Steuerverfahren zum Steuern eines Haushaltsgerätes

摘要

A household appliance, e.g. a cooker or washing machine includes a control device provided with a plurality of selectable operating programs having respective time periods for performance thereof, and a real time clock at which a desired end time for a selected program can be set. The control device is operable to automatically determine, in dependence on the respective performance time period of a selected program, a program start time allowing performance of the selected program to end at the set end time and to automatically switch on the appliance at that start time to perform the selected program. To compensate for unplanned stoppages which might extend the program beyond the end time, predetermined delay periods can be included. If no stoppages occur, these delay periods can be used to extend program cycles or include performance-enhancing operations.