Laundry care device with one display element

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a laundry care appliance with a display element.

[0002] To display information about a laundry care process for the user of a laundry care appliance, conventional laundry care appliances can incorporate a display element, such as a TFT display. While the TFT displays used in this case can provide a wealth of information to the user, they require significant processing power to effectively display the information graphically. This can increase the complexity of assembling the display element and thus the manufacturing costs of the laundry care appliance.

[0003] DE 101 17 292 A1 discloses a display in a control panel of a washing machine, wherein the display is designed to output all information in plain text.

[0004] EP 1 793 265 A1 describes an LCD (liquid crystal display) module used in a portable device, wherein the portable device has a thin casing thickness (0.076 mm). These portable devices include wristwatches, PDAs (personal digital assistants), and mobile devices, including telephones. Furthermore, the LCD module is described for use in touch panels, e-paper, on-board display modules in automobiles, and so-called IC cards (rechargeable cards for payment, for example, in public transportation systems).

[0005] EP 2 479 739 A1 describes a display unit (10) comprising a numeric display (12) comprising a plurality of individually operating display segments (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) and at least one permanently visible display marker / indicator (14, 16, 18) located near the divided numeric display. The permanently visible display markers are made visible by illumination.

[0006] US 5,694,793 discloses a control unit having a display unit, wherein the display unit has a plurality of screen units.

[0007] It is the object underlying the invention to provide a laundry care appliance with a display element which enables advantageous display of information for the user of the laundry care appliance.

[0008] This object is achieved by subject matter having the features according to the independent claim. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the figures, the description, and the dependent claims.

[0009] According to one aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by a laundry care appliance with a display element for displaying illuminated symbols, and a controller for controlling the display element, wherein the display element has a liquid crystal display which has a plurality of individually controllable illuminated surfaces, wherein the display element has a light-inhibiting coating with a plurality of light-inhibiting coating sections, wherein the light-inhibiting coating sections are each arranged on the individually controllable illuminated surfaces, wherein at least one of the light-inhibiting coating sections has at least one light-transparent recess, wherein the light-transparent recess has at least one symbol shape, and wherein the controller is designed to control at least one of the individually controllable illuminated surfaces in order to display an illuminated symbol corresponding to the symbol shape on the display element.

[0010] This achieves the technical advantage that the display element can display a variety of different illuminated symbols, allowing the user of the laundry care appliance to obtain information about the laundry care appliance's operating status. The illuminated symbols can, in particular, comprise graphic elements, characters, and / or numbers.

[0011] The controller can individually activate or deactivate the luminous surfaces arranged on the liquid crystal display, so that the luminous surfaces either emit light or do not emit light. The coating sections arranged on the luminous surfaces with the corresponding light-transparent recesses allow the light emitted by the luminous surfaces to pass out exclusively through the recesses, while the remaining area of the luminous surfaces is covered by the light-blocking coating and thus remains dark.

[0012] The recesses can be formed in the desired symbol shape, so that the light penetrating from the luminous surfaces through the light-transparent recesses represents a luminous symbol on a surface of the display element, wherein the luminous symbol corresponds to the symbol shape of the recess.

[0013] Thus, by applying the respective light-inhibiting coating sections with the symbol-shaped recesses to the respective illuminated surfaces, a multitude of different illuminated symbols can be displayed on the display element, thereby achieving a high degree of display diversity for different types of laundry care appliances. Furthermore, a liquid crystal display offers a cost-effective alternative to often expensive TFT displays. Furthermore, a liquid crystal display provides advantageous display quality.

[0014] A laundry care appliance is a device used for laundry care, such as a washing machine or a tumble dryer. In particular, such a laundry care appliance is a household laundry care appliance. That is, a laundry care appliance used in household management and used to treat laundry in normal household quantities.

[0015] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the luminous surfaces are designed as oval, in particular circular, and / or angular, in particular rectangular, luminous surfaces which are arranged horizontally, vertically and / or diagonally in the liquid crystal display.

[0016] This achieves the technical advantage that the illuminated symbols can be displayed in variable arrangements on the display element due to the different geometric design of the illuminated surfaces and the different arrangement of the illuminated surfaces in the liquid crystal display.

[0017] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the light-inhibiting coating sections comprise printed light-inhibiting coating sections which are printed on a surface of the liquid crystal display.

[0018] This achieves the technical advantage that printing the respective light-inhibiting coating sections onto the respective luminous surfaces, e.g., using an inkjet printing process, ensures advantageous application of the light-inhibiting coating to the luminous surfaces. The light-transparent recesses can be formed, in particular, by not coating certain areas of the surface of the liquid crystal display with the light-inhibiting coating.

[0019] According to the invention, the light-inhibiting coating sections comprise light-inhibiting film coating sections which are applied, in particular glued, to a surface of the liquid crystal display.

[0020] This achieves the technical advantage that by applying or gluing a light-blocking film to the surface of the liquid crystal display, the illuminated areas can be covered in a particularly advantageous, light-tight manner. The light-transparent recesses in the film are formed by cutting the symbol shape of the respective recess out of the film, in particular from the respective light-blocking film coating sections, e.g., using a laser etching process.

[0021] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the light-inhibiting coating sections are designed to absorb light emitted by the luminous surfaces at least in sections in order to obtain at least partially dark coating sections, and / or the light-inhibiting coating sections are designed to absorb wavelength ranges of the light emitted by the luminous surfaces at least in sections in order to obtain at least partially colored coating sections.

[0022] This achieves the technical advantage that if at least some of the light emitted by the luminous surfaces is absorbed by the respective light-inhibiting coating section, the corresponding section of the respective light-inhibiting coating section remains dark. The user thus perceives a contrast between the light penetrating through the respective light-transparent recess and the dark section of the light-inhibiting coating section. However, if the section of the light-inhibiting coating section does not completely absorb the light, but only absorbs a specific wavelength range of the emitted light, light with the non-absorbed wavelengths penetrates the light-inhibiting coating section, whereby the non-absorbed wavelengths of the light are perceived by the user as colored light.Thus, in this case, a color contrast is perceived between the colored light passing through the coating section and the light of a different color passing through the recess.

[0023] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the individually controllable luminous surfaces are designed to emit white and / or colored light.

[0024] This provides the technical advantage that the color of the illuminated symbols can be advantageously adjusted by the color of the light emitted by the illuminated surfaces.

[0025] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the control is designed to control the brightness, color temperature and / or a luminous frequency of the individually controllable luminous surfaces.

[0026] This provides the technical advantage that the brightness of the illuminated symbols can be adjusted to the background lighting, the color temperature, e.g. 3300 Kelvin to 5500 Kelvin for white light, can be adjusted to the desired lighting situation, and / or one or more of the illuminated surfaces can flash at a desired lighting frequency.

[0027] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the illuminated symbols comprise at least one of the following illuminated symbols: an illuminated symbol which represents an opening state of an appliance door of the laundry care appliance, an illuminated symbol which represents a washing temperature of the laundry care appliance, an illuminated symbol which represents a duration of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance, an illuminated symbol which represents an end of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance, an illuminated symbol which represents a defect in the laundry care appliance, an illuminated symbol which indicates that the laundry care appliance needs to be cleaned, an illuminated symbol which represents the type of laundry care program of the laundry care appliance.

[0028] This achieves the technical advantage that the user can obtain useful information about the operating status of the laundry care appliance by displaying one or more illuminated symbols.

[0029] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the liquid crystal display has a plurality of individually controllable luminous segments, and the controller is designed to control a plurality of the luminous segments in order to display a plurality of alphanumeric characters on the liquid crystal display, wherein the plurality of displayed alphanumeric characters forms an alphanumeric character string.

[0030] This achieves the technical advantage that the liquid crystal display can display a multitude of illuminated alphanumeric characters in addition to the illuminated symbols, providing the user of the laundry care appliance with additional useful information. To display an illuminated alphanumeric character, a specific selection of a multitude of illuminated segments is activated by the control system. Depending on the position and shape of the different activated illuminated segments, different alphanumeric characters can be displayed.

[0031] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the alphanumeric character string comprises more than ten, in particular eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen or fifteen alphanumeric characters, which are arranged in particular horizontally in the liquid crystal display.

[0032] This achieves the technical advantage that more than ten, in particular eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen or fifteen, alphanumeric characters in the alphanumeric character string ensure that a variety of information regarding a laundry care process can be made available to the user of the laundry care appliance.

[0033] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the alphanumeric characters represent a temperature of washing liquid in the laundry care appliance, a remaining running time of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance, a name of the laundry care program of the laundry care appliance and / or a rotational speed of a laundry drum of the laundry care appliance.

[0034] This achieves the technical advantage that the information provided by the alphanumeric characters enables the user to effectively monitor the laundry care program carried out by the laundry care appliance.

[0035] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, a cover film is arranged at least in sections on the liquid crystal display in order to divide the alphanumeric character string displayed on the display element into a plurality of alphanumeric character string sections, in particular into three alphanumeric character string sections.

[0036] This achieves the technical advantage that by arranging the cover film on the display element, an effective demarcation of the information provided on the display element can be achieved.

[0037] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the alphanumeric characters of the alphanumeric character string comprise at least one letter and / or at least one number, in particular at least one Latin and / or Chinese letter and / or at least one Arabic and / or Chinese number.

[0038] This achieves the technical advantage that a variety of different information can be provided by the display element.

[0039] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, the alphanumeric characters are each formed by at least one edge light segment of a plurality of edge light segments, wherein the edge light segments delimit a frame of the alphanumeric character, the alphanumeric characters are each formed by a central light segment which is arranged in the middle of the frame, and the alphanumeric characters are each formed by at least one symmetrical light segment from a plurality of symmetrical light segments, wherein the symmetrical light segments extend mirror-symmetrically from the central light segment to the edge light segments.

[0040] This achieves the technical advantage that a multitude of different alphanumeric characters can be displayed by at least one activated edge-lit segment, one activated central-lit segment, and at least one activated symmetrical-lit segment. Depending on the number and position of the activated edge-lit segments, the central-lit segment, and the symmetrical-lit segments, the desired alphanumeric character can be displayed on the display element.

[0041] In an advantageous embodiment of the laundry care appliance, at least two of the symmetrical lighting segments extend horizontally and mirror-symmetrically from the central lighting segment to the edge lighting segments and / or at least two of the symmetrical lighting segments extend vertically and mirror-symmetrically from the central lighting segment to the edge lighting segments, and / or at least two of the symmetrical lighting segments extend diagonally and mirror-symmetrically from the central lighting segment to the edge lighting segments.

[0042] This achieves the technical advantage that the symmetrical light segments extending horizontally, vertically and / or diagonally from the central light segment to the edge light segments ensure that a large number of different alphanumeric characters can be displayed by the light segments.

[0043] Further embodiments are explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. They show: Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a laundry care appliance with a display element; Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a liquid crystal display of a display element of a laundry care appliance; and Fig. 3 shows a schematic view of an alphanumeric character string displayed on a display element.

[0044] Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a general laundry care appliance 100, such as a washing machine. The laundry care appliance 100 includes a dispenser tray 101 into which laundry care substance, such as detergent, can be poured. The laundry care appliance 100 has an appliance opening 105 on a front side 103 of the laundry care appliance 100 and an appliance door 107 for closing the appliance opening 105. The laundry care appliance 100 can be loaded with laundry through the appliance door 107.

[0045] On the front 103 of the laundry care appliance 100, next to the dispenser tray 101 and above the appliance door 107, there is a control panel 109 through which the user of the laundry care appliance 100 can operate the laundry care appliance 100. The control panel 109 can have various control elements 111, such as a selector switch for selecting a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance 100 or, for example, different setting buttons for setting different laundry options of the selected laundry care program.

[0046] The control panel 109 further comprises a display element 113, which is designed as a liquid crystal display. The display element 113 is controlled by a Fig. 1The display element 113 is controlled by a control 115, which is only schematically shown and is connected to the display element 113 by a control connection 117. The control 115 controls the display element 113 so that the display element 113 displays, in particular, illuminated symbols and / or an alphanumeric character string.

[0047] Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a liquid crystal display of a display element of a laundry care appliance. The display element 113 has a liquid crystal display 119. The liquid crystal display 119 has a plurality of individually controllable luminous surfaces 121, which are arranged in Fig. 2 are only shown schematically and exemplarily. In the Fig. 2In the illustrated embodiment, the luminous surfaces 121 are designed as rectangular luminous surfaces 121, which are arranged horizontally and vertically in the liquid crystal display 119. However, the luminous surfaces 121 can also be designed as any oval, in particular circular, and / or angular luminous surfaces 121.

[0048] The display element 113 further comprises a light-inhibiting coating 123 with a plurality of light-inhibiting coating sections 125, wherein the respective light-inhibiting coating sections 125 are each arranged on the individually controllable luminous surfaces 121. Some of the light-inhibiting coating sections 125 have at least one light-transparent recess 127, wherein the light-transparent recess 127 has at least one symbol shape 129. A controller 115 of the laundry care appliance 100 controls the individually controllable luminous surfaces 121 such that the individually controllable luminous surfaces 121 are activated to display an illuminated symbol 131 corresponding to the symbol shape 129.

[0049] In the Fig. 2 In the embodiment shown, the light-inhibiting coating 123 is designed to almost completely absorb the light emitted by the luminous surfaces 121, whereby the Fig. 2The light-inhibiting and thus dark coating sections 125 of the luminous surfaces 121, which are covered by the light-inhibiting coating 123, are shown in black. However, it is alternatively possible for the light-inhibiting coating sections 125 to be designed to absorb only certain wavelength ranges of the light emitted by the luminous surfaces 121, thereby obtaining colored luminous coating sections 125.

[0050] At the locations of the light-inhibiting coating sections 125 where the light-transparent cutouts 127 are arranged, the light emitted by the luminous surfaces 121 penetrates the coating 123 and can be perceived by the user of the laundry care appliance 100. Because the respective light-transparent cutouts 127 have different symbol shapes 129, the light emitted by the luminous surfaces 121 and radiated through the light-transparent cutouts 127 is perceived by the user of the laundry care appliance 100 as a luminous symbol 131.

[0051] The light-inhibiting coating 123 with the light-inhibiting coating sections 125 can be printed onto a surface of the liquid crystal display 119, for example, using a printing process such as inkjet printing. The light-transparent recesses 127 present in the light-inhibiting coating sections 125 can be obtained by not printing a light-inhibiting coating 123 onto the surface of the liquid crystal display 119 in the corresponding areas.

[0052] Alternatively or additionally, a light-inhibiting film can also be used as the light-inhibiting coating 123, which is adhered to the surface of the liquid crystal display 119. The light-transparent recesses 127 present in the light-inhibiting coating sections 125 of the film can be obtained by separating the light-transparent recesses 127 from the film, e.g., using a laser etching process.

[0053] The illuminated symbols 131 may comprise different graphic elements which enable the user of the laundry care appliance 100 to associate the illuminated symbol 131 with a state and / or with a function of the laundry care appliance 100.

[0054] The illuminated symbols 131 can comprise at least one of the following illuminated symbols 131: an illuminated symbol 131 which represents an opening state of an appliance door of the laundry care appliance 100, an illuminated symbol 131 which represents a washing temperature of the laundry care appliance 100, an illuminated symbol 131 which represents a duration of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance 100, an illuminated symbol 131 which represents an end of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance 100, an illuminated symbol 131 which represents a defect in the laundry care appliance 100, an illuminated symbol 131 which indicates that the laundry care appliance 100 needs to be cleaned, and an illuminated symbol 131 which represents the type of laundry care program of the laundry care appliance 100.

[0055] Compared to conventionally used TFT displays, a liquid crystal display 119 according to the present disclosure enables cost-effective production of a display element 113 with high display quality. The flexible design options of the light-inhibiting coating sections 125 and the light-transparent recesses 127 ensure a wide variety in the display options of the illuminated symbols 131 in different types of laundry care appliances 100.

[0056] In addition, the display element 113, embodied as a liquid crystal display 119, can also have a plurality of individually controllable luminous segments 133. The controller 115 of the laundry care appliance 100 can control the luminous segments 133 individually to display a plurality of alphanumeric characters 135 on the liquid crystal display 119, wherein the plurality of alphanumeric characters 135 form an alphanumeric character string 137.

[0057] For example, the alphanumeric characters 135 may include a temperature of washing liquid in the laundry care appliance 100, a remaining running time of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance 100, a name of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance 100, and / or a rotational speed of a laundry drum of the laundry care appliance 100.

[0058] Thus, the display element 113 according to the present disclosure allows, in addition to the illuminated symbols 131, a plurality of alphanumeric characters 135 to be displayed, thereby expanding the range of applications of the display element 113.

[0059] Thus, the display element 113 designed as a liquid crystal display 119 can ensure cost-effective manufacturability, a large display variance and good display quality.

[0060] Fig. 3shows a schematic view of an alphanumeric character string displayed on the display element, with an alphanumeric character 135 of the alphanumeric character string 137 shown enlarged. The display element 113 is designed as a liquid crystal display 119 having a plurality of individually controllable luminous segments 133. The controller 115 of the laundry care appliance 100 activates the luminous segments 133 required to display an alphanumeric character 135 in order to display the respective alphanumeric character 135.

[0061] The plurality of displayed alphanumeric characters 135 forms an alphanumeric character string 137, wherein the alphanumeric characters 135 comprise in particular a letter, in particular Latin and / or Chinese letters, and / or a number, in particular an Arabic and / or Chinese number.

[0062] The Fig. 3The alphanumeric character string 137 shown comprises more than ten alphanumeric characters 135, in particular eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, or fifteen alphanumeric characters 135, which are arranged side by side. Thus, with the alphanumeric characters 135, for example, a temperature of washing liquid in the laundry care appliance 100, a remaining running time of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance 100, a name of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance 100, and / or a rotational speed of a laundry drum of the laundry care appliance 100 can be displayed simultaneously in the display element 113.

[0063] In order to separate the individual pieces of information displayed on the display element 113, the alphanumeric character string 137 can be divided into a plurality of, in particular three, character string sections 139. The character string sections 139 can be separated from one another, for example, by adhering a cover film to the liquid crystal display 119.

[0064] As in Fig. 3 As shown, each of the alphanumeric characters 135 is formed by a plurality of light segments 133, which can be individually activated by the controller 115. The Fig. 3The illustrated light segments comprise sixteen edge light segments 133-2, which define a frame of the alphanumeric character 135, as well as a central light segment 133-3, which is arranged in the middle of the frame, and eight symmetrical light segments 133-4, which extend mirror-symmetrically from the central light segment 133-3 to the edge light segments 133-2. By activating specific light segments 133 from the Fig. 3 A desired alphanumeric character 135 can be displayed using the plurality of light segments 133 shown.

[0065] Thus, the Fig. 3 The display element 113 shown represents a plurality of alphanumeric characters 135 which provide the desired information to the user of the laundry care appliance 100.

[0066] The display element 113 can, for example, in an embodiment used in China, primarily display numeric information, and in another embodiment, it can display textual information, such as laundry program names. This allows for improved usability for design differentiation compared to classic 7-segment displays, thus expanding the range of applications.

[0067] The scope of the present invention is given by the claims and is not limited by the features explained in the description or shown in the figures. List of reference symbols

[0068] 100 Laundry care appliance 101 Dispenser tray 103 Front of the laundry care appliance 105 Appliance opening 107 Appliance door 109 Control panel 111 Control element 113 Display element 115 Control 117 Control connection 119 Liquid crystal display 121 Illuminated area 123 Light-blocking coating 125 Light-blocking coating section 127 Light-transparent recess 129 Symbol shape 131 Illuminated symbol 133 Illuminated segment 133-2 Edge illuminated segment 133-3 Central illuminated segment 133-4 Symmetrical illuminated segment 135 Alphanumeric character 137 Alphanumeric character string 139 Alphanumeric character string section

Claims

1. Laundry care appliance (100) with a display element (113) for displaying lighting symbols (131), and a controller (115) for controlling the display element (113), wherein the display element (113) has a liquid crystal display (119), which has a plurality of individually actuatable lighting areas (121), wherein the display element (113) has a light-inhibiting coating (123) with a plurality of light-inhibiting coating sections (125), wherein the light-inhibiting coating sections (125) are in each case arranged on the individually actuatable lighting areas (121), wherein at least one of the light-inhibiting coating sections (125) has at least one recess (127) that is transparent to light, wherein the recess (127) that is transparent to light has at least one symbol shape (129), and wherein the controller (115) is embodied to actuate at least one of the individually actuatable lighting areas (121), in order to represent a lighting symbol (131) corresponding to the symbol shape (129) on the display element (113), characterised in that the light-inhibiting coating sections (125) comprise light-inhibiting film coating sections (125), which are applied, in particular adhesively bonded, to a surface of the liquid crystal display (119), wherein the at least one recess (127), which is transparent to light, in the film is formed by the symbol shape (129) of the at least one recess (127) that is transparent to light being separated from the film.

2. Laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterised in that the lighting areas (121) are embodied as oval, in particular circular, and / or angular, in particular rectangular, lighting areas (121), which are arranged horizontally, vertically and / or diagonally in the liquid crystal display (119).

3. Laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the light-inhibiting coating sections (125) comprise printed light-inhibiting coating sections (125), which are printed on a surface of the liquid crystal display (119).

4. Laundry care appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the light-inhibiting coating sections (125) are embodied to absorb light, which is emitted by the lighting areas (121), at least in sections, in order to obtain coating sections (125) that are dark, at least in sections, and / or that the light-inhibiting coating sections (125) are embodied to absorb wavelength ranges of the light, which is emitted by the lighting areas (121), at least in sections, in order to obtain coating sections (125) that are coloured, at least in sections.

5. Laundry care appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the individually actuatable lighting areas (121) are embodied to emit white and / or coloured light.

6. Laundry care appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the controller (115) is embodied to control the brightness, colour temperature and / or a light frequency of the individually actuatable lighting areas (121).

7. Laundry care appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the lighting symbols (131) comprise at least one of the following lighting symbols (131): a lighting symbol (131) which represents an opening state of an appliance door (107) of the laundry care appliance (100), a lighting symbol (131) which represents a washing temperature of the laundry care appliance (100), a lighting symbol (131) which represents a duration of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance (100), a lighting symbol (131) which represents an end of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance (100), a lighting symbol (131) which represents a defect on the laundry care appliance (100), a lighting symbol (131) which indicates that a cleaning of the laundry care appliance (100) is to be performed, a lighting symbol (131) which represents the type of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance (100).

8. Laundry care appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the liquid crystal display (119) has a plurality of individually actuatable lighting segments (133), and that the controller (115) is embodied to actuate a plurality of the lighting segments (133), in order to represent a plurality of alphanumeric characters (135) on the liquid crystal display (119), wherein the plurality of alphanumeric characters (135) represented forms an alphanumeric character string (137).

9. Laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 8, characterised in that the alphanumeric character string (137) comprises more than ten, in particular eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen or fifteen alphanumeric characters (135), which in particular are arranged horizontally in the liquid crystal display (119).

10. Laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that the alphanumeric characters (135) represent a temperature of washing liquid in the laundry care appliance (100), a remaining running time of a laundry care program of the laundry care appliance (100), a name of the laundry care program of the laundry care appliance (100) and / or a rotational speed of a laundry drum of the laundry care appliance (100).

11. Laundry care appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims 8 to 10, characterised in that a cover film is arranged on the liquid crystal display (119), at least in sections, in order to divide the alphanumeric character string (137) represented on the display element (113) into a plurality of alphanumeric character string sections (139), in particular into three alphanumeric character string sections (139).

12. Laundry care appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims 8 to 11, characterised in that the alphanumeric characters (135) of the alphanumeric character string (137) comprise at least one letter and / or at least one numeral, in particular a Latin letter and / or Chinese character and / or an Arabic and / or Chinese numeral.

13. Laundry care appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims 8 to 12 , characterised in that the alphanumeric characters (135) in each case are formed by at least one boundary lighting segment (133-2) of a large number of boundary lighting segments (133-2), wherein the boundary lighting segments (133-2) delimit a frame of the alphanumeric character (135), that the alphanumeric characters (135) in each case are formed by a central lighting segment (133-3), which is arranged in the centre of the frame, and that the alphanumeric characters (135) in each case are formed by at least one symmetrical lighting segment (133-4) of a large number of symmetrical lighting segments (133-4), wherein the symmetrical lighting segments (133-4) extend with mirror symmetry from the central lighting segment (133-3) to the boundary lighting segment (133-2).

14. Laundry care appliance (100) according to claim 13, characterised in that at least two of the symmetrical lighting segments (133-4) extend horizontally and with mirror symmetry from the central lighting segment (133-3) to the boundary lighting segments (133-2), and / or that at least two of the symmetrical lighting segments (133-4) extend vertically and with mirror symmetry from the central lighting segment (133-3) to the boundary lighting segments (133-2), and / or that at least two of the symmetrical lighting segments (133-4) extend diagonally and with mirror symmetry from the central lighting segment (133-3) to the boundary lighting segments (133-2).