Programmable household appliance

US6591151B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Lothar Knopp · Berlin, DE
• Frank Böldt · Brieselang, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 8, 2003
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/2633
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A programmable control panel includes handles for executing at least a part of the program sequence, and memory cells for controlling an appliance and for storing software codes. The handles are, particularly, push-buttons and switches. The handles are used for inputting individual functions of an individual operating program sequence. Each of the individual functions is assigned to a specific one of the software codes stored in a specific one of the memory cells. The handles are linked to a specific one of the individual functions and to an associated one of the memory cells. A controller includes memory cells that are permanently assigned to the corresponding push-buttons, and operation of the push-buttons results in specific functions being included in the program sequence of the main program for the household appliance. The control panel can be part of a programmable household appliance. In order to simplify the configuration of control panels and the electronic controller, which can be combined with a control panel for different controller variants, each function in the program sequence is assigned a specific software code, and the software code (for example, a numerical code)…