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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Ohta, Kukizaki, JP;
Toshifumi Koike, Chiyoda, JP;
Yosuke Nagano, Hitachi, JP;
Katuhumi Takagishi, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
Abstract
A washing machine in which a plurality of display image parts (ID=0 to 9) are disposed and displayed, on the basis of a display/arrangement structure, on the display surface of a display unit in which a transparent pressure-type touch panel is mounted, so as to form a display/operation unit which enables display and operation/instruction by depression. Thus, a user can change the layout of the display/operation unit and washing operations freely.