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US 2002/0116959 A1Published application
Washing machine, display/operation panel, and household appliance with the display/operation panel
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiro Ohta, Toshifumi Koike, Yosuke Nagano, Katuhumi Takagishi
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Abstract
A washing machine in which a plurality of display image parts (ID=0 to 9) are disposed and displayed, on the basis of a display/arrangement structure, on the display surface of a display unit in which a transparent pressure-type touch panel is mounted, so as to form a display/operation unit which enables display and operation/instruction by depression. Thus, a user can change the layout of the display/operation unit and washing operations freely.
Claims10
A washing machine comprising:
- display means in which a transparent pressure-type touch panel is mounted on a display surface;
- and
- storage means for storing a plurality of display image parts and display arrangement structures in which combinations of said display image parts and arrangements on said display surface are described;
- wherein a plurality of said display image parts are disposed and displayed by said display means on the basis of said display arrangement structures so as to form display/operation means which enables display and operation/instruction by depression, and actions of said washing machine can be set by said display/operation means.
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A display/operation panel comprising:
- display means in which a transparent pressure-type touch panel is mounted on a display surface;
- and
- storage means for storing a plurality of display image parts and display arrangement structures in which combinations of said display image parts and arrangements on said display surface are described;
- wherein a plurality of said display image parts are disposed and displayed by said display means on the basis of said display arrangement structures so as to enable display and operation/instruction by depression.
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A household appliance comprising:
- display means in which a transparent pressure-type touch panel is mounted on a display surface;
- and
- storage means for storing a plurality of display image parts and display arrangement structures in which combinations of said display image parts and arrangements on said display surface are described;
- wherein a plurality of said display image parts are disposed and displayed by said display means on the basis of said display arrangement structures so as to form display/operation means which enables display and operation/instruction by depression, and actions can be set by said display/operation means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.