User interface—demo mode

• US 9,554,689 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• 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: Guilleminot, Raphael, Montanye, Phillip, Sadtler, Graham, Soffer, Elysa, Tannen, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Riegler, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE
• Application Number:
  US13/743,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20140201628A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,475 Days
• Field of Search: 715/705
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 series of images including a first image, a second image, and a third image in accordance with a predetermined order on the display, each image in the series of images being displayed automatically for a predetermined period of time in the predetermined order, and each image being associated with a different feature of the domestic appliance to describe that feature to a user;

detecting at least one user input provided to the at least one user input component with the controller while the display is automatically displaying an image of the series of images in the predetermined order;

correlating the at least one user input to one of a plurality of gesture types;

determining a first gesture type from among the plurality of gesture types by the controller;

responsive to the first gesture type determined, displaying an interactive simulation on the display, the interactive simulation being associated with the image displayed when the at least one user input is detected, the interactive simulation being responsive to additional user input, and the interactive simulation comprising a plurality of simulation images that allow the user to interact with the domestic appliance without performing a treatment functionality associated with the interactive simulation; and

receiving additional user input detected by the at least one user input component with the controller while the display is displaying the interactive simulation subsequent to an amount of time, and in response to said additional user input, resuming displaying the series of images on the display in accordance with the predetermined order with another image of the series of images.

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 series of images.

5. The method of claim 1, determining a second gesture type from among the plurality of gesture types, wherein the second gesture type is one of a leftward swipe and a rightward swipe.

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

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

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the second image precedes the first image in the predetermined order of the series of images and the second 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 series of images and the second 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 series of images and the second 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:

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

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

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the series of images further comprises a last image, and

wherein displaying the series of images in accordance with the predetermined order on the display further comprises automatically displaying the first image after the last image of the series of images.

14. 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;

a display; and

a controller configured to;

instruct the display to automatically display a series of images in a predetermined order for a predetermined period of time, the series of images comprising a first image, a second image, and a third image, and each image in the series of images being associated with a different feature of the domestic appliance to describe that feature to a user;

receive user input detected by the at least one user input component while instructing the display to automatically display an image of the series of images in the predetermined order;

correlate the at least one user input to one of a plurality of gesture types;

determine a first gesture type from among the plurality of gesture types by the controller;

responsive to the gesture type determined, instruct the display to display an interactive simulation, the interactive simulation being associated with the image displayed when the at least one user input is detected, the interactive simulation being responsive to additional user input, and the interactive simulation comprising a plurality of simulation images that allow the user to interact with the domestic appliance without performing a treatment functionality associated with the interactive simulation; and

subsequent to an amount of time, receive additional user input detected by the at least one user input component while the display is displaying the interactive simulation and, in response to receiving said additional user input, instruct the display to resume displaying the series of images in accordance with the predetermined order by resuming with display of another image of the series of images.

15. The domestic appliance of claim 14, 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.

16. The domestic appliance of claim 15, wherein the third image is subsequent to the second image in the predetermined order of the series of images.

17. The domestic appliance of claim 15, wherein the plurality of buttons comprises a plurality of capacitive touch buttons.

18. The domestic appliance of claim 14, wherein the controller is configured to determine a second gesture type from among the plurality of gesture types, wherein the second gesture type is one of a leftward swipe and a rightward swipe.

19. The domestic appliance of claim 18, wherein the second image is adjacent to the first image in the predetermined order of the series of images and the third image is subsequent to the second image in the predetermined order of the series of images.

20. The domestic appliance of claim 19, wherein the second image is subsequent to the first image in the predetermined order of the series of images and the second gesture is the leftward swipe.

21. The domestic appliance of claim 19, wherein the second image precedes the first image in the predetermined order of the series of images and the second gesture type is the rightward swipe and the first image and the third image are the same.

22. The domestic appliance of claim 19, wherein the second image is subsequent to the first image in the predetermined order of the series of images and the second gesture type is the rightward swipe.

23. The domestic appliance of claim 19, wherein the second image precedes the first image in the predetermined order of the series of images and the second gesture type is the leftward swipe and the first image and the third image are the same.

24. The domestic appliance of claim 14, wherein the gesture type is a touch input.

25. The domestic appliance of claim 24, 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 domestic appliance.

26. The domestic appliance of claim 14, further comprising:

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

27. The domestic appliance of claim 14, wherein the display comprises a thin film transistor display.

28. The domestic appliance of claim 14, wherein the at least one user input component comprises at least one touch input element.

29. The domestic appliance of claim 28, wherein the at least one touch input element comprises at least one capacitive touch input element.

30. The domestic appliance of claim 28, further comprising:

an oven;

a treatment chamber;

at least one treatment element; and

a door to enclose contents in the treatment chamber.

31. The domestic appliance of claim 14, wherein the series of images further comprises a last image, and

wherein the controller is further configured to instruct the display to automatically display the first image after the last image of the series of images.

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:

automatically output a series of images to the display in accordance with a predetermined order after a predetermined period of time, the series of images including a first image, a second image, and a third image, and each image being associated with a different feature of the domestic appliance to describe the feature to a user;

while an image of the series of images is automatically displayed on the display, determine at least one user input that is detected by the at least one user input device;

correlate the at least one user input to one of a plurality of gesture types;

determine a first gesture type from among the plurality of gesture types;

responsive to the first gesture type determined, display an interactive simulation on the display, the interactive simulation being associated with the image displayed when the at least one user input is detected, the interactive simulation being responsive to additional user input, and the interactive simulation comprising a plurality of simulation images that allow the user to interact with the domestic appliance without performing a treatment functionality associated with the interactive simulation; and

subsequent to an amount of time, receive additional user input detected by the at least one user input device while the display is displaying the interactive simulation and, in response to said additional user input detected, resume outputting of the series of images to the display in accordance with the predetermined order by resuming with another image in the series of images.