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US 2006/0190103 A1Published application
Method for operating an oven, and an associated device
AssigneeFri-Jado B.V.
InventorsJohannes Verkade, Koen Van Niekerk
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AssigneeFri-Jado B.V.
InventorsJohannes Verkade, Koen Van Niekerk
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Method and control device for operating an oven. The control device comprises an operating panel which is substantially flat and sealed. One or more touch-sensitive regions of the panel define electronic on/off switches and an electronic rotary switch. Processing means connected to the rotary switch are suitable for detecting a property of a movement by a finger over at least a portion of a round path defined by the rotary switch. The property may be that of standstill, distance covered, speed and acceleration of the movement. The rotary switch provides the user with the possibility of running through selection options, shown on the display means, for recipes for the operation of the oven hygienically, quickly, easily and with a high resolution, of altering values for selection options and of monitoring the progress of the operation of the oven according to a selected recipe.
Method for operating an oven, comprising a user inputting a value for at least one parameter of a recipe, according to which a control device of the oven can control the operation of the oven, into the control device via an operating panel of the control device, wherein the value can be input by the user moving a finger along at least a portion of a circuit path within a defined, flat, continuous region of the outer surface of the operating panel, the occurrence of such a movement is monitored, at least one property of such a movement is measured when the movement is detected, and the value of the parameter of the recipe is altered in accordance with a measured value for the property of the movement.
Control device for controlling operation of an oven in accordance with a recipe, comprising an operating panel for a user to input a value of at least one parameter of the recipe, wherein the operating panel has a flat, continuous touch-sensitive region, sensing means are provided for monitoring the touch-sensitive region being touched and for accordingly supplying at least one detection signal, processing means are provided for receiving the detection signal, for deriving the occurrence of an at least partially circuit movement of a touch on the touch-sensitive region of the panel from the detection signal, and for measuring at least one property of the movement on detection of the occurrence of the movement and for altering the value of the parameter of the recipe in accordance with a measured value for the property of the movement.
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