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US 2026/0231302 A1Published application
Cooking appliance and control method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMyeong Jun SHIN, Jaekyung YANG, Dongseong KWAG, Hyunwook MOON
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes a heating unit configured to heat a heating target placed on a top plate, and a sensor configured to generate a signal by detecting vibrations generated in the top plate, and is characterized by controlling the operation of the heating unit by reflecting knock input information identified based on the signal generated by the sensor.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop case having a receiving space formed therein;
- a top plate disposed above the cooktop case and covering the receiving space;
- a heating unit having at least a portion thereof disposed in the receiving space and configured to heat a heating target placed on the top plate;
- a sensor configured to generate a signal by detecting vibrations generated in the top plate;
- and
- a control unit configured to control operation of the heating unit by reflecting knock input information identified based on the signal generated by the sensor.
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A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop case having a receiving space formed therein;
- a top plate disposed above the cooktop case and covering the receiving space;
- a heating unit having at least a portion thereof disposed in the receiving space and configured to heat a heating target placed on the top plate;
- and
- a sensor configured to generate a signal by detecting vibrations generated as a result of a user tapping the top plate,
- wherein operation of the heating unit is controlled based on information identified by the signal generated by the sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.