Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C7/00—Stoves or ranges heated by electric energy
  • F24C7/08—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
  • F24C7/082—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination
  • F24C7/085—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination on baking ovens
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
  • A47L15/42—Details
  • A47L15/4293—Arrangements for programme selection, e.g. control panels; Indication of the selected programme, programme progress or other parameters of the programme, e.g. by using display panels
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
  • D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
  • D06F34/28—Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C15/00—Details
  • F24C15/18—Arrangement of compartments additional to cooking compartments, e.g. for warming or for storing utensils or fuel containers; Arrangement of additional heating or cooking apparatus, e.g. grills
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C15/00—Details
  • F24C15/20—Removing cooking fumes
  • F24C15/2021—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety systems
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
  • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
  • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
  • H05B6/6435—Aspects relating to the user interface of the microwave heating apparatus
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C7/00—Stoves or ranges heated by electric energy
  • F24C7/08—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
  • F24C7/082—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination
  • F24C7/086—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination touch control
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
  • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices

Definitions

• Household appliance system with several household appliances and a common, central operating device, and method
• One aspect of the invention relates to a household appliance system with a number of household appliances.
• a further aspect of the invention relates to a method for operating a household appliance system.
• a household appliance can be designed for preparing food, for example. In this context, it can be a cooking appliance or a hob, for example.
• household appliances for the care of laundry items are also known. Examples include washing machines or tumble dryers.
• household appliances for cleaning dishes are also known.
• household appliances for storing and preserving food are known. For example, refrigerators or freezers or combined fridge-freezers are known here. All of these devices therefore have their own individual functionality.
• each device viewed individually, has an operating device. This is only intended for operating the respective household appliance.
• Such operating devices usually have a display unit, in particular a display. It is also possible for such an operating device to have an additional operating element which can be detached from an operating element receptacle of the operating device and reattached in a non-destructive manner. It is also possible that such operating elements can be attached to different positions of the operating device. For example, reference can be made here to DE 10 2014223 371 A1 or DE 10 2016223476 A1.
• the household appliance system has a first household appliance.
• the household appliance system also has at least one second household appliance.
• the two household appliances are separate appliances from one another. This means in particular that they are self-contained units. In particular, they each have their own housing. In particular, this also means that they are both objectively and functionally separate. This applies in particular with regard to their respective primary functions, for which they are intended to be primarily designed.
• the household appliance system also has a central operating device that is designed to set operating conditions both for the first household appliance and for the at least second household appliance and is intended for this purpose.
• the operating device has an electronic display area. This has a first display field on which information, in particular only, about the first household appliance can be displayed.
• the electronic display area also has a second display field that is different from the first display field.
• Information in particular only for the second household appliance, can be displayed on this.
• the two display fields are therefore also display fields that are separated in this respect, on which only the information relating to the household appliance that is assigned to the display field is displayed.
• the operating device is objectively a unit. It is summarized as a whole arranged in one place. The operating device therefore has in particular no display areas that are spatially separated and arranged at a distance from one another.
• the at least two separate household appliances are separate appliances. This means that in particular they each have a separate housing and that the respective household appliance's own functional units are arranged in this housing. It is possible for the at least two household appliances to be positioned directly next to one another. For example, the housing can then be arranged directly adjacent to one another.
• the operating device can then be arranged on one of the two household appliances. In particular, the operating device can then also be arranged, for example, in such a way that it is arranged overlapping on both household appliances. In particular, such an arrangement is then to be understood on the front with respect to the two household appliances.
• a number of household appliances such as those mentioned in particular at the outset, to be present, for example for preparing food.
• These can, for example, also be arranged in a directly adjacent arrangement.
• at least two cooking appliances such as ovens or microwave cooking appliances or steam cooking appliances, can be arranged directly adjacent to one another.
• they can be installed in a kitchen unit or a wall of furniture.
• they can be built-in household appliances.
• the common, central operating device can then be arranged, for example, directly on the front of the two adjacent household appliances. A simple, user-friendly and central operation of both household appliances is then possible.
• operating sequences can then be carried out faster and more reliably if necessary. This is because a user then no longer has to switch between two operating devices that are located, if necessary, even further apart from one another, and if necessary constantly jump back and forth. Rather, he can also set the operating conditions for both household appliances quickly and reliably by looking at the common central operating device in a single direction.
• an overview of the operating condition settings of several household appliances is clearer as a result.
• incorrect operation of several devices, in particular with several simultaneous preparation processes in household appliances can also be avoided as a result.
• household appliance systems can have several household appliances of the same type.
• the household appliance system can have household appliances that are functionally different.
• the respective operation, in particular the setting of operating conditions, can then also be carried out with a common central operating device.
• the common, central operating device is installed in a stationary manner on the first household appliance and/or on the second household appliance.
• this central operating device cannot be reversibly removed and reattached.
• This stationary installation also means that the common central control device remains in the same position in relation to the household appliances.
• Such a stationary attachment of the operating device creates a compact system network between the household appliances and the operating device at a common location.
• the central operating device is also arranged almost directly on the at least one household appliance.
• This local proximity advantageously also enables the device to be set and simultaneously observed, as well as possibly objects that are present in the household appliance, possibly in both household appliances. For example, this is then advantageous in household appliances for preparing food.
• the setting can be made immediately and at the same time, if necessary, a food preparation process can be observed in at least one of the household appliances. This is particularly advantageous if the preparation processes in at least two separate household appliances can then even be observed simultaneously and settings can then also be made in this regard via the operating device.
• the electronic display area is a contiguous area in terms of area.
• the electronic display area can be a full-surface display.
• a uniform surface geometry of the display area is provided. Separate, separate display areas are thereby avoided.
• the number of components can thus be reduced.
• an improved and larger image display for larger surface areas can be made possible by such a configuration of an electronic display area. Restricted image sizes or restricted sizes for visual display can be avoided in this way.
• a more dynamic display of information can also be generated by such a configuration. This also means that the at least two display fields can be displayed on this electronic display area that is coherent in terms of area.
• the display fields in one exemplary embodiment not only to be rigid in terms of location and size, but also for dynamic variations in this regard to be made possible, both in terms of position and size. This increases the variability and user flexibility of the operating device, in particular with regard to the display of information.
• the operating device has a first, locally specified landing field.
• This touch-down field is intended for an activation element to be touchingly touchable.
• Activation element can be a control element, for example. However, it can also be a user's finger, for example.
• the activation element can be used to automatically activate the first display panel by placing it on the first placement panel. It is thus possible for the first display panel to be able to be automatically transferred from a deactivated state to an activated state or from a stand-by state to an active state by such a placement process.
• one exemplary embodiment can provide for the operating device to have a second, locally specified touchdown field.
• the two touchdown fields are separate touchdown fields. In particular, they are locally spaced apart on the operating device.
• Such a touchdown field can be a touch-sensitive area, for example. This can also be embodied at least in areas, in particular completely, as an at least partial surface area of the respectively assigned display panel itself.
• a touchdown field can also be a non-touch-sensitive area.
• an attachment field can also be a control element receptacle. A separate operating element of the operating device can then be arranged on this as intended. For example, such a control element can then be fastened and held on the control element receptacle by magnetic holding force.
• the attachment field can also be a specific mechanical receptacle on which the operating element is then arranged.
• the operating element can generally be designed, for example, as a flat cylinder or like a disk. It can have a holding magnet that interacts magnetically with a counter magnet that is arranged in the operating element receptacle. As a result, the control element can be magnetically held in the control element receptacle.
• the operating element can, for example, be rotated about an axis of rotation and/or the operating element can be tilted in order to be able to initiate operating condition settings for the associated household appliance. These movements of the operating element relative to the touchdown field can be detected by corresponding detection units of the operating device and the associated, desired operating condition setting can be recognized in this regard.
• activating a related visual panel includes enlarging the respective panel. This means that the area of the display panel on the display area is larger compared to a state where the display panel is not activated. This process can also take place automatically when the activation element is placed on the landing field. Such an automatic enlargement allows this display field, which is then active, to be assigned greater importance or greater weight, and the respective information display on the enlarged display field can then be more extensive and/or enlarged. This can also improve the visual perception of an observer. In particular, it can also be recognized intuitively and possibly at a greater distance which display field is active. In particular, an observer can easily recognize from this visual representation alone which household appliance is currently being set or is to be set with the operating device. Additionally or instead, activating a panel may include changing the brightness of the panel. This also applies in comparison to a state that is different from the active state of the display panel. This increase in brightness of the display field can also result in the advantages mentioned above.
• activating one panel includes shrinking the other panel.
• a reduction in a minimum display mode can take place in this context.
• the area of the display panel can then be smaller than the area in which both display panels are in a non-activated state.
• activating one panel may include reducing the brightness of the other panel.
• a reduction into a minimum brightness mode can take place here.
• this is not a brightness of zero. This can also be accompanied automatically and simultaneously with the increase in brightness of the selected display field.
• At least one touchdown field is designed as a touch-sensitive area.
• at least one mounting field is a control element receptacle for a non-destructive mounting and removable control element of the control device.
• the electronic area is designed as a display field in this connection only with touch-sensitive areas.
• the attachment fields not all to be in the form of touch-sensitive areas, but all to be corresponding control element receptacles.
• an attachment field it is possible for an attachment field to be in the form of a touch-sensitive area and for the at least one other attachment field to be in the form of a control element receptacle.
• the first attachment field which is designed as a control element receptacle for a control element
• the second attachment field which is designed as a control element receptacle for a control element
• the two display fields can advantageously be arranged and displayed directly adjacent to one another. Areas lying in between, which may interfere with the display and which then cannot be used to display information, can thus be avoided.
• such a local arrangement also achieves an intuitively very easy-to-understand association between a touch-down panel and an associated display panel. In this context, it is easier to understand than if, for example, only one touch-down field were arranged or formed between the two display fields.
• the touch-down fields and the display fields are arranged in a row with one another.
• one exemplary embodiment provides that in this row first an overlay panel is formed, followed by the area assigned to the overlay panel or the display panel, followed by the additional separate display panel and in the row then finally following this additional display panel the rest of the touchdown field follows.
• This also means that a very compact and space-saving arrangement of these components is achieved.
• these named components are also directly adjacent to one another in this order.
• at least the display fields are always positioned without overlapping in relation to one another in their display modes, which may also be different.
• the attachment fields can be formed directly adjacent to the display fields. In particular, they can be arranged without overlapping or partially overlapping with these display fields.
• the display fields are displayed simultaneously on the display area. In particular, they are thus shown on the display area both in an active state and in a stand-by state, for example. In particular, these display fields are only displayed on the display area in which the display fields are not recognizable if the operating device is completely switched off.
• the display panels are in a non-setting state in which no operation conditions of both home appliances are set in one Dwell mode displayed.
• this non-adjustment state is a state in which the display panels are not activated and are thus in a non-active state.
• the display fields are displayed with the same area on the display area. In particular, they are then also displayed directly next to one another and immediately adjacent to one another on the display area. In particular, they are shown in a basic size or basic size and/or in a basic brightness or basic brightness.
• a household appliance can be a household appliance for preparing food.
• it can be a cooking appliance.
• a cooking appliance can be, for example, an oven or a microwave oven or a steam cooking appliance.
• a household appliance for preparing food is a hob, for example.
• a household appliance for preparing food can also be, for example, a fully automatic coffee machine or a toaster or a kettle or the like. This applies in particular to small household appliances.
• a household appliance can also be designed for storing and preserving food. In this context, for example, it can be a refrigerator or a freezer or a combined fridge-freezer.
• a household appliance can also be designed for cleaning dishes, for example. In this context, it can be a dishwasher, for example.
• a household appliance can also be designed for the care of laundry items. In this context, for example, it can be a tumble dryer or a washing machine. A washer-dryer can also be provided in this regard. It is also possible for a household appliance, as already explained above, to be a small household appliance. A household appliance can also be an extractor hood.
• a further aspect of the invention relates to a method for operating a household appliance system, which is designed according to the above-mentioned aspect or an advantageous exemplary embodiment.
• the procedure has the following steps:
• the household appliance system has more than two separate household appliances and thus more than two separate household appliances can also be operated with the one common central operating device using the method.
• the area size of the display field is then increased and/or the brightness increased when the display field associated with the selected household appliance is automatically changed.
• the size of the other display panel is automatically reduced, in particular at the same time as the display panel is changed, and/or the brightness of this other display panel is automatically reduced.
• Advantageous exemplary embodiments of the domestic appliance system are to be regarded as advantageous exemplary embodiments of the method.
• components, in particular of the operating device are designed alone or in conjunction with other components to carry out the respective method steps.
• positions and position assignments of these components to one another are also advantageous in this regard for carrying out the respective method steps.
• Letters and/or symbols and/or numbers can be displayed on a display panel. These can be symbols for operating programs of a household appliance, for example. It can also be parameter values of an operating parameter of the household appliance. In this regard, operating parameters and/or operating parameter values of an operating function of the household appliance can also be displayed accordingly. It is also possible for a menu to be displayed on the display panel.
• a menu area can be selected simply by touching it.
• the menu display can also have submenus. These are then displayed when a higher-level menu item is activated or selected.
• This scenario of menu display and selection is also possible by correspondingly actuating a control element that is arranged on the touch-down panel.
• a menu display can have different modes of operation of the cooking appliance.
• this can include different modes of operation of different heating elements of the cooking appliance.
• Operating parameters can then be, for example, the temperature and/or the humidity. In particular in a cooking chamber of this cooking appliance.
• an enlargement of a display field can be an enlargement in the width direction, ie in the horizontal direction, of the operating device.
• an increase in the height direction can also be provided.
• a display field can be enlarged only in one of these two directions, for example only in the width direction or only in the height direction.
• a display field can be reduced in the direction in which the other display field is enlarged. For example, if one display panel is enlarged only in the width direction, then the other display panel is reduced only in the width direction at the same time. This is advantageous with regard to the effected simple perceptibility for a user.
• the area that all the display panels occupy together on the display area remains the same. This also enables user-friendly perception of dynamic changes in the display fields and the respectively desired information display in a very simple and comprehensible manner.
• top”, bottom”, “front”, “back”, “horizontal”, “vertical”, “depth direction”, “width direction”, “height direction” are the positions given for intended use and intended positioning of the device orientations given.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic front view of an exemplary embodiment of a household appliance system
• FIG. 2 shows a simplified front view of a further exemplary embodiment of a household appliance system
• FIG. 3 shows a simplified representation of operating procedures of an exemplary embodiment of a common, central operating device of a household appliance system
• FIG. 4 shows a simplified representation of a further exemplary embodiment of a possible operating sequence with a further exemplary embodiment of a common, central operating device
• FIG. 5 shows a simplified representation of a further exemplary embodiment of a common, central operating device with an exemplary embodiment of operating sequences.
• FIG. 1 an embodiment of a household appliance system 1 is shown in a schematic representation.
• a simplified front view of the household appliance system 1 is shown.
• the household appliance system 1 has a first household appliance 2 here.
• it has a second household appliance 3 .
• the second household appliance 3 is a separate appliance from the first household appliance 2 . This means that they are functionally and/or physically separate.
• the at least two household appliances 2 and 3 can have their own, separate receiving spaces 4 and 5, for example. These can be closed by their own separate doors.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic front view of the household appliance system 1 .
• the separation of these two household appliances 2 and 3 also means that when For example, one of the two household appliances 2, 3 is active and operated and an operating function is performed, the other household appliance 2, 3 is independent. This means that the other household appliance 2, 3 can also be in an active operating state, for example, or can be deactivated or switched off.
• the household appliances 2, 3 thus also have their own separate functional units, which enable the respective operation, in particular the implementation of the respective functions provided, independently of the respective other household appliance 2, 3.
• the household appliance system 1 also has a common, central operating device 6 .
• the central operating device 6 is thus designed to set the operating conditions of both the first household appliance 2 and the second household appliance 3 .
• the two household appliances 2 and 3 with their respective separate housings are arranged directly adjacent or immediately adjacent to one another. They are positioned side by side here in the width direction. In this regard, they are preferably arranged at the same height as one another.
• This central operating device 6 is arranged here both on the first household appliance 2 and on the second household appliance 3 when viewed from the front merely as an example and not to be understood as being exhaustive.
• this central operating device 6 is arranged centrally between these two household appliances 2 and 3 , viewed in the width direction.
• the central operating device 6 has an electronic display area 7 .
• the display area 7 is a contiguous, single display area. It is designed in particular as a full-surface display. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this display area 7 has a first display field 8 and a second display field 9 that differs therefrom.
• the first display panel 8 is assigned to the first household appliance 2 here.
• the second display field 9 is assigned to the second household appliance 3 here.
• the two display panels 8 and 9 are each intended to display information on the respectively associated household appliance 2, 3.
• the common, central operating device 6 is installed in a stationary manner on the first household appliance 2 and/or on the second household appliance 3 .
• the electronic display area 7 is in particular an area that is continuous and therefore uninterrupted.
• FIG. 2 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a household appliance system 1 in a likewise schematic illustration.
• at least two separate household appliances 2, 3 are also provided. Here they are not arranged directly next to one another in the width direction, but rather arranged directly next to one another in the height direction.
• the common, central operating device 6 is also arranged here, for example, between the household appliances 2, 3, this also relating to the front view of the household appliance system 1 here.
• FIG. 2 shows a further exemplary embodiment with regard to the arrangement and orientation of the operating device 6 , as is indicated in the dashed schematic representation.
• the operating device 6 is then not oriented horizontally, but is oriented vertically in this respect.
• the display fields 8 and 9 are then not arranged next to one another in the width direction, but are arranged next to one another or positioned one above the other in the vertical direction.
• the operating device 6 preferably also has a first, locally specified placement field, on which a separate activation element can be placed.
• the activation element which can be a finger or a separate operating element
• the first display field 8 can be activated in one exemplary embodiment by placing it on the first touchdown field.
• the active state of the first display panel 8 can thus be set automatically by this placement.
• the operating device 6 can have a second, locally specified touchdown area on which an activation element, such as a finger or a separate operating element, can be placed.
• this activation element can also be used to automatically activate the second display panel 9 when it is placed on the second placement panel.
• a touch-down field can be, for example, a touch-sensitive area of the operating device 6 . This touch-sensitive area can be formed in the electronic display area 7 . It can also be formed next to such a display field 8, 9.
• a touchdown field can be a non-touch-sensitive area.
• it can then be, for example, an operating element receptacle of the operating device 6 .
• a separate operating element of the operating device 6 can be placed on this, as intended.
• operating conditions can only be set when the control element is placed on the control element receptacle.
• FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of an operating device 6 of the household appliance system 1 .
• an exemplary embodiment is shown here in which the display panels 8 and 9 are initially shown in a non-adjustment state. This means that, for example, both household appliances 2 and 3 are still deactivated or are in a stand-by mode.
• panels 8 and 9 are in a dwell mode that is not their active state. In this dwell mode, the two display fields 8 and 9 are of the same size in one exemplary embodiment.
• they are then also shown directly next to one another and directly adjacent to one another on the display area 7 , viewed in the width direction.
• a first landing field 10 is shown in this exemplary embodiment. This is designed here as a control element recording. It is arranged here, viewed in the width direction, next to a side 8a of the first display panel 8 that faces away from the second display panel 9 . Provision can be made for the attachment panel 10 to be arranged directly adjacent to the first display panel 8 . This first attachment field 10 can also be arranged so that it overlaps with the first display field 8 .
• FIG. 3 a separate operating element 11 is shown in FIG. 3 .
• This can be a flat cylinder.
• the operating element 11 can be disc-shaped. It can be attached to the control element holder so that it can be detached without destroying it. For example, it can be held there by magnetic holding forces.
• it arranged state can by Actuating the control element 11, for example by rotating about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane of the figure and/or by tilting this control element 11, the operating conditions of the associated household appliance 2 can be set.
• the control element 11 is first placed on this first mounting field 10 .
• the electronics of the operating device 6 recognize that the first household appliance 2 is to be selected and operated.
• the first display field 8 can then be automatically switched from the dwell mode to the active state as a result of this placement.
• the first display field 8 it is also possible for the first display field 8 to be switched from the non-setting state to the active state only when the operating element 11 that has already been attached is actuated, for example rotated, as is the case in step S1 following step S2 in FIG.
• this actuation of the operating element 11 preferably increases the brightness of the first display field 8 and/or changes the area size of the first display field 8 according to the step S3 shown, namely increases it.
• the area size of the second display panel 9 is reduced at the same time. However, the second display panel 9 continues to be displayed, but is shown in this minimal display mode. Information can then also be displayed and perceived on this second display panel 9 .
• the total surface area of the two display fields 8 and 9 is not changed when the display fields 8 and 9 are changed in this way.
• the first display field 8 is enlarged only in this width direction and the second display field 9 is reduced only in this width direction during this change in size.
• the display field 8 is enlarged by at least 30 percent, in particular at least 40 percent, of the base area size shown in steps S1.
• this surface enlargement takes place by a maximum of 80 percent, in particular a maximum of 90 percent, of this original basic size or base size.
• predefined menus can then also be displayed automatically for selection. These can be operational functions. Likewise, in addition to or instead of this, automatically selectable operating parameters can then be displayed.
• only the essential settings are visibly displayed on the second display field 9 .
• a corresponding operating condition setting of the household appliance 2 can then be carried out in step S3.
• the operating element 11 can be rotated and/or tilted.
• a corresponding setting can also be made by touch-sensitive selection of a displayed option on the display panel 8 .
• FIG. 3 also shows, by way of example, that if no setting is made within a specified time window after the state in step S3 has been reached, in one exemplary embodiment there is an automatic return to step S1 or S2. This means that the size of the enlarged first display field 8 is then reduced again automatically. It can be provided that with this size reduction to the basic size, the first display field 8 remains active or, according to the representation in S1, is reset to the non-setting state. In this regard, this change takes place according to step S4, as already explained above, after the time window T has elapsed.
• FIG. 3 a further exemplary embodiment is shown in FIG. 3 .
• a single operating element 11 of this operating device 6 can be removed from the first attachment field 10 and placed on a second attachment field 12 that is preferably present.
• This second attachment panel 12 is associated with the second display panel 9 . In particular, it is arranged adjacent to a side 9a of the second display panel 9 which faces away from the first display panel 8 .
• the possible procedure of operation and actuation, as described for steps S1 to S4 can then, as shown in FIG.
• the relevant explanations for steps S1 to S4 therefore also apply accordingly to steps S5, S6, S7 and S8 in the exemplary embodiment.
• steps S5 to S8 can also be started first. If necessary, steps S1 to S4 can then be carried out as a function of the situation.
• steps S1 to S4 can then be carried out as a function of the situation.
• steps S1 to S3 it is also possible in a diverse and variable manner for only some of the steps explained to be carried out in each case.
• steps S1 to S3 there is already a changeover to steps S5.
• steps S1 to S3 for example, other steps can also be performed.
• the display and setting of the non-setting state of the display fields 8 and 9 preferably takes place automatically again, as explained in steps S1 and S5 is.
• step S3 after step S3 has been carried out and the operating element 11 has been actuated further and/or a touch-sensitive touch has been made on the first display panel 8 to set operating conditions, the household appliance 2 is started accordingly with these set operating conditions. Provision can then be made for the display fields 8 and 9 to be automatically scaled back to the initial variables or basic variables according to step S1 if no further active setting has been made for a period of time T after the household appliance 2 has started operating.
• a corresponding running screen is also displayed on the respective page relating to the display panel 8 or 9. This means that corresponding information or selectable options are displayed or faded in with dynamic movement. For example, current temperature values and remaining durations of a preparation process can then be displayed if the household appliance 2 is one for preparing food, for example.
• the standard settings are then displayed and can be operated on the other display field 8, 9.
• the operating device 6 explained in relation to FIG. 3 can not only be equipped with a single operating element 11 but can also be designed with two separate operating elements 11 and 13 according to the further exemplary embodiment. These can then also be placed on the placement fields 10 and 12 at the same time. This is shown in step ST in FIG. 4, for example. If, in one exemplary embodiment, the operating element 11 on the left is then actuated, the same scenario occurs in steps S2' and S3' as was explained for steps S2 and S3. This then also applies to a possible step S4'.
• the second operating element 13 can then also be actuated, as is shown in step S5'.
• the second display panel 9 is then switched to the active state.
• a corresponding automatic enlargement then also takes place here in an example, as is shown in step S6'.
• the brightness of the display on the display panel 9 can also be increased. It is then also possible here for an automatic return to the state according to S4′ or ST to take place in a step S7 if a time window T has elapsed in which no operation took place.
• the operating element 13 can also be actuated here first and steps S5′ to in particular S7′ can therefore take place first. It can then, if necessary, subsequently performing the Steps S2' to S3', in particular to S4', take place. This of course depends on which of the household appliances 2, 3 is to be operated or activated when and how.
• various operating functions and thus also preparation programs can be selected and set. This serves specific settings of heating elements of the household appliance designed as a cooking appliance or hob.
• different types of heating can also be selected, for example a "Plus type of heating", temperature settings and time settings or a change can be made.
• the operating device 6 can additionally have an optical symbol.
• This optical symbol can also be used to indicate which of the household appliances 2, 3 is currently active, in particular is set, in a visually recognizable manner.
• an optical symbol can be a luminous line or a luminous point or the like on the display area 7 .
• Such a visual symbol can be activated on the display area 7 for each of the separate devices 2, 3 when the respective household appliance 2, 3 is being set.
• This optical symbol can also be arranged locally next to the display panel 8 or the display panel 9 . A user can thus recognize even more clearly which of the household appliances 2, 3 is currently being set or is correspondingly active.
• the symbol can also actively light up when the display fields 8, 9 are back in the mode according to S1, ST, S1” after a setting.
• a relevant line can, for example, extend over the entire width of the associated display field 8, 9.
• FIG. 5 A further exemplary embodiment of an operating device 6 is shown in FIG. 5 .
• the operating device 6 has no placement areas 10 and/or 12 .
• the activation elements are then no operating elements 11, 13. Instead, such activation elements are, for example, a finger which can press on the display fields 8 and 9, which in particular are designed as touch-sensitive areas over the entire surface. This therefore means that a household appliance 2, 3 is activated and/or selected by touching the assigned position of a display field 8, 9 in each case.
• the operating device 6 is shown in step S1'' in the non-setting state.
• the household appliance 2 is activated and selected accordingly.
• the first display panel 8 is then activated according to step S2" and switched from the non-setting state to the active state.
• the display field 8 is then enlarged, for example.
• the brightness of the display field 8 can also be increased.
• step S3 in which, for example, operating conditions for the first household appliance 2 were then set, the second household appliance 3 can then immediately be set. This can be selected by touching the reduced second display panel 9 .
• the area of the second display panel 9 is then automatically increased to a size in accordance with step S4′′, which is larger than the basic size in step S1′′.
• step S4′′ the area size of the first display panel 8 is automatically reduced, as is also shown in step S4′′.
• a reduction is provided here, so that the area of the display field 8 is smaller than in the basic size according to step S1”.
• step S4" an automatic change from the display of the display fields 8 and 9 according to step S4" to step S4" can take place S5".
• the respective size and the respective status of the display field 8 and 9 then again corresponds to that in step S1”.
• a selection menu it is then also possible for a selection menu to appear visually on the corresponding display panel 8, 9 when a display panel 8, 9 has been selected and thus an associated household appliance 2, 3 has also been selected for activation and for setting operating conditions is shown and displayed.
• Submenus can then also be selected in this regard.
• a user can then make a selection.
• a cooking appliance can be used to select between types of heating, desired operating function favorites, cleaning programs, etc.
• the other display field 8, 9 can then be reduced in size or fanned out. Again, this is a minimal representation. In particular, only the essential information is still shown optically in this reduced view.
• a user selects a submenu item relating to the possible types of heating of the cooking appliance or hob in an open submenu on a display field 8, 9, he can choose between different types of heating in this regard, for example. If one is then selected, parameters such as temperature, duration, etc. can be set in a further submenu.
• the same can then take place subsequently, beforehand or only for the at least one other household appliance if the other display panel 8, 9 is selected. As already explained by the exemplary embodiments and variants presented above, this can be done either by an operating element 11, 13 or by touching a touch-sensitive area, in particular the display panel 8, 9.
• a possible starting of the selected or set operating state or an operating condition of the household appliance 2, 3 can take place in the exemplary embodiment by additionally actuating a start signal. This can be done, for example, by correspondingly actuating an operating element and/or by actuating an additional operating element of operating device 6 . For example, this can also be a touch-sensitive control element of the control device 6 .
• control element is then placed on this top field with a single control element and a single top field and both display fields 8 or 9 can then be selected, but not simultaneously.
• the selection can then be made, for example, by tapping the respective display field 8, 9 and thus a touch-sensitive activation can take place. It is also possible for a specific actuation of the operating element to result in a selection of the first display field 8 and for a specific other actuation of the operating element to activate the other display field 9 .
• the single control element does not have to be moved to different attachment fields if different household appliances are to be selected and set, but this single control element and the single attachment element can also be used to set the operating conditions of different household appliances in the household appliance system 1 accordingly.

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