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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2011
David Casanova Lacueva, Saragossa, ES;
Fang Dai, Saragossa, ES;
Ignacio Garde Aranda, Saragossa, ES;
Carlos Vicente Mairal Serrano, Saragossa, ES;
Julio Rivera Peman, Cuarte de Huerva, ES;
David Casanova Lacueva, Saragossa, ES;
Fang Dai, Saragossa, ES;
Ignacio Garde Aranda, Saragossa, ES;
Carlos Vicente Mairal Serrano, Saragossa, ES;
Julio Rivera Peman, Cuarte de Huerva, ES;
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method for operating a cooking zone of a cook top, wherein the cooking zone is formed by at least two cooking sub-zones and each cooking sub-zone can be heated by at least one heating unit, with the heating units arranged adjacent to each other without overlapping such that a cohesive heatable surface is formed during a joint operation of the cooking sub-zones, the cooking sub-zones are operated as a single cooking zone in a first operating mode, and occupancy of a cooking sub-zone by at least one food preparation vessel is detected in the first operating mode, with an occupancy detection phase being started in a user-defined manner.