WO2014029630A1 - Procédé permettant de faire fonctionner un appareil électroménager, appareil électroménager et ensemble electronique - Google Patents

Procédé permettant de faire fonctionner un appareil électroménager, appareil électroménager et ensemble electronique Download PDF

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WO2014029630A1
WO2014029630A1 PCT/EP2013/066629 EP2013066629W WO2014029630A1 WO 2014029630 A1 WO2014029630 A1 WO 2014029630A1 EP 2013066629 W EP2013066629 W EP 2013066629W WO 2014029630 A1 WO2014029630 A1 WO 2014029630A1
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Markus Gradl
Rune Holen
Thomas KÖPPL
Jens Lehmann
Andreas Weiss
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BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
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    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F13/00—Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units
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  • the invention relates to a method for operating a domestic appliance, comprising an electronic module, a household appliance and an electronic module for such a device
  • Domestic appliances in particular household electrical appliances, are known. Through the use of electronic assemblies, the operation of a domestic appliance can be made more comfortable for a user and at the same time the control of domestic electrical appliances more flexible, i. be more intelligent, trained, so that a resource-saving operation of the household appliance is possible.
  • the present invention is based on the recognition that the memory requirement can be reduced if software is only loaded into the electronic device of the household appliance when needed.
  • the object according to the invention is achieved by a method for operating a domestic appliance, which has an electronic module which is connected with a first bus of the domestic appliance for transferring electrical signals and is connected with a second bus of the household appliance for transmitting electrical signals, driver software to load the second bus via the first bus.
  • driver software for use of the second bus does not have to be permanently stored in the memory of the electronic module, but is loaded only when needed when the second bus is to be used, for example to the second bus for reprogramming and / or Use fault diagnosis of the household appliance.
  • the size of a memory of the electronic module can be reduced.
  • a domestic appliance is understood to mean, in particular, an electrical household appliance, that is to say a consumer product which is operated by electrical energy for domestic or commercial use in the household. With the help of electrical energy can be done with the household appliance one or more tasks in the household.
  • the home appliances are directly from the
  • Domestic appliances can be home appliances for entertainment (consumer electronics, also called brown goods), home appliances for air conditioning / heating
  • a household appliance is understood to be a household appliance that is used for household management. This may be a large household appliance, such as a washing machine, a tumble dryer, a washer-dryer, a dishwasher, a cooking appliance, an extractor hood or a refrigerator, such as a refrigerator. a refrigerator, a freezer or a fridge-freezer.
  • the home appliance can also be a
  • Household small appliance such as a water heater, a
  • Coffee machine a food processor or a vacuum cleaner.
  • Connection interface for connecting to a device and the second bus with a second connection interface used to connect to the device.
  • This provides the technical advantage of first transferring the driver software from a memory of the device to the electronics package, which then allows the use of the second bus to establish a connection between the device and the home appliance.
  • the driver software may thus be stored in a memory of the device, e.g. of a service or
  • the first bus for connection to a driver software source and a second bus with a second connection interface are used to connect to a device.
  • the device for example a service or diagnostic device, or a programming device for programming the domestic appliance, does not have to have its own memory for the driver software.
  • current and / or alternative versions of the driver software can be downloaded from a server, eg via a
  • an electrical signal transmitting connection with a device is formed with the first bus.
  • the technical advantage is achieved that a simple but technically robust connection between household appliance and the device is formed.
  • a USB, a Firewire or an Esata bus with a device is formed with the second bus. This achieves the technical advantage of having a second bus with a high performance, wide distribution and high
  • the electronic module releases at least one memory section of a memory in a first step, and the electronic module writes the driver software in a released step in a subsequent step
  • the electronic module may have a volatile memory that can be used to temporarily store the driver software.
  • the electronic module gives at least the
  • the object of the invention is achieved by a
  • a home appliance comprising an electronics assembly communicatively coupled to a first bus of the domestic appliance and electrically communicating with a second bus of the domestic appliance electrical signals, the electronics assembly being configured to load driver software for utilizing the second bus via the first bus , Also, the technical advantage is achieved that the driver software for using the second bus does not have to be permanently stored in the memory of the electronic module, but is loaded only when needed when the second bus is to be used. Therefore, the size of the memory of the electronic board can be reduced.
  • the first bus has a first connection interface for connection to a device
  • the second bus has a second connection interface for connection to the device.
  • the first bus is for connecting to a
  • Driver software source is formed and the second bus has a second
  • Connection interface for connecting to a device.
  • the device e.g. a service or diagnostic device, or a
  • Programming device for programming the home appliance must have no memory for the driver software.
  • each current and / or alternative versions of the driver software can be downloaded from a server, for example via an Internet connection, so that they do not have to be first loaded into a memory of such a device.
  • the first bus is designed to form a connection with a device.
  • the second bus is designed to form a USB, a Firewire or an Esata bus with the at least one device.
  • the electronic module has a memory with memory sections, into which driver software can be loaded, wherein the electronic module is designed to release at least one memory section for storing the driver software. This achieves the technical advantage of ensuring that the driver software is written to memory sections of the memory which are not currently occupied or used.
  • the assembly in an advantageous
  • Embodiment have a volatile memory that can be used for temporary storage of the driver software.
  • the electronic module is designed to release at least the memory section in which the driver software is stored.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by a
  • An electronic assembly having a first interface for connecting to a first bus for transmitting electrical signals and a second interface for connecting to a second bus for transmitting electrical signals, wherein the electronics assembly is configured to load driver software for use of the second bus via the first bus. Also, the technical advantage is achieved that the driver software for using the second bus does not have to be permanently stored in the memory of the electronic module, but is only loaded when needed when the second bus should be used. Therefore, the size of the memory of the electronic board can be reduced.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a first step of an embodiment of a method according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a further step of an embodiment of a method according to the invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of a further step of an embodiment of a method according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows a home appliance 100, which is formed in the present embodiment as a household appliance.
  • the domestic appliance 100 has an electronic assembly 104 which is designed to drive components (not shown) of the domestic appliance 100, e.g. In accordance with a flow control for operating the domestic appliance 100.
  • the domestic appliance 100 has a first bus 106, which houses the components of the household appliance 100, such as a refrigerator. Actuators (not shown) and / or sensors (not shown) with the electronic assembly 104 electrical signals connecting connects. Electrical signals may e.g. Control signals for controlling the actuators and / or measuring signals from sensors, be.
  • the electronic assembly 104 has a first interface 110.
  • the first bus 106 is designed to form, for example, a peer-to-peer connection to a device 102.
  • the electronic assembly 104 has in the present embodiment, a volatile memory 1 16 with a plurality of memory sections 1 18, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128.
  • the memory 1 16 is formed in the present embodiment as RAM.
  • an operating software is stored, for example, the intended course of a Program for home appliance control, or to operate the first bus 106 is necessary.
  • measured values of sensors can be stored in individual memory sections 1 18, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128 or other data, such as operating data.
  • the electronic module 104 is further configured to detect which of the memory sections 118 are occupied by memory contents and which are not. In addition, the electronics assembly 104 may erase the memory contents stored in memory sections 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128.
  • the domestic appliance 100 has a second bus 108.
  • the electronics package 104 has a second interface 12 which provides a connection for transmitting electrical signals, e.g. Data and / or software with the
  • the second bus 108 is formed as a USB bus.
  • a Firewire or Esata bus can also be used.
  • the electronic assembly 104 is connected to a device 102 transmitting electrical signals both via the first interface 110 and the first bus 106 and via the second interface 112 and the second bus 108.
  • the device 102 is formed in the present embodiment as a laptop.
  • the domestic appliance 100 has a first connection interface 130 for connecting to the first bus 106 and a second connection point 132 for connecting to the second bus 108.
  • the device 102 in the present embodiment is designed as a service and diagnostic device and allows software updates, e.g. updated program versions of an operating software to play on the household appliance 100.
  • the device 102 by reading out of fault memories (not shown) of the electronic assembly 104 allows a cause determination in case of malfunction of the domestic appliance 100.
  • this is set in a service mode, which differs from the operating mode in which a proper use of the domestic appliance 100 is possible.
  • the service mode differs from the operating mode of the domestic appliance 100 in that an operation of the domestic appliance 100 by a user by operating a control element (not shown), for example a touch display, is not possible.
  • the home appliance 100 was replaced by a start signal S, that of the device 102 via the first bus 106, the first Connection interface 130 and the first interface 1 10 has been transmitted to the electronics assembly 104, placed in this state.
  • the domestic appliance 100 has been put into the service mode by an input on the operating element.
  • the electronic assembly 104 Upon receipt of the start signal S, the electronic assembly 104 determines which of the
  • Memory sections 1 18, 120 122, 124, 126, 128 of the volatile memory 1 16 in the present embodiment are free and which are not.
  • the memory sections 1 18, 120, 122 are free, since they are in the operating mode of the domestic appliance 100 for storing e.g. Use measured values from sensors or other data. However, in service mode, there is no need to store such values or data as memory contents.
  • an operating software for home appliance control is stored as memory contents. Thus, the memory sections 124, 126, 128 are populated with memory contents.
  • FIG. 2 shows that, after the reception of the start signal S, the electronic module 104 in a further step loads a driver software 14 in the present embodiment from a driver software memory (not shown) via the first bus 106 of the device 102. Furthermore, alternatively, a connection to another driver software source
  • Find use e.g. if the domestic appliance 100 itself is internet-capable and for this purpose has a corresponding Internet component (not shown) which is connected via the first bus 106 to the electronic assembly 104 to transmit electrical signals.
  • the driver software 14 is stored in the previously free memory sections 1 18, 120, 122 and thus all memory sections 1 18, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128 of the memory
  • the memory sections 1 18, 120, 122 which are unused in the present exemplary embodiment are used to store the driver software 14 in these memory sections 1, 18, 120, 122.
  • the memory sections 1, 18, 120, 122 stored driver software 1 14 enables the electronics module 1 14 in the position to use the second bus 108.
  • the electronic module 104 sends a corresponding confirmation signal B to the device 102.
  • the confirmation signal B can, as in the present exemplary embodiment, be transmitted via the first connection interface 130 , the first interface 1 10 and the first bus 106 or alternatively via the second
  • Terminal interface 132, the second interface 1 12 and the second bus 108 are transmitted.
  • an end signal E can be generated by means of the device 102 and via the second bus 108, the second connection interface 132 and the second
  • Interface 1 12 are transmitted to the electronics assembly 104 of the household appliance 100.
  • the electronics assembly 104 Upon receipt of the end signal E, the electronics assembly 104 deactivates the second bus 108 so that electrical signals can no longer be transmitted via the second bus 108. Furthermore, the electronic module 104 deletes the memory contents stored in the memory sections 1 18, 120, 122 in the present exemplary embodiment, namely the
  • an operator can now again make inputs to the operating unit to take the domestic appliance 100, for example, as intended in operation.

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L'invention concerne un procédé pour faire fonctionner un appareil électroménager (100) comprenant un ensemble électronique (104) qui est connecté par transmission de signaux électriques avec un premier bus (106) de l'appareil électroménager (100) et qui est connecté à un deuxième bus (108) de l'appareil électroménager (100) pour la transmission de signaux électriques, un logiciel pilote (116) étant chargé par l'intermédiaire du premier bus (106) pour utiliser le deuxième bus (108). L'invention concerne par ailleurs un appareil électroménager (100) comprenant un ensemble électronique (104), qui est connecté par transmission de signaux électriques avec un premier bus (106) de l'appareil électroménager (100) et qui est connecté à un deuxième bus (108) de l'appareil électroménager (100) pour la transmission de signaux électriques, l'appareil électroménager (100) étant conçu pour charger un logiciel pilote (116) par l'intermédiaire du premier bus (106) pour utiliser le deuxième bus (108), ainsi qu'un ensemble électronique (104) de ce type.
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