US 2007/0164017 A1 · Method for heating a container placed on a cooktop by heating means associated to inductors

Abstract

Method for heating a container (Ri) placed on a cooktop including heating elements which are associated respectively with inductors which form elements for detecting the presence of the container and are distributed along a frame which is embodied such that it is two-dimensional in a cooking area. The method includes searching (E20) a heating area (Zi) consisting of the heating elements arrangement which are at least partially covered by the container and computing (E60) a power supplied by each heating element of the heating area (Zi) according to a total specified power (Pi) associated thereto and the degree of coverage of each detection element associated to heating element by the container (Ri). The invention can be used, in particular for an inductive cooktop.

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Dependent claims

Method of heating a container (Ri) placed on a cooktop comprising heating means (11) respectively associated with inductors forming means (11) for detecting the presence of a container, said heating means associated with said inductors forming a two-dimensional array on the cooking surface, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

a step (E20) of searching for a heating area (Zi) consisting of a set of heating means at least partly covered by said container;
and
a step (E60) of calculating a power (Pj) delivered by each heating means (Ij) in said heating area (Zi) as a function of an overall set point power (Pi) associated with said heating area (Zi) and a rate of coverage (Tj) by the container (Ri) of each detection means (Ij) associated with said heating means (Ij).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for heating a container placed on a cooktop by heating means associated to inductors

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Method for heating a container placed on a cooktop by heating means associated to inductors

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Abstract

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