DUAL USE USER INTERFACE AND DOOR POSITION SENSORS

摘要

A refrigeration appliance including both a user interface and door position sensor. The same devices and sensors are for both functions. The user interface is mounted on a door or mullion in such a way that all or nearly all of the input devices on the user interface are activated simultaneously or nearly simultaneously when a door is closed so that the user interface can distinguish this action from user inputs in which only one or two input devices are activated at a time. Likewise, when all input devices are inactivated nearly simultaneously, the user interface may know that a door has been opened.

主权项

1. A refrigeration appliance comprising:
at least one door; at least one surface, the at least one surface being a surface of the at least one door or a mullion of the refrigeration appliance; a user interface located on the at least one surface and comprising at least two sensors, each sensor adapted for communicating a signal; and a controller, wherein the controller is capable of determining the state of the at least one door based at least in part on the signals of the at least two sensors of the user interface and controlling user interface interaction based at least in part on the signals of the at least two sensors of the user interface.