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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An operation display part according to the present invention includes a GUI display portion which displays each of display images having a size in a horizontal direction correlated with a duration of an operating time of each of the steps, a touch operating portion which extends or shortens the size of each of the display images, a controller which determines an operating time of each step based on the operating time corresponding to the size of each of the display images, and a memory which stores information of a settable range of the operating time of each steps set for each washing course, wherein, when an operating time of a step included in a predetermined washing course is set in the predetermined washing course, the GUI display portion displays the settable range of the operating time of this washing course as a range in a horizontal direction together with the display images. Consequently, in an electric machine and appliance which executes an operation action selected from a plurality of operation actions including a plurality of steps, it is possible to display a settable range of an operating time of each step of this selected operation action.