HALOS® Text Description of Tactile Icons
OVE LENA ELIN AWAKE Bidet
This document is a text-only description of the tactile icons used for the bidet unit and the remote control
Bidet
The bidet has four buttons in one row.
From back to front
Power - the shape is a circle with a nub at the top.
Stop - the shape is an X.
Front Spray – the shape is a horizontal line with a triangle on the right end of the line. The triangle is like an arrow, representing something pointing up
Back Spray – the shape is a horizontal line with a triangle on the left end of the line. The triangle is like an arrow, representing something pointing up.
Remote Control
The remote controller has seven rows
Row 1.
Back Spray – the shape is a horizontal line with a triangle on the left end of the line. The triangle is like an arrow, representing something pointing up.
Front Spray – the shape is a horizontal line with a triangle on the right end of the line. The triangle is like an arrow, representing something pointing up.
Row 2.
Fan Dry – the shape is like a rotating fan - three equally spaced blades extending out from a center point.
Air pump – The shape is a horizontal line with two vertically positioned circles on the right end, representing air movement.
Row 3.
Decrease water pressure – the shape is a minus sign, a simple horizontal line, representing the control to decrease water pressure.
Increase water pressure - the shape is a plus sign, representing the control to increase water pressure.
Row 4.
Move Nozzle Forward – the shape is an arrow pointing forward.
Move Nozzle Back – the shape is an arrow point backward.
Row 5.
Water Temperature – the shape is a droplet, pointy on the top and round on the bottom.
Fan Temperature – the shape is like a rotating fan - three equally spaced blades extending out from a center point.
Seat Temperature – The shape consists of two tall ovals next to each other, like a bum!
Row 6.
Eco Mode – the shape is a five pointed star, representing a special mode
Light – the shape is a light bulb, the top is round with a tapered round bottom.
Row 7.
Stop – the shape is an X.
Flush – the shape is a right pointing arrow meaning start.
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Designer Comments
There are three temperature controls - fan, water, and seat. Including the temperature icon with each would crowd the display so I use used icons for each type of control.
Not happy the Fan tactile icon is used twice, once for the fan temperature control and one for the fan dry control. Rethinking a tactile icon for dry. A work in progress...
In retrospect, I would change the front and back spray to use a different pointy shape. The front spray is the same shape as a Delay Start tactile icon.
Assuming the flush control is a way to activate the bidet's ultimate function which is why the Start tactile icon is used. The other controls are more like, um, pre-flush.