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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Alex Viroli, Forli, IT;
Laurent Jeanneteau, Forli, IT;
Svend Erik Christiansen, Forli, IT;
Andrea Fattorini, Forli, IT;
Paul Zhang, Springfield, TN (US);
Assignee:
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/12 (2006.01); H05B 6/08 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/062 (2013.01); G01V 3/104 (2013.01); H05B 6/1272 (2013.01); H05B 2213/05 (2013.01); Y02B 40/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of detecting cookware () on an induction hob () including a plurality of induction heating coils () each being adapted for heating, in the activated state, cookware () placed on the induction hob (). With the method, detecting cookware () is based on signals generated by at least one active induction heating coil () through the action of parasitic electromagnetic coupling effects in at least one inactive induction heating coil ().