US 12,372,246 B2 · Input and/or control system for a household appliance, method for operating a household appliance and/or for providing a household appliance with input and household appliance

Abstract

The present invention relates to an input and/or control system for a household appliance (21). The household appliance comprises first input means (16), operating as command receiving means, for a provision of at least one information input and/or function control input and/or condition control input for the household appliance (21), and second input means (10, 29″, 45), operating as confirmation input means, for a provision of a confirmation input in order to cause the input and/or control system or the household appliance (21) to accept and/or to execute the at least one, preferably more than one, information input and/or function control input and/or condition control input. The confirmation input means are particularly designed to accept and/or execute a confirmation input which is provided prior to the first one of at least one information input and/or function control input and/or condition control input. The present invention also relates to a method for operating a household appliance (21) and/or for providing the household appliance (21) with input. At least one information input and/or function control input and/or condition control input received from a user of the household appliance (21) is processed by the household appliance (21) or by an input and/or control system for the household appliance (21) only after a receipt of a confirmation input, in particular a one-time conformation input, the confirmation input preferably being received prior to the receipt of the at least one information input and/or function control input and/or condition control input.

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Dependent claims

A control system for a household appliance, comprising:

first input means configured to provide at least one of an information input, a function control input, and a condition control input for the household appliance, and
second input means configured to provide a confirmation input configured to cause the control system to accept and to execute the at least one of the information input, the function control input, and the condition control input,
wherein the control system is configured to receive, to accept, to process, and to execute the at least one of the information input, the function control input, and the condition control input provided via the first input means only after or concurrently with the confirmation input.

A household cooking appliance comprising a control system adapted to execute a cooking function of the appliance based on a series of inputs;

said series of inputs comprising:
a command input to execute the cooking function that is received via a first input means, and
a confirmation input that confirms a user is within proximity to the cooking appliance and which is received via a second input means;
wherein said first input means being a remote control or other stand-alone device that is in wireless communication with the control system of the appliance;
said second input means comprising:
a button, key, switch, or touch element on the appliance, or
a sensor adapted to detect a presence of a user at a location that is within a defined proximity of the appliance;
wherein said control system is programmed to receive said command input and execute said cooking function only:
concurrently with or after receiving said confirmation input.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Input and/or control system for a household appliance, method for operating a household appliance and/or for providing a household appliance with input and household appliance

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Input and/or control system for a household appliance, method for operating a household appliance and/or for providing a household appliance with input and household appliance

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