CN113841012B - Cooking system comprising an induction cooking oven - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention provides a cooking system comprising a cooking plate (10) having at least one induction cooking oven (A, B, C) that can receive a cooking appliance (20). A communication module (12, 22), a local storage member (14, 24), at least one user interface (13, 23, 33) are provided to allow connection between the cooking plate, the cooking appliance and a separate electronic device (30). Information related to the cooking action or cooking recipe may be stored in a local storage means. The positioning module is configured to determine a cooking oven that receives a cooking appliance, thereby forming a cooking assembly. The command unit is arranged to give the settings applied to the cooking oven only after receiving the following information: -first information forming the cooking member, then-second information confirming the cooking action or recipe.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an induction cooking apparatus, in particular a cooking system, comprising a cooking plate having at least one induction cooking oven and at least one appliance adapted to be heated by the induction cooking oven.
Background
Document FR3015210A1 describes a cooking appliance comprising a signal processing unit connected to a magnetic field measuring device and to a wireless two-way communication module for forming a cooking system together with a cooking plate by establishing a connection with the cooking plate.
However, the use of such cooking systems may have drawbacks, particularly in the case of recommended cooking regulations. Indeed, in such cases, it may be important to provide adequate safety protection for the user and the device to avoid any risk of empty burns or improper operation.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is able to overcome these drawbacks, and its object is firstly to propose a cooking system which guarantees the safe use of a cooking system consisting of cooking appliances and induction cooking plates in communication with each other.
To this end, a first aspect of the invention relates to a cooking system comprising:
a cooking plate comprising at least one induction cooking hob, a control unit arranged to apply a temperature or power setting to the at least one induction cooking hob, and a communication module adapted to exchange information with a communication module of a cooking appliance,
A cooking appliance adapted to receive food, to be heated by one of the at least one induction cooking hob, and comprising a communication module adapted to exchange information with a communication module of a cooking plate,
A user interface arranged to enable a user to select at least one cooking action or at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
A positioning module adapted to be connected to the communication module of the cooking plate and/or the communication module of the cooking appliance and arranged to position the presence of the cooking appliance on the at least one induction cooking hob as determined,
-A local storage means connected to the communication module of the cooking plate and/or the communication module of the cooking appliance, arranged on the cooking appliance and/or the cooking plate, and arranged to store:
at least one cooking action of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one cooking action comprising temperature or power setting instructions, and/or
At least one step of at least one cooking recipe, said at least one step comprising a series of temperature or power setting instructions distributed over time,
-A command unit adapted to be connected to a control unit of the cooking plate and to a communication module of the cooking plate or the cooking appliance and arranged to:
Receiving first information sent from a positioning module, according to which the cooking appliance is arranged on the determined induction cooking hob, so as to form a cooking assembly, said cooking assembly being ready to perform at least one step of at least one cooking action or cooking recipe,
Receiving a second confirmation of at least one step of at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe,
Wherein the command unit is arranged to transmit to the control unit of the cooking plate:
Temperature or power setting instructions stored in a local storage means for performing cooking actions, or
A series of temperature or power setting instructions stored in the local storage means for performing at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
The instruction or series of instructions is transmitted to the control unit for execution by the determined induction cooking oven only after receiving the first formation information of the cooking assembly, followed by the second confirmation information of the at least one cooking action or the at least one step of the at least one cooking recipe.
Although the user may have preselected the recipe, once the assembly of the cooking appliance and induction cooking stove is formed, the user will have to confirm the selection. Thus, the second confirmation information follows the first formation information of the cooking assembly.
According to the above described embodiments, the command unit (included in the cooking plate or the cooking appliance) is arranged to give cooking instructions to the control unit only under certain conditions, to prevent and avoid improper or empty use. In particular, it must be verified that the cooking appliance is correctly placed on the induction cooking oven (thus forming a cooking assembly or system), and also must receive information of the cooking actions or recipe steps that have been selected and confirmed by the user. Only then can the command unit automatically start cooking. Such a system ensures that the appliance is indeed placed on the induction cooking oven that received the cooking setting and that the user has indeed confirmed the specific action, thus ensuring the safety of the user and the appliance.
According to one embodiment:
The positioning module is arranged to periodically check, after the transmission of the first information, whether the cooking appliance is always arranged on the determined induction cooking hob,
The command unit is arranged to pause or stop the control unit from applying the temperature or power setting to the determined induction cooking hob if the positioning module detects that the cooking appliance is no longer arranged on the determined induction cooking hob.
This repeated verification ensures that the system always complies with the initial configuration and is therefore suitable for the current action or recipe of the initial confirmation.
According to one embodiment, the cooking appliance comprises at least a part of a user interface, and the command unit receives the second confirmation information if the user selects at least one step of the cooking action or the at least one cooking recipe on the user interface of the cooking appliance. In other words, this is valid as a confirmation if the selection of the cooking action or cooking recipe is performed locally on the cooking assembly, i.e. on the cooking plate or the cooking appliance.
According to one embodiment, the cooking appliance comprises a command unit.
According to one embodiment, the cooking appliance comprises at least a portion of a local storage member.
According to one embodiment, the communication module of the cooking appliance and/or the communication module of the cooking plate is adapted to communicate with a separate electronic device, which itself is adapted to communicate with the remote storage means, all or part of the content of the remote storage means being adapted to be sent to the local storage means via the separate electronic device.
Thus, a user may benefit from the ability to download specific recipes or cooking actions from a remote server (e.g., over the internet) and then send them from a cell phone such as a smart phone, a connected accessory (e.g., a connected speaker), or a tablet to a local storage means.
According to one embodiment, the user interface comprises a screen arranged on a separate electronic device for at least one step of the user selecting at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe, and comprises a confirmation means arranged on the cooking plate or the cooking appliance to enable the user to generate the second confirmation information of the at least one step of selecting the at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe from a cooking assembly comprising the cooking plate and the cooking appliance. According to another embodiment, the user interface comprises a microphone arranged on a separate electronic device for at least one step of the user selecting at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe.
In this case, the user selects a cooking action or recipe on his mobile phone (or tablet computer) and confirms the selection on the confirmation means at the second time. Thus, the confirmation means is local (it is part of the cooking plate or cooking appliance), which ensures that the user is beside the cooking plate during the confirmation process.
According to one embodiment, if the command unit does not receive the first and second information, the command unit is arranged to inhibit transmission of one or a series of temperature or power setting instructions stored in the local storage means from the communication module of the cooking appliance or the communication module of the cooking plate to the control unit of the cooking plate.
In other words, the system locks communication with the control unit as long as both conditions (formation of the cooking assembly and confirmation of the cooking action or recipe) are not verified.
According to one embodiment, the cooking assembly comprises physical quantity sensors, and the communication module of the cooking plate and/or the cooking appliance is arranged to feed back information about the measurements made by these sensors on these physical quantities to the separate electronic device.
According to the above embodiments, the user benefits from feedback on the ongoing cooking, such as temperature, elapsed cooking time or end of cooking.
According to one embodiment, the cooking plate comprises a plurality of induction cooking ovens, and the command unit is arranged to transmit an excitation sequence of the induction cooking ovens of the cooking plate to the control unit of the cooking plate until the positioning module detects the presence of a cooking appliance and determines on which induction cooking oven the cooking appliance is arranged.
According to the above embodiment, the excitation sequence makes it possible to reliably determine the induction cooking oven receiving the cooking appliance.
According to one embodiment, the cooking appliance comprises a magnetic field measuring device and an autonomous power supply means for powering the magnetic field measuring device and a communication module of the cooking appliance, the positioning module being arranged to receive a signal from the magnetic field measuring device confirming the presence or absence of a magnetic field, which magnetic field can be generated by the determined induction cooking oven on which the cooking appliance is arranged.
According to the above embodiment, the determination is enhanced in that it involves detecting an excitation at the cooking appliance.
According to one embodiment, the cooking plate comprises a plurality of induction cookers, and the positioning module comprises a selection feature provided on the user interface to enable a user to declare an induction cooker on which to arrange a cooking appliance to form a cooking assembly, and to enable the positioning module to generate the first information.
According to one embodiment, the user interface with the selection means arranged thereon is located on a cooking plate or a cooking appliance forming a cooking assembly, and the command unit receives a second confirmation information if the user selects at least one step of a cooking action or at least one cooking recipe on the user interface.
According to the above embodiments, the confirmation is received locally, i.e. by the cooking plate or the cooking appliance. In other words, this is valid for confirmation if the selection of the cooking action or cooking recipe is made locally on the cooking appliance or cooking plate.
According to one embodiment, after the command unit has received the second confirmation information of at least one step of at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe, the command unit is arranged to transmit an induction cooking oven excitation command according to a predetermined temperature or power setting to the control unit of the cooking plate until the command unit receives the first information sent from the positioning module proving that the cooking appliance is arranged on the determined induction cooking oven, or until the predetermined period of time has ended, after which the positioning module does not detect the presence of the cooking appliance on said determined induction cooking oven,
In case the presence of a cooking appliance on the determined induction cooking stove is detected, the command unit is arranged to transmit to the control unit a temperature or power setting instruction for performing a cooking action stored in the local storage means or a series of temperature or power setting instructions for performing at least one step of at least one cooking recipe stored in the local storage means.
Upon the system receiving a confirmation of at least one step of at least one cooking action or at least one recipe, the determination of the induction cooking oven to receive the cooking appliance is automatically initiated in accordance with the above-described embodiments. This simplifies the use of the cooking system.
A second aspect of the invention relates to a cooking method implemented by the system of the first aspect of the invention, comprising the steps of:
Storing in a local storage means temperature or power setting instructions of at least one cooking action and/or a series of time-distributed temperature or power setting instructions at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
Generating first information locating the presence of the cooking appliance on the determined induction cooking hob,
Generating, once the first information is generated, second information confirming the selection of at least one step of at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe,
-Transmitting, by means of a command unit, to a control unit of the cooking plate:
Temperature or power setting instructions stored in a local storage means for performing cooking actions, or
A series of temperature or power setting instructions stored in the local storage means for performing at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
The instruction or series of instructions is transmitted to the control unit for execution by the determined induction cooking oven only after receiving the first information forming the cooking assembly, followed by the second information identifying at least one step of the at least one cooking action or the at least one cooking recipe.
The technical features and embodiments of the invention described above can be separated from each other and/or combined with each other as long as there is no technical incompatibility.
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fig. 1 shows the main elements of a cooking system according to the invention, namely a cooking plate, a cooking appliance and separate electronics;
fig. 2 shows a first example of the cooking system of fig. 1 in a first stage of use, wherein the cooking appliance is arranged on an induction cooking stove of the cooking plate;
Fig. 3 shows a first example of the cooking system of fig. 2 in a second stage of use, wherein the cooking appliance is arranged on an induction cooking stove of the cooking plate;
Fig. 4 shows a first example of the cooking system of fig. 2 in a third stage of use, wherein the cooking appliance is arranged on an induction cooking stove of the cooking plate;
Fig. 5 shows a first example of the cooking system of fig. 2 in a fourth stage of use, wherein the cooking appliance is arranged on an induction cooking stove of the cooking plate;
fig. 6 shows a second example of the cooking system of fig. 1, wherein the cooking appliance is arranged on an induction cooking stove of the cooking plate;
Fig. 7 shows the nominal use steps of the cooking system according to the invention.
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In the present application, a cooking action refers to an operation applied to a cooking appliance which accommodates or intends to accommodate food to be prepared. For example, heating water contained in a pan to boiling may be considered a cooking action. During this cooking action, the induction cooking oven must provide continuous heat over time. To this end, the induction cooking oven receives a power setting to be provided or a temperature setting to be reached.
In the present application, the cooking oven is an area of the cooking table for heating at least one cooking appliance. Thus, an induction cooking oven may be comprised of one or more inductors, which constitute a cooking oven for heating a cooking appliance.
In the present application, a step of cooking recipe or cooking recipe refers to a series of operations applied on a cooking appliance that contains or is intended to contain the food to be prepared. For example, a recipe can be considered by heating the water contained in the pan to boiling, then holding it at medium boiling for a predetermined period of time to cook pasta, and then stopping heating at the end of the predetermined period of time. In particular, induction cooking ovens must provide variable amounts of heat over time during the cooking recipe. To this end, the induction cooking oven continuously receives one or more power settings to be provided or one or more temperature settings to be reached.
Referring to the drawings, fig. 1 shows a cooking system according to the present invention, in particular comprising a cooking plate 10, a cooking appliance 20 and discrete electronics 30.
In general, the cooking plate 10 may include:
at least one induction cooking oven, here three induction cooking ovens A, B and C are provided,
A control unit 11 arranged to apply a temperature or power setting to the induction cooking oven A, B or C,
A communication module 12 adapted to exchange information with a communication module 22 of a cooking appliance 20,
A user interface 13 arranged to enable a user to select at least one cooking action or at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
A local storage means 14 connected to the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10 and/or the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20, arranged on the cooking appliance 20 and/or the cooking plate 10 and configured to store:
at least one cooking action of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one cooking action comprising temperature or power setting instructions, and/or
At least one step of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one step comprising a series of temperature or power setting instructions distributed over time,
A command unit 15 adapted to be connected to the control unit 11 of the cooking plate 10 (or induction plate), to the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10 or to the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20 indirectly.
As for the cooking appliance 20, the cooking appliance 20 may include:
a communication module 22 adapted to exchange information with the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10,
A user interface 23 arranged to enable a user to select at least one cooking action or at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
A local storage means 24 connected to the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10 and/or the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20, arranged on the cooking appliance or cooking plate, and arranged to store:
at least one cooking action of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one cooking action comprising temperature or power setting instructions, and/or
At least one step of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one step comprising a series of temperature or power setting instructions distributed over time,
A command unit 25 adapted to be connected to the control unit 11 of the cooking plate 10 by means of the communication module 22 of the appliance and the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10.
Thus, the command unit 15, 25 is arranged in the cooking plate 10 or in the cooking appliance 20.
The cooking appliance 20 may also include a sensor 26 that may detect a magnetic field and/or temperature and is connected to the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20. One or more batteries may also be provided to power the electrical devices provided in the cooking appliance 20, or to provide a system capable of recovering energy and converting it into electrical energy.
The discrete electronic device 30 is here a mobile phone, but it may be a connected accessory, a tablet or even a portable computer or any type of terminal with a man-machine interface and a connection member to the system. In any case, the discrete electronic device 30 may include:
Communication means for establishing a connection with the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20 or with the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10 or with a remote server,
A user interface 33 arranged to enable a user to select at least one cooking action or at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
-Optionally, a storage unit for storing data.
The system may also include, for example, at least one remote server that may be accessed over a network such as the internet.
At least, at least one of the cooking plate 10 or the cooking appliance 20 includes one of the following elements:
a user interface 13 or 23 arranged to enable a user to select at least one cooking action or at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
A local storage means 14 or 24 connected to the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10 and/or to the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20, arranged to store:
at least one cooking action of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one cooking action comprising temperature or power setting instructions, and/or
At least one step of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one step comprising a series of temperature or power setting instructions distributed over time,
A command unit 15 or 25 adapted to be connected to the control unit 11 of the cooking plate 10, the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20 or the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10.
As described below, one aspect of the present invention is to provide a safe cooking system that allows for the regulated heating of a cooking appliance 20 placed on an induction cooking oven A, B or C of a cooking plate 10. As described above, the command unit and the local storage means are located on the cooking plate 10 or the cooking appliance 20. Thus, power or temperature settings corresponding to a cooking action or cooking recipe are sent from the cooking plate 10 or the cooking appliance 20 to the control unit 11 of the cooking plate 10. Finally, a user interface that receives confirmation of selection of a cooking action or selected cooking recipe is also on the cooking plate 10 or the cooking appliance 20: thus, the user is beside the cooking assembly and sees the configuration of the system before giving confirmation to start cooking.
Specifically, fig. 2 shows a first example of a cooking system in a first stage of use, wherein a cooking appliance 20 is arranged on an induction cooking oven a of a cooking plate 10.
According to the embodiment of fig. 2, the cooking appliance 20 comprises a user interface 23, a command unit 25 and a local storage member 24, which are not present in the cooking plate 10.
In a first phase, the user has thus placed the cooking appliance 20 on the induction cooking oven a of the cooking plate 10 and started to establish a connection between the devices. For example, a connection based on the bluetooth communication protocol may be provided, but other protocols may be used.
In particular, the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20 performs pairing with the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10 and with the discrete electronic device 30. The communication module 12 of the cooking sheet 10 may also perform pairing with a separate electronic device 30.
An induction cooking oven is also presented that is positioned to receive cooking appliance 20. For this purpose, several operations may be taken. For example, it may be proposed to enable a user to specify an induction cooking oven A, B or C with a cooking appliance disposed thereon on the user interface 33 of the discrete electronic device 30. It may also be proposed to use the sensor 26 of the cooking appliance to detect the magnetic excitation generated by the induction cooking oven a, or the temperature increase caused by the test excitation emitted by the induction cooking oven a. As a result of this identification, the command unit records that it is induction cooking oven a that receives cooking appliance 20. The cooking assembly is formed by the determined induction cooking oven a and cooking appliance 20.
Once paired, as shown in fig. 3, the user may send a cooking action or recipe to be automatically performed from the separate electronic device 30 to the cooking appliance 20 in a second phase, the cooking appliance 20 will store instructions in the local storage member 24.
Finally, at the end of this second phase, the user can confirm on the user interface 23 of the cooking appliance 20 the selection of the cooking action or cooking recipe to be performed. For example, a confirm button may be provided.
Then, as shown in fig. 4, the cooking system in the third stage has received information that the cooking appliance 20 forms a cooking assembly with the determined induction cooking oven a, so that the command unit 25 of the cooking appliance 20 can send temperature and/or power instructions and settings to the control unit 11 for a good performance of the execution selected by the user. In this third stage, it should be noted that the discrete electronic device 30 does not send any data to the cooking plate 10, in particular, no data/settings/instructions are sent from the discrete electronic device 30 to the control unit 11 of the cooking plate 10, as indicated by the crossed-out arrow in fig. 4.
In other words, the cooking regulation is performed only by the command unit 25, the command unit 25 is embedded in the cooking appliance 20, and the cooking appliance 20 itself is placed on the induction cooking oven a. This regulation is only activated when the command unit 25 receives the following information:
-first information for knowing which induction cooking oven receives the cooking appliance, then
Confirming second information of the cooking action or recipe to be performed from the local user interface, ensuring that the user can see everything normal upon confirmation,
Cooking is safe because cooking is initiated with an identified induction cooking oven and with a cooking action or recipe that the user confirms after looking at the system in-person. Furthermore, by means of the established connection, the command unit 25 is the only component (and therefore local) capable of autonomously regulating the cooking.
However, during the cooking process, at the fourth stage, execution may be reported. To this end, the command unit 25 may, for example, calculate the cooking time, receive information about the temperature of the cooking appliance 20 via the sensor 26, and send a report to a separate electronic device 30 of the user, as shown in fig. 5. In this fourth phase, it should be noted that the discrete electronic device 30 does not send any data to the cooking plate 10, in particular, no data/settings/instructions are sent from the discrete electronic device 30 to the control unit 11 of the cooking plate 10, as indicated by the crossed-out arrow in fig. 5.
Fig. 6 shows a second example of a cooking system in a first stage of use, in which the cooking appliance 20 is still arranged on the induction cooking oven a of the cooking plate 10.
According to the embodiment of fig. 6, the cooking plate 10 comprises a user interface 13, a command unit 15 and a local storage member 14, which are absent from the cooking appliance 20.
The operating scheme is the same as the cooking system described in fig. 2 to 5 and is therefore not repeated. It should be noted, however, that in this embodiment, the user may confirm the selection of a cooking action or cooking recipe to be performed on the user interface 13 of the cooking plate 10. For example, a confirm button may be provided. In other words, the cooking plate comprises at least a part of the user interface and the command unit 15 receives the second confirmation information if the user selects at least one step of the cooking action or the at least one cooking recipe on the user interface 13.
Furthermore, as an alternative to the above examples, it is entirely conceivable to embed command units and/or local storage means in both the cooking plate 10 and the cooking appliance 20.
Fig. 7 summarizes the steps performed during use of the cooking system, including the first example of fig. 2-5 and the second example of fig. 6.
At the beginning of use, two series of steps are performed. Steps E1 to E4 relate on the one hand to the communication exchanged between the elements of the cooking system before the start of the cooking and on the other hand steps E '1 and E'2 relate to the formation of the cooking assembly (determining the induction cooking oven receiving the cooking appliance).
In particular, step E1 corresponds to establishing a connection between the discrete electronic device 30 (in the previously illustrated embodiment a mobile phone) and the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10 and the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20.
As described above, pairing of devices/communication modules according to the bluetooth communication protocol can be envisaged, but other communication modes (near field communication called "NFC", wireless communication using radio waves called "WIFI", wireless communication using light waves called "LIFI", etc.) can also be envisaged.
Step E2 then corresponds to loading the following from the discrete electronic device 30 to the local storage member 14 of the cooking plate 10 and/or the local storage member 24 of the cooking appliance 20:
at least one cooking action of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one cooking action comprising temperature or power setting instructions, and/or
At least one step of at least one cooking recipe, said at least one step comprising a series of temperature or power setting instructions distributed over time,
Step E3 corresponds to a step of selecting a cooking action or recipe to be performed on the user interface 13 of the cooking plate 10 and/or the user interface 23 of the cooking appliance 20 and/or the user interface 33 of the separate electronic device 30.
Step E4 corresponds to locally confirming the cooking action or recipe step to be performed on the user interface 13 of the cooking plate 10 and/or the user interface 23 of the cooking appliance 20. In other words, the confirmation cannot be given from the separate electronic device 30.
Step E'1 corresponds to establishing a connection between the communication module 12 of the cooking plate 10 and the communication module 22 of the cooking appliance 20. This step E'1 may be included in step E1 above.
Step E'2 corresponds to determining on which induction cooking oven (A, B or C) cooking appliance 20 is placed. To this end, it may be provided that the user designates the induction cooking oven on a user interface, or activates the excitation of the induction cooking oven, which excitation is to be detected and confirmed by, for example, the sensor 26 of the cooking appliance 20 or another detection means of the cooking plate 10. This step E'2 may be initiated actively by the user once a connection with the cooking appliance is established, or automatically (and periodically restarted), for example after step E1 in the first series of steps.
Step E5 corresponds to the command unit 15 of the cooking plate 10 or the command unit 25 of the cooking appliance 20 receiving:
i-information that cooking appliance 20 is indeed on the determined induction cooking oven,
Ii-confirmation of the cooking action or cooking recipe step to be performed.
From the receipt of these two pieces of information, the command unit 15 of the cooking plate 10 or the command unit 25 of the cooking appliance 20 may send power and/or temperature settings corresponding to the cooking action or the cooking recipe part to the control unit 11.
The cooking step E6 can be performed completely safely. The cooking appliance 20 and the cooking plate 10 form a closed loop and the cooking is regulated by a command unit that complies with the cooking action or recipe selected, but can still adjust the settings based on information feedback, for example, from the sensors 26 of the cooking appliance 20. It is conceivable to intermediately report or report to the separate electronic device 30 before the end of the cooking, which corresponds to step E7.
It is conceivable to periodically restart step E'2 even during step E6 to verify that the cooking appliance is still on induction cooking oven a.
Also, during use and after step E5 of receiving:
confirmation of cooking action or cooking food, and/or
Confirmation that cooking appliance 20 is indeed on the determined induction cooking oven,
The user may decide to change appliances, cooking actions, cooking recipes, induction cookers or stop cooking etc., which intention is either transferred to the command unit via the user interface or the command unit detects e.g. a disconnection of the cooking assembly (induction cookers-cooking appliances). In general, after receiving an intention to change/stop from the user, or after detecting the disconnection of the cooking table/appliance, the command unit will interrupt the sending of instructions to the control unit 11 and may wait for the reception again of:
Confirmation of the cooking action or cooking recipe,
Confirmation that cooking appliance 20 is indeed on the determined induction cooking oven,
And then resumes sending the settings to the control unit 11.
The above embodiments are in no way limiting of the invention. In particular, it is contemplated that the cooking plate 10 may include a non-inductive cooking oven in addition to the inductive cooking oven, with the cooking appliance 20 or cooking plate 10 having additional functionality (direct information transmission to a separate electronic device 30, direct connection to the internet, etc.). Of course, it is contemplated to use multiple induction cooking ovens simultaneously, each receiving a cooking appliance 20, to manage multiple cooking assemblies simultaneously or sequentially.
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1. A cooking system, comprising:
A cooking plate (10) comprising at least one induction cooking oven (A, B, C), a control unit (11) arranged to apply a temperature or power setting to the at least one induction cooking oven (A, B, C) and a communication module (12) adapted to exchange information with a communication module (22) of a cooking appliance (20),
A cooking appliance (20) adapted to receive food to be heated by one of said at least one induction cooking oven (A, B, C) and comprising a communication module (22) adapted to exchange information with a communication module (12) of said cooking plate (10),
A user interface (13, 23, 33) arranged to enable the user to select at least one cooking action or at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
A positioning module adapted to be connected to a communication module (12) of the cooking plate (10) and/or to a communication module (22) of the cooking appliance (20) and arranged to position the presence of the cooking appliance (20) on the at least one induction cooking oven (A, B, C) determined,
-A local storage means (14, 24) connected to the communication module (12) of the cooking plate (10) and/or to the communication module (22) of the cooking appliance (20), arranged on the cooking appliance (20) or the cooking plate (10), and arranged to store:
at least one cooking action of at least one cooking recipe, the at least one cooking action comprising temperature or power setting instructions, and/or
At least one step of at least one cooking recipe, said at least one step comprising a series of temperature or power setting instructions distributed over time,
-A command unit (15, 25) adapted to be connected to a control unit (11) of the cooking plate (10) and to a communication module (12, 22) of the cooking plate (10) or of the cooking appliance (20), and arranged to:
Receiving first information sent from the positioning module, according to which the cooking appliance (20) is arranged on the determined induction cooking oven (A, B, C) so as to form a cooking assembly ready to perform at least one step of at least one cooking action or cooking recipe,
Receiving a second confirmation generated by the user of at least one step of said at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe,
Wherein the command unit (15, 25) is arranged to transmit to a control unit (11) of the cooking plate (10):
Temperature or power setting instructions stored in the local storage means (14, 24) for performing cooking actions, or
A series of temperature or power setting instructions stored in said local storage means (14, 24) for performing at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
The instruction or series of instructions is transmitted to the control unit (11) for execution by the determined induction cooking oven (A, B, C) only after receiving the first formation information of the cooking assembly, followed by the second confirmation information generated by the user of at least one step of at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein:
after the first information is sent, the positioning module is arranged to periodically check whether the cooking appliance (20) is always arranged on the determined induction cooking oven (A, B, C),
-If the positioning module detects that the cooking appliance (20) is no longer arranged on the determined induction cooking stove (A, B, C), the command unit (15, 25) is arranged to pause or stop the control unit (11) from applying the temperature or power setting to the determined induction cooking stove (A, B, C).
3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cooking appliance (20) comprises at least a part of the user interface, and wherein the command unit (15, 25) receives the second confirmation information if a user selects at least one step of a cooking action or at least one cooking recipe on the user interface (13, 23, 33).
4. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cooking appliance (20) comprises the command unit (25).
5. The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the cooking appliance (20) comprises at least a portion of the local storage member.
6. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the communication module (22) of the cooking appliance (20) and/or the communication module (12) of the cooking plate (10) is adapted to communicate with a separate electronic device (30) itself adapted to communicate with a remote storage means, all or part of the content of which is adapted to be sent to the local storage means (14, 24) via the separate electronic device (30).
7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the user interface (13, 23, 33) comprises a screen arranged on the discrete electronic device (30) for at least one step of a user's selection of at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe, and comprises a confirmation means arranged on the cooking plate (10) or the cooking appliance (20) to enable the user to generate the second confirmation information of at least one step of a selection of at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe from a cooking assembly comprising the cooking plate (10) and the cooking appliance (20).
8. The system according to claim 7, wherein if the command unit (15, 25) does not receive the first and second information, the command unit (15, 25) is arranged to prohibit transmission of one or a series of temperature or power setting instructions stored in the local storage means (14, 24) from the communication module (22) of the cooking appliance (20) or the communication module (12) of the cooking plate (10) to the control unit (11) of the cooking plate (10).
9. The system according to claim 6, wherein the cooking assembly comprises physical quantity sensors, the communication module (12) of the cooking plate (10) and/or the communication module of the cooking appliance being arranged to feed back information to the discrete electronic device (30) about the measurements made by these sensors on these physical quantities.
10. The system of claim 1 or 2, the cooking plate (10) comprising a plurality of induction cooking ovens (A, B, C), wherein the command unit (15, 25) is arranged to transmit an excitation sequence of induction cooking ovens (A, B, C) of the cooking plate (10) to a control unit (11) of the cooking plate (10) until the positioning module detects the presence of the cooking appliance (20) and determines on which induction cooking oven (A, B, C) the cooking appliance (20) is arranged.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the cooking appliance (20) comprises a magnetic field measuring device and autonomous power supply means for powering the magnetic field measuring device and a communication module (22) of the cooking appliance (20), the positioning module being arranged to receive a signal from the magnetic field measuring device confirming the presence or absence of a magnetic field, the magnetic field being producible by a determined induction cooking oven (A, B, C), the cooking appliance (20) being arranged on the determined induction cooking oven.
12. The system of claim 1 or 2, the cooking plate (10) comprising a plurality of induction cooking ovens (A, B, C), wherein the positioning module comprises a selection member arranged on the user interface (13, 23, 33) to enable a user to declare an induction cooking oven (A, B, C) on which the cooking appliance (20) is arranged to form the cooking assembly, and to enable the positioning module to generate the first information.
13. The system according to claim 12, wherein a user interface (13, 23, 33) on which the selection means are arranged is located on the cooking plate (10) or the cooking appliance (20) forming the cooking assembly, and the command unit (15, 25) receives the second confirmation information if a user selects at least one step of a cooking action or at least one cooking recipe on the user interface (13, 23, 33).
14. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein after the command unit (15, 25) has received the second confirmation information of the at least one cooking action or the at least one step of the at least one cooking recipe, the command unit (15, 25) is arranged to transmit an induction cooking stove (A, B, C) excitation command according to a predetermined temperature or power setting to the control unit (11) of the cooking plate (10) until the command unit (15, 25) receives a first information from the positioning module confirming that the cooking appliance (20) is arranged on the determined induction cooking stove (A, B, C), or until the predetermined period of time has ended, after which the positioning module does not detect the presence of the cooking appliance (20) on the determined induction cooking stove (A, B, C),
In case the presence of the cooking appliance (20) on the determined induction cooking stove (A, B, C) is detected, the command unit (15, 25) is arranged to transmit to the control unit (11) a temperature or power setting instruction for performing a cooking action stored in the local storage means (14, 24) or a series of temperature or power setting instructions for performing at least one step of at least one cooking recipe stored in the local storage means (14, 24).
15. A cooking method implemented by the system of any one of claims 1 to 14, comprising the steps of:
Storing in said local storage means (14, 24) temperature or power setting instructions of at least one cooking action and/or a series of temperature or power setting instructions distributed over time of at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
Generating first information locating the presence of the cooking appliance (20) on the determined induction cooking oven (A, B, C),
Generating, by the user, second information confirming the selection of at least one step of at least one cooking action or at least one cooking recipe once said first information is generated,
-Transmitting, by means of the command unit (15, 25), to a control unit (11) of the cooking plate (10):
Temperature or power setting instructions stored in the local storage means (14, 24) for performing cooking actions, or
A series of temperature or power setting instructions stored in said local storage means (14, 24) for performing at least one step of at least one cooking recipe,
The instruction or series of instructions is transmitted to the control unit (11) for execution by the determined induction cooking oven (A, B, C) only after receiving the first information forming the cooking assembly, followed by the second information generated by the user confirming at least one step of the at least one cooking action or the at least one cooking recipe.
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