Patent ID: 11882980
Assignee: BSH HAUSGERäTE GMBH
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A household dishwasher, comprising:
a washing chamber;
a controller apparatus configured to perform a wash program from a plurality of wash programs for washing items to be washed arranged in the washing chamber;
an optical sensor configured to capture an optical sensor signal of the washing chamber during performance of the wash program; and
an evaluating unit configured to ascertain a subsequent loading of items to be washed by a user during performance of the wash program such that the wash program is interrupted as a function of the captured optical sensor signal of the washing chamber, configured to determine a point in time of the subsequent loading of items to be washed by the user during performance of the wash program but before an entire wash program has finished and stopped, such that the evaluating unit is configured to determine, in relation to the performed wash program, whether an addition of a cleaning agent has already taken place, whether a pre-rinsing has already been finished, whether a cleaning has already been finished, and whether a rinsing has already been started, and configured to perform a predetermined action as a function of the ascertained subsequent loading and the determined point in time,
wherein the subsequent loading of items to be washed by the user during performance of the wash program comprises the user subsequently loading at least one soiled item to be washed into the washing chamber after the wash program has already been started.