Cooking appliance control of residential heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (hvac) system
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorMark W. Wilson
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a housing, and a cooking element disposed in the housing and configured to generate energy for cooking food, and a controller coupled to the cooking element and configured to communicate a control signal to selectively actuate a residential heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system and/or non-cooking device in connection with cooking food with the cooking element
Claims33
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a housing;
- a cooking element disposed in the housing and configured to generate energy for cooking food;
- and
- a controller coupled to the cooking element and configured to communicate a control signal to selectively actuate a residential heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system in connection with cooking food with the cooking element.
A method of controlling a residential heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system using a cooking appliance of the type including a housing, a cooking element disposed in the housing and configured to generate energy for cooking food, and a controller coupled to the cooking element, the method comprising:
- activating the cooking element to generate energy for cooking food;
- and
- with the controller, communicating a control signal to selectively actuate a residential HVAC system in connection with cooking food with the cooking element.
A method of controlling a non-cooking device using a cooking appliance of the type including a housing, a cooking element disposed in the housing and configured to generate energy for cooking food, and a controller coupled to the cooking element, the method comprising:
- activating the cooking element to generate energy for cooking food;
- and
- with the controller, communicating a control signal to selectively control an operation of the non-cooking device in connection with cooking food with the cooking element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.