IP Library Patent Application 12310954
Patent Application
App. No. 12/310,954

Cooking device

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App. No.
12/310,954
Abstract

A cooking device, in particular a cooking device for induction hobs, the cooking device including a computation unit, the computation unit having at least one standby mode that is activated as a function of a removal of cookware from a cooking zone; and a warning signal output unit, the warning signal output unit outputting, during a period in which the standby mode has been activated, a warning signal in the event that cookware is again within the cooking zone.

Claims (15)

1 - 10 . (canceled)

11 . A cooking device, in particular a cooking device for induction hobs, the cooking device comprising:

a computation unit, the computation unit having at least one standby mode that is activated as a function of a removal of cookware from a cooking zone; and

a warning signal output unit, the warning signal output unit outputting, during a period in which the standby mode has been activated, a warning signal in the event that cookware is again within the cooking zone.

12 . The cooking device according to claim 11 wherein the warning signal output unit is configured to emit a warning signal after cookware has been returned to the cooking zone after a first time interval associated with the standby mode.

13 . The cooking device according to claim 11 wherein the warning signal output unit is at least partially embodied in one piece with the computation unit.

14 . The cooking device according to claim 11 and further comprising a reactivation unit configured for reactivation of a cooking mode.

15 . The cooking device according to claim 12 wherein the reactivation unit automatically reactivates the cooking mode within a first time interval after cookware is returned to the cooking zone.

16 . The cooking device according to claim 14 and further comprising an input unit which configured to input a reactivation parameter of the cooking mode.

17 . The cooking device according to claim 14 wherein the reactivation unit reactivates the cooking mode with a reduced power P b .

18 . The cooking device according to claim 17 wherein the warning signal output unit is configured to output a warning signal when the reactivation unit reactivates the cooking mode with the reduced power P b .

19 . The cooking device according to claim 11 wherein the cooking device includes a hob plate and wherein the cooking device further comprises a warning signal output unit configured to output warning signals for different cooking zones of the hob plate.

20 . A method for using a cooking device comprising the steps of:

providing a cooking device having a computation unit, the computation unit having at least one standby mode that is activated as a function of a removal of cookware from a cooking zone; and a warning signal output unit, the warning signal output unit outputting, during a period in which the standby mode has been activated, a warning signal in the event that cookware is again within the cooking zone; and

activating a standby mode when cookware is removed wherein a warning signal is output during the standby mode in at least one operating state.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO REMOVE USSN 14373413; 29120436 AND 29429277 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035624 FRAME: 0784. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 036000/0848 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035624/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2009
From: MAGDALENA, MIGUEL ANGEL BUNUEL; CEAMANOS, JESUS; HERRER, JOSE ANTONIO GARCIA; JIMENEZ, JOSE-RAMON GARCIA; PEREZ, ALFONSO LORENTE
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
Reel/Frame 022424/0805 →