Ergonomic dispenser interface

摘要

A machine (1) for preparing a beverage has: a beverage preparation module for processing one or more beverage ingredients and for dispensing a beverage resulting therefrom; a unit for controlling such processing in accordance with a parameter set to a value stored in the unit; and a user-interface (20) connected to the control unit for acquiring the value from a user and storing the value in the control unit. The user-interface has a first user-selector (21) associated with a first value for the parameter and a second user-selector (22) associated with a second value for the parameter. The first and second user-selectors (21, 22) each comprises a user-actuation adjustment direction (211, 221) for shifting on user-actuation in the adjustment direction the value associated with the user-selector to a user-selected adjusted value selected from a range of values associated with the user-selector. Furthermore, each of the user-selectors comprises a user-actuation initiation direction (212, 222) for initiating on user-actuation in the initiation direction: the control unit to store the user-selected adjusted value as the stored value; and/or the processing in accordance with the parameter set to the user-selected adjusted value as said stored value.

主权项

1. A machine for preparing a beverage comprising:
a beverage preparation module for processing one or more beverage ingredients and for dispensing a beverage resulting therefrom; a unit for controlling the processing in accordance with a parameter set to a value stored in the unit; a user-interface connected to the control unit for acquiring the value from a user and storing the value in the control unit, the user-interface comprising a first user-selector associated with a first value for the parameter and a second user-selector associated with a second value for the parameter, the first and second user-selectors each comprises a user-actuation adjustment direction for shifting, on user-actuation in the adjustment direction, the value associated with the user-selector to a user-selected adjusted value selected from a range of values associated with the user-selector, the first and second user-selectors each comprises a user-actuation initiation direction for initiating, on user-actuation in the initiation direction, an action selected from the group consisting of (i) the control unit storing the user-selected adjusted value as the stored value; and (ii) the processing of the one or more beverage ingredients in accordance with the parameter set to the user-selected adjusted value as the stored value, and the parameter for which the first value set by the first user-selector and the second value set by the second user-selector is a volume of the beverage to be dispensed from the processing.