Disclosed herein is an induction heating device that provides improved user experience and user interface, the induction heating device including a case, a plurality of working coils provided in the case, a cover plate which is coupled to an upper end of the case and where an object subject to heating heated by at least one of the plurality of working coils is placed on an upper surface thereof, an input interface flatly buried into the upper surface of the cover plate, configured to receive a touch input from a user, and configured to display a specific image, a first control module configured to sense which one of the plurality of working coils has the object subject to heating at an upper side thereof, and a second control module supplied with information on a position of the sensed object subject to heating from the first control module, supplied with the touch input from the input interface, and configured to control the specific image displayed on the input interface on the basis of at least one of the received information on the position of the object subject to heating and the received touch input, wherein, in case the touch input indicates a touch input to a small object subject to heating guide image, the second control module controls the input interface such that an image for guiding an optimal heating position of the small object subject to heating is displayed in one area of the input interface, which does not overlap with the position of the sensed object subject to heating.

Disclosed herein is an induction heating device that provides improved user experience and user interface, the induction heating device including a case, a plurality of working coils provided in the case, a cover plate which is coupled to an upper end of the case and where an object subject to heating heated by at least one of the plurality of working coils is placed on an upper surface thereof, an input interface flatly buried into the upper surface of the cover plate, configured to receive a touch input from a user, and configured to display a specific image, a first control module configured to sense which one of the plurality of working coils has the object subject to heating at an upper side thereof, and a second control module configured to receive information on a position of the sensed object subject to heating from the first control module, and to control the specific image displayed on the input interface on the basis of the received information on the position of the object subject to heating, wherein, in case the object subject to heating includes first and second objects subject to heating placed close to each other, the second control module controls the input interface such that an image for guiding an optimal heating position of any one object subject to heating of the first and second objects subject to heating is displayed on the input interface.

Disclosed herein is an induction heating device that provides improved user experience and user interface, the induction heating device including a case, a plurality of working coils provided in the case, a cover plate which is coupled to an upper end of the case and where a first object subject to heating heated by at least one of the plurality of working coils is placed on an upper surface thereof, an input interface flatly buried into the upper surface of the cover plate, configured to receive a touch input from a user, and configured to display a specific image, a first control module configured to sense which one of the plurality of working coils has the first object subject to heating at an upper side thereof, a second control module configured to receive first position information on a position of the sensed first object subject to heating from the first control module, to determine a size of the first object subject to heating on the basis of the received first position information, and to receive first input information on a touch input supplied by the user in relation to heating conditions of the first object subject to heating from the input interface, and a memory configured to receive the first input information and first size information on the determined size of the first object subject to heating from the second control module, and to match and store the received first input information and the first size information.

Disclosed herein is an induction heating device that provides improved user experience and user interface, the induction heating device including a case, a plurality of working coils provided in the case, a cover plate which is coupled to an upper end of the case and where an object subject to heating heated by at least one of the plurality of working coils is placed on an upper surface thereof, an input interface flatly buried into the upper surface of the cover plate, configured to receive a touch input from a user, and configured to display a specific image, a first control module configured to sense which one of the plurality of working coils has the object subject to heating at an upper side thereof, and a second control module configured to control the input interface such that a coil image of each of the plurality of working coils is displayed on the input interface, wherein the second control module receives information on a position of the sensed object subject to heating from the first control module, determines whether the sensed object subject to heating is concentrically placed on the basis of the information on the position of the sensed object subject to heating, and controls the input interface on the basis of results of the determination and on the basis of the information on the position of the sensed object subject to heating such that a burner image for the object subject to heating is displayed on the input interface.

Provided is a top plate for a cooking device capable of making the indication in a displaying region clearly visible during turn-on of a display and, during turn-off of the display, capable of making the boundary between the displaying region and a non-displaying region less visible while hiding the internal structure of the cooking device. A top plate 1 for a cooking device including a displaying region A capable of showing information given from a display 32 and a non-displaying region B blocking visible light includes: a glass substrate 2 having a cooking surface 2a on which a utensil is to be put and an underside surface 2b opposite to the cooking surface 2a; a dielectric multi-layer 3 provided on the underside surface 2b of the glass substrate 2; a light transmissive layer 6 provided on a portion of the dielectric multi-layer 3 overlapped with the displaying region A and containing a transparent material; and a light blocking layer 7 provided on a portion of the dielectric multi-layer 3 overlapped with the non-displaying region B, wherein the top plate 1 has a reflectance in a range of 20% to 80%, and an absolute value of a difference in refractive index between the light transmissive layer 6 and the light blocking layer 7 is 0.1 or less.

An induction heating cooking device includes a cooking table having an auxiliary slit; an induction coil for generating a magnetic field so as to inductively heat a cooking container placed on the cooking table; multiple light sources disposed at the outside of the induction coil; and a main slit through which light emitted from the light sources passes. The induction heating cooking device forms a virtual flame image on the cooking container, thereby enabling the heating state of the induction heating cooking device to be intuitively checked.

An induction heating cooking device includes a cooking table having an auxiliary slit through which light passes; an induction coil for generating a magnetic field so as to inductively heat a cooking container placed on the cooking table; at least one light source disposed at the outer edge of the induction coil; an optical member for changing the traveling direction of light emitted the light source and concentrating the light, and a main slit through which light emitted from the optical member passes so as to form a flame image on the cooking container. The induction heating cooking device forms a virtual flame image on the lower surface of a cooking container at the time of operation of the induction coil, thereby enabling the heating state of the cooking container to be easily recognized.

A heating appliance includes a translucent cooktop and a burner in communication with the cooktop. The burner is operable between deactive and active states. The upper surface of the cooktop defines a cooldown state after the burner is moved from the active to the deactive state. A light module includes a light source and is in an illuminated state when the burner is in the active state and when the cooktop is in the cooldown state. A light guide extends from the light module and around a portion of the burner. The light guide is positioned such that the light source directs light through the light guide. The outer surface of the light guide includes a formed surface that directs light upward and through the cooktop, wherein the light guide is visible through the cooktop when the light module is in the illuminated state.

An induction cooking hob (1) with illumination equipment comprises a cover element (2) arranged at the top side of the induction cooking hob and including at least one heating zone, a chassis (5) arranged below the cover element (2) and at least one induction coil unit (3) having an induction coil (10). The induction coil unit (3) is arranged below the at least one heating zone. According to the invention, a light emitting diode (4) is mounted to the center of the at least one induction coil unit (3). Thermal conductive contact between the light emitting diode (4) and the chassis (5) is provided by a spring element (12) pressing at least a surface of the light emitting diode (4) onto the chassis (5).

An illumination device for a heating zone of a cooking hob. The illumination device comprises a light source element and a reflecting element. Further, the illumination device comprises an insulating layer horizontally arranged within the heating zone. Said insulating layer includes a light channel formed as a cut-out. The illumination device comprises a reflecting, diffusing and/or refracting layer covering at least the light channel. The light source element and the reflecting element are arranged such that a light beam from said light source element is redirected by the reflecting element into the light channel.