USER INTERFACE - GESTURAL TOUCH
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a domestic appliance to treat contents, said domestic appliance having a display, a controller, and at least one user input component, the method comprising:
- displaying a first screen on the display;
detecting user input to the at least one user input component;
correlating the user input to a gesture type with the controller;
determining the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types with the controller; and
displaying a second screen on the display according to at least the gesture type,wherein said second screen is different from said first screen.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a domestic appliance that treats contents, said domestic appliance having a display, a controller, and at least one user input component, the method comprising: displaying a first screen on the display; detecting user input to the at least one user input component; correlating the user input to a gesture type with the controller; determining the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types with the controller; and displaying a second screen on the display according to at least the gesture type, wherein said second screen is different from said first screen.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a domestic appliance to treat contents, said domestic appliance having a display, a controller, and at least one user input component, the method comprising:
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displaying a first screen on the display; detecting user input to the at least one user input component; correlating the user input to a gesture type with the controller; determining the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types with the controller; and displaying a second screen on the display according to at least the gesture type, wherein said second screen is different from said first screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
wherein the second screen comprises one of a treatment mode info screen, a timer info screen, and a set timer screen, and wherein the at least one treatment parameter comprises at least one of a treatment mode, a timer selection, and a treatment time.
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3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the timer selection and the treatment time have been programmed to the controller and the gesture type is the downward swipe, the second screen is the timer info screen that displays the timer selection and the treatment time.
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4. The method of claim 2, wherein when the timer selection and the treatment time have not been programmed to the controller and the gesture type is the downward swipe, the second screen is the set timer screen.
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5. The method of claim 2, wherein when the treatment mode has been programmed to the controller and the gesture type is the upward swipe, the second screen is the treatment mode info screen displaying information about the programmed treatment mode.
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6. The method of claim 2, wherein when the treatment mode has not been programmed to the controller and the gesture type is the upward swipe, the second screen is the treatment mode info screen displaying information about a plurality of treatment modes.
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7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
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displaying a set timer screen on the display; detecting user input to the at least one user input component associated with a timer selection; programming the timer selection to the controller; displaying a treatment time screen on the display; detecting user input to the at least one user input component associated with a treatment time; and programming the treatment time to the controller.
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8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
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timing the period of time the second screen is displayed on the display with a timer; and displaying the first screen on the display after a predetermined period of time.
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9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first screen includes a first plurality of treatment modes and the second screen includes a second plurality of treatment modes, wherein the treatment parameter is a treatment mode of one of the pluralities of treatment modes, and wherein the gesture type is a leftward swipe or a rightward swipe.
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10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
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detecting the user input to the at least one user input component associated with the treatment mode of one of the pluralities of treatment modes; and programming the treatment mode to the controller.
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11. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one user input component comprises at least one touch input element.
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12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
treating the contents of the domestic appliance with at least one treatment element.
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13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one treatment element is at least one heating element.
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14. A domestic appliance to treat contents, the appliance comprising:
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a display configured to display a first screen and a second screen, said first screen and said second screen being different; at least one user input component programmed to detect user input; and a controller programmed to correlate the user input to a gesture type, to determine the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types, and to instruct the display to display the second screen according to at least the gesture type. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for controlling a domestic appliance that treats contents, said domestic appliance having a display, a controller, and at least one user input component, the method comprising:
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displaying one of a first screen, a second screen, and a third screen on the display; detecting user input to the at least one user input component; correlating the user input to a gesture type with the controller; determining the gesture type from among a plurality of gesture types with the controller; and displaying one of the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen according the gesture type, wherein each of the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen includes a different plurality of treatment modes. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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Specification