Patent ID: 9585539
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A47L,A61L,G05B,G06F

Claim:
1. A method for operating an automatic cleaning device, in particular an industrially usable dishwasher or a cleaning and disinfection device with a man-machine interface and a display with buttons, with the following method steps: a) symbols for operation and an ongoing process are displayed on the man-machine interface, b) an interaction of an operator with the man-machine interface is effected via buttons, and c) depending on the requirement of the operator, context-sensitive help is retrieved and is displayed, said contact-sensitive help accessing a stored information supply comprising at least one of images, drawings, spare parts lists, maintenance lists, audiovisual files, and databases, which are offered to the operator or to a service technician, d) multimedia libraries are made available to the automatic cleaning device via the man-machine interface and a wireless data connection for a mobile device, e) findings or solutions to problems are stored via the man-machine interface of the automatic cleaning device within a library which is integrated into a control system of the automatic cleaning device, wherein at least one of a status and a fault display indicates limit values and a history of last activities allocated to a sensor/actuator, which are derivable directly from a help window as service information.