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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Alex Viroli, Forli, IT;
Jérôme Brasseur, Stockholm, SE;
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The invention discloses a hob () with free configurable heating array () and touchscreen control (). A user may combine graphic representations () and () of a first and a second pot in order to combine a control operation of a first and a second heating zone () associated to the respective pots. In this manner, plural heating zones can be combined by a single input, and visibility on the touchscreen control is improved by uniting both representations of the pots on the touchscreen control display. Combining/separating heating zones can be effected by the synchronous movement of two fingers uniting the two graphic representations of the pots on the touchscreen respectively diverging the two graphic representations of the pots on the touchscreen (). A computer program product () allows to easily and freely configure the hob () and to perform maintenance and mass production.