METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A TREATMENT WHICH CAN BE PERFORMED BY A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE OR BY A USER ON A TEXTILE MATERIAL ITEM

Method and corresponding system for determining a treatment which can be performed on a textile material, wherein the method comprises the steps of: carrying out a first scan on an area (R) of the textile material item by means of near infrared band (NIR) electromagnetic radiation to obtain a first signal indicative of the nature of the textile material (S1) in the scanned area; carrying out a second scan on said area (R) of the textile material item by means of visible band electromagnetic radiation to obtain a second signal indicative of the color of the textile material (S2) in the scanned area; transmitting said first signal (S1) and second signal (S2) to electronic processing means (3); said electronic processing means (3) determining a treatment program which can be carried out on the textile material item based on a processing of said first signal (S1) and second signal (S2), and providing a control unit of a household appliance (5) and/or a user interface (4) with information about the treatment program determined by the electronic processing means (3).