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US 11,478,104 B2Granted
Electric pot having improved function of continuing temperature-maintenance operation
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsNamhun Kim, Ho Yong Jang
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Abstract
An electric pot may include a controller that controls a heater to perform a temperature-maintenance operation based on an input relating to a temperature-maintenance operation and based on information on temperatures. A memory may receive information in relation to a temperature-maintenance operation from the controller and may store the information and retain the stored information in relation to a temperature-maintenance operation regardless of whether a pot main body is attached to or detached from a supporter.
Claims17
An electric pot, comprising:
- a supporter that receives electrical power from a power supply;
- a pot main body that is detachably coupled to an upper end of the supporter, the pot main body to receive electrical power from the supporter based on a coupling with the supporter, and the pot main body includes:
- a heater to heat contents in the pot main body, and
- a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of the contents;
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- a handle to electrically connect to the pot main body, and the handle includes:
- an input device to receive a first input relating to a temperature-maintenance operation and a second input relating to driving of the heater,
- a controller configured to:
- receive, from the input device, the first input,
- receive, from the temperature sensor, information regarding a temperature of the contents,
- control the heater to perform the temperature-maintenance operation based on the received first input and the received information regarding the temperature of the contents, and
- a memory to receive, from the controller, information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation and to store the received information, and the memory to retain the stored information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation regardless of whether the pot main body is attached to the supporter or the pot main body is detached from the supporter,
- wherein the first input includes at least one of an input regarding whether to initiate the temperature-maintenance operation, an input regarding a target setting temperature, and an input regarding an entire temperature-maintenance-continuation periods, and
- the information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation includes at least one of information regarding whether the temperature-maintenance operation is set, information regarding the target setting temperature, and information regarding a remaining temperature-maintenance-continuation period of the entire temperature-maintenance-continuation periods, and
- wherein when the pot main body is separated from the supporter after the temperature-maintenance operation is initiated, the controller is to stop the temperature-maintenance-operation and counting of the entire temperature-maintenance-continuation periods, and is to update the information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation based on status of the temperature-maintenance operation at a separation time of the pot main body and the supporter, and the controller is to provide, to the memory, the updated information, and
- when the pot main body separated from the supporter is re-coupled to the supporter, and the controller receives, from the input device, the second input relating to an initiation of driving of the heater, the controller is to re-initiate driving of the heater, and is to determine whether to re-initiate the temperature-maintenance operation based on the updated information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation at the separation time.
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An electric pot, comprising:
- a supporter that receives electrical power from a power supply;
- a pot main body that is detachably coupled to an upper end of the supporter, the pot main body to receive electrical power from the supporter based on a coupling with the supporter, and the pot main body includes:
- a heater to heat contents in the pot main body, and
- a temperature sensor to sense a temperature in the pot main body;
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- a handle that includes:
- an input device to receive a first input relating to a temperature-maintenance operation and a second input relating to driving of the heater,
- a controller configured to:
- receive, from the input device, the first input,
- receive, from the temperature sensor, information regarding a temperature of the contents,
- control the heater to perform the temperature-maintenance operation based on the received first input and the received information regarding the temperature of the contents, and
- provide information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation at a time that the pot main body is separated from the supporter;
- a memory to receive, from the controller, the information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation at the time that the pot main body is separated from the supporter, and the memory to retain the information while the pot main body is separated from the supporter and when the pot main body is re-coupled to the supporter,
- wherein when the pot main body is separated from the supporter after the temperature-maintenance operation is initiated, the controller is to stop the temperature-maintenance-operation and counting of the entire temperature-maintenance-continuation periods, and is to update the information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation at the time that the pot main body is separated from the supporter, and the controller is to provide, to the memory, the updated information, and
- when the pot main body separated from the supporter is re-coupled to the supporter, and the controller receives, from the input device, the second input relating to an initiation of driving of the heater, the controller is to re-initiate driving of the heater, and is to determine whether to re-initiate the temperature-maintenance operation based on the updated information regarding the temperature-maintenance operation.
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