WO2018219627A1

WO2018219627A1 - Laundry treatment appliance comprising a controller

Info

Publication number: WO2018219627A1
Application number: PCT/EP2018/062464
Authority: WO
Inventors: Constanze FUCHS; Nina Gérard
Original assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2017-06-02
Filing date: 2018-05-15
Publication date: 2018-12-06
Also published as: CN110678599B; DE102017209377A1; EP3631076A1; CN110678599A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a laundry treatment appliance (100) comprising a controller (105) for controlling the laundry treatment appliance (100), wherein the controller (105) can be connected to a user apparatus (117) for outputting a message to a user of the laundry treatment appliance (100). The controller (105) can be connected to a program selection device (107) for selecting a plurality of laundry treatment programs. The controller (105) is designed to record user washing behaviour of the user of the laundry treatment appliance (100) during a reference time period. The user apparatus (117) is designed to instruct the user to select at least one laundry treatment program, depending on the recorded user washing behaviour, during a washing time period following the reference time period.

Description

Laundry care device with a controller

The present invention relates to a laundry care device with a controller.

To ensure effective laundry care of various types and amounts of laundry in a laundry care appliance, the user of the laundry care appliance may select a desired laundry care program from a plurality of selectable laundry care programs of the laundry care appliance. A control of the laundry care appliance here ensures that the laundry care appliance starts the laundry care program selected by the user and carries out the corresponding washing process. Here, a sorting of the various laundry items to be washed, the selection of items to be washed at a given time, or the reminder when a particular laundry care program should be started for the user of the laundry care device depending on professional or private time design a considerable overhead mean.

EP 1 467 015 A1 discloses a washing machine with a container for holding items of laundry.

In EP 1 91 1 871 A2 a washing machine with a removable laundry basket for receiving laundry is disclosed.

In US 2009/01 13638 A1 a laundry receiving device with a plurality of receiving boxes for receiving different types of laundry items is disclosed. It is the object underlying the invention to provide a laundry care device in which the performance of washing operations for the user of the laundry care device can be facilitated.

This object is solved by the objects with the features according to the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims, the description and the drawings. According to a first aspect, the object according to the invention is achieved by a laundry care appliance having a controller for controlling the laundry care appliance, wherein the controller can be connected to a user device for outputting an instruction to a user of the laundry care appliance, the controller having a program selection device for selecting a plurality of laundry care programs connectable, wherein the controller is adapted to detect a user washing behavior of the user of the laundry care device during a reference period, and wherein the user device is adapted during a washing period adjoining the reference period to inform the user depending on the detected user washing behavior to select at least one laundry care program ,

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the user device can remind the user of the laundry care device during the washing period in an advantageous manner to carry out a laundry care program or several laundry care programs. This ensures that the users of the laundry care appliance have the laundry items required by the user at the desired times in a cleaned state.

The controller first detects the user's specific user washing behavior during a reference period, e.g. at which point in the reference period certain laundry care programs are selected. For example, the controller detects that, during the reference period, the user selects once a week a sportswear laundry program and once every two weeks a shirt laundry program. Thus, the controller learns during the reference period, e.g. How many times the user of the laundry care appliance uses which laundry care programs.

Depending on the detected user washing behavior, the controller may then, during a washing period subsequent to the reference period, select a time or a time frame when a particular laundry care program or several laundry care programs are to be performed by the user depending on the detected user washing behavior. Through the connection between the controller and the user device, the User device then advise the user to select at least one laundry care program.

Thus, the laundry care operations for the user of the laundry care program can be facilitated by the support by means of the controller and the user device, since the user can be given particular advantage depending on his own user washing behavior, when a particular laundry care program or several laundry care programs should be selected. As a result, the occupational and / or private timing of the user may be less severely restricted with respect to the performance of various laundry care programs.

A laundry care appliance is understood to mean a device which is used for laundry care, such as e.g. a washing machine or a tumble dryer. In particular, such a laundry care appliance is understood as a household laundry care appliance. So a laundry care device, which is used in the context of household management, and is treated with the laundry in normal household quantities.

In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the detected user washing behavior during the reference period comprises one or more of the user's choices: the frequency of selecting at least one laundry care program, the start time of at least one laundry care program, the end time of at least one laundry maintenance program, the duration of at least one Laundry care program, the type of at least one laundry care program, in particular, a laundry program, easy-care laundry program, fine laundry program and / or Wollwäscheprogramm, the intervals between different laundry care programs during the reference period, further settings of at least one laundry care program, in particular the selection of the amount and / or the type of Wäschepflegesubstanz used , the duration and / or spin speed during a spin cycle of at least one laundry maintenance program, energy saving functions, time saving functions and / or additional cleaning functions of at least one laundry care program. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the controller can capture a particularly comprehensive picture of the user washing behavior during the reference period by detecting a multiplicity of selection and setting possibilities during the passage of the laundry care programs by the user during the reference period. As a result, during the subsequent washing period, the user device can transmit particularly precise information on the selection of at least one laundry care program to the user of the laundry care appliance.

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

In this way, the technical advantage is achieved that, in the assessment of whether the at least one laundry care program is to be selected during the washing period, the controller takes into account not only the user washing behavior detected during the reference period, but also the time elapsed since the last execution of the at least one laundry care program. This ensures that the user device transmits the notification to the user only when the time interval since the last execution of the at least one laundry care program exceeds the reference time interval.

In an advantageous embodiment, the controller is designed to automatically start the at least one selected laundry care program during the wash period if the time interval exceeds the reference time interval. This achieves the technical advantage that items of laundry introduced by the user into the laundry care appliance can be automatically washed when the time interval exceeds the reference time interval, whereby no separate appliance is provided Manual start of at least one laundry care program by the user is more necessary.

In an advantageous embodiment, the user device has an input module for inputting at least one laundry care program, wherein the program selection device is configured to select at least one laundry care program from the plurality of laundry care programs, wherein the selected laundry care program corresponds to the entered laundry care program, and wherein the controller is configured, to start the selected laundry care program.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the user device not only allows the user of the laundry care device to receive instructions to select at least one laundry care program. Through the input module of the user device, the user can enter the desired at least one laundry care program directly, so that the program selection device selects the entered laundry care program accordingly, and the controller then launches the selected laundry care program.

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

This achieves the technical advantage that a user device arranged on the laundry care device allows the user to receive an indication directly at the laundry care device that selects at least one laundry care program, or a touch-sensitive display enables the user to have the at least one laundry care program directly on the laundry care appliance enter. In particular, the user device is not limited exclusively to the laundry care device, but may include other external user devices that are connectable to the controller.

In an advantageous embodiment, the controller has a communication interface, which can be connected to a communication network In particular, the communication network is one of the following communication networks: GSM communication network, UMTS communication network, wireless LAN communication network, Bluetooth communication network or Ethernet communication network. This provides the technical advantage that the controller can communicate with external devices through the communication interface. If, for example, the program selection device and / or the user device are not arranged on the laundry care device itself, the controller can receive a selection of at least one laundry care program by the program selection device by means of the communication interface, and / or the control can send an indication to the user by means of the communication interface to the external user Transmit user device.

In an advantageous embodiment, the controller is configured to communicate through the communication network with a device controller of a mobile device, in particular a smart device, personal computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone, and the mobile device has the user device.

This achieves the technical advantage that a user device arranged on the mobile device allows the user to receive the indication that the at least one laundry care program can be selected at a location spaced from the laundry care device. Thus, the user does not need to be present directly at the laundry care device to receive the alert. As a result, the user may, for example, communicate at his workstation, during a trip or during other recreational activities by means of the user device on the mobile device through the communication network with the laundry care device to receive the hint to select at least one laundry care program or to submit an input to the laundry care device to start the at least one laundry care program. In particular, the user device is not limited exclusively to the mobile device, but may include other user devices that are arranged on the laundry care device and are connectable to the controller. In an advantageous embodiment, the laundry care device and / or the mobile device has the program selection device.

This achieves the technical advantage that the program selection device can be arranged either on the laundry care device or on the mobile device. Here, the laundry care programs can be stored in particular on a memory on the laundry care device or on a memory on the mobile device. Alternatively, components of the program selector may also be located on the laundry machine and other components of the program selector may be located on the mobile device. Thus, the user may make a selection of at least one laundry care program on the laundry care appliance itself or on the go by the mobile device to select the at least one laundry care program.

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

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the user can transmit his user washing behavior by the user input device directly to the controller. This has the particular advantage that, for example, at the beginning of the operation of the laundry care device, if not enough information on Userwaschverhalten the user during the reference period could be detected by the controller itself, the control by entering the user washing behavior by means of the user input device by the user over Information on user washing behavior has, so that the user device can give the user during the washing period a meaningful hint. In particular, the user input device may be part of the user device and arranged on the laundry care device and / or on the mobile device. In an advantageous embodiment, the controller is designed to detect a further user washing behavior of the user of the laundry care appliance during the washing period, and the user device is formed during one or more subsequent washing periods subsequent to the washing period to advise the user, depending on the user washing behavior and the further user washing behavior, to select at least one laundry care program.

This achieves the technical advantage that the controller is designed to detect a change in the user's washing behavior, so that the user device can output correspondingly changed instructions to the user during further washing periods subsequent to the washing period as soon as the further user washing behavior in FIG changes the subsequent further washing periods.

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

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the user is given the opportunity to bring the laundry to be maintained in the laundry container, wherein the transfer device allows automatic transfer of the laundry from the laundry container into the laundry drum. This can be of particular advantage if the user inputs the at least one laundry care program to be selected via the input module of the user device, since then an automatic start of a laundry care operation can be carried out by the control of the laundry care appliance.

In an advantageous embodiment, the laundry container has various compartments for accommodating different types of laundry, the transfer device being designed to transfer the type of laundry corresponding to the selected laundry care program from the respective compartment of the laundry container into the laundry drum depending on a laundry care program selected by the user. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that an advantageous automated laundry care is ensured, since the user can bring this different types of laundry to be maintained in the various compartments of the laundry container. Depending on the selection of the desired laundry care program, the desired laundry can be transferred from the respective compartment into the laundry drum by the transfer device. If the user device is arranged, for example, on a mobile device of the user, a corresponding input of the at least one selectable laundry care program by the user can be performed decentrally by the laundry care device, thereby ensuring a particularly effective automated laundry care.

According to a second aspect, the object according to the invention is achieved by a method for washing laundry in a laundry care appliance, wherein the laundry care appliance has a controller for controlling the laundry care appliance, the controller being connectable to a program selector for selecting a plurality of laundry care programs, and wherein the controller connectable to a user device for outputting an indication to a user of the laundry machine, the method comprising the steps of detecting a user wash behavior of the user of the laundry device during a reference period by the controller, and notifying the user by the user device during a reference period subsequent washing period depending on the detected user washing behavior to select at least one laundry care program. This achieves the technical advantage that the controller can advantageously detect the user washing behavior during the reference period, so that during the subsequent washing period the user can advantageously be informed by the controller as a function of the detected user washing behavior to select a specific laundry care program.

In an advantageous embodiment, after the user has been informed, the method further comprises the following steps, inputting the at least one selected one Laundry maintenance program by the user by means of the user device, and starting the at least one entered laundry care program by the controller.

Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the user can select an advantageous laundry care program by the user device itself after starting by the user device and start by means of the controller. When the user device is arranged on a user's mobile device and connected to the laundry care device through a communication network, the user can start the laundry care program particularly advantageously, even if the user is not present at the laundry care device.

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

Show it:

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a laundry care device;

2 shows a schematic illustration of a laundry care appliance with a controller for controlling the laundry care appliance according to a first embodiment;

3 shows a schematic representation of a laundry care appliance with a controller for controlling the laundry care appliance according to a second embodiment; and

Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of a method for washing laundry in a laundry care device.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a general laundry care device 100, such as a washing machine. The laundry care device 100 comprises an induction bowl 101, into which detergent or other liquid substances can be introduced. The laundry care appliance 100 comprises a door 103 for loading the laundry care appliance 100 with laundry. FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of a laundry care appliance 100 with a controller for controlling the laundry care appliance 100 according to a first embodiment.

The laundry-care device 100 has a controller 105 for controlling the laundry-care appliance 100, wherein the controller 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 controller 105 itself has the program selector 107. In this case, in particular, the majority of the laundry care programs are stored on a memory of the controller 105.

The controller 105 further has a communication interface 109, which is connectable to a communication network 1 1 1, wherein the communication network 1 1 1 is shown only schematically in the view shown in Fig. 2. The communication network 1 1 1 comprises in particular a GSM communication network 1 13, a UMTS communication network 1 1 1, a wireless LAN communication network 1 1 1, a Bluetooth communication network 1 1 1 and / or an Ethernet communication network 1 1 1. The communication network 11 1 is in particular connected to a device control 15 of a mobile device 13, in particular a smart device, personal computer, laptop, tablet and / or smart phone. The mobile device 1 13 has a user device 1 17, which is designed to give an indication to a user of the laundry care device 100. The user device 1 17 is connected by a control connection 1 19 with the device control 15 1.

In a first step, the controller 105 of the laundry-care appliance 100 detects a user-washing behavior of the user of the laundry-care appliance 100 during a reference period. The reference period may in this case in particular comprise at least one week, in particular a period of one week to four weeks.

The user washing behavior of the user detected by the controller 105 during the reference period may, in particular, be one or more of the following Choices include: the frequency of selecting at least one laundry service program, the start time of at least one laundry service program, the end time of at least one laundry maintenance program, the duration of at least one laundry care program, at least one laundry care program, especially a cookware program, easy care laundry program, fine laundry program and / or Wool wash program, the intervals between different laundry care programs during the reference period, further settings of at least one laundry care program, in particular the selection of the amount and / or type of laundry fabric used, the duration and / or spin speed during a spin cycle of at least one laundry care program, energy saving functions, time saving functions and / or additional cleaning functions of at least one laundry care program.

In a second step, the controller 105 communicates with the user device 1 17 of the mobile device 1 13 by means of the communication network 11 1 so that the user device 1 17 can refer to the user as a function of the detected user washing behavior during a washing period following the reference period to select a laundry care program.

This informs the user of the laundry care device 100 when he should carry out a specific laundry care program or several specific laundry care programs to ensure that garments of the corresponding textile type are available to him. Thus, the request to wash a particular type of laundry may be issued based on, in particular, the elapsed time since the last such laundry process, in accordance with the user's regular user washing behavior. Thus, e.g. Sportswear is typically washed once a week, while shirts e.g. to be washed once every two weeks.

It is assumed that the user, because of his professional or private clothing habits, must wash certain types of textile even if the Laundry items in the laundry drum do not reach the maximum recommended charge quantity of the corresponding laundry care program.

The user device 1 17 informs the user when he has enough laundry for a laundry load together. In particular, the time for such information does not depend on the actual level of the laundry drum, but on the individual user washing behavior of the user. The controller 105 thus learns, for example, how often the user uses which type of laundry care program. For example, if a user owns only three pieces of silk clothing, which he wears regularly and therefore washes once a week, the user will be reminded once a week about this type of laundry during the washing period, even if only three items of laundry are being washed. The information about its user wash behavior, e.g. once a week at 60 ° C colored laundry, once a week at 30 ° C delicates the user via the user device 1 17 notified, the user device 1 17, this particular app on the mobile device 1 13 includes, by means of automatically collected information for User washing behavior of the user are provided.

An advantage is that the user can thus more easily wash the laundry during his daily routine by receiving an indication from the user device 11 17 that now, for example, the time would be, e.g. 60 ° C colored laundry including drying and it would be worthwhile to start a corresponding washing dry cycle.

The information about the user washing behavior gets the user device 1 17 through the controller 105, such as the automatically collected during the reference period information about user washing behavior. Alternatively or additionally, the user washing behavior information may be input manually by the user through a user input device and transmitted to the controller 105. When the device controller 1 15 of the mobile device 1 13 is connected to the controller 105 of the laundry machine 100 through the communication network 1 1 1, the mobile device 1 13 can also communicate with the program selector 107 of the controller 105. Here, the user by the user device 1 17 of the mobile device 1 13 the desired laundry care program, for example, after the appropriate notice by means of an input module of the user device 1 17 not shown in Fig. 2 select itself. Thus, a remote control of the laundry care device 100 by the mobile device 1 13 can be performed. Although this is not shown in Fig. 2, the laundry care device 100 may also have a laundry container for receiving the laundry next to a laundry drum for washing the laundry. Here, the user of the laundry care device 100 may, for example, bring different types of laundry into different separate compartments of the laundry container. A transfer device, not shown in FIG. 2, transfers the corresponding items of laundry from the respective chamber of the laundry container into the laundry drum in accordance with the selection of the laundry program by the user by means of the user device 17. In a subsequent start of the selected laundry care program, the laundry care device 100 can thus carry out a remote controlled by the mobile device 1 13 implementation of the laundry care program.

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

The controller 105 is connected to a program selector 107 for selecting a plurality of laundry maintenance programs and has a communication interface 109 which is connectable to a communication network 11 1. The communication network 11 1 is in particular connectable to a device control 15 of a mobile device 13, not shown in FIG. 3, in particular a smart device, personal computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone.

In this case, the laundry care device 100 itself and not the mobile device 1 13, the user device 1 17, which is connected by a further control connection 121 to the controller 105, wherein the user device 1 17 in particular has a touch-sensitive display. Thus, the user can by the user device 1 17 to the laundry care device 100 itself depending on his User wash behavior received an indication to select at least one laundry care program during the washing period, and the user can start by a corresponding input module of the user device 1 17 the selected laundry care program itself. 4 shows a schematic representation of a method for washing laundry in a laundry care appliance 100.

The method 200 includes, as a first method step, the detection 201 of a user washing behavior of the user of the laundry care device 100 during a reference period by the controller 105.

The method 200 comprises, as a second method step, the user's notification 203 by the user device 1 17 of selecting at least one laundry care program during a washing period subsequent to the reference period as a function of the detected user washing behavior.

The method 200 comprises, as an optional third method step after the user's pointing 203, the input 205 of the at least one selected laundry care program by the user by means of the user device 11.

The method 200 comprises, as an optional fourth method step, the start 209 of the at least one entered laundry care program by the controller 105.

All features explained and shown in connection with individual embodiments of the invention may be provided in different combinations in the article according to the invention, in order to simultaneously realize their advantageous effects.

The scope of the present invention is given by the claims and is not limited by the features illustrated in the specification or shown in the figures. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100 laundry care device

101 induction bowl

103 door

105 control

107 Program Selector

109 communication interface

1 11 communication network

1 13 mobile device

1 15 Device control

1 17 user device

1 19 control connection

121 Further control connection

200 Method for washing laundry in a laundry care device 201 First process step: Detecting a user washing behavior

203 Second step: To inform the user

205 Third process step: Entering a laundry care program

207 Fourth process step: Start the laundry care program

Claims

1 . A laundry care device (100) having a controller (105) for controlling the laundry care device (100), wherein the controller (105) is connectable to a user device (1 17) for outputting an instruction to a user of the laundry care device (100), characterized in that

the controller (105) is connectable to a program selector (107) for selecting a plurality of laundry maintenance programs;

that the controller (105) is adapted to detect a user washing behavior of the user of the laundry-care appliance (100) during a reference period, and

in that the user device (1 17) is designed, during a washing period following the reference period, to inform the user, as a function of the detected user washing behavior, of selecting at least one laundry care program.

The laundry care appliance (100) of claim 1, wherein the detected user wash behavior during the reference period comprises one or more of the user's choices: the frequency of selecting at least one laundry care program, the start time of at least one laundry care program, the end time of at least a laundry care program, the duration of at least one laundry care program, the type of at least one laundry care program, especially a cookware program, easy care laundry program, fine laundry program and / or wool laundry program, the intervals between different laundry care programs during the reference period, further settings of at least one laundry care program, especially the selection of the amount and / or the type of laundry fabric used, the duration and / or spin speed during a spin cycle of at least one laundry care program, Energy saving functions, time saving functions and / or additional cleaning functions of at least one laundry care program.

The laundry machine (100) according to claim 1, wherein the controller (105) is configured to detect an end time of at least one selected laundry program during the reference period, and that the user device (1 17) is formed into one Washing time during the washing period to advise the user to select the at least one laundry care program if a time interval between the end time and the washing time exceeds a reference time interval.

4. laundry-care device (100) according to claim 3, characterized in that the controller (105) is formed during the washing period to start the at least one selected laundry care program automatically when the time interval exceeds the reference time interval.

5. laundry care device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the user device (1 17) comprises an input module for entering at least one laundry care program that the program selector (107) is formed, the at least one laundry care program from the plurality of laundry care programs with the selected laundry care program corresponding to the entered laundry care program, and wherein the controller (105) is configured to start the selected laundry care program.

6. laundry care device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the laundry care device (100) comprises the user device (1 17), wherein the user device (1 17) in particular a display, in particular a touch-sensitive display having.

7. laundry care device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the controller (105) has a communication interface (109) which is connectable to a communication network (1 1 1), wherein the communication network (1 1 1) in particular one of the following communication networks (1 1 1) is: GSM communication network (1 1 1), UMTS communication network (1 1 1), wireless LAN communication network (1 1 1), Bluetooth communication network (1 1 1) or Ethernet Communication network (1 1 1).

8. laundry care device (100) according to claim 7, characterized in that the controller (105) is formed by the communication network (1 1 1) with a device control (1 15) of a mobile device (1 13), in particular smart device personnel - Communicate computer, laptop, tablet and / or smart phone, and that the mobile device (1 13), the user device (1 17).

9. laundry care device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the laundry care device (100) and / or the mobile device (1 13) the program selector (107).

10. laundry care device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the controller (105) is connectable to a user input device for inputting the user washing behavior of the user of the laundry care device (100).

1 1. A laundry care appliance (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the controller (105) is adapted to detect another user washing behavior of the user of the laundry care appliance (100) during the washing period, and that the user appliance (17) is formed during one or a plurality of subsequent washing periods subsequent to the washing period to inform the user, depending on the user washing behavior and the further user washing behavior, of selecting at least one laundry care program.

12. laundry care device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the laundry care device (100) comprises a laundry container for receiving laundry and a laundry drum for the care of laundry, that the laundry care device (100) comprises a transfer device, which is formed to transfer laundry received in the laundry container from the laundry container into the laundry drum, in particular to transfer it when the at least one laundry care program is entered by the user into the input module of the user device (1 17).

13. laundry care device (100) according to claim 12, characterized in that the

Laundry container having different compartments for receiving different types of laundry, wherein the transfer device is formed, depending on a selected by the user laundry care program to transfer the laundry corresponding to the selected laundry program from the respective compartment of the laundry container in the laundry drum.

14. A method for washing laundry in a laundry care appliance, wherein the laundry care appliance has a controller for controlling the laundry care appliance, the controller having a program selection device Selecting a plurality of laundry care programs, and wherein the controller (105) is connectable to a user device (17) for issuing a message to a user of the laundry care device (100), characterized in that the method (200) comprises the following steps .

Detecting (201) a user wash behavior of the user of the user

Laundry care device (100) during a reference period by the controller (105), and

Hint (203) of the user by the user device (1 17) during a subsequent to the reference period washing period depending on the detected user washing behavior to select at least one laundry care program.

15. The method (200) according to claim 14, characterized in that the

The method (200) further comprises the steps of, after the user has notified (203):

Input (205) of the at least one selected laundry care program by the user by means of the user device (1 17), and

Starting (207) the at least one entered laundry care program by the controller (105).