Induction Cooking Pan With Wireless Temperature and Weight Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing induction cookware lacks efficient temperature and weight monitoring capabilities, leading to potential overheating, burning, and boil dry situations, especially for inexperienced users who struggle to manage cooking tasks effectively.
Innovation Solution
An induction cooking pan equipped with a measurement system, including temperature and weight sensors, and an inductive transceiver element for wireless power and data transmission, allowing for accurate monitoring and notification of cooking parameters, thereby enhancing user safety and cooking experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If temperature sensors and electronic elements are added to the cooking pan, then temperature monitoring capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated system. The inductive transceiver element serves dual purposes: it provides wireless power to the measurement system and simultaneously transmits measurement data from the temperature sensors to external devices. This merging eliminates the need for separate power and data communication systems, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining temperature monitoring capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The inductive transceiver element is designed as a multi-functional component that performs both power reception and data transmission. By making this single element universal, the patent avoids adding separate antennas or communication modules, thus improving measurement capability without proportionally increasing device complexity.
2Measurement precision
If multiple sensors are added to monitor cooking parameters, then measurement accuracy is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement system operates continuously throughout the cooking process, with temperature sensors constantly monitoring and the inductive transceiver element continuously transmitting data. This continuous operation ensures accurate real-time monitoring without interruption, maintaining high measurement precision while optimizing energy usage through consistent rather than intermittent operation.
3Ease of operation
If wireless power transfer is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability may worsen due to potential interference
Solution Approach 1:
The inductive transceiver element acts as an intermediary that enables wireless power transfer and data communication without direct physical connections. This intermediary approach simplifies operation by eliminating plugs and cables, while the inductive coupling mechanism provides reliable power transfer through magnetic field coupling that is resistant to electrical interference and contact issues.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables timely and accurate monitoring of food temperatures and weights, preventing overheating and boil dry situations, improving cooking efficiency and safety by providing intelligent notifications to users.
Implementation Method 1
the power receiving unit being electrically connected to an inductive transceiver element (6) for receiving supply power, wherein the inductive transceiver element is located in the base member
Implementation Method 2
the inductive transceiver element may be further arranged to transmit data received from the measurement system, wherein the data received may be transmitted as wireless magnetically encoded data
Implementation Method 3
an induction cooking assembly for inductive cooking is provided
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AI summary
Induction cooking pan for induction cooking, comprising a base member (2) and an upwardly oriented wall member (4) circumferentially connected thereto. The induction cooking pan (1) further comprising a measurement system (10) connected to a power receiving unit (8) and at least one sensor (10a, 10b, 13). The power receiving unit (8) is electrically connected to an inductive transceiver element (6) for receiving supply power and the inductive transceiver element (6) is located in the base member (2).