SLIDING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE
First Claim
1. A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining an oven cavity;
a door attached to the cabinet for selectively exposing and sealing the oven cavity;
a cooking element mounted to the cabinet for heating the oven cavity;
a touch sensitive control display adapted to display an interactive cook time delay screen including a first virtual slide bar adapted to be positioned by a user along a first virtual track, wherein the first virtual track establishes a timeline including time indicia at spaced intervals along the first virtual track, the first virtual slide bar having a length corresponding to a total time of a cooking cycle having a start time and a stop time, such that sliding the first virtual slide bar along the first virtual track simultaneously adjusts the start time and the stop time of the cooking cycle and allows a user to delay cooking until a selected start time; and
a controller in communication with the user interface for controlling operation of the cooking element based on the positioning of the first virtual slide bar along the first virtual track.
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Abstract
A control display for an oven includes an interactive cook time delay screen having a slide bar for selecting a cook time delay. The slide bar has a length corresponding to the total time of a cooking cycle, such that moving the slide bar along a timeline simultaneously adjusts the start time and the stop time of the cooking cycle, while also allowing a user to delay the start of a cooking cycle. A temperature select screen includes a slide bar for selecting a cooking cycle temperature, and a cook time select screen allows selection of a cooking cycle time. A control lock feature allows a user to lock and unlock the control display by moving a slide bar from a lock position to an unlock position along a track. A controller controls the operation based on the delay time, cooking temperature and cook time selected.
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20 Claims
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1. A cooking appliance comprising:
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a cabinet defining an oven cavity; a door attached to the cabinet for selectively exposing and sealing the oven cavity; a cooking element mounted to the cabinet for heating the oven cavity; a touch sensitive control display adapted to display an interactive cook time delay screen including a first virtual slide bar adapted to be positioned by a user along a first virtual track, wherein the first virtual track establishes a timeline including time indicia at spaced intervals along the first virtual track, the first virtual slide bar having a length corresponding to a total time of a cooking cycle having a start time and a stop time, such that sliding the first virtual slide bar along the first virtual track simultaneously adjusts the start time and the stop time of the cooking cycle and allows a user to delay cooking until a selected start time; and a controller in communication with the user interface for controlling operation of the cooking element based on the positioning of the first virtual slide bar along the first virtual track. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A touch sensitive control display for presenting an interactive cook time delay screen for an oven comprising:
a first virtual slide bar adapted to be positioned by a user along a first virtual track, wherein the first virtual track establishes a timeline including time indicia at spaced intervals along the first virtual track, the first virtual slide bar having a length corresponding to a total time of a cooking cycle having a start time and a stop time, such that sliding the first virtual slide bar along the first virtual track simultaneously adjusts the start time and the stop time of the cooking cycle and allows a user to delay cooking until a selected start time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method for delaying the start time of a cooking cycle in an oven including a touch-sensitive control display adapted to display a plurality of user-interface screens upon activation by a user comprising:
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selecting a cooking cycle utilizing the touch-sensitive control display; activating a cook time delay screen including a virtual slide bar positionable along a virtual track presenting a timeline having time indicia at spaced intervals along the virtual track, wherein the virtual slide bar includes a length corresponding to a total time for the cooking cycle; and moving the virtual slide bar to a desired location on the virtual track to simultaneously select both a start time and a stop time for the cooking cycle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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