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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Carter Bach, Seymour, IN (US);
Ashley Wayne Burt, Roswell, GA (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A user interface for an appliance is provided for displaying information about multiple operating states of a feature of the appliance within an area for selecting the operative state of the feature. More particularly, a portion of the user interface may be configured both to display a feature's current state and to allow a user to change the state of the feature in the same physical location. A cooktop appliance with features for displaying a selected size, heating element, and/or power density of a cooking zone of the cooktop appliance co-located within an area for selecting the size, heating element, and/or power density of the cooking zone also is provided.