Patent ID: 9667249
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F,H03K

Claim:
1. A household appliance apparatus, comprising: a housing configured to be coupled to one of a household kitchen appliance and a household laundry appliance; a display screen; an input unit having at least one substantially transparent input device which only covers a partial region of the display screen; and an electronic operating unit programmed to control an operation of the one of the household kitchen appliance and the household laundry appliance based on an input to the input unit, wherein the input unit has at least one rotary switch, wherein the rotary switch is disposed on the input unit adjacent to the display screen, and wherein the electronic operating unit is programmed to control the operation of the one of the household kitchen appliance and the household laundry appliance, to change a symbol displayed on the display screen based on a position of the rotary switch, and to change a functionality of the at least one substantially transparent input device corresponding to the symbol based on the position of the rotary switch.