US 12,372,246 B2
Input and/or control system for a household appliance, method for operating a household appliance and/or for providing a household appliance with input and household appliance
Constantin Krausse, Rothenburg ob der Tauber (DE); and Daniel Matulla, Rothenburg ob der Tauber (DE)
Assigned to ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/438,963
Filed by ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/057428
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/187979, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19164064 (EP), filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146108 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 7/08 (2006.01); F24C 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 7/081 (2013.01) [F24C 15/2021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system for a household appliance, comprising:
first input means configured to provide at least one of an information input, a function control input, and a condition control input for the household appliance, and
second input means configured to provide a confirmation input configured to cause the control system to accept and to execute the at least one of the information input, the function control input, and the condition control input,
wherein the control system is configured to receive, to accept, to process, and to execute the at least one of the information input, the function control input, and the condition control input provided via the first input means only after or concurrently with the confirmation input.