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US 6,626,013 B2Granted
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.
Claims9
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 including at least a start button for instructing a start of washing and a plurality of display arrangement structures in which combinations of said display image parts and arrangements of said display image parts including said start button on said display surface are described;
- and
- selection means for selecting at least one display arrangement structure from said plurality of display arrangement structures;
- wherein a plurality of said display image parts including at least said start button are disposed and displayed by said display means on the basis of said at least one display arrangement structure optionally selected by said selection means 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;
- storage means for storing a plurality of display image parts including at least a start button for instructing a start and a plurality of display arrangement structures in which combinations of said display image parts and arrangements of said display image parts including said start button on said display surface are described;
- and
- selection means for selecting at least one display arrangement structure from said plurality of display arrangement structures;
- wherein a plurality of said display image parts including at least said start button are disposed and displayed by said display means on the basis of said at least one display arrangement structure optionally selected by said selection means 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;
- storage means for storing a plurality of display image parts including at least a start button for instructing a start and a plurality of display arrangement structures in which combinations of said display image parts and arrangements of said display image parts including said start button on said display surface are described;
- and
- selection means for selecting at least one display arrangement from said plurality of display arrangement structures;
- wherein a plurality of said display image parts are disposed and displayed by said display means on the basis of said at least one display arrangement structure optionally selected by said selection means 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.