US 12,241,638 B2
Domestic appliance device
Tomas Cabeza Gozalo, Saragossa (ES); Javier Lasobras Bernad, Ejea de los Caballeros (ES); Sergio Llorente Gil, Saragossa (ES); Jorge Mir Bel, Saragossa (ES); Julio Rivera Peman, Cuarte de Huerva (ES); and Maria Victoria Rodrigo Tobajas, Saragossa (ES)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/285,895
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/059071
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/223294, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21382350 (EP), filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0191880 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC F24C 7/083 (2013.01) [F24C 7/086 (2013.01); H05B 6/062 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hob system, comprising:
an external multimedia unit; and
a hob comprising:
a first display region configured to display information based on a selected one of a plurality of modes;
a second display region configured to continuously display a hob on/off selector and a first operation element when in an operating state, wherein selection of the first operation element switches the display of the first display region between a first mode and a second mode of the plurality of modes; and
a hob operating unit configured to:
transmit an operating command to the multimedia unit,
in the first mode, display and control only hob operating information in the first display region, wherein the hob operating information comprises a heat output level and a heating zone selection,
in the second mode, display and control only multimedia unit information in the first display region, and
in a third mode, display and control a second operation element, the hob operating information, and the multimedia unit information in the first display region, wherein translation of the second operation element simultaneously controls size and position of each of the hob operating information and the multimedia unit information in the first display region.