Methods of operating dishwasher with illuminable user interface
A method of operating a dish treating appliance includes a user interface disposed along the top edge of a door for selectively opening and closing access to a treating chamber. The user interface can be illuminated and operating the user interface can include operating a user input mode when the door is open and a status mode when the door is closed.
1. A method of operating a dish treating appliance, the method comprising:
operating an illuminable user interface, which is located along a top edge of a closure movable between an opened and closed condition, in a user input mode when the door closure is open including selectively illuminating at least one portion of the illuminable user interface; and
operating the illuminable user interface in a status mode when the closure is closed controlling the illumination of the illuminable user interface to provide a predetermined animation for a corresponding status condition wherein the predetermined animation comprises at least one of sweeping to indicate progress, random to indicate a rinse phase, or pulsing to indicate completion.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the user input mode comprises controlling illumination of the illuminable user interface based on user selections via the illuminable user interface.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein controlling illumination of the illuminable user interface comprises illuminating at least one of a user-selected: cycle, cycle option, or start/stop condition.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein controlling the illumination of the illuminable user interface comprises illuminating at least one of an available for use: cycle, cycle option, or start/stop condition.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the closure is a door.
6. A method of operating a dish treating appliance, the method comprising:
operating an illuminable user interface, which is located along a top edge of a closure movable between an opened and closed condition, in a user input mode when the closure is open including selectively illuminating at least one portion of the illuminable user interface; and
operating the illuminable user interface in a status mode when the closure is closed controlling the illumination of the illuminable user interface to provide a predetermined animation for a corresponding status condition;
wherein at least one of: a speed of the illumination is increased to indicate an end of a phase of a cycle or a color of the illumination is changed to indicate a change in a phase of a cycle.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the predetermined animation comprises at least one of: sweeping, random, or pulsing.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein:
sweeping comprises sequentially illuminating in a predetermined direction a series of lights on the illuminable user interface;
random comprises randomly illuminating a series of lights on the illuminable user interface; and
pulsing comprises turning on/off in unison a series of lights on the illuminable user interface.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising an intensity of the illumination.
10. The method of claim 7 wherein the sweeping indicates progress, the random indicates a rinse phase, and the pulsing indicates completion.
11. The method of claim 6 wherein the color of the illumination indicates a temperature within the dish treating appliance.