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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Schott Ag, Mainz, DE;
Annelie Gabriel, Klein-Winternheim, DE;
Franziska Back, Schweinfurth, DE;
Franziska Riethmüller, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Thomas Zenker, Nieder-Olm, DE;
SCHOTT AG, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
An operating panel for a household appliance is provided with at least one user interface. The operating panel includes a planar support with an outer support surface facing an external region; a planar glass or glass-ceramic substrate with an outer substrate surface facing the external region and an opposite-lying inner substrate surface facing away from the external region and facing the outer support surface; a display element affixed to the support for luminous indication of information, which is preferably disposed on the outer support surface; and a sensor arrangement having at least two sensors, each of which comprises at least one electrode and is disposed on the inner substrate surface, for interaction with a user located in the external region.