Programmable household appliance with a display device
First Claim
1. In a programmable household appliance having actuators and sensors involved in an operating process, a display assembly for at least one of audible and visual symbols comprising:
- a program control device connected to the actuators and sensors;
a memory connected to said program control device, said program control device being programmed to store in said memory selected program parameters and measurement and operating values of the actuators and sensors;
a display element for at least one of audible and visual symbols, said display element being connected to said program control device; and
said program control device being programmed;
to switch on said display element once the operating process has completed; and
to cause said display element to display information about an ability to output information regarding said measurement and operating values stored at least one of before and during the operating process most recently carried out.
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Abstract
The invention allows a user of a program-controlled household appliance to obtain comprehensive information concerning different working process parameters by having the appliance include a display device for acoustic signals or optical characters and a memory area of the program control device, which is configured for saving set program parameters and measurement and operational values of the actuators and sensors participating in the program that is running. For such a purpose, the display device contains a display element (field), which is activated upon completion of the working process and contains the comment “Log”, indicating the option of issuing information relating to measurement and operational values that have been saved prior to and/or during the last completed working process.
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39 Claims
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1. In a programmable household appliance having actuators and sensors involved in an operating process, a display assembly for at least one of audible and visual symbols comprising:
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a program control device connected to the actuators and sensors;
a memory connected to said program control device, said program control device being programmed to store in said memory selected program parameters and measurement and operating values of the actuators and sensors;
a display element for at least one of audible and visual symbols, said display element being connected to said program control device; and
said program control device being programmed;
to switch on said display element once the operating process has completed; and
to cause said display element to display information about an ability to output information regarding said measurement and operating values stored at least one of before and during the operating process most recently carried out. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. In a programmable household appliance having actuators and sensors involved in an operating process, a memory, and a program control device connected to the memory, to the actuators, and to the sensors, the program control device being programmed to store in the memory selected program parameters and measurement and operating values of the actuators and sensors, a display assembly for at least one of audible and visual symbols comprising:
a display element connected to the program control device, said display element;
being switched on by said program control device once the operating process has completed; and
displaying information about a capability to output information about said measurement and operating values stored at least one of before and during the operating process most recently carried out.
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20. In a programmable household appliance, a control system comprising:
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a program control device;
actuators and sensors involved in an operating process of the appliance, said actuators and said sensors connected to said program control device;
a display for at least one of audible and visual symbols being connected to said program control device, said display device having a display element;
a memory area connected to said program control device, said program control device being programmed;
to store in said memory;
selected program parameters; and
measurement and operating values of the actuators and sensors;
to switch on said display element once the operating process has completed and to display with said display element information about a capability to output information about said measurement and operating values stored at least one of before and during the operating process most recently carried out.
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21. A display for a programmable household appliance having a program control device, actuators, sensors, a memory for the program control device storing selected program parameters and storing measurement and operating values of the actuators and sensors involved in an operating process taking place, the display comprising:
a display device for at least one of audible and visual symbols, said display device having a display element switched on once the operating process has completed, said display element displaying information about a capability to output information about the measurement and operating values that were stored at least one of before and during the operating process that was most recently carried out.
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22. A method for operating a programmable household appliance in which an operating process is started and ended, which comprises:
recording a record including information units about the operating process just carried out and displaying an identifier indicating an end of the operating process just carried out. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for operating a programmable household appliance in which an operating process is started and ended, which comprises:
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recording a record including information units about the operating process just carried out and displaying an identifier indicating an end of the operating process just carried out;
actuating an input device to display a first information unit of the record; and
repeating actuation of the input device to sequentially display different information units of the record.
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31. A method for operating a programmable household appliance having actuators and sensors involved in an operating process, which comprises:
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providing a program control device with a memory and a display element for displaying at least one of audible and visual symbols;
connecting the program control device to the actuators and the sensors;
recording selected program parameters of the operating process in the memory at least one of before and during the operating process;
storing in the memory at least one of measurement values and operating values of at least one of the actuators and the sensors at least one of before, during, and after the operating process; and
switching on the display element with the program control device once an operating process has completed and displaying, on the display element, information about an ability to output information regarding the selected program parameters and the measurement and operating values stored at least one of before, during, and after the operating process most recently carried out. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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Specification