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EP-4010633-B1 - METHOD FOR VISUALISING A PROGRAMME SCHEDULE, DIALOGUE INTERFACE THEREFOR, AND COOKING APPLIANCE THEREFOR

EP4010633B1EP 4010633 B1EP4010633 B1EP 4010633B1EP-4010633-B1

Inventors

  • KLING, JUDITH
  • AGAPKIN, Tanja
  • Seemüller, Simon

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20200807

Claims (20)

  1. A method for positioning visualised programmes for at least one cooking appliance along a time axis extending to the right in the x-direction, in which, after selection of at least two programmes from a plurality of programmes and their temporal order, the selected programmes are displayed on at least one display device in a display area (1, 10) in each case in the form of at least one virtual receipt (40, 50, 60, 60', 60") representing a programme representative along the time axis to take account of the temporal order, and wherein the extension of each displayed virtual receipt (40, 50, 60, 60', 60") along the time axis is characteristic of a duration of the respectively allocated programme, characterised in that a time scheduling gap (70) characterizing a pause area (17) along the time axis between a first receipt (40, 50) and a second receipt (50, 60, 60', 60") which follows this first receipt (40, 50) in time is at least partially closed automatically or triggered by a user by moving the second receipt (50, 60, 60', 60") towards the first receipt (40, 50) and namely back to the left along the time axis extending in the x-direction, characterised by the following steps: a) determining the presence of at least one scheduling gap (70) between two temporally consecutive receipts (40, 50, 60, 60', 60"), b) opening a dialogue interface with the determined scheduling gap (70), and c) at least partially closing the determined scheduling gap (70) as a function of a closure request, wherein • the closure request determines the cooking zone(s), cooking level(s) in which receipts (60, 60', 60") are to be moved, • the closure request is determined as a function of an optimisation parameter, so that the step c) of at least partially closing the determined scheduling gap (70) comprises bringing forward in time all the programmes selected for the cooking zone, for the cooking level or for the cooking chamber in which the scheduling gap (70) was determined in a manner optimised in terms of time, quality or weight loss.
  2. The method according to Claim 1, characterised in that each selected programme is allocated a programme area (4, 5, 15, 16) along the time axis, and each receipt (40, 50, 60, 60', 60") is displayed in the associated programme area (4, 5, 15, 16), wherein • the extension of the programme areas (4, 5, 15, 16) along the time axis remains constant during the running of the respective programme areas, or • the extension of a receipt (40) parallel to the time axis is automatically adapted to any change in the time requirement of the respective programme from the time of selection and/or during its running resulting from a user input and/or determination of the time requirement carried out at at least two points in time during the running.
  3. The method according to Claim 2, characterised in that the extension of the programme areas (4, 5, 15, 16) along the time axis is determined according to the maximum duration of the respective programmes, or a receipt (40) for a non-time-guided programme is composed of a first area determined by the minimum duration of the programme and a second area which shortens during the running of the programme areas.
  4. The method according to Claim 3, characterised in that the receipt (40), at the beginning of the running of the programme represented by it, has an extension along the time axis characterizing the maximum duration of the programme.
  5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the step a) of determining the scheduling gap (70) takes place after selection of the at least two programmes at the two temporally consecutive receipts and/or during the running of the same at at least two, preferably a plurality of points in time.
  6. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that • the step a) of determining the scheduling gap (70) comprises a duration determination, or • the step a) of determining the scheduling gap (70) comprises a comparison with a minimum time period, /or • the step a) of determining the scheduling gap (70) comprises a comparison with a maximum time period.
  7. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the step b) comprises displaying the determined scheduling gap (70), preferably by a visual highlighting of the pause area (17) resulting from the determined scheduling gap (70) and/or the programme area (16) which temporally adjoins the scheduling gap (70) and can be moved in order to close scheduling gaps.
  8. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the step b) comprises outputting information on the determined scheduling gap (70), preferably in the form of outputting a time duration, exceeding the minimum time duration and/or exceeding the maximum time duration.
  9. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the step b) of opening the dialogue interface with the determined scheduling gap (70) depends on the determined time duration, the determined exceeding of the minimum time duration and/or the determined exceeding of the maximum time duration.
  10. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the step b) of opening the dialogue interface with the determined scheduling gap (70) comprises displaying and/or visually highlighting at least one control element in order to close scheduling gaps.
  11. The method according to any one of Claims 8 to 10, characterised in that • a closure request is automatically generated when it is determined that the minimum time duration has been exceeded, and/or • a warning message is issued when it is determined that the maximum time duration has been exceeded, preferably via the dialogue interface.
  12. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the closure request determines the degree of the scheduling gap closure, the duration of the scheduling gap closure and/or the timing of the scheduling gap closure.
  13. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the closure request determines the receipt(s) (60, 60', 60") to be moved and/or the receipt(s) not to be moved.
  14. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the closure request is determined depending on a target time and/or an actual time.
  15. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the closure request is optimised and/or changed by self-learning, starting from a default value.
  16. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that • the closure request is triggered by operating the control element, and/or • the closing request is triggered by a gesture, a swipe past, a swipe touch and/or at least two touches.
  17. The method according to Claim 16, characterised in that at least one trap line (72) is displayed at the end of the scheduling gap (70), or the scheduling gap (70) is delimited by two trap lines (71, 72) perpendicular to the time axis.
  18. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that an attribute can be assigned to the first, second and/or each further receipt (40, 50, 60, 60', 60"), wherein the attribute is determined by a time, costs and/or resources.
  19. The method according to Claim 20, characterised in that the time attribute can be used to fix a receipt in time so that it cannot be moved along the time axis.
  20. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that a plurality of scheduling gaps (70) exists, and at least one scheduling gap to be closed can be selected from the plurality of scheduling gaps (70).

Description

The present invention relates to a method for arranging visualized programs for at least one cooking appliance according to the preamble of claim 1, wherein, after selecting at least two programs from a plurality of programs and determining their temporal sequence, the selected programs are displayed on at least one display device in a display area, each in the form of at least one virtual voucher representing a program along a time axis to take the temporal sequence into account, wherein the extent of each displayed virtual voucher along the time axis is characteristic of a duration of the respective assigned program. The invention further relates to a cooking appliance for carrying out such a method. From the species-specific DE 10 2010 036 639 A1 It is known to arrange a representative of at least one section of a program executable in a cooking appliance, also referred to as a virtual receipt, in the display area of a display device relative to a time axis characteristic of the operation of at least one cooking appliance, in order to visualize the section, wherein at least one extension of the representative parallel to the time axis is characteristic of a duration of the section. The extension parallel to the time axis automatically adjusts to any change in the time requirement of the section during its execution, which results from a determination of the time requirement carried out at at least two, preferably a plurality of, points in time during the execution of the section, in order to visualize the inaccuracy of the time requirement determination. The relative position of two representatives to each other can be automatically changed along the time axis during the operation of the cooking appliance in accordance with the accuracy of the time requirement determination. The EP 2 211 116 B1 This relates to a method for visualizing programs for cooking appliances, in which, after selecting at least one program from a multitude of programs, the selected program is displayed on at least one display device in the form of at least one program representative, wherein each program representative comprises a virtual receipt, wherein a program composed of several sections is represented, in particular, by a virtual receipt with several sub-receipts, and at least one parameter characteristic of the duration of the corresponding program or program section is visualized via a dimension of a virtual receipt or sub-receipt. The sequence of the program on the corresponding receipt or the sequence of the program section on the corresponding sub-receipt can be visualized, for example, by optically highlighting at least one area of the receipt. The virtual receipts and/or sub-receipts can also be modified via an input device, e.g., by repositioning them. In the DE 10 2008 032 450 A1 This is a method for changing at least one display of a cooking appliance's operating menu on a display unit of the cooking appliance after at least one activation of an input unit of the cooking appliance, which is implemented at least partially in the display unit to provide at least one input display. In this process, at least one area of the operating menu, comprising a graphically represented function and/or function group, an alphanumeric string, an area and/or a symbol, can be moved, in particular in the manner of a drag-and-drop function, by a swiping touch and/or at least two touches of the input display and/or by swiping past the input display. The established methods have proven particularly effective for creating timelines, functional diagrams, and/or functional sequences for cooking appliance programs. Nevertheless, there is a need for further development to close planning gaps, preferably regardless of their origin. The WO 2010/086 340 A1 as well as the parallel one EP 2 211 117 A1 relates to a method for arranging representatives of programs selected from a multitude of programs for cooking appliances via at least one input device on at least one display device, which is connected to the input device and a control or regulating device. is operatively connected, wherein the control or regulating device is operatively connected to a storage device for storing a large number of programs for cooking appliances and is connected to or provided by at least one cooking appliance. The control or regulating device interacts with the display device in such a way that at least one program representative in the form of a virtual receipt is displayed in an area on a virtual receipt board displayed by the display device, after it has been placed by touching a first part of the area or approaching said first part of the area and/or moved from the second to the third part by touching a second part of the area or approaching said second part of the area and moving or swiping past a third part of the area and/or its optical representation has been changed by touching at least a fourth part of the area or approaching or moving away from said f