Control apparatus for domestic appliance e.g. electric cooker, has detector that detects position of object in detection range and sends detection signal to control unit to control operations of operator and position of object

摘要

The control apparatus has optical detection device (3) with a detector (5) which is adapted to detect the position of an object (10) within the detection range, and sends the detection signal to a control unit (7) to control operations of operator and/or position of object. An optical projection device has a light source (6a) that forms the image of a particular user interface in accordance with the coverage of the optical detection device. An independent claim is included for domestic appliance.