Clothes treatment equipment

The clothing processing device addresses operability issues in laundry machines by using colored visual cues and enlarged touch areas to guide users through operations, significantly improving user interaction.

JP7727797B2Active Publication Date: 2025-08-21MIDEA GROUP CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2024094385
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-06-11
Publication Date
2025-08-21
Estimated Expiration
2038-06-05

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Conventional laundry processing devices, such as washing machines, have operability issues despite replacing mechanical switches with touch operable operation keys on liquid crystal operation panels, failing to sufficiently improve user interaction.

Method used

A clothing processing device with a display unit that uses different colors to differentiate between operational stages and enlarges the area corresponding to the current stage, enhancing user interaction through a capacitance-type touch panel and clear visual cues.

Benefits of technology

The solution significantly improves operability by visually guiding users through the operation process, making it easier to select and understand the current and subsequent steps, thus enhancing user experience.

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Abstract

To further improve operability of operation setting.SOLUTION: A clothing treatment apparatus includes: an operation display which has a display section for displaying various kinds of screens including operation keys for receiving various kinds of operations of various kinds of information and operations related to operations; and a control section which controls display on the display section and performs prescribed control according to the operation to the operation key. The control section causes the display section to display a course information display region where information on a course selected according to an operation of a plurality of courses corresponding to the operations is displayed. A course outline indicating the outlines of the courses and a stroke information display region indicating stroke information on the courses are displayed in the course information display region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
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