HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE

• US 20100126493A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arcelik A.S.
• Original Assignee: Arcelik A.S.
• Inventors: Yilmaz, Sertac, Gokceimam, Eyyup, Berkman, Ali Emre, Oztoprak, Aydin, Erbug, Cigdem
• Granted Patent: US 8,438,879 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 126/273.R
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2101/00 User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2105/58 Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/32 characterised by graphical features, e.g. touchscreens

Abstract

The present invention relates to a household appliance (1), constituting a display (3) which enables the user to observe the performance state of the household appliance (1) and one or more input units (2) that enable the user to make visual or audio data entries.

Claims

1. A household appliance (1) comprises one or more input devices (2) that enables data entry by the user and a display (3) that allows the user to observe performance state of the household appliance (1) and characterized by a display (3) which displays all the parameters that constitute a working process, their corresponding values and the actions that will be taken according to these parameters in one sentence enables the user to modify a parameter value without altering the sentence structure but by changing within the sentence that specific value, and allows the user to observe all parameters and their values at the same time.

2. A household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, characterized by a display (3) which displays the names of the parameters of a working process, the values corresponding to each parameter, and the operation to execute once the household appliance (1) is switched on, in a sentence using sentence of elements such as verbs, prepositions, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions.

3. A household appliance (1) as described in claim 1 or 2, characterized by a display (3) displaying a sentence comprising the association of one or more variable fields (A) containing the parameters of a working process, the values of which can be modified by the user, and an invariable field (B), consisting of other elements comprising the sentence which defines the parameters, the parameter values, and the actions to perform that the user is not allowed to change.

4. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, characterized by a display (3) whereupon the user while performing the programming can observe simultaneously all variable fields (A) containing parameter values, and invariable fields (B) containing the words that qualify the values listed in the variable fields (A) but wherein the user is not allowed to effectuate any change whatsoever.

5. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, characterized by a display (3) which allows the user to observe simultaneously the sentence constituting the words placed on the variable field (A) while parameter value is being selected on the variable field (A), the invariable field (B) where the user can not access, and all former fields (A and B) concerning the previously selected parameters.

6. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, characterized by a display (3), wherein variable field (A) with selected values are marked differently from variable field (A) without yet selected values.

7. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, characterized by a display (3), wherein a value selection in one particular variable field (A) may restrict the values of another variable field (A).

8. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, characterized by a display (3) which displays in one line the list of all values of a selected variable field (A).

9. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above claims 1 to 7, characterized by a display (3) which displays by enabling the user to observe in one column in form of a menu the list of all values of a selected variable field (A).

10. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, characterized by one or more field toggle keys (4) that enable transit between various variable fields (A) of a sentence.

11. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, characterized by one or more select buttons (5) which enable the selection of one of the parameter values among the more than one parameter values in the selected area (A).

12. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, characterized by a start button (6) which starts the working process that the sentence on the display (3) describes.

13. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above Claims, wherein the appliance is a washing machine.

14. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above claims 1 to 12, wherein the appliance is a cooking device.

15. A household appliance (1) as described in any one of the above claims 1 to 12, wherein the appliance is a dishwasher.