Mobile Heating Elements for Intuitive Cooktop Control
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Summary
Problems
Existing cooking tops with variably positioned and sized cooking areas face complexity in user interface control and power supply issues, making it difficult for users to intuitively adjust heat and ensuring power availability across all positions.
Innovation solutions
A cooking top with a user interface comprising mobile control elements equipped with phototransistors that detect environmental light variations, allowing intuitive operation and alignment with mobile inductors, along with spiralled cables to manage power and control signals, ensuring reliable and entanglement-free movement of heating elements.
TRIZ Analysis
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General conflict description:
Principle concept:
If mobile inductors are used to create variable cooking areas, then flexibility of use is improved, but control complexity increases
Why choose this principle:
The mobile inductor automatically positions itself under the pan using sensors to detect pan placement, eliminating the need for manual control intervention. The system self-adjusts the cooking area configuration based on detected pan positions, reducing control complexity while maintaining flexibility
Principle concept:
If mobile inductors are used to create variable cooking areas, then flexibility of use is improved, but control complexity increases
Why choose this principle:
The patent replaces manual mechanical control with automatic sensor-based detection and control systems. Sensors detect pan placement and automatically trigger inductor movement and power supply adjustments, substituting complex manual control mechanisms with automated electronic systems
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Data Source
AI summary:
A cooking top with a user interface comprising mobile control elements equipped with phototransistors that detect environmental light variations, allowing intuitive operation and alignment with mobile inductors, along with spiralled cables to manage power and control signals, ensuring reliable and entanglement-free movement of heating elements.
Abstract
The present invention relates to a cooking top (1) which comprises a pan support plate (101), a plurality of heating elements (102a-102d) that can slide underneath said support plate, and a user interface for controlling said plurality of heating elements (102a-102d). The user interface comprises a plurality of mobile elements (104a-104d) that can slide underneath said support plate (101).