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| 20080296285 | PROCESS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING THE HEATING/COOKING OF A FOOD ITEM IN A COOKING OVEN AND COOKING OVEN ADAPTED TO CARRY OUT SUCH PROCESS - A method for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven having a door, heaters and an oven temperature acquisition system, comprising the steps of measuring the total electrical power (P | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090057299 | INDUCTION COOKING APPLIANCE AND A METHOD FOR CHECKING THE COOKING CAPABILITIES OF A PIECE OF COOKWARE - The present invention relates to induction cooking appliances which provide a user with an improved set of information concerning the cooking capabilities of a piece of cookware to be used in conjunction with said appliance. In a further aspect, the present invention concerns an improved method for checking the cooking capabilities of a piece of cookware to be used in conjunction with an induction cooking appliance. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090118848 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING A HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE REMOTELY CONNECTED THERETO - A user interface arranged at least to display, on a display unit or on a display panel, information relative to the operation of a household electrical appliance with which the interface is associated, the appliance presenting functional members controlled in their operation by a control unit, and an external housing provided with an aperture with its own closure door; the interface is positionable on and fastenable to the exterior of the housing of the electrical appliance, remote wire-less data communication and transmission means being associated with the control unit and with the interface to enable the data to be transmitted from the interior of the electrical appliance to the interface through the housing. A household electrical appliance with this interface is also claimed. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090138241 | ANALOG SENSORS BUS - The present disclosure concerns an architecture for the connection and the communication of a plurality of passive sensors to a common control/measurement system, using an analog communication bus made of two physical wires only, and a method for reading the same sensors. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100133260 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM OF A COOKING APPLIANCE - A method for controlling an induction heating system of a cooking appliance provided with an induction coil, particularly for controlling it in connection with a predetermined working condition, comprises measuring the value of one electrical parameter of the induction heating system, feeding a computing model with actual switching frequency signals in order to estimate a temperature indicative of the thermal status of the heating system and to provide an estimated value of the electrical parameter, and comparing the measured electrical parameter with the estimated one and tuning the computing model on the basis of such comparison. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138075 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM OF A COOKING APPLIANCE - A method for controlling an inductive heating system of a cooking hob provided with an induction coil is disclosed. The method controls it in connection with a predetermined working condition, comprises assessing the value of power absorbed by the system, measuring a temperature indicative of the thermal status of at least one element of the heating system, feeding the assessed power value to a computing model capable of providing an estimated value of temperature, comparing the measured temperature with the estimated temperature and tuning the computing model on the basis of such comparison. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100181306 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RESONANT POWER CONVERTERS IN INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEMS, AND INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH METHOD - A method for controlling resonant power converters using power transistors, particularly for induction heating systems, comprises a step of assessing the occurrence of non-zero voltage switching or non-zero current switching and a step of adjusting the control accordingly, the assessment of the above occurrence being performed by monitoring at least one electrical parameter correlated to the resonant circuit. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110079591 | METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO INDUCTION COOKING ZONES OF AN INDUCTION COOKING HOB HAVING A PLURALITY OF POWER CONVERTERS, AND INDUCTION COOKING HOB USING SUCH METHOD - A method for supplying power to induction cooking zones of an induction cooking hob with a plurality of power converters, each feeding an induction heating element, comprises feeding all the induction heating elements according to a predetermined and repetitive driving sequence in order to keep a predetermined delivered power to the induction heating elements according to user input. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110114632 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM - A method for controlling an induction heating system, particularly an induction heating system of a cooktop on which a cooking utensil with a certain contents is placed for heating/cooking purposes, comprises the steps of carrying out a predetermined number “n” of electrical measurements of a first electrical parameter of the heating system on the basis of a predetermined electrical value of a second electrical parameter, “n” being ≦2, repeating the above set of measurements at a predetermined time after the first measurements, and estimating at least one thermal parameter of the heating system, particularly of the contents of the cooking utensil, on the basis of the above set of measurements. | 05-19-2011 |
