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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2020
Method for visualising a programme planning, dialogue interface therefor and cooking device therefor
Rational Aktiengesellschaft, Landsberg am Lech, DE;
Judith Kling, Landsberg am Lech, DE;
Tanja Agapkin, Landsberg am Lech, DE;
Simon Seemüller, Landsberg am Lech, DE;
Rational Aktiengesellschaft, Landsberg am Lech, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for visualizing programs for at least one cooking appliance, in which, after selection of at least two programs from a plurality of programs and their chronological order, the selected programs are displayed on at least one display device in a display area in each case in the form of at least one virtual receipt representing a program representative along a time axis to take account of the time sequence, wherein the extension of each displayed virtual receipt along the time axis is characteristic for a duration of the respectively associated program, and a time planning gap characterizing a pause region along the time axis between a first receipt and a second receipt following this first receipt in terms of time is at least partially closed automatically or triggered by a user by moving the second receipt towards the first receipt, in particular back to the left along the time axis extending in the x-direction, characterized by the following steps a) determining the presence of at least one planning gap between two chronologically consecutive receipts, b) displaying the determined planning gap at least once and/or outputting information about the determined planning gap and/or opening a dialogue interface to the determined planning gap, and c) at least partially closing the determined planning gap in response to a closure request. Furthermore, the invention relates to a dialogue interface and a cooking device for carrying out such a method.