Proximity control device and home appliance equipped with proximity control device

A capacitive proximity control device (28) for a domestic washing machine (10) or other domestic appliance is presented. In some embodiments, the proximity control device includes two planar sensor electrodes (34, 36) arranged on a door (20) of the washing machine at a spatial distance from each other. An electronic component is connected to the two sensor electrodes, the electronic component adapted to generate an electrical sensor signal in association with each of the two sensor electrodes, the electrical sensor signal representing a change in capacitance associated with the sensor electrode in question. The electronic component is able to determine proximity operation of the control device by correlation of the two sensor signals. The shield electrode may be disposed in a spatial region between the two sensor electrodes. 提出了一种用于家用洗衣机(10)或其他家用电器的电容式接近度控制设备(28)。在一些实施例中，接近度控制设备包括两个平面传感器电极(34、36)，它们以彼此相距一定空间距离布置在洗衣机的门(20)上。电子组件连接到两个传感器电极，该电子组件适合于与两个传感器电极中的每一个相关联地产生电传感器信号，该电传感器信号表示与所讨论的传感器电极相关联的电容的变化。通过两个传感器信号