×

Screen help with contextual shortcut on an appliance

  • US 9,898,169 B2
  • Filed: 10/13/2011
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An appliance comprising:

  • a visual display for showing indications about conditions prevailing in the appliance;

    a first touch-sensitive input means; and

    a processor communicatively coupled to the visual display and the touch-sensitive input means, said processor being configured;

    to associate the first touch-sensitive input means with a control action selectable from a plurality of control actions in respect of the appliance, andto indicate, using the visual display, the control action with which the first touch-sensitive input means is currently associated,wherein the processor is configured to store a collection of assistance information containing assistance items,wherein the collection of assistance information comprises at least one of;

    textual information,pictorial information,aural information,wherein the appliance further comprises a second touch-sensitive input means for entering an assistance mode, and the processor is configured to extract one or more assistance items to be shown on the visual display, on the basis of indications present on the visual display at the moment of activation of the second touch-sensitive input means,wherein the appliance further comprises an external communication interface communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to receive external instructions relating to addition and/or removal of assistance items in the collection of assistance information,wherein the processor is operable in a maintenance mode, in which the processor implements instructions received at the external communication interface by amending a variable portion of a static data record within the stored collection of assistance information, the static data record comprising both the variable portion and an unchanging portion, and the processor generates a new collection of assistance information on the basis of the static data record and the received instructions, andwherein in the maintenance mode, the processor implements instructions received at the external communication interface for amending a wording of an assistance item that is already stored in the collection of assistance information or a link between assistance items that are already stored in the collection of assistance information.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×