Cooking Display Interface for Preset and Changed Parameter Tracking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices for cooking appliances only display the changed parameter, potentially losing information about the original preset parameter, especially when multiple changes are made by different users or over time, leading to confusion and loss of access to the original settings.

Innovation Solution

The display device is connected to a self-learning control or regulating device that allows manual or automatic changes to preset parameters, with the last changed parameter and preset parameter displayed simultaneously, and the changed parameter is visually differentiated from the preset parameter, ensuring that the original settings can always be accessed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If only the changed parameter is displayed after modification, then the display shows current settings clearly, but information about the original preset parameter is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoriginal preset parameter informationVSAvoidparameter display clarity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The display is segmented to show multiple parameters simultaneously - the original preset parameter and the changed parameter are displayed as separate entities. This segmentation allows both pieces of information to coexist without confusion, enabling users to see what the original setting was and what it has been changed to, thus preventing information loss while maintaining display clarity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple parameter changes are made by different users over time, then the system adapts to user preferences, but tracking and accessing original settings becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser preference adaptationVSAvoidoriginal setting access
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by displaying both the original preset parameter and the changed parameter together. This feedback mechanism allows users to see the history of changes and understand what the original setting was before modification. Even when multiple users make changes over time, the system maintains adaptability while providing feedback about original settings, enabling easy access to and reversal of previous modifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Loss of information

If the display shows all historical parameter changes, then complete information is preserved, but the display becomes cluttered and difficult to read

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparameter change historyVSAvoiddisplay complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The solution extracts only the most relevant information for display - specifically showing the original preset parameter and the current changed parameter. Rather than displaying all historical changes which would clutter the interface, the system takes out and displays only the essential pair of parameters needed for user understanding. This extraction approach preserves necessary information while maintaining display simplicity and readability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentEP2281419B1Display device and cooking device having the same
Publication Date: 2012.08.01 RATIONAL AG
  • EP2281419B1 patent drawingFigure 1
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a display device (1) for a cooking device, wherein at least one parameter (71, 81) is preset for at least one prescribed program and/or for at least one prescribed operating mode, wherein the preset parameter (71, 81) can be changed, and after each change at least the changed parameter (70, 80) is displayed on the display device (1). The preset parameter (71, 81) is also displayed simultaneously with the changed parameter (70, 80) at least part of the time, wherein the preset and/or changed parameters (70, 71, 80, 81) can be changed more than once, and at least the last changed parameter is displayed simultaneously with the preset parameter, and the display device (1) can be operationally connect to both at least one operating device (1, 12, 13) for changing the preset and/or changed parameter (70, 71, 80, 81) and to a control or regulating device for self-learning changing of the preset and/or changed parameter as a function of a user classification, a program classification, a satisfaction of a user of the cooking device and/or a monitoring person, an operating language of the operating device and/or the cooking device, an installation location of the cooking device, and/or signals from at least one sensor device.