Method for Displaying Parameters of a Cooking Process and Display Device for a Cooking Appliance

• US 20150176846A1
• Filed: 07/05/2013
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rational AG
• Original Assignee: Rational AG
• Inventors: Wiedemann, Peter, Maas, Bruno, Kirchgaessner, Jana, Barby, Sascha, Funk, Gerd, Brinkmann, Torsten, Marek, Frank, Meindl, Anton, Maerz, Wilhelm, Reich, Sonja, Minisini, Leonora, Schmidberger, Wolfgang, Stelljes, Meike
• Granted Patent: US 10,969,111 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/082 on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/00 Specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position

Abstract

A method of displaying parameters of a cooking process involves a step in which an information window is provided within an indicating window. Further, a cooking intelligence applied is temporarily displayed in the information window. A cooking appliance display device can be used for displaying various parameters and steps of a cooking process and for making these available to an operator for interaction, with an information window being provided in which a currently applied cooking intelligence is displayed.

Claims

1. A method of displaying parameters of a cooking process, in which an information window is provided within an indicating window and in which a cooking intelligence applied being temporarily displayed in said information window.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein other information within said indicating window is visually moved to a background when said cooking intelligence is displayed.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a temporarily applied cooking intelligence is visually linked to a cooking process parameter which is displayed in said information window and which is being influenced by said cooking intelligence.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said step of visually linking uses at least one of an arrow, a luminous band, marker points or successively activated points.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein further cooking intelligences to be applied in the further course of said cooking process are displayed in a display field.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein cooking intelligences already applied in the cooking process in progress are displayed in a display field.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said information window is displayed at different positions within said indicating window as a function of at least one parameter of

8. The method of claim 7 wherein a distance of said information window from a lower edge of said indicating window depends from a temperature and particularly is substantially proportional to said temperature.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein a bar is displayed between said information window and said lower edge of said indicating window, said bar containing information related to an atmosphere currently used in a cooking chamber.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one identified property of food present in a cooking chamber in which said cooking process is being conducted, is indicated in said information window.

11. A cooking appliance display device by moans of in which various parameters and steps of a cooking process are displayed and made available to an operator for interaction, in particular when using a method as defined in claim 1, wherein an information window is provided in which a currently applied cooking intelligence is displayed.

12. The display of claim 11 wherein other information within said indicating window is visually moved to a background when said cooking intelligence is displayed.

13. The display of claim 11 wherein a temporarily applied cooking intelligence is visually linked to a cooking process parameter which is displayed in said information window and which is being influenced by said cooking intelligence.

14. The display of claim 13 wherein said visual linkage is at least one of an arrow, a luminous band, marker points or successively activated points.

15. The display of claim 11 wherein further cooking intelligences to be applied in the further course of said cooking process are displayed in a display field.

16. The display of claim 11 wherein cooking intelligences already applied in the cooking process in progress are displayed in a display field.

17. The display of claim 11 wherein said information window is displayed at different positions within said indicating window as a function of at least one parameter of said cooking process.

18. The display of claim 17 wherein a distance of said information window from a lower edge of said indicating window depends from a temperature and particularly is substantially proportional to said temperature.

19. The display of claim 17 wherein a bar is displayed between said information window and said lower edge of said indicating window, said bar containing information related to an atmosphere currently used in a cooking chamber.

20. The display of claim 11 wherein at least one identified property of food present in a cooking chamber in which said cooking process is being conducted, is indicated in said information window.