Houshold appliance with virtual data interface

摘要

The present Invention relates to a household appliance, such as a cooking hob, a oven, a laundry treating machine, a dishwasher or a refrigerator provided with a virtual data interface. A household appliance according to the present invention has operative means (5) and a data interface generator (8) in signal communication with said operative means (5) and it is characterised in that said generator (8) comprises illumination means (10) for directing an illumination pattern (11) on a projection surface (3) thereby defining a data interface (9) in form of image