Household appliance

• US 8,438,879 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Arcelik A.S.
• Original Assignee: Arcelik A.S.
• Inventors: Gokceimam, Eyyup, Yilmaz, Sertac, Erbug, Cigdem, Oztoprak, Aydin, Berkman, Ali Emre
• Primary Examiner(s): Perrin, Joseph L
• Application Number:
  US12/513,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20100126493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,022 Days
• Field of Search: 68/3.R, 68/121.2, 68/122.3, 68/122.7, 134/56.R, 134/113, 700/17, 700/83, 700/90, 126/273.R
• US Class Current: 68/12.23
• 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) comprising one or more input devices (2) that enables data entry by a user and a display (3) that allows the user to observe performance state of the household appliance (1) and wherein the display (3) is adapted to display all the parameters that constitute a working process, their corresponding values and actions that will be taken according to these parameters in one sentence, and to enable the user to modify a parameter value without altering the sentence structure but by changing within the sentence that specific value, and to allow the user to observe all parameters and their values at the same time

wherein the display (3) is adapted to display the sentence wherein the sentence comprises an association of one or more variable fields (A) and an invariable field (B),

wherein the one or more variable fields (A) contain the parameters of a working process, the values of which can be modified by the user and

wherein the invariable fields (B) includes other elements comprising the sentence, the invariable field (B) defining the parameters, the parameter values, and the actions to perform that the user is not allowed to change, and

wherein a value selection in one particular variable field (A) may restrict the values in another variable field (A).

2. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the 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. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the 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.

4. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the 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.

5. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the display (3), wherein variable field (A) with selected values are marked differently from variable field (A) without yet selected values.

6. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the display (3) which displays in one line the list of all values of a selected variable field (A).

7. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the 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).

8. The household appliance (1) as described claim 1, further comprising one or more field toggle keys (4) that enable transit between various variable fields (A) of a sentence.

9. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, further comprising 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).

10. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, further comprising a start button (6) which starts the working process that the sentence on the display (3) describes.

11. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the household appliance is a washing machine.

12. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the appliance is a cooking device.

13. The household appliance (1) as described in claim 1, wherein the appliance is a dishwasher.