COOKING APPLIANCE DEVICE WITH COOKING CHAMBERS AND INDIVIDUAL LIGHTING OF THE CHAMBERS ON THE BASIS OF A SETTING, AND METHOD

Abstract

A cooking appliance apparatus includes a first cooking compartment, a second cooking compartment that is different from the first cooking compartment, an operating apparatus designed to set operating conditions for both the first cooking compartment and the second cooking compartment, and an illumination apparatus designed to illuminate the first and second cooking compartments in such a way that depending on for which one of the first and second cooking compartments the operating apparatus currently sets the operating conditions, only the one of the first and second cooking compartments is illuminated by the illumination apparatus with a specific identification illumination scenario.

Claims

1-15. (canceled)

16. A cooking appliance apparatus, comprising: a first cooking compartment; a second cooking compartment that is different from the first cooking compartment; an operating apparatus designed to set operating conditions for both the first cooking compartment and the second cooking compartment; and an illumination apparatus designed to illuminate the first and second cooking compartments in such a way that depending on for which one of the first and second cooking compartments the operating apparatus currently sets the operating conditions, only the one of the first and second cooking compartments is illuminated by the illumination apparatus with a specific identification illumination scenario.

17. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the identification illumination scenario is automatically generated immediately after identification of a setting or of a setting intention of operating conditions of the one of the first and second cooking compartments.

18. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the identification illumination scenario has a specific identification brightness and/or a specific identification light color and/or a specific light dynamics generation of the generated light of the illumination apparatus.

19. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the identification-illumination scenario is activated as long as a setting procedure of operating conditions for the one of the first and second cooking compartments that is intended for setting takes place.

20. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the identification illumination scenario is different from a normal illumination scenario of the illumination apparatus, with at least one of the first and second cooking compartments being illuminated with the normal illumination scenario at least at times when the operating apparatus does not set operating conditions and/or with the other one of the first and second cooking compartments being illuminated with the normal illumination scenario at a same time as the one of the first and second cooking compartments is illuminated with the identification illumination scenario.

21. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a cooking appliance, said operating apparatus being arranged in a fixed manner on the cooking appliance.

22. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the operating apparatus is a portable operating apparatus.

23. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a single cooking appliance in which the first and second cooking compartments are arranged.

24. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 23, wherein the cooking appliance includes a housing, said first and second cooking compartments being arranged permanently separated from one another in the housing of the cooking appliance.

25. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 23, wherein the first and second cooking compartments are formed as cooking compartment sub-areas of a contiguous cooking compartment, and further comprising a cooking compartment divider designed for reversible insertion into and removal from the contiguous cooking compartment, and to separate the contiguous cooking compartment into the first and second cooking compartments when inserted into the contiguous cooking compartment.

26. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 25, wherein the cooking compartment divider is formed as a continuous divider plate.

27. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, further comprising: a first cooking appliance having one of the first and second cooking compartments; and a second cooking appliance separate from the first cooking appliance and having the other one of the first and second cooking compartments.

28. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the operating apparatus includes a display for displaying the first and second cooking compartments, in particular the cooking appliance in its entirety.

29. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 28, wherein the display is designed to display the first and second cooking compartments, in particular the cooking appliance at least symbolically.

30. The cooking appliance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the operating apparatus includes a touch-sensitive display designed to identify a setting request of a user for setting the operating conditions when being approached or touched.

31. A method for operating a cooking appliance apparatus comprising different first and second cooking compartments; said method comprising: setting with an operating apparatus operating conditions for both the first cooking compartment and the second cooking compartment; and illuminating the first and second cooking compartments in such a way that depending on for which one of the first and second cooking compartments the operating apparatus currently sets the operating conditions, only the one of the first and second cooking compartments is illuminated by the illumination apparatus with a specific identification illumination scenario.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising automatically generating the identification illumination scenario immediately after identification of a setting or of a setting intention of operating conditions of the one of the first and second cooking compartments.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the identification-illumination scenario is activated as long as a setting procedure of operating conditions for the one of the first and second cooking compartments that is intended for setting takes place.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein the identification illumination scenario is different from a normal illumination scenario of the illumination apparatus, and further comprising illuminating at least one of the first and second cooking compartments being illuminated with the normal illumination scenario at least at times when the operating apparatus does not set operating conditions and/or illuminating the other one of the first and second cooking compartments with the normal illumination scenario at a same time as the one of the first and second cooking compartments is illuminated with the identification illumination scenario.

35. The method of claim 31, further comprising displaying the first and second cooking compartments, in particular the cooking appliance in its entirety.

36. The method of claim 31, further comprising identifying and displaying a setting request of a user for setting the operating conditions when a touch-sensitive display is approached or touched.

Description

[0050] In the drawings:

[0051] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a household appliance apparatus according to the invention; and

[0052] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a further exemplary embodiment of a household appliance apparatus according to the invention.

[0053] In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements are given the same reference characters.

[0054] FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of a household appliance, in particular a cooking appliance apparatus 1. In the case of this exemplary embodiment, the cooking appliance apparatus 1 has a single cooking appliance 2. This cooking appliance 2 has a housing 3. This housing 3 can also be referred to as an outer housing. Furthermore, the cooking appliance 2 has a first cooking compartment 4. Furthermore, this cooking appliance 2 has a second cooking compartment 5 that is different from the first cooking compartment 4. The two cooking compartments 4 and 5 are separated from each other except for their front loading openings. In the height direction (y-direction) of the cooking appliance 2, the cooking compartments 4 and 5 are arranged one above the other. They are separated by a divider wall 6. The divider wall 6 can be arranged in a non-detachable manner in the cooking appliance 2. In the case of such an exemplary embodiment, the cooking compartments 4 and 5 are then permanently separated from each other. They cannot then be connected to form an entire common larger cooking compartment. In another exemplary embodiment, the divider wall 6 can be a reversibly removable and reinsertable wall. In the context, it can be a plate-shaped cooking compartment divider. In such an exemplary embodiment, this divider wall 6 can then also be removed so that the cooking compartments 4 and 5 then form a common contiguous and uninterrupted entire cooking compartment.

[0055] The cooking compartments 4 and 5 can be delimited by a muffle 7 of the cooking appliance 2. The muffle 7 can be a common muffle for both cooking compartments 4 and 5. If the divider wall 6 is arranged in a non-detachable manner, two separate muffles can be provided which delimit the cooking compartment 4 on the one hand and the cooking compartment 5 on the other hand with their walls. The muffle 7 is a separate component from the housing 3. It is accommodated in the housing 2.

[0056] The cooking appliance 2 also has a control unit 8. In addition, the cooking appliance 1 has a door 9. This is movably arranged on the housing 3. It is provided for closing the cooking compartment 4 and the cooking compartment 5 at the front. Furthermore, the cooking appliance apparatus 1 also has an illumination apparatus 10. The illumination apparatus 10 is designed for illuminating the cooking compartments 4 and 5. Furthermore, the cooking appliance apparatus 1 has an operating apparatus 11. In one exemplary embodiment, this can be arranged on the single cooking appliance 2 itself. It can be arranged there in a non-detachable manner. However, in another exemplary embodiment, it can be arranged in a detachable manner on the cooking appliance 2, for example on the door 9. In another exemplary embodiment, the cooking appliance 2 can have a front control panel that is arranged in a fixed manner on the housing 3 and is a separate component from the door 9. The operating apparatus 11 can then be arranged on this operating panel.

[0057] The operating apparatus 11 can additionally also have a display unit, in particular a display 12. In one exemplary embodiment, this display 12 can be designed at least in some areas as a touch-sensitive user interface. In another exemplary embodiment, the cooking appliance apparatus 1 can have an operating apparatus 11′ which is, in particular permanently, separate from the cooking appliance 2. The cooking appliance apparatus 1 is then a system comprising the at least one cooking appliance 2 and the operating apparatus 11′ that is separate therefrom. In such an exemplary embodiment, the operating apparatus 11′ can also be a communication terminal, such as for example a smartphone or a tablet. The operating apparatus 11′ is then preferably designed only for wireless communication with the cooking appliance 2. The cooking appliance apparatus 1 can generally be a component of a communication network. In particular, this can be a communication network in which multiple household appliances are integrated. The operating apparatus 11′ can also have a display 12′.

[0058] In particular, it is provided that the only one operating apparatus 11 for setting operating conditions is provided both for the first cooking compartment 4 and also, in particular independently thereof, for the second cooking compartment 5 or is used as intended. The same can be provided in another exemplary embodiment, if only the single operating apparatus 11′ is then present. The same operating elements and/or or control panels of the operating apparatus 11, 11′ are then provided for setting operating conditions in the first cooking compartment 4 and in the second cooking compartment 5.

[0059] Depending on for which of the cooking compartments 4 or 5, in particular currently, a setting of operating conditions is taking place or is to take place with the operating apparatus 11 or 11′, only this cooking compartment 4 or 5 is illuminated by the illumination apparatus 10 with a specific identification illumination scenario. The other cooking compartment 4 or 5 that is not selected and not intended for setting operating conditions in the cooking compartment is then not illuminated or is illuminated with a normal illumination scenario of the illumination apparatus 10 that is different from the identification illumination scenario.

[0060] This ensures that in the case of a cooking appliance apparatus 1 having at least two separate cooking compartments 4 and 5, in particular during a procedure for setting operating conditions in this cooking compartment or for this cooking compartment, only this then specific cooking compartment is illuminated with a specific identification illumination scenario. This selected cooking compartment 4 or 5 is thus specifically signaled visually.

[0061] In one exemplary embodiment, it is provided that the identification illumination scenario is automatically generated, in particular controlled by the control unit 8, immediately after the identification of a setting or of a setting intention of operating conditions in the cooking compartment or for the cooking compartment 4 or 5, respectively, and is activated. In one exemplary embodiment, the identification illumination scenario has a specific identification brightness and/or a specific identification light color of the generated light of the illumination apparatus 10 and/or a specific light emission dynamics of the generated light of the illumination apparatus 10.

[0062] In particular, the identification illumination scenario remains activated as long as a setting procedure of operating conditions for the cooking compartment 4 or 5 that is intended for setting takes place.

[0063] During the time period in which the cooking compartment 4 or 5 that is selected and is intended for the setting of operating conditions is illuminated with the identification illumination scenario, the other cooking compartment 4 or 5 is not illuminated or is illuminated with a normal illumination scenario of the illumination apparatus 10 that is different therefrom.

[0064] FIG. 2 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a cooking appliance apparatus 1. Here, the cooking appliance apparatus 1 has a first cooking appliance 2 and a further cooking appliance 2′ that is separate therefrom. The first cooking appliance 2 has at least one cooking compartment 4. The second cooking appliance 2′ has at least one separate and dedicated cooking compartment 5. In FIG. 2, the cooking appliances 2 and 2′ are shown from the front. The respective doors 9 and 9′ are shown closed here. Exemplary operating apparatuses 11 of the cooking appliances 2 and 2′ are shown here. It can be provided in one exemplary embodiment that the cooking appliance 2 has one operating apparatus 11. This single operating apparatus 11 can be provided in one exemplary embodiment for setting operating conditions for both cooking appliances 2 and 2′, in particular in their cooking compartments 4 and 5. It is also possible in another exemplary embodiment that only the cooking appliance 2′ has an operating apparatus 11 with which both cooking appliances 2, 2′ can be set in their operating conditions, in particular cooking compartments 4, 5 are also selected here and/or specific conditions are set therein. This can then also be used to set operating conditions of the other cooking appliance 2, in particular its cooking compartment 4. In a further exemplary embodiment, a separate single common operating apparatus 11′ can also be provided in the case of the cooking appliance apparatus 1 according to FIG. 2. This can then also be used to set operating conditions for both cooking appliances 2 and 2′, in particular their cooking compartments 4 and 5. Again, in this exemplary embodiment, the operating apparatus 11′ can communicate in a wireless manner with the cooking appliances 2 and 2′. The operating apparatuses 11, 11′ can also have displays 12, 12′ in this case.

TABLE-US-00001 List of reference characters 1 Cooking appliance apparatus 2 Cooking appliance 2′ Cooking appliance 3 Housing 4 Cooking compartment 5 Cooking compartment 6 Divider plate 7 Muffle 8 Control unit 9 Door 10 Illumination apparatus 11 Operating apparatus 11 ′ Operating apparatus 12 Display 12′ Display