# US 11,441,939 B2 · Home electric appliance with heating function > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,441,939 B2 - Document ID: US11441939B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/971,496 - Filed: 2019-02-25 - Published: 2020-12-10 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-05 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Inventors: Satoko Oishi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441939B2 ## CPC - G01G 19/52: Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture (with walking sticks A45B3/08) - A01K 29/002: {for monitoring or measuring size or weight of the animal, e.g. monitoring growth} - A01K 29/005: {Monitoring or measuring activity} - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract There is provided a home electric appliance with which a weight of a measurement target object may be easily and stably measured without requiring a special device. The home electric appliance is a home electric appliance, a top part of a main body of which becomes warmer as a result of a basic operation, the home electric appliance including: a weight measurement unit configured to measure a weight of a measurement target object placed on the top part, and to output measurement information; and a controller configured to perform a weight detection operation of detecting the weight of the measurement target object based on the measurement information from the weight measurement unit. The top part includes a back surface that faces an inside of the main body, and the weight measurement unit is installed on the back surface of the top part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A home electric appliance with heating function having a main body, a top part of which becomes warmer as a result of a heating operation, the home electric appliance comprising: a weight measurement unit configured to measure a weight of a measurement target object placed on the top part, and to output measurement information; a controller configured to perform a weight detection operation of detecting the weight of the measurement target object based on the measurement information from the weight measurement unit, and a plurality of operation units, wherein the top part includes a back surface that faces an inside of the main body, and the weight measurement unit is installed on the back surface of the top part, the plurality of operation units include a first operation unit configured to receive a start instruction in relation to the heating operation, and at least one second operation unit for an instruction other than the start instruction regarding the heating operation, and the controller starts the weight detection operation based on simultaneous operation of two or more of the at least one second operation units, wherein, the top part covers a top of the main body in a manner allowing the main body to be opened/closed, and a part that is used at a time of the basis operation is removable from the main body, the controller performs the weight detection operation when the top part is closed in a state where the part is removed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The home electric appliance of claim 1, comprising a display unit configured to display the weight of the measurement target object, wherein, during the weight detection operation, the controller causes the display unit to perform display indicating that the weight detection operation is being performed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The home electric appliance of claim 1, wherein the controller starts the weight detection operation in a case where there is a change in the measurement information from the weight measurement unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The home electric appliance of claim 1, wherein the weight measurement unit is installed at a center of the top part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The home electric appliance of claim 1, wherein the weight measurement unit is covered by a heat-resistant cover. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The home electric appliance of claim 1, wherein the controller does not perform the heating operation in a case where the weight of the measurement target object is equal to or greater than a reference weight set in advance. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The home electric appliance of claim 1, comprising a communication unit capable of communicating with an external terminal, wherein the controller transmits information about the weight of the measurement target object to the external terminal via the communication unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The home electric appliance of claim 1, wherein the home electric appliance is a heating/cooking device, an air-conditioning device, a dehumidifier, a humidifier, or a refrigerator. ### Claim 9 A home electric appliance with heating function having a main body, a top part of which becomes warmer as a result of a heating operation, the home electric appliance comprising: a weight measurement unit configured to measure a weight of a measurement target object placed on the top part, and to output measurement information; a controller configured to perform a weight detection operation of detecting the weight of the measurement target object based on the measurement information from the weight measurement unit, wherein the top part includes a back surface that faces an inside of the main body the weight measurement unit is installed on the back surface of the top part, and wherein the controller does not perform the heating operation in a case where the weight of the measurement target object is equal to or greater than a reference weight set in advance, the top part covers a top of the main body in a manner allowing the main body to be opened/closed, and a part that is used at a time of the heating operation is removable from the main body, the controller performs the weight detection operation when the top part is closed in a state where the part is removed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The home electric appliance of claim 9, comprising a communication unit capable of communicating with an external terminal, wherein the controller transmits information about the weight of the measurement target object to the external terminal via the communication unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The home electric appliance of claim 9, wherein the home electric appliance is a heating/cooking device, an air-conditioning device, a dehumidifier, a humidifier, or a refrigerator.