CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE
First Claim
1. Control system for an appliance which processes household items such as food, laundry, crockery and the like, said household appliance (1) comprising an electronic control unit (2) and selection means (3), located in particular on a control panel of the appliance cabinet, for the selection of predetermined basic programs of said appliance (1), whereby, as part of said control system, a first set of information is stored in said electronic control unit (2) which are used by said electronic control unit (2), in function of selections made through said selection means (3), for controlling the performance of said basic programs, characterized in that, as a further part of said control system, a second set of information is stored in said electronic control unit (2), for enabling said apparatus to perform additional programs to those basic programs which can be selected via said selection means (3), said electronic control unit (2) being prearranged for interfacing with an external electronic device (5;
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Abstract
A control system for a household appliance having an electronic control unit, and a selection device located on a control panel for selecting predetermined basic functions of the apparatus. First information is encoded within the electronic control unit for allowing the appliance to perform the basic functions as a function of the selection made through the selection device. Second information is encoded within the electronic control unit for allowing the appliance to perform functions in addition to the ones that can be selected through the selection device. The electronic unit is adapted to interface with an optional external electronic device for enablement and selection of the performance of the additional functions in a simplified manner.
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17 Claims
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1. Control system for an appliance which processes household items such as food, laundry, crockery and the like, said household appliance (1) comprising an electronic control unit (2) and selection means (3), located in particular on a control panel of the appliance cabinet, for the selection of predetermined basic programs of said appliance (1), whereby, as part of said control system, a first set of information is stored in said electronic control unit (2) which are used by said electronic control unit (2), in function of selections made through said selection means (3), for controlling the performance of said basic programs, characterized in that, as a further part of said control system, a second set of information is stored in said electronic control unit (2), for enabling said apparatus to perform additional programs to those basic programs which can be selected via said selection means (3), said electronic control unit (2) being prearranged for interfacing with an external electronic device (5;
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17. Method for programming an electronically controlled appliance (1) for processing household items such as food, laundry, crockery and the like, said appliance (1) being able to perform basic functions and additional functions, where said basic functions can be selected by standard control means (3) comprised in said household appliance (1), a first set of information being stored in an electronic control unit (2), which are used by said electronic control unit (2), in function of selections made through standard control means (3), for controlling the performance of said basic programs, and whereby a second set of information is stored in said electronic control unit (2), for enabling said apparatus to perform additional programs to those basic programs which can be selected via said selection means (3) characterized in that the selection of the additional programs is simplified by the use of an external electronic device (5;
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