A system of networked appliances for implementing cooking instructions for a prepackaged food item in a cooking appliance includes an imaging device configured to read an input associated with the prepackaged food item, a cooking instruction database comprising a list of prepackaged food cooking instructions, and a query module comprising executable instructions to query the cooking instruction database based on the input and return cooking instructions for the prepackaged food item.

In various embodiments, an apparatus includes a top portion, a bottom portion adapted to receive the top portion to define a space enclosed within the top portion and bottom portion, where the bottom portion comprises a conductive structure, the conductive structure configured to receive electromagnetic energy from an EM source. The apparatus may also include an electronic tag configured to encode information about contents of the space. In various embodiments, a heating apparatus includes an electromagnetic (EM) source and a controller configured to: receive data associated with a heatable load, determine heating instructions based at least in part on the received data, and control the EM source based on the determined heating instructions.

An induction heating cooking apparatus capable of performing wireless communication with an external apparatus includes a heating unit that inductively heats an object to be heated and a driving circuit that outputs electric power to the heating unit. Electric power output from the driving circuit during a period of time in which the wireless communication with the external apparatus is performed is less than electric power output from the driving circuit during a period of time in which the wireless communication with the external apparatus is not performed.

An undercounter kitchen appliance, for example a dishwasher, includes an enclosure with a top surface that is located near a lower surface of a countertop when the undercounter kitchen appliance is installed, and a wireless power transmitter located near the top surface of the undercounter kitchen appliance, where the power transmitter supplies power to a small kitchen appliance disposed on an upper surface of the countertop.

Provided is a cooking apparatus including: an induction heating coil that generates a magnetic field heating a cooking container; and an image generating unit that radiates light so that an image is generated on a surface of the cooking container, wherein the image generating unit includes: a plurality of light sources that radiate light toward the cooking container; a light source driving circuit that provides driving currents to the plurality of light sources; and a light-emitting controller that controls the light source driving circuit.

A wireless power transfer apparatus according to the present invention is a wireless power transfer apparatus for transferring power to a power receiving apparatus. The wireless power transfer apparatus includes a support on which the power receiving apparatus is placed, a coil disposed below the support, the coil generating a high-frequency magnetic field upon receiving supply of a high-frequency current, a communication device disposed below the support to perform radio communication with the power receiving apparatus, a first magnetic shield member made of an electric conductor, the first magnetic shield member being disposed between the communication device and the coil, and a second magnetic shield member made of an electric conductor or a magnetic body, the second magnetic shield member being disposed on at least one of a lower surface and a lateral surface of the communication device.

An induction cooker including a plurality of stoves each having a transmitting coil and a driver driving the transmitting coil, and a controller controlling the driver of each of the stoves to generate a drive signal. The drive signal of each of the stoves is a periodically cyclic modulation signal sequence. The stoves are identifiable and distinguishable from each other by the periodically cyclic modulation signal sequences that are different for each of the stoves.

A wireless induction heating cooker a main body, a lid, an internal pot configured to be heated based on a first magnetic field generated by a heating coil of an induction heating apparatus, a first power receiving coil disposed at a bottom surface of the main body and configured to generate a first electric current based on the first magnetic field, a power transmitting coil disposed at a lateral surface of the main body and configured to receive the first electric current and generate a second magnetic field based on the first electric current, a second power receiving coil disposed at a lateral surface of the lid and configured to generate a second electric current based on induction by the second magnetic field, and a control module configured to determine a coupling state between the lid and the main body based on an amount of the second electric current.

A wireless induction heating system includes an induction heating device having a heating coil configured to generate a magnetic field and a wireless induction heating cooker disposed in an area formed by the heating coil and configured to perform cooking operation based on the magnetic field generated by the heating coil. The induction heating device and the wireless induction heating cooker can perform mutual data communication to control output of the heating coil and output abnormality information, based on a displacement state of the wireless induction heating cooker with respect to the induction heating device.

A wireless power transfer system includes an induction heating cooking apparatus including a heating coil that produces a high-frequency magnetic field, a power reception device including a power reception coil that receives power from the heating coil, a first communication device provided on the power reception device to transmit a communication signal, a second communication device provided above the induction heating cooking apparatus to receive the communication signal from the first communication device, and a notification unit that indicates whether the power reception coil is located within a predetermined region that is set in advance with respect to the heating coil, when the second communication device receives the communication signal from the first communication device.