Method for improving accuracy in load curves acquisition on an induction cooktop

A method for controlling average power delivered to coils of a flexible induction cooktop that are arranged adjacent to one another in a non-overlapping manner to form a plurality of columns, wherein each of the columns in the plurality of columns comprises a plurality of coils, the method comprising:

• a) identifying a group of the of coils that are underlying one or more cookware items;
• b) providing power to at least one coil of the group of coils underlying one or more cookware items;
• and
• c) restricting the coils that can be activated at the same time to be coils whose distance between each pair of the group of coils is larger than a predetermined threshold.

A method for controlling average power delivered to coils of a flexible induction cooktop that are arranged adjacent to one another in a non-overlapping manner to form a plurality of columns, wherein each of the columns in the plurality of columns comprises a plurality of coils, the method comprising:

• a) identifying a group of the coils that are underlying one or more cookware items, wherein the coils have a rectangular shape with longer sides and shorter sides, and coils may be adjacent one another along either the longer side or the shorter side;
• b) providing power to at least one coil of the group of coils underlying one or more cookware items;
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• c) preventing interaction between adjacent coils of the group of coils wherein the power is not provided to coils that are adjacent to each other on a longer side.

A method for controlling average power delivered to coils of a flexible induction cooktop that are arranged adjacent to one another in a non-overlapping manner to form a plurality of columns, wherein each of the columns in the plurality of columns comprises a plurality of coils, the method comprising:

• a) identifying a group of the coils that are underlying one or more cookware items, wherein the coils have a rectangular shape with longer sides and shorter sides, and coils may be adjacent one another along either the longer side or the shorter side;
• b) providing power to at least one coil of the group of coils underlying one or more cookware items;
• and
• c) preventing interaction between adjacent coils of the group of coils wherein the power is not provided to coils that are adjacent to each other either on a longer side or on a shorter side.