Embedded Oven Control Panel With Guided Touch and Display Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing operating devices for domestic appliances face challenges in creating a mechanically stable, compact design that integrates a manually movable operating element with an electronic display panel, while ensuring easy perceptibility of actuation and information presentation.
Innovation Solution
The operating device incorporates a control element embedded within the electronic display panel, with a light-permeable cover providing protection and mechanical support, and includes support elements to guide fingertip actuation of touch-sensitive control points, ensuring precise and error-free operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the control element is arranged within the surface area of the display panel, then the device complexity is reduced and the area is minimized, but the mechanical stability and ease of operation may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The control element is merged with the display panel by arranging it within the surface area of the display panel, creating an integrated control device that reduces overall device complexity and minimizes the required surface area while maintaining functional separation through the light-permeable cover
Solution Approach 2:
A light-permeable cover is introduced as an intermediary component between the control element and the display panel, providing mechanical support and protection to the control element while allowing light to pass through for display visibility, thus resolving the conflict between integration and mechanical stability
2Area of stationary object
If the control element is arranged within the surface area of the display panel, then the area is minimized, but the ease of operation may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The control element and display panel are merged into a single integrated unit with the control element positioned within the display panel's surface area, minimizing the overall footprint while maintaining operational functionality through careful design of the control element's interaction interface
Solution Approach 2:
The light-permeable cover serves as a mediator that enables the control element to be positioned within the display area while still allowing users to interact with it, as the cover permits both light transmission for display visibility and physical contact for control element actuation
3Ease of operation
If the control element is moved relative to the display panel for setting operating conditions, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical movement systems with a simpler configuration where the control element is positioned within the display panel and can be actuated directly, using the light-permeable cover to enable interaction without requiring complex mechanical linkages or separate actuation mechanisms
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AI summary
The invention relates to an operator control apparatus for a domestic appliance (1), having an electronic display panel (11) and an operator control element (12) which can be moved relative to the display panel (11) in order to adjust operating conditions of the domestic appliance (1), wherein the operator control element (12) is arranged at least in regions within the area (13) of the display panel (11). The invention also relates to a baking oven (1) having an operator control apparatus (10).