BE1030602B1 - Cooking system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a cooking system with a hob (1) with a plurality of hotplates (11), with at least one hotplate (11) being assigned a predetermined cooking process, and with a cooking utensil detector, which is designed to record the position of a cooking utensil (2). the hob (1), wherein the cooking system, preferably a control unit of the cooking system, is designed to automatically operate the hotplate (11) with the predetermined cooking process if the cooking utensils (2) are detected on the hotplate (11).

Description

Description

Cooking system

The invention relates to a cooking system and cooking utensils for use in such a system

Cooking system and a method for operating a cooking system.

The trend in home cooking is increasingly moving towards carrying out the

To make cooking processes easier, more comfortable and/or safer for the user in terms of the desired cooking result. This can be supported by providing the user with complete automatic programs or assistance functions, which are intended to relieve the user of part or even the entire execution of the cooking process. A cooking process can also be supported, for example, by the hob and/or by a mobile device in that the cooking process is tracked there, presented to the user and the next actions taken

Recipe flow is displayed or corresponding instructions are given to the user.

The hobs should also visually disappear further and further from the kitchen. This also includes making the hob controls increasingly inconspicuous or making them disappear completely. This can cause the controls as well as the

Relocate the display elements of the hobs to the cookware. Therefore, it may be necessary or at least desirable for information to be shared between the

Cookware and the hob can be replaced. This may include the transmission of instructions as well as metrics.

DE 10 2011 102 394 A1 describes a device for operating a hob with at least one hotplate. The device contains a cookware holder

Detection device which is designed to detect a change in orientation and/or position of a cookware on a cooking area of the hob, and a

Control device that is designed to control at least one parameter of the respective

To set the hotplate depending on the detected change in orientation and/or position of a cookware on this hotplate. With the help of this device, the user of the hob can control the hob intuitively and solely using the cookware.

The invention therefore presents the problem of expanding and/or improving the possibilities for the user to operate or operate a hob. This should, if possible, be done without the use of controls on the hob and/or on the hob

Cookware can be done. In any case, this should be done as quickly, easily, intuitively and/or flexibly as possible. At least there should be an alternative to the well-known ones

options are made available.

According to the invention, this problem is solved by a cooking system, by a cooking utensil and by a method with the features of the independent claims. Beneficial

Refinements and further developments of the invention result from the following dependent claims.

The present invention therefore relates to a cooking system with at least one cooking utensil with a sensor for detecting a cooking temperature and with a transmitter for transmitting the detected cooking temperature. This means that the cooking utensil can at least

Temperature of the cooking process as a cooking temperature outside the cooking utensils and in particular a hob are made available to the cooking temperature at the

To take into account the execution of the cooking process or to operate the cooking process in a controlled manner depending on the recorded and transmitted cooking temperature. In addition, further parameters or information can be recorded, transmitted and taken into account. The

Cookware can in particular be a pot, a pan or the like. One like this

Cooking utensils can be referred to as system cooking utensils.

The cooking system also has a hob with a receiver for receiving the detected

cooking temperature of the cooking utensils. As a result, this information can be transmitted from the cooking utensils to the hob and used there, as described above. That also shows

Cooking utensils on a number of cooking areas. The cooking zones can be specified as:

Positions or areas of the hob designed for hotplates are formed, for example by individual gas burners, electric hotplates or induction coils.

The hotplates can also be flexibly equipped with several induction coils

Full-surface hobs are formed, which can be operated together if necessary to form cooking areas.

The cooking system also has a cooking utensil detector, which is designed to:

Determine the position of the cooking utensils on the hob. This can be done, for example, optically, for example by means of at least one optical detection unit, which can preferably be arranged above the hob, for example on or in an extractor hood, or behind the hob and aligned with the hob. However, this can also be done additionally or alternatively by means of an interaction between the hob and

Cooking dishes are done by, for example, the presence or absence of one

Cooking utensils can be recognized by an existing or missing inductive coupling, which the hob can only attempt to establish for this purpose, in particular for a short time. This can also be done by sending a signal to this

Purposes are carried out by the cooking utensils, which may or may not be received and recognized by the hob.

A predetermined cooking process is assigned to the cooking utensils. Such a cooking process can be, for example, “roasting”, “cooking”, “keeping warm” and the like. Such cooking processes can also be further differentiated as “light roasting” and “heavy roasting”.

In any case, a distinction between the cooking processes can preferably be made by the respective power, power level or temperature. In any case, he can

Cooking process of the cooking utensils and possibly a different or identical 11 cooking process of several cooking utensils can be specified by the manufacturer, which can be unchangeable or changed by the user, in order in the latter case to enable the user to individually adapt to his or her habits.

In any case, the cooking system, preferably a control unit of the cooking system, is designed to automatically operate a hotplate with the predetermined cooking process of the cooking utensils if the cooking utensils are detected on this hotplate. This makes it possible for a user to use a cooking utensil, to which a cooking process is predetermined, on any hotplate or cooking zone of the hob and thus assign the cooking process or its parameters of the cooking utensil to this hotplate. As described above, this can be recognized and implemented by the cooking system according to the invention, i.e. the user only has to select the desired cooking utensils

Position the cooking process on the hotplate in order to select and start the cooking process. This can relieve the user of the corresponding operating actions and speed up and simplify starting the cooking process. This means that the corresponding controls can be dispensed with.

The predetermined cooking process, which is dependent on cooking utensils, can also be different

Cooking points or cooking zones of the hob are transferred and taken along, so to speak, by the user moving the cooking utensils on the hob. This can

This means that users have to operate both hotplates when changing the cooking utensils from one hotplate to another hotplate.

According to one aspect of the invention, several cooking utensils are each assigned an identical or different predetermined cooking process and the cooking system, preferably a control unit of the cooking system, is designed to automatically operate each cooking point with the respective predetermined cooking process of the cooking utensil if a cooking utensil is detected on the respective cooking point becomes. This means that several cooking utensils can be used

The same cooking process or several different cooking processes are made available several times so that the user can select all predetermined cooking processes and use them in parallel. In particular, the user can switch between the two easily, intuitively and quickly

Switch cooking processes, for example in order to fry a food strongly in a first cooking utensil such as a frying pan and only heat it gently in a second cooking utensil such as a milk pot without doing this

carry out operating actions. This can make cooking easier for comparatively complex dishes with several different items to be prepared in parallel.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the cooking system is preferably a

Control unit of the cooking system, designed to automatically stop the operation of the hotplate if the cooking utensils are no longer recognized on the hotplate. As a result, the predetermined cooking process can be ended in this way, which can also be simple, intuitive and quick to implement for the user.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the cooking system is preferably a

Control unit of the cooking system, designed to start operation of the cooking area only after ı5 approval by a user. This release can be done, for example, by

Control element of the hob, the cooking utensils, an extractor hood, a mobile

Terminal or the like. This can, especially in favor of the corresponding

Standards that increase or ensure the operational safety of the cooking system according to the invention. In particular, this can prevent the user from accidentally starting the predetermined cooking process by placing a cooking utensil on the hob, for example to prepare the cooking process, for sorting or storing cooking utensils and the like, without wanting to start the cooking process or at all .

According to a further aspect of the invention, the user can release the operation of the cooking area on the hob, on the cooking utensils and/or on a mobile terminal. This can enable concrete implementation, as described previously.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the cooking utensil detection is designed

Visually determine the position of cooking utensils on the hob. This can be the concrete

Enable implementation as described previously.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the cooking utensil detection is designed

Position of a cooking utensil on the hob due to the interaction of the hob and

Determine cooking utensils. This can enable concrete implementation, as described previously.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the predetermined cooking process is defined by a predetermined cooking parameter, preferably by a power, a power level or a temperature. This can enable concrete implementation, as described previously. 5 According to a further aspect of the invention, the predetermined cooking process, preferably a predetermined cooking parameter of the predetermined cooking process, can be from

user can be specified. This can enable concrete implementation, as described previously.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the hob is a full-surface hob with a plurality of cooking zones. This can enable the implementation of the present invention, particularly in full-surface hobs. In particular, the individual can

Induction coils, which together form a cooking zone as hotplates, can be operated or not depending on a moving or moved cooking utensil, i.e. shifted on the hob, in order to move the hotplate with the cooking utensils, so to speak. This can make it particularly easy for the user to move the cooking utensils on the hob and is caused by moving the cooking utensils

Minimize or avoid interruptions to the cooking process.

The present invention also relates to a cooking utensil for use in a cooking system as described above, the cooking utensil having a sensor for detecting a

Cooking temperature and a transmitter for sending the detected cooking temperature and a predetermined cooking process is assigned to the cooking utensil. This allows a

Cooking utensils are provided to be combined with an appropriate one

Hob to implement a cooking system according to the invention as described above.

The present invention further relates to a method for operating a cooking system, preferably by means of a control unit of the cooking system, with at least one

Cooking utensils with a sensor for detecting a cooking temperature and with a transmitter for

Sending out the recorded cooking temperature, using a hob with a receiver

Receiving the recorded cooking temperature from the cooking utensils and with a plurality of

Cooking hobs and with a cooking utensil detection, which is designed to detect the position of the

To determine the cooking utensils on the hob, giving the cooking utensils a predetermined one

Cooking process is assigned, with the steps: e Determining the position of the cooking utensils on the hob and, e if the cooking utensils are recognized on a hotplate when determining, automatically

Operating this hotplate with the predetermined cooking process of the cooking utensils.

As a result, the present invention, as described above, can also be implemented and used using a corresponding method.

In other words, the present invention relates to the fact that a hob and in particular a full-surface hob is divided into one or more zones and each zone is assigned to a specific cooking or frying process such as cooking, frying, heating and the like. In the case of a traditional zone hob or a hob with one or more Powerflex zones, the assignment could be made via the respective zones, i.e. a specific setting for each cooking zone. In combination with a functional or system cooking utensil, it can be possible for the user to control or change the cooking and frying process controls of the system cooking utensil by means of dish position detection. For example, if the user places a system cooking utensil such as a system cooking utensil pot on the front left of the hob and this is

The area of the hob is assigned to the “keep warm” process, it starts after setting it up or alternatively after confirmation on the system cooking utensils or on the hob,

In particular, depending on the standard specification, the assigned “keep warm” process.

If the user moves the system cooking pot into another zone of the hob, for example to the right, which is defined as “low frying”, for example, it changes

System cooking pot in the “low fry” process.

The cooking and frying levels can be predefined by the manufacturer or in the

Customer programming of the hob or via an external device such as a mobile device such as a smartphone can be adjusted, changed or defined using an app. Individual zones could also be provided for individual programming, where the user can then use the predetermined services and/or

You could set the temperatures completely yourself.

In addition to all users, people with disabilities, such as people with severe vision impairments, can also use the device safely in this way

Cook and fry system cooking dishes. In addition to the safe setting of the power or cooking and frying levels, users also have the security that nothing will burn or boil over. A complicated regulation of the power levels, for example via the

Touch control or a display can be completely eliminated and it can still be possible to control several cooking processes on the hob at the same time.

Several exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown purely schematically in the drawings and are described in more detail below. It shows

Figure 1 shows a schematic top view of a hob according to the invention

Cooking system according to a first exemplary embodiment;

Figure 2 is a schematic top view of a hob according to the invention

Cooking system according to a second exemplary embodiment; s Figure 3 is a schematic top view of a hob according to the invention

Cooking system according to a third exemplary embodiment;

Figure 4 is a schematic top view of a hob according to the invention

Cooking system according to a fourth exemplary embodiment;

Figure 5 shows a schematic top view of a hob according to the invention

Cooking system according to a fifth exemplary embodiment;

Figure 6 shows the cooking system of Figure 5 with a cooking utensil according to the invention on the

“Cook” the hotplate or cooking zone of the predetermined cooking process;

Figure 7 shows the cooking system of Figure 5 with a cooking utensil according to the invention on the

“Simmer” the hotplate or cooking zone of the predetermined cooking process; and ı5 Figure 8 is a flow chart of a method according to the invention.

Figures 1 to 7 are viewed in Cartesian coordinates. It stretches one

Longitudinal direction X, which can also be referred to as depth X or length X.

A transverse direction Y extends perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X, which can also be referred to as width Y. A vertical direction (not shown) extends perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction X and the transverse direction Y, which can also be referred to as height and corresponds to the direction of gravity. The longitudinal direction X and the

The transverse direction Y together form the horizontal X, Y, which is also called the horizontal plane X,

Y can be designated.

Figure 1 shows a schematic top view of a hob 1 according to the invention

Cooking system 1, 2 according to a first exemplary embodiment. The hob 1 is as

Full-surface hob 1 is formed and has a hob plate 10 in the form of a

Glass ceramic plate 10 on which cooking dishes 2, see Figures 6 and 7, can be placed. Several jointly operated induction coils (not shown) below the hob plate 10 form cooking zones 11 as cooking zones 11.

There is also at least one cooking utensil 2 with a sensor for detecting a

Cooking temperature and with a transmitter for sending the detected cooking temperature, see 6 and 7. The hob 1 also has a receiver for receiving the detected cooking temperature of the cooking utensil 2.

According to the invention, the cooking utensil 2 or when using several cooking utensils 2 is assigned a predetermined cooking process, which is determined in particular by its performance or

Power level or temperature can be defined. This can be fixed by the manufacturer or changed by the user.

A cooking utensil detector (not shown) is also provided, which can be arranged, for example, as an optical detection above or behind the hob 1 and aligned with the hob 1. Alternatively or additionally, cooking utensil detection can also be carried out by the hob 1 itself by briefly operating the individual induction coils, so to speak as a “ping”, in order to recognize a cooking utensil 2 located above the induction coils as present or not through its inductive coupling.

In any case, in response to a cooking utensil 2 which is detected on one of the hotplates 11 or cooking zones 11, this hotplate 11 or cooking zone 11 is operated with the respective predetermined cooking process of the cooking utensil 2. This allows the first

1, a cooking process “cooking” and “roasting” can be started easily, quickly and intuitively by the user by positioning a cooking utensil 2 with the respective stored cooking process on a cooking place 11 or cooking zone 11, see Figures 5 and 6. This can be recognized by the cooking utensil detection, so that the corresponding cooking process of the cooking utensil 2 can be started automatically. This may require confirmation from the user to avoid accidental

To exclude operations on the hob 1.

The cooking processes could be predetermined depending on the respective cooking utensil 2. As already described with regard to the first exemplary embodiment in FIG. 1, this can be implemented for two cooking utensils 2 by two cooking processes “cooking” and “roasting”.

According to the second exemplary embodiment of FIG. 2, this can also be done for three cooking processes “keeping warm”, “cooking” and “roasting”, which can each be assigned to a cooking utensil 2.

According to the third exemplary embodiment of Figure 3, a further cooking process “own temperature / favorites” of another cooking utensil 2 can also be added, which the

User must or can predetermine.

According to the fourth exemplary embodiment of FIG. 4, all hotplates 11 or

Cooking zones 11 with cooking utensils 2 (not shown) of different cooking processes

Users must be assigned or predetermined.

Using the example of the fifth embodiment of Figures 5 to 7 and the

8 is now the use of a cooking system according to the invention

1, 2 or the corresponding method explained as follows. For this purpose, the hob 1 has six hotplates 11 or cooking zones 11. There are also six cooking dishes 2 with the predetermined cooking processes “simmering”, “cooking”, “own temperature / favorites”, “keep warm”, “low roasting” and “roasting”, see Figure 5. s If the user now wants to cook a food, So the user can prepare a cooking utensil 2 in the form of a pot 2, to which the corresponding cooking process is assigned, and then, with the hob 1 ready for use, place it on any hotplate 11 or

Place cooking zone 11 on the hob, see Figures 5 and 6.

By means of the cooking utensil detection of the operational hob 1, a determination 100 of the position of the cooking utensil 2 on the hob 1 can then be carried out, so that the hotplate 11 or cooking zone 11 can be recognized, on which the user has set up or positioned the cooking utensil 2. Now you can, if necessary depending on a confirmation or

Released by the user, for example by means of a control element of the hob 1, the hotplate 11 or cooking zone 11 is automatically operated with the corresponding predetermined cooking process of the cooking utensil 2.

Alternatively, the user can easily, quickly and intuitively by using a pot 2 to which the “simmering” cooking process is predetermined, see Figures 5 and 7

Let the food simmer gently to keep it warm or to finish cooking slowly.

List of reference symbols (part of the description)

X longitudinal direction; Depth; length

Y transverse direction; Width

X, Y Horizontal; horizontal level 1.2 cooking system 1 hob; Full-surface hob

hob plate; glass ceramic plate 10 11 hotplate; Cooking zones 2 cooking utensils; Pot 100 Determining the position of a cooking utensil 2 on the hob 1 200 Automatic operation of the hob 11 with the predetermined cooking process

Hotplate 11 or cooking utensil 2

Claims (12)

Patent claims 1. Cooking system with at least one cooking utensil (2) with a sensor for detecting a cooking temperature and with a transmitter for transmitting the detected cooking temperature, with a hob (1) with a receiver for receiving the detected cooking temperature from the cooking utensil (2) and with a plurality of hotplates (11) and with a cooking utensil detection, which is designed to determine the position of the cooking utensil (2) on the hob (1), wherein the cooking utensil (2) is assigned a predetermined cooking process, and wherein the cooking system, preferably a control unit of the cooking system, is designed to automatically operate a hotplate (11) with the predetermined cooking process of the cooking utensil (2) if the cooking utensil (2) is detected on this hotplate (11). 2. Cooking system according to claim 1, wherein several cooking utensils (2) are each assigned an identical or different predetermined cooking process and wherein the cooking system, preferably a control unit of the cooking system, is designed to automatically connect each cooking point (11) to the respective predetermined cooking process of the cooking utensil ( 2) to operate if a cooking utensil (2) is detected on the respective hotplate (11). 3. Cooking system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cooking system, preferably a control unit of the cooking system, is designed to automatically end the operation of the hotplate (11) if the cooking utensils (2) are no longer recognized on the hotplate (11). 4. Cooking system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooking system, preferably a control unit of the cooking system, is designed to begin operation of the cooking area (11) only after release by a user. 5. Cooking system according to claim 4, wherein the operation of the cooking area (11) can be enabled by the user on the hob (1), on the cooking utensils (2) and/or on a mobile terminal. 6. Cooking system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooking utensil detection is designed to optically determine the position of a cooking utensil (2) on the hob (1). 7. Cooking system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooking utensil detection is designed to determine the position of a cooking utensil (2) on the hob (1) from the interaction of the hotplate (11) and cooking utensil (2). 8. Cooking system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the predetermined cooking process is defined by a predetermined cooking parameter, preferably by a power, a power level or a temperature. 9. Cooking system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the predetermined cooking process, preferably a predetermined cooking parameter of the predetermined cooking process, can be specified by the user. 10. Cooking system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the hob (1) is a full-surface hob (1) with a plurality of cooking zones (11). 11. Cooking utensil (2) for use in a cooking system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooking utensil (2) has a sensor for detecting a cooking temperature and a transmitter for transmitting the detected cooking temperature and wherein the cooking utensil (2) is assigned a predetermined cooking process , 12. Method for operating a cooking system, preferably by means of a control unit of the cooking system, with at least one cooking utensil (2) with a sensor for detecting a cooking temperature and with a transmitter for transmitting the detected cooking temperature, with a hob (1) with a receiver for receiving the detected cooking temperature of the cooking utensil (2) and with a plurality of hotplates (11), and with a cooking utensil detection, which is designed to determine the position of the cooking utensil (2) on the hob (1), the cooking utensil (2) a predetermined cooking process is assigned, with the steps: determining (100) the position of the cooking utensil (2) on the hob (1) and, if the cooking utensil (2) is recognized on a hotplate (11) when determining (100), automatically Operate (200) this hotplate (11) with the predetermined cooking process of the cooking utensils (2).