Whirlpool Corporation

Teka Industrial S.a.

Alessandro Boer

Raffaele Paganini

Davide Parachini

Gianpiero Santacatterina

Francesco Del Bello

Rocco Petrigliano

Diego Neftali Gutierrez

Jurij Paderno

Lorenzo Bianchi

Cristiano Vito Pastore

Carolina Biotti

Ettore Arione

Enrica Monticelli

Paolo Crosta

Matteo Santinato

Diego Barone

Enrico Bellinetto

Paolo Sicher

Fabio Gastaldello

Giulio Roncoroni

Teresa Vitale

Paolo Toniolo

Alessandra Suardi

Ronald Anderson

Alberto Leva

Luigi Piroddi

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.

User interface for controlling a household electrical appliance remotely connected thereto

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.

Method for controlling the 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.

Method for controlling an induction heating system of a cooking appliance

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) absorbed by the oven, measuring the oven temperature, and assessing the actual power (P) transferred to the food item by automatically compensating disturbance factors. A cooking oven is also disclosed.

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 of fast freezing a food item using a freezing process that estimates a temperature value of a food item, selects from a plurality of freezing routines based on the estimated temperature, and activates the selected routine. This process is repeated until the temperature of the food item reaches a desired temperature.

Method for controlling a food fast freezing process in a refrigerator and refrigerator in which such method is carried out

A method for controlling the humidity inside a refrigerator, having at least a cavity and a refrigeration circuit including an evaporator and a compressor, comprising the step of measuring the relative humidity level inside the cavity, measuring the temperature of the evaporator and feeding the above measured values to a control algorithm capable of driving the refrigeration circuit in order to maintain substantially constant the average level of relative humidity and corresponding to a set value.

Method for controlling humidity in a domestic refrigerator, and refrigerator adapted to carry out such method

A method for cooling a bottle in a freezer compartment of a refrigerator includes sensing the temperature of a zone of the freezer in which the bottle is placed, estimating the temperature of the bottle on the basis of the compressor status and of the sensed temperature of the zone, and informing the user when the estimated temperature of the bottle has reached a set value. The method can also be used for an automatically adjusted 'shock freezing' process for any kind of food.

Method for cooling drinks and beverages in a freezer and refrigerator using such method

A method for controlling a refrigerator having at least two compartments and actuators adapted to maintain temperatures of said compartments close to predetermined set values comprises a comparison between a signal (CCR) indicative of the cooling request of each compartment and a signal variable according to a predetermined carrier function. This comparison is carried out in a predetermined time interval (TW), said actuators being activated or deactivated on the basis of such comparison that is repeated for each subsequent time interval (TW).

Method for controlling a refrigerator appliance

A method for controlling the defrost of an evaporator in a refrigeration appliance provided with a compressor and in which a temperature sensor (TP) is used for detecting the temperature inside a cell of the appliance, comprises the steps of estimating the temperature of the evaporator on the basis of the cell temperature (TP) and of a mathematical model of the refrigeration appliance, and controlling the compressor on the basis of the estimated temperature of the evaporator.

Method for controlling a refrigeration appliance

A method of controlling the temperature inside a cavity of a cooling appliance provided with a temperature sensor inside the cavity and with an actuator for adjusting the cooling capacity of the appliance, the food temperature is estimated on the basis of a value from the temperature sensor and on a predetermined function of a status of the actuator.

Method for estimating the food temperature inside a refrigerator cavity and refrigerator using such method

A method for controlling a refrigerator having a variable speed compressor and at least two compartments (FR, FZ) cooled to respective temperatures and comprising sensor devices (T, T) for generating control signal responsive to cooling demands of the respective compartments comprises the step of providing the control system with a signal indicative of the total cooling demand on the basis of the sum of each compartment cooling demand, such signal being used to drive the variable speed compressor according to said total cooling demand.

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Cassinetta di Biandronno, Italy

Alessandro Boer