device.

Background

In order to ensure effective laundry care for different types and amounts of laundry in the laundry care appliance, the user of the laundry care appliance can select a desired laundry care program from a plurality of selectable laundry care programs of the laundry care appliance. The control device of the laundry care appliance ensures that the laundry care appliance initiates the laundry care program selected by the user and carries out the corresponding washing process. In this case, the classification of the different items of laundry to be washed, the selection of the items of laundry to be washed at a specific point in time, or the reminding of when a specific laundry care program should be activated can represent a significant additional expenditure for the user of the laundry care appliance according to an occupational or private schedule.

A washing machine with a container for receiving laundry is disclosed in EP 1467015 a 1.

A washing machine with a removable basket for receiving laundry is known from EP 1911871 a 2.

A laundry receiving device with a plurality of receiving boxes for receiving different types of laundry is disclosed in US 2009/0113638 a 1.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a laundry care appliance, in which a user of the laundry care appliance can easily carry out a washing process.

This object is achieved by a subject matter having the features according to the preferred embodiments. Advantageous embodiments are the contents of the alternative solutions, the description and the drawings.

According to a first aspect, the object is achieved by a laundry care appliance having a control device for controlling the laundry care appliance, wherein the control device is connectable to a user device for outputting a prompt to a user of the laundry care appliance, wherein the control device is connectable to a program selection device for selecting a plurality of laundry care programs, wherein the control device is designed for detecting a user washing characteristic of the user of the laundry care appliance during a reference period, wherein the user device is designed for prompting the user to select at least one laundry care program depending on the detected user washing characteristic during a washing period following the reference period.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the user device can, in an advantageous manner, remind the user of the laundry care appliance to carry out a laundry care program or laundry care programs during a washing session. This ensures that the user of the laundry care appliance is provided with the laundry required by the user at the desired point in time in the washing state.

The control device first detects a specific user washing characteristic of the user during a reference period, for example at which point in time within the reference period a certain laundry care program is selected. For example, the control device detects that the user selects a laundry care program of the sportswear once a week and selects a laundry care program of the shirt once every two weeks during the reference period. The control device thus knows, for example, during the reference period, which laundry care program the user of the laundry care appliance uses frequently.

Depending on the detected user washing characteristic, the control device may then select a point in time or a time range during the washing period following the reference period depending on the detected user washing characteristic when the determined laundry care program or laundry care programs should be carried out by the user. By means of the connection between the control device and the user device, the user device can then prompt the user to select at least one laundry care program.

The support by the control device and the user device thus makes it possible for the user of the laundry care program to carry out the washing care process easily, since the user can be provided with a particularly advantageous indication as to the washing characteristics of the user himself, i.e. when a specific laundry care program or laundry care programs should be selected. This makes it possible for the professional and/or private scheduling of the user to be not too restricted in terms of the implementation of different laundry care programs.

By laundry care appliance is understood an appliance for laundry care, for example a washing machine or a laundry dryer. The laundry care appliance is understood to be, in particular, a household laundry care appliance. That is, a laundry care appliance used in the household field, and by which laundry of a quantity that is common in households is treated.

In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the user washing characteristic detected during the reference period comprises one or more of the following selection possibilities of the user: selecting a frequency of at least one laundry care program; a starting point in time of at least one laundry care program; an end time point of at least one laundry care program; the duration of at least one laundry care program; at least one type of laundry care program, in particular a boil-off program, an ironing-free washing program, a fine-wash program and/or a wool washing program; the time interval between different laundry care programs during the reference period; a further setting of at least one washing program, in particular a selection of the amount and/or type of laundry care substance used; the duration and/or the spin rate of the at least one laundry care program during the spin-up program; an energy-saving function, a time-saving function and/or an additional cleaning function of the at least one laundry care program.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the control device can acquire a particularly comprehensive picture of the washing characteristics of the user during the reference period by detecting a plurality of selection and setting possibilities when the laundry care program is carried out by the user during the reference period. The user device can thereby transmit a prompt for selecting at least one laundry care program to the user of the laundry care appliance particularly accurately during the immediately following washing period.

In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the control device is designed to detect an end point in time of at least one selected laundry care program during a reference period, and the user device is designed to prompt the user to select at least one laundry care program at the washing point in time during the washing period if the time interval between the end point in time and the washing point in time exceeds the reference time interval.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the control device, when determining whether at least one laundry care program should be selected during a washing session, takes into account the time elapsed since the last execution of the at least one laundry care program in addition to the user washing characteristic detected during the reference session. It is thereby ensured that the user device transmits a prompt to the user when the time interval since the last execution of the at least one laundry care program exceeds the reference time interval.

In a preferred embodiment, the control device is designed to automatically initiate the selected at least one laundry care program during the washing session when the time interval exceeds a reference time interval.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the laundry introduced by the user into the laundry care appliance can be automatically washed when the time interval exceeds the reference time interval, whereby the user no longer needs to separately manually initiate at least one laundry care program.

In a preferred embodiment, the user device has an input module for inputting at least one laundry care program, wherein the program selection device is designed to select at least one laundry care program from a plurality of laundry care programs, wherein the selected laundry care program corresponds to the input laundry care program, and wherein the control device is designed to activate the selected laundry care program.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the user device not only enables the user of the laundry care appliance to receive a prompt to select at least one laundry care program. The user can directly input the desired at least one laundry care program via the input module of the user device, so that the program selection device accordingly selects the input laundry care program and the control device subsequently initiates the selected laundry care program.

In an advantageous embodiment, the laundry care appliance has a user device, wherein the user device has in particular a display, in particular a touch-sensitive display.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the user device arranged on the laundry care appliance enables the user to obtain a prompt to select at least one laundry care program directly on the laundry care appliance or the touch display enables the user to enter at least one laundry care program directly on the laundry care appliance. In particular, the user device is not limited solely to laundry care appliances, but can comprise further external user devices which can be connected to the control device.

In an advantageous embodiment, the control device has a communication interface that can be connected to a communication network, wherein the communication network is in particular one of the following: a GSM communication network, a UMTS communication network, a wireless LAN communication network, a bluetooth communication network or an ethernet communication network.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the control device is able to communicate with external devices via the communication interface. If, for example, the program selection device and/or the user device itself is not arranged on the laundry care appliance, the control device can receive a selection of at least one laundry care program by the program selection device by means of the communication interface and/or can transmit a prompt for the user to an external user device by means of the communication interface.

In an advantageous embodiment, the control device is designed for communication with a device control device of a mobile device, in particular a smart device, a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet computer and/or a smartphone, via a communication network, and the mobile device has a user device.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the user device arranged on the mobile device enables the user to receive a prompt to select at least one laundry care program at a location remote from the laundry care appliance. Thus, the user does not have to be present directly at the laundry care appliance in order to receive the prompt. The user can thus communicate with the laundry care appliance via the communication network, for example at his place of work, during a journey or during other leisure activities, by means of the user device on the mobile device, in order to obtain a prompt to select at least one laundry care program, or in order to transmit an input signal to the laundry care appliance to start the at least one laundry care program. In particular, the user device is not limited solely to a mobile device, but may comprise a further user device which is arranged on the laundry care appliance and can be connected to the control device.

In an advantageous embodiment, the laundry care appliance and/or the mobile device has a program selection device.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the program selection means can be arranged either on the laundry care appliance or on the mobile device. The laundry care program can in this case be stored in particular on a memory on the laundry care appliance or on a memory on the mobile device. Alternatively, components of the program selection device can also be arranged on the laundry care appliance and further components of the program selection device can be arranged on the mobile device. The user can thus make a selection of the at least one laundry care program on the laundry care appliance itself or on the way by means of the mobile device in order to select the at least one laundry care program.

In an advantageous embodiment, the control device can be connected to a user input device for inputting a user washing characteristic of a user of the laundry care appliance.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the user can directly communicate his user wash characteristics to the control device via the user input device. This has the particular advantage that, for example, when starting to operate the laundry care appliance, when sufficient information about the user's washing characteristics of the user has not been detected by the control device itself during the reference period, the information about the user's washing characteristics is provided to the control device by the user entering the user's washing characteristics by means of the user input device, so that the user device can output meaningful prompts to the user during the washing period. In particular, the user input device may be an integral part of the user device and be arranged on the laundry care appliance and/or the mobile device.

In an advantageous embodiment, the control device is designed to detect a further user washing characteristic of a user of the laundry care appliance during a washing session, the user device being designed to prompt the user to select at least one laundry care program as a function of the user washing characteristic and the further user washing characteristic during one or more further washing sessions following the washing session.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the control device is designed to detect a change in the user's washing characteristics of the user, so that the user device can output a prompt for a corresponding change to the user during a further washing time period which continues immediately following the washing time period, as long as the further user washing characteristics change during the immediately following further washing time period.

In an advantageous embodiment, the laundry care appliance has a laundry receptacle for receiving laundry and a washing drum for caring for the laundry, and the laundry care appliance has a transfer device which is designed to transfer the laundry received in the laundry receptacle from the laundry receptacle into the washing drum, in particular when at least one laundry care program is entered into an input module of the user device by a user.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the user is provided with the possibility of inserting the laundry to be treated into the laundry receptacle, wherein the transfer device effects an automatic transfer of the laundry from the laundry receptacle into the washing drum. This can be particularly advantageous if the user enters the at least one laundry care program to be selected via the input module of the user device, since the washing care process can then be initiated automatically via the control device of the laundry care appliance.

In an advantageous embodiment, the laundry receptacle has different compartments for receiving different types of laundry, wherein the transfer device is designed to transfer the type of laundry corresponding to the selected laundry care program from the respective compartment of the laundry receptacle into the washing drum as a function of the laundry care program selected by the user.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that an advantageous automated laundry care is ensured, since the user can insert different types of laundry to be treated into different compartments of the laundry receptacle. Depending on the selection of the desired laundry care program, the desired laundry can be transferred from the respective compartment into the washing drum by means of the transfer device. When the user device is arranged, for example, on a mobile device of a user, the respective input of the at least one selectable laundry care program by the user can be effected discretely from the laundry care appliance, so that particularly effective automated laundry care is ensured.

According to a second aspect, the object is achieved according to the invention by a method for washing laundry in a laundry care appliance, wherein the laundry care appliance has a control device for controlling the laundry care appliance, wherein the control device can be connected to a program selection device for selecting a plurality of laundry care programs, wherein the control device can be connected to a user device for outputting prompts to a user of the laundry care appliance, wherein the method comprises the following steps: detecting, by the control device, a user wash characteristic of a user of the laundry care appliance during a reference period, and prompting, by the user device, the user to select at least one laundry care program during a wash period following the reference period, in dependence on the detected user wash characteristic.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the control device can advantageously detect a user washing characteristic during a reference period, so that during an immediately following washing period a determined laundry care program can be selected by the control device in accordance with the detected user washing characteristic by giving the user an advantageous prompt.

In an advantageous embodiment, the method further comprises, after prompting the user, the steps of: at least one selected laundry care program is entered by the user by means of the user device, and the entered at least one laundry care program is initiated by means of the control device.

The technical advantage achieved thereby is that the user can select an advantageous laundry care program by himself by means of the user device in accordance with the prompts made by the user device and initiate the laundry care program by means of the control device. When the user device is arranged on the mobile device of the user and is connected to the laundry care appliance via the communication network, the user can particularly advantageously initiate the laundry care program even if the user is not present at the laundry care appliance.

Drawings

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail below.

In the drawings:

fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a laundry care appliance;

fig. 2 shows a schematic illustration of a laundry care appliance having a control device for controlling the laundry care appliance according to a first embodiment;

fig. 3 shows a schematic illustration of a laundry care appliance having a control device for controlling the laundry care appliance according to a second embodiment; and

fig. 4 shows a schematic illustration of a method for washing laundry in a laundry care appliance.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a conventional laundry care appliance 100, for example a washing machine. The laundry care appliance 100 comprises a rinsing housing 101 into which a detergent or other liquid substance can be injected. The laundry care appliance 100 comprises a door 103, the door 103 being used for loading the laundry care appliance 100 with laundry.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic illustration of a laundry care appliance 100 having a control device for controlling the laundry care appliance 100 according to a first embodiment.

The laundry care appliance 100 has a control device 105 for controlling the laundry care appliance 100, wherein the control device 105 can be connected to a program selection device 107 for selecting a plurality of laundry care programs. In the first embodiment shown in fig. 1, the control device 105 itself has a program selection device 107. In this case, a plurality of laundry care programs are stored in particular in the memory of the control device 105.

The control device 105 also has a communication interface 109, which can be connected to a communication network 111, wherein the communication network 111 is only schematically illustrated in the representation shown in fig. 2. The communication network 111 comprises in particular a GSM communication network 113, a UMTS communication network 111, a wireless LAN communication network 111, a bluetooth communication network 111 and/or an ethernet communication network 111.

The communication network 111 is in particular connected with a device control apparatus 115 of a mobile device 113, in particular a smart device, a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet and/or a smartphone. The mobile device 113 has a user device 117, which is designed to output prompts to a user of the laundry care appliance 100. The user device 117 is connected to the apparatus control device 115 via a control connection 119.

In a first step, the control device 105 of the laundry care appliance 100 detects a user wash characteristic of the user of the laundry care appliance 100 during a reference period. The reference time period may in particular comprise a time period of at least one week, in particular from one week up to four weeks.

The user wash characteristic of the user detected by the control means 105 during the reference period may comprise in particular one or more of the following selection possibilities: selecting a frequency of at least one laundry care program; a starting point in time of at least one laundry care program; an end time point of at least one laundry care program; the duration of at least one laundry care program; at least one type of laundry care program, in particular a boil-off program, an ironing-free washing program, a fine-wash program and/or a wool washing program; the time interval between different laundry care programs during the reference period; a further setting of at least one washing program; in particular the choice of the amount and/or type of laundry care substance used; the duration and/or the spin rate during the spin-up procedure of the at least one laundry care procedure; an energy-saving function, a time-saving function and/or an additional cleaning function of the at least one laundry care program.

In a second step, the control device 105 communicates with the user device 117 of the mobile device 113 via the communication network 111, so that the user device 117 can prompt the user to select a laundry care program depending on the detected washing characteristics of the user during a washing period following the reference period.

The user of the laundry care appliance 100 is thus prompted when he should carry out a specific laundry care program or a plurality of specific laundry care programs in order to ensure the use of laundry of the respective textile type. That is to say, the request for washing the determined type of laundry can be output in particular on the basis of a user wash characteristic in which the time elapsed since the last such wash care course corresponds to the user's regularity. Thus, for example, sportswear may typically be washed once a week, while shirts are washed once every two weeks, for example.

It is assumed that a user, due to his professional or personal dressing habits, must wash certain types of textiles even if the laundry in the washing drum does not reach the maximum recommended load for the respective laundry care program.

The user device 117 informs the user when he has in total enough laundry for loading into the wash. In this case, the time point of this information is not in particular correlated with the actual filling state of the washing drum, but rather with the individual user washing characteristics of the user. That is, the control device 105 knows, for example, how frequently the user uses which type of laundry care program. If the user has, for example, only three pieces of silk clothing, which he would regularly wear and thus wash once a week, the user would be reminded once a week for this type of washing during the washing period, even if only three pieces of clothing were washed. The user is informed about his user washing characteristics by means of the user device 117, for example, a color wash at 60 ℃ once a week, a finish wash at 30 ℃ once a week, wherein the user device 117, which here in particular comprises an App on the mobile device 113, is prepared by means of automatically collected information about the user washing characteristics of the user.

Advantageously, the user can thus wash the laundry more simply in his schedule by the user obtaining a prompt via the user device 117, i.e. now for example the point in time at which a 60 ℃ color wash including drying is carried out and deserving of starting the corresponding wash-drying process.

The user device 117 obtains information on the user washing characteristics, for example, information on the user washing characteristics automatically collected during the reference period, through the control device 105. Alternatively or additionally, information regarding the user wash characteristics may be manually entered by the user through a user input device and communicated to the control apparatus 105.

When the appliance control means 115 of the mobile appliance 113 are connected to the control means 105 of the laundry care appliance 100 via the communication network 111, the mobile appliance 113 can also communicate with the program selection means 107 of the control means 105. The user can select the desired laundry care program by means of the user device 117 of the mobile device 113, for example, according to corresponding prompts, by means of an input module of the user device 117 not shown in fig. 2. Remote control of the laundry care appliance 100 can thus be carried out by the mobile device 113.

Although not shown in fig. 2, the laundry care appliance 100 can also have a laundry receptacle for receiving laundry in addition to a washing drum for washing the laundry. Here, a user of the laundry care appliance 100 can insert, for example, different types of laundry into separate compartments of the laundry container that are different from one another. The transfer device, not shown in fig. 2, transfers the respective items of laundry from the respective compartment of the laundry container into the washing drum in accordance with the laundry care program selected by the user by means of the user device 117. In this way, the laundry care appliance 100 can be remotely controlled by the mobile device 113 to carry out the laundry care program when the selected laundry care program is subsequently started.

Fig. 3 shows a laundry care appliance 100 with a control device 105 for controlling the laundry care appliance 100 according to a second embodiment. The laundry care appliance 100 has a control device 105 for controlling the laundry care appliance 100.

The control device 105 is connected to a program selection device 107 for selecting a plurality of laundry care programs and has a communication interface 109 which can be connected to a communication network 111. The communication network 111 may in particular be connected with a device control apparatus 115 of a mobile device 113, in particular a smart device, a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet computer or a smartphone, which is not shown in fig. 3.

The laundry care appliance 100 itself, but not the mobile device 113, has a user device 117, which is connected to the control device 105 via a further control connection 121, the user device 117 having in particular a touch-sensitive display. Thus, the user can obtain a prompt by means of the user device 117 itself on the laundry care appliance 100 according to his user washing characteristics, select at least one laundry care program during a washing session, and the user can initiate the selected laundry care program by means of the corresponding input module of the user device 117 itself.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic illustration of a method for washing laundry in a laundry care appliance 100.

The method 200 comprises a first method step: a user wash characteristic of a user of the laundry care appliance 100 is detected 201 by the control device 105 during the reference period.

The method 200 comprises a second method step: the user is prompted 203 by the user device 117 to select at least one laundry care program during a washing session following the reference session in accordance with the detected user washing characteristics.

The method 200 comprises optional third method steps: after prompting 203 the user, at least one selected laundry care program is entered 205 by the user by means of the user device 117.

The method 200 comprises an optional fourth method step: at least one laundry care program entered 209 is initiated by the control device 105.

All features described and shown in connection with the various embodiments of the invention can be provided in the subject-matter according to the invention in different combinations to achieve their advantageous effects simultaneously.

The scope of protection of the invention is given by the alternative solutions and is not limited to the features described in the description or shown in the drawings.

List of reference numerals

100 washing nursing device

101 punch-in shell

103 door

105 control device

107 program selection device

109 communication interface

111 communication network

113 mobile device

115 device control apparatus

117 user device

119 control connection

121 further control connections

200 method for washing laundry in a laundry care appliance

201 first method step: detecting user wash characteristics

203 second method step: prompting a user

205 third method step: inputting washing nursing program

207 fourth method step: starting a laundry care program

Claims

1. A laundry care appliance (100) having a control device (105) for controlling the laundry care appliance (100), wherein the control device (105) is connectable to a user device (117) for outputting a prompt to a user of the laundry care appliance (100), characterized in that,

the control device (105) can be connected with a program selection device (107) for selecting a plurality of washing care programs;

the control device (105) is designed for detecting a user washing characteristic of a user of the laundry care appliance (100) during a reference period;

the user device (117) is designed for prompting a user to select at least one laundry care program in dependence on the detected user wash characteristics during a wash period following the reference period.

2. A laundry care appliance (100) as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the user wash characteristics detected during the reference period comprise one or more of the following selection possibilities of the user: selecting a frequency of at least one laundry care program; a starting point in time of at least one laundry care program; an end time point of at least one laundry care program; the duration of at least one laundry care program; at least one type of laundry care program, in particular a boil-off program, an ironing-free washing program, a fine-wash program and/or a wool washing program; a time interval between different laundry care programs during the reference period; a further setting of at least one washing program, in particular a selection of the amount and/or type of laundry care substance used; the duration and/or the spin rate during the spin-up procedure of the at least one laundry care procedure; an energy-saving function, a time-saving function and/or an additional cleaning function of the at least one laundry care program.

3. A laundry care appliance (100) as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the control device (105) is designed to detect an end point in time of at least one selected laundry care program during the reference period, and the user device (117) is designed to prompt the user to select the at least one laundry care program at a washing point in time during the washing period if the time interval between the end point in time and the washing point in time exceeds a reference time interval.

4. A laundry care appliance (100) as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the control device (105) is designed to automatically initiate the selected at least one laundry care program during the washing session when the time interval exceeds the reference time interval.

5. A laundry care appliance (100) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the user device (117) has an input module for inputting at least one laundry care program, the program selection device (107) being designed for selecting the at least one laundry care program from a plurality of laundry care programs, wherein the selected laundry care program corresponds to the input laundry care program, wherein the control device (105) is designed for activating the selected laundry care program.

6. Laundry care appliance (100) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the laundry care appliance (100) has the user device (117), wherein the user device (117) in particular has a display, in particular a touch-sensitive display.

7. Laundry care appliance (100) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control device (105) has a communication interface (109) which is connectable to a communication network (111), wherein the communication network (111) is in particular one of the following communication networks (111): a GSM communication network (111), a UMTS communication network (111), a wireless LAN communication network (111), a Bluetooth communication network (111) or an Ethernet communication network (111).

8. Laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 7, characterized in that the control device (105) is designed for communicating with a mobile device (113), in particular a device control device (115) of a smart device, a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet and/or a smartphone, over the communication network (111), and the mobile device (113) has the user device (117).

9. A laundry care appliance (100) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the laundry care appliance (100) and/or the mobile device (113) has the program selection means (107).

10. A laundry care appliance (100) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control device (105) is connectable with a user input device for inputting user washing characteristics of a user of the laundry care appliance (100).

11. A laundry care appliance (100) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control device (105) is designed to detect a further user washing characteristic of a user of the laundry care appliance (100) during a washing period, and the user device (117) is designed to prompt the user to select at least one laundry care program as a function of the user washing characteristic and the further user washing characteristic during one or more further washing periods following the washing period.

12. A laundry care appliance (100) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the laundry care appliance (100) has a laundry receptacle for receiving laundry and a washing drum for caring for the laundry; the laundry care appliance (100) has a transfer device which is designed to transfer the laundry received in the laundry receptacle from the laundry receptacle into the washing drum, in particular when the at least one laundry care program is entered into an input module of the user device (117) by a user.

13. Laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 12, characterized in that the laundry receptacle has different compartments for receiving different laundry types, wherein the transfer device is designed for transferring the laundry type corresponding to the selected laundry care program from the respective compartment of the laundry receptacle into the washing drum in accordance with the laundry care program selected by the user.

14. A method (200) for washing laundry in a laundry care appliance (100), wherein the laundry care appliance (100) has a control device (105) for controlling the laundry care appliance (100), wherein the control device (105) is connectable to a program selection device (107) for selecting a plurality of laundry care programs, wherein the control device (105) is connectable to a user device (117) for outputting prompts to a user of the laundry care appliance (100), characterized in that the method (200) comprises the following steps:

detecting (201), by means of the control device (105), a user wash characteristic of a user of the laundry care appliance (100) during a reference period, and

prompting (203) a user to select at least one laundry care program by the user device (117) during a wash period following the reference period in dependence on the detected user wash characteristic.

15. The method (200) of claim 14, wherein the method (200) further comprises, after prompting (203) the user, the steps of:

inputting (205) by a user at least one selected laundry care program by means of the user device (117), and

-initiating (207), by means of said control device (105), said at least one laundry care program entered.