ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,333, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (Munich).
"Operation of appliances" was invented by Sven Heupel (Neubiberg, Germany) and Christoph Soellner (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating apparatus for a household appliance includes first and second structure-borne sound sensors and a processing facility. The structure-borne sound sensors are configured to be applied to the surface of a predetermined body in a manner spaced apart from one another. The processing facility is configured to determine, on the basis of sensor values from the structure-borne sound sensors, a location on the surface of the b...