USER INTERFACE - DEMO MODE

• US 20140201628A1
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Montanye, Phillip, Sadtler, Graham, Soffer, Elysa, Tannen, Robert, Guilleminot, Raphael
• Granted Patent: US 9,554,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/705
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4293 Arrangements for programme selection, e.g. control panels; Indication of the selected programme, programme progress or other parameters of the programme, e.g. by using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2101/20 Operation modes, e.g. delicate laundry washing programs, service modes or refreshment cycles
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2105/54 Changing between normal operation mode and special operation modes, e.g. service mode, component cleaning mode or stand-by mode
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/082 on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method for demonstrating a domestic appliance, the domestic appliance having a controller, a display, and at least one user input component, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of images in accordance with a predetermined order on the display; while displaying a first image of the plurality of images in accordance with the predetermined order on the display, detecting at least one user input that is provided to the at least one user input component; responsive to the at least one user input, displaying a second image of the plurality of images that is associated with the at least one user input on the display for an amount of time; and subsequent to the amount of time, displaying the plurality of images on the display in accordance with the predetermined order resuming with a third image, said second image being different from said first image and said third image.

Claims

1. A method for demonstrating functionality of a domestic appliance, the domestic appliance having a controller, a display, and at least one user input component, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of images in accordance with a predetermined order on the display;

while displaying a first image of the plurality of images in accordance with the predetermined order on the display, detecting at least one user input that is provided to the at least one user input component;

responsive to the at least one user input, displaying a second image of the plurality of images that is associated with the at least one user input on the display for an amount of time; and

subsequent to the amount of time, displaying the plurality of images on the display in accordance with the predetermined order resuming with a third image, said second image being different from said first image and said third image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one user input component comprises a plurality of buttons and the at least one user input comprises a button press to one of the plurality of buttons.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of buttons comprises a plurality of capacitive touch buttons.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the third image is subsequent to the second image in the predetermined order of the plurality of images.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

correlating the at least one user input to a gesture type in the controller, said gesture type comprising one of a leftward swipe and a rightward swipe; and

determining the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the third image is subsequent to the second image in the predetermined order of the plurality of images.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second image is subsequent to the first image in the predetermined order of the plurality of images and the gesture type is the leftward swipe.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the second image precedes the first image in the predetermined order of the plurality of images and the gesture type is the rightward swipe and the first image and the third image are the same.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the second image is subsequent to the first image in the predetermined order of the plurality of images and the gesture type is the rightward swipe.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the second image precedes the first image in the predetermined order of the plurality of images and the gesture type is the leftward swipe and the first image and the third image are the same.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

correlating the at least one user input to a gesture type in the controller, said gesture type comprising a touch input; and

determining the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types with the controller.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one user input is the touch input, the at least one user input component is a touch input element coextensive with the display, and the second image is a simulation image to simulate operation of the appliance.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the plurality of images in the predetermined order on a memory device of the domestic appliance.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one user input component comprises at least one touch input element.

15. A domestic appliance having a user interface for demonstrating functionality of said domestic appliance, the domestic appliance comprising:

at least one user input component programmed to detect at least one user input; and

a display configured to;

display a plurality of images in an order, said plurality of images comprising a first image, a second image, and a third image, said second image being different from said first image and said third image;

responsive to the at least one user input, display the second image of the plurality of images that is associated with the at least one user input for an amount of time; and

subsequent to the amount of time, display the plurality of images in accordance with the order by resuming with display of the third image.

16. The domestic appliance of claim 15, wherein the at least one user input component comprises a plurality of buttons and the at least one user input comprises a button press to one of the plurality of buttons.

17. The domestic appliance of claim 16, wherein the third image is subsequent to the second image in the order of the plurality of images.

18. The domestic appliance of claim 16, wherein the plurality of buttons comprises a plurality of capacitive touch buttons.

19. The domestic appliance of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to correlate the at least one user input to a gesture type, said gesture type comprising one of a leftward swipe and a rightward swipe;

and the controller is configured to determine the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types.

20. The domestic appliance of claim 19, wherein the second image is adjacent to the first image in the order of the plurality of images and the third image is subsequent to the second image in the predetermined order of the plurality of images.

21. The domestic appliance of claim 20, wherein the second image is subsequent to the first image in the order of the plurality of images and the gesture type is the leftward swipe.

22. The domestic appliance of claim 20, wherein the second image precedes the first image in the order of the plurality of images and the gesture type is the rightward swipe and the first image and the third image are the same.

23. The domestic appliance of claim 20, wherein the second image is subsequent to the first image in the order of the plurality of images and the gesture type is the rightward swipe.

24. The domestic appliance of claim 20, wherein the second image precedes the first image in the order of the plurality of images and the gesture type is the leftward swipe and the first image and the third image are the same.

25. The domestic appliance of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to correlate the at least one user input to a gesture type, said gesture type comprising a touch input;

and the controller is configured to determine the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types.

26. The domestic appliance of claim 25, wherein the at least one user input is the touch input, the at least one user input component is a touch input element coextensive with the display, and the second image comprises a simulation image to simulate operation of the appliance.

27. The domestic appliance of claim 15, further comprising:

a memory device programmed to store the plurality of images in the order.

28. The domestic appliance of claim 15, wherein the display comprises a thin film transistor display.

29. The domestic appliance of claim 15, wherein the at least one user input component comprises at least one touch input element.

30. The domestic appliance of claim 29, wherein the at least one touch input element comprises at least one capacitive touch input element.

31. The domestic appliance of claim 29, further comprising:

an oven;

a treatment chamber;

at least one treatment element; and

a door to enclose contents in the treatment chamber.

32. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for execution by at least one processor included in a domestic appliance that includes a display and at least one user input device, the stored instructions comprising instructions configured to:

output a plurality of images to the display in accordance with an order, the plurality of images including a first image, a second image, and a third image;

while the first image is being displayed on the display, determine at least one user input that is input via the at least one user input device;

responsive to the at least one user input, output the second image, which is associated with the at least one user input, to the display for an amount of time; and

subsequent to the amount of time, output the plurality of images to the display in accordance with the predetermined order resuming with a third image, said second image being different from said first image and said third image.