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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Elina Westman, Stockholm, SE;
Katharina Baumgartner, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Walter Frost, Stockholm, SE;
Alexandra Abalada, Stockholm, SE;
Kim Rogvall, Stockholm, SE;
ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a control unit for a household appliance, in particular for a cooking appliance (). The control unit comprises at least one input/output device (UI) for the entry of control commands and for the visualisation of information, particularly status information, and at least one control element (S, S, S, S) comprising a plurality of touch-sensitive switching elements positioned in a straightlined arrangement. At least a part of the input/output device (UI) is touch-sensitive and/or formed as a touch screen. The control element (S, S, S, S) is adapted to assign a power level to an electrical load depending on the activated switching element. At least one first special function, in particular a first special operating program, is assignable to at least a first one of the plurality of switching elements. The input/output device (UI) further comprises at least one selection button (), which is adapted to provide the selection of the at least one first special function. The invention also relates to a cooking appliance comprising said control unit and a method for controlling a household appliance.