- Patent Title: Operating panel for a household appliance with at least one user interface, household appliance, and method for producing the operating panel with user interface
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Application No.: US15222706Application Date: 2016-07-28
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Publication No.: US10209838B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Annelie Gabriel , Franziska Back , Franziska Riethmüller , Thomas Zenker
- Applicant: SCHOTT AG
- Applicant Address: DE Mainz
- Assignee: SCHOTT AG
- Current Assignee: SCHOTT AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Mainz
- Agency: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.
- Priority: DE102015112317 20150728; DE102016113162 20160718
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; F24C7/08 ; G06F3/041 ; A47L15/42 ; D06F39/00

Abstract:
An operating panel for a household appliance is provided with at least one user interface. The operating panel includes a planar support with an outer support surface facing an external region; a planar glass or glass-ceramic substrate with an outer substrate surface facing the external region and an opposite-lying inner substrate surface facing away from the external region and facing the outer support surface; a display element affixed to the support for luminous indication of information, which is preferably disposed on the outer support surface; and a sensor arrangement having at least two sensors, each of which comprises at least one electrode and is disposed on the inner substrate surface, for interaction with a user located in the external region.
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