Matching a cooking surface size to appropriate cookware and cooking appliance implementing the same
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsOmar Santana, Catherine Berghuis
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Abstract
A cooktop appliance includes a cooking surface including a plurality of burners; a control panel operably coupled to the cooking surface, the control panel including a plurality of controls for operating the plurality of burners; and a controller operably coupled to the cooking surface and the control panel. The controller is configured for determining that a cookware item has been activated; receiving a remote signal from the activated cookware item; determining a recommended burner of the plurality of burners in response to receiving the remote signal from the activated cookware item; and implementing a responsive action in response to determining the recommended burner of the plurality of burners.
Claims18
A method for operating a cooktop appliance, the cooktop appliance comprising a cooktop surface comprising a plurality of burners and a display screen, each burner of the plurality of burners comprising one or more distinct concentric rings for providing heat production, each distinct concentric ring defining a burner diameter, the display screen displaying a plurality of burner sizes as a plurality of rings;
- the method comprising:
- receiving a remote signal from an activated cookware item;
- determining a recommended burner arrangement of the plurality of burners in response to receiving the remote signal from the activated cookware item, wherein determining the recommended burner arrangement of the plurality of burners comprises associating the activated cookware item with one or more distinct concentric rings based on the burner diameter of the one or more distinct concentric rings and a base diameter of the activated cookware item;
- illuminating at least one recommended ring associated with the recommended burner arrangement at the display screen;
- and
- directing activation of one or more burners of the plurality of burners based on the recommended burner arrangement following illuminating at least one recommended ring associated with the recommended burner arrangement at the display screen.
A cooktop appliance, comprising:
- a cooking surface, the cooking surface comprising a plurality of burners, each burner of the plurality of burners comprising one or more distinct concentric rings for providing heat production, each distinct concentric ring defining a burner diameter;
- a control panel operably coupled to the cooking surface, the control panel comprising a plurality of controls for operating the plurality of burners
- a display screen provided on the control panel, the display screen displaying a plurality of burner sizes as a plurality of rings;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to the cooking surface and the control panel, the controller comprising a wireless connection module, wherein the controller is configured for:
- determining that a cookware item has been activated;
- receiving a remote signal from the activated cookware item in response to determining the cookware item has been activated;
- determining a recommended burner arrangement of the plurality of burners in response to receiving the remote signal from the activated cookware item, wherein determining the recommended burner arrangement of the plurality of burners comprises associating the cookware item with one or more distinct concentric rings of one or more burners based on the burner diameter of the one or more distinct concentric rings and a base diameter of the cookware item;
- illuminating at least one recommended ring associated with the recommended burner arrangement at the display screen;
- and
- directing activation of one or more burners of the plurality of burners based on the recommended burner arrangement following illuminating at least one recommended ring associated with the recommended burner arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.