Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Petter Karlsson

Jérôme Brasseur

Arnd Hofmann

Martin Knausenberger

Jerome Brasseur

Stefan Lehmann

A user interface includes a touch-sensitive display and a display control unit for controlling the display. A method for controlling a household appliance using the graphical user interface includes the steps of: displaying a first graphical representation on the display, the first graphical representation including symbols, each symbol being associated with an appliance subunit of the household appliance; when a symbol is touched by a touching means, transmitting control signals from the control unit to the display to change the first graphical representation into a second graphical representation; displaying information regarding a change of a setting value of the appliance entity associated with the touched symbol when the touching means is dragged from a first position to a second position at the display; and changing the graphical representation at the display from the second graphical representation to a third graphical representation when lifting the touching means from the display.

Adaptive graphical user interface for appliance

A user interface includes a touch-sensitive display and a display control unit for controlling the touch-sensitive display. A method for controlling a household appliance using the graphical user interface includes the steps of: displaying a first graphical representation on the touch-sensitive display, the first graphical representation including one or more symbols (V, V), each symbol (V, V) being associated with an appliance subunit of the household appliance; touching a symbol (V, V) by a touching means in order to change of a setting value of the appliance subunit associated with the touched symbol (V) by moving the touching means; determining the moving speed of the touching means by the display control unit; and displaying information at the touch-sensitive display depending on the determined moving speed of the touching means.

Graphical user interface for a household appliance

The invention relates to an oven, especially to a domestic oven, which has a control panel comprising a user interface () for inputting data (D) into the control panel, wherein the user interface () comprises: at least one display element () for displaying data, wherein data (D) can be displayed on the display element () at a location (Z) on the display element () at a predetermined first axial position (x) and a predetermined second axial position (y), wherein the direction of the first (x) and of the second (y) axial positions are perpendicular to another, selecting means () for selecting the location (Z) on the display element () by selecting or pretending a definite first (x) and second (y) position for a cursor (), wherein at least one of the selecting means () are established as a slider element extending in a longitudinal direction (L) and having a surface () sensitive for touching with a finger () of the user, wherein a control unit is arranged to position the cursor () in a position or direction (x, y) on the display element () in dependence on the location or movement of the finger () on the slider element () in the longitudinal direction (L). By this an improved interaction between the user and the oven becomes possible. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for selecting and inputting an information into the control panel of the oven.

Control panel, especially for an oven, and oven, especially domestic oven

On-screen help with contextual shortcut on an appliance The invention relates to an appliance () with a user interface () comprising a display () for showing indications about conditions in the appliance, and first () and second () touch-sensitive input means. The second input means causes the interface to enter an assistance mode displaying which assistance items, which a processing means () extracts from a collection () of assistance information based on the content of the display when the assistance mode is invoked. In one embodiment, a data record ensures that the user returns to the same page after consulting the assistance mode. In another embodiment, the appliance is adapted to update the collection of assistance information on the basis of data received at an external communication interface. In another embodiment, the display reacts differently to short and long activations of a given touch-sensitive input means. In another embodiment, the display includes parallax compensation.

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Stockholm, Sweden

Petter Karlsson