Touch-Sensitive Operating Display For Setting A Program Of A Domestic Appliance, And Corresponding Method

Abstract

A touch-sensitive operating display for setting a program of a household appliance, a household appliance including such an operating display, a computer program product and a corresponding method are provided. The household appliance has a plurality of different programs, each of which can be defined by using a plurality of parameters that are interdependent. The operating display has a plurality of display regions, each of which represents a parameter. The parameters of the display regions can be changed by touching the operating display. However, a change of a parameter of one display region leads to the simultaneous change of the parameter of another display region.

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         18 . A touch-sensitive operating display for setting a program of a domestic appliance having a plurality of different programs to be defined by using a plurality of interdependent parameters, the operating display comprising:
 a plurality of display areas each representing a parameter;   said parameters of said display areas being changeable by touching the operating display; and   changing a parameter of one display area changes a parameter of another display area.   
     
     
         19 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , wherein the programs are cleaning programs. 
     
     
         20 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , which further comprises at least one of a touch display or setting buttons. 
     
     
         21 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , wherein said plurality of display areas include two mutually adjacent display areas defining a boundary therebetween to be shifted by touching the operating display causing a parameter of one display area to be enlarged and a parameter of another display area to be reduced. 
     
     
         22 . The operating display according to  claim 21 , wherein said plurality of display areas are disposed in a circular or triangular configuration. 
     
     
         23 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , wherein one of said parameters is an energy parameter defining an amount of energy being consumed by execution of the program. 
     
     
         24 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , wherein one of said parameters is a time parameter defining a time required by the program for a run. 
     
     
         25 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , wherein one of said parameters is a noise level parameter defining a noise level arising as a result of an execution of the program. 
     
     
         26 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , which further comprises a selection area allowing a user to define a condition of an item to be treated by using the program. 
     
     
         27 . The operating display according to  claim 26 , wherein an average condition of the item is preselected in said selection area. 
     
     
         28 . The operating display according to  claim 26 , wherein the condition of the item is a degree of soiling of the item to be cleaned by using the program. 
     
     
         29 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , which further comprises an input area for defining a chemical used by the domestic appliance. 
     
     
         30 . The operating display according to  claim 29 , wherein the chemical is a cleaning agent. 
     
     
         31 . The operating display according to  claim 26 , which further comprises an input area for defining a chemical used by the domestic appliance, wherein a presentation of at least one of said plurality of display areas or the parameters of said plurality of display areas depends on an input entered by way of at least one of said selection area or said input area. 
     
     
         32 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , wherein a presentation of at least one of said plurality of display areas or the parameters of said plurality of display areas depend on a sensor-detected value. 
     
     
         33 . The operating display according to  claim 18 , wherein each of said display areas has a minimum size which may not be undershot. 
     
     
         34 . A domestic appliance, comprising:
 a plurality of different programs to be defined by using a plurality of interdependent parameters; and   an operating display according to  claim 18  for setting the programs.   
     
     
         35 . The domestic appliance according to  claim 34 , wherein the domestic appliance is a dishwasher or a washing machine and the programs are cleaning programs. 
     
     
         36 . A non-transitory computer readable medium or data carrier with software or a downloadable data bundle or an app with program instructions to be executed on a mobile terminal device with a touch-sensitive operating display to be connected to a domestic appliance to form an operating display according to  claim 18 . 
     
     
         37 . A method for setting a program of a domestic appliance having a plurality of different programs to be defined by using a plurality of interdependent parameters, the method comprising the following steps:
 using a touch-sensitive operating display to present a plurality of display areas each representing a parameter;   setting the parameters as a result of a user of the domestic appliance touching the operating display causing a change of a parameter of one display area to change the parameter of another display area; and   selecting the program best defined by the set parameters.   
     
     
         38 . The method according to  claim 37 , wherein the programs are cleaning programs.