Interactive transparent touch screen doors for wine cabinets
First Claim
1. An interactive touch screen door for use with a wine cabinet having a refrigerated compartment and a rack in the refrigerated compartment to hold bottles of wine, the touch screen door to provide access to the refrigerated compartment and comprising:
- a transparent touch display embedded in the door and having a size at least corresponding to a portion of the refrigerated compartment intended to store wine; and
a controller operatively connected to the transparent touch display and configured to;
provide on the transparent touch display information associated with wine stored in the cabinet;
receive via the transparent touch display a wine search parameter; and
display on the transparent touch display one or more indicators at the physical locations of one or more bottles of wine in the cabinet corresponding to the wine search parameter, wherein the one or more indicators are superimposed on the transparent touch display to be in line with at least a portion of a contour of at least one of the one or more bottles of wine corresponding to the wine search parameter.
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Abstract
Interactive transparent touch screen doors for wine cabinets are disclosed. An interactive touch screen door for use with a wine cabinet having a refrigerated compartment and a rack in the refrigerated compartment to hold bottles of wine provides access to the refrigerated compartment and includes a transparent touch display embedded in the door having a size at least corresponding to a portion of the refrigerated compartment intended to store wine, and a controller operatively connected to the transparent touch display configured to provide information associated with wine stored in the cabinet on the transparent touch display.
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23 Claims
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1. An interactive touch screen door for use with a wine cabinet having a refrigerated compartment and a rack in the refrigerated compartment to hold bottles of wine, the touch screen door to provide access to the refrigerated compartment and comprising:
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a transparent touch display embedded in the door and having a size at least corresponding to a portion of the refrigerated compartment intended to store wine; and a controller operatively connected to the transparent touch display and configured to; provide on the transparent touch display information associated with wine stored in the cabinet; receive via the transparent touch display a wine search parameter; and display on the transparent touch display one or more indicators at the physical locations of one or more bottles of wine in the cabinet corresponding to the wine search parameter, wherein the one or more indicators are superimposed on the transparent touch display to be in line with at least a portion of a contour of at least one of the one or more bottles of wine corresponding to the wine search parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of controlling an interactive wine cabinet including a refrigerated compartment, a rack to hold bottles of wine in the refrigerated compartment, a door to provide access to the refrigerated compartment, and a transparent touch display embedded in the door having a size at least corresponding to a portion of the refrigerated compartment intended to store wine, the method comprising:
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receiving via the transparent touch display a wine search parameter; and displaying on the transparent touch display one or more indicators at the physical locations of one or more bottles of wine in the cabinet meeting the wine search parameter, wherein the one or more indicators are superimposed on the transparent touch display to be in line with at least a portion of a contour of at least one of the one or more bottles of wine corresponding to the wine search parameter. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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