Household appliance, household appliance arrangement and cooking system
AssigneeElectrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
InventorKurt Reul
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Abstract
A wireless communication used in a kitchen environment can be supervised and improved as a consequence of the supervision and indication. A sensor device (350) that communicates with a household appliance e.g. a kitchen hob (300) via a wireless communication line (360) can be used for automated cooking processes, and the kitchen hob (100) includes an indicator (480) to indicate the received signal strength of a wireless signal. A receiver (485) can be used to generate signal strength information for the indicator (480). A user is readily informed and can take corrective measures, once no proper wireless signal is available. Also, a feedback to a user can be given at the sensor device (350) by light or vibrating signals in order to take corrective measures.
Claims19
Household appliance arrangement comprising:
- a household appliance comprising an antenna, a receiver and a first indicator;
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- a wireless sensor configured to transmit a sensor signal indicative of a sensed condition;
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- the antenna configured to receive said sensor signal from said wireless sensor via a wireless communication line, said antenna comprising a shape part and a slit, the shape part resembling a heart shape and comprising a trapezoidal-shape section and first and second elliptical-shape sections, the first and second elliptical-shape sections separated by said slit, and a tongue extending in said slit from said trapezoidal-shape section;
- said receiver comprising an amplifier adapted to generate signal strength information comprising an amplification factor for said sensor signal, and
- said first indicator adapted to indicate said signal strength information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.