HOB DEVICE

Abstract

A cooking device includes an information unit having an information storage unit for storing an intrinsic placement unit characteristic of a placement unit which is placeable on a cooking surface so as to be heatable. The information unit is arranged on the placement unit outside of a heating region of the placement unit for communication with a communication unit.

Claims

1-13. (canceled)

14. A cooking device, comprising an information unit including an information storage unit for storing an intrinsic placement unit characteristic of a placement unit which is placeable on a cooking surface so as to be heatable, said information unit being arranged on the placement unit outside of a heating region of the placement unit for communication with a communication unit.

15. The cooking device of claim 14, constructed in the form of an induction cooking device.

16. The cooking device of claim 14, wherein the information unit is releasably arranged on the placement unit without requiring use of a tool.

17. The cooking device of claim 14, wherein the information unit is arranged on a side wall of the placement unit.

18. The cooking device of claim 17, wherein the information unit has a surface which faces the side wall, said surface having in an operating state at least one portion of concave configuration.

19. The cooking device of claim 14, wherein the information unit communicates with the communication unit by a near field communication technology.

20. The cooking device of claim 14, wherein the intrinsic placement unit characteristic is stored in a predefined manner in the information storage unit.

21. The cooking device of claim 14, wherein the information unit is configured to receive an intrinsic placement unit characteristic from a further unit and to store the received placement unit characteristic in the information storage unit.

22. The cooking device of claim 14, wherein the placement unit characteristic is a geometric characteristic stored in the information storage unit.

23. The cooking device of claim 14, wherein the placement unit characteristic is a suitability characteristic stored in the information storage unit.

24. A cooking system, comprising: a placement unit placeable on a cooking surface so as to be heatable; and a cooking device comprising an information unit which includes an information storage unit for storing an intrinsic placement unit characteristic of the placement unit, said information unit being arranged in an operating state on the placement unit outside of a heating region of the placement unit.

25. The cooking system of claim 24, further comprising a communication unit arranged in the operating state on the placement unit outside of the heating region of the placement unit for communication with the information unit.

26. The cooking system of claim 25, wherein the communication unit is configured for a releasable arrangement on the placement unit without requiring use of a tool.

27. A method for operating a cooking device and/or a cooking system, said method comprising: electronically transmitting to an information unit an intrinsic placement unit characteristic of a placement unit which is placeable on a cooking surface so as to be heatable; and storing the intrinsic placement unit characteristic in an information storage unit of the information unit.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising communicating the intrinsic placement unit characteristic between the information unit and a communication unit.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the information unit communicates with the communication unit by a near field communication technology.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein the intrinsic placement unit characteristic is stored in a predefined manner in the information storage unit.

31. The method of claim 27, further comprising: transmitting an intrinsic placement unit characteristic from a further unit to the information unit, and storing the received placement unit characteristic in the information storage unit of the information unit.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein the placement unit characteristic is a geometric characteristic stored in the information storage unit.

33. The method of claim 27, wherein the placement unit characteristic is a suitability characteristic stored in the information storage unit.

Description

[0048] In the drawings:

[0049] FIG. 1 shows a cooking system with a cooking device, with a hob, with a placement plate and with a placement unit on which an information unit of the cooking device is arranged, in a schematic plan view,

[0050] FIG. 2 shows the cooking system with the cooking device, with the placement unit, with a communication unit and with a further unit, in a schematic perspective view,

[0051] FIG. 3 shows the cooking system with the cooking device, with the hob, with the placement plate, with the placement unit and with the communication unit in a schematic sectional view in a cross-sectional plane which is oriented perpendicular to a main extension plane of the placement plate,

[0052] FIG. 4 shows the cooking system with the cooking device, with the hob, with the placement plate, with the placement unit and with the communication unit in a schematic sectional view along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3 and thus, in particular, in a cross-sectional plane which is oriented parallel to a main extension plane of the placement plate, and

[0053] FIG. 5 shows a diagram which shows method steps of a method for an operation of the cooking system and the cooking device, in a schematic view.

[0054] FIG. 1 shows a cooking system 30a which is configured as an induction cooking system, with a hob 32a which is configured as an induction hob.

[0055] The cooking system 30a has a placement plate 34a. In a mounted state the placement plate 34a forms a visible surface which in a mounted state is arranged, in particular, facing a user. The placement plate 34a is provided for placing a placement unit 16a for the purpose of heating the placement unit 16a. In the present exemplary embodiment, the placement plate 34a is configured as a hob plate.

[0056] The placement plate 34a defines a cooking surface 18a. The cooking surface 18a is configured as a surface of the placement plate 34a facing a user, below which in an operating state, in particular, at least one hob heating unit 40a is arranged (see FIG. 3).

[0057] The cooking system 30a has the placement unit 16a. The placement unit 16a is provided for placing on the cooking surface 18a for the purpose of heating the placement unit 16a.

[0058] The cooking system 30a has at least one hob heating unit 40a. In the present exemplary embodiment, the cooking system 30a has a plurality of hob heating units 40a. Alternatively, the cooking system 30a could have, for example, a smaller number of hob heating units 40a, such as for example just one hob heating unit 40a and/or at least two, in particular at least four, advantageously at least eight, particularly advantageously at least twelve and preferably a plurality of hob heating units 40a. The hob heating units 40a could be arranged, for example, in the form of a matrix. Only one of the hob heating units 40a is described hereinafter.

[0059] The hob heating unit 40a is arranged in an installed position below the placement plate 34a. The hob heating unit 40a is provided to heat at least one placement unit 16a placed on the placement plate 34a above the hob heating unit 40a. The hob heating unit 40a is configured as an induction hob heating unit. In the operating state, the hob heating unit 40a is arranged below the cooking surface 18a. The hob heating unit 40a of the cooking system 30a is part of the hob 32a. The hob 32a has the hob heating unit 40a of the cooking system 30a.

[0060] The cooking system 30a has a hob user interface 36a. The hob user interface 36a is provided for an input and/or selection of control parameters, such as for example a heating power and/or a heating power density and/or a heating zone. The hob user interface 36a is provided for an output of a value of a control parameter to a user.

[0061] The cooking system 30a has a hob control unit 38a. In the operating state, the hob control unit 38a controls and/or regulates a hob main function. The hob control unit 38a is provided to perform actions and/or change settings as a function of control parameters input by means of the hob user interface 36a. In the operating state, the hob control unit 38a regulates an energy supply to the hob heating unit 40a. The hob control unit 38a of the cooking system 30a in the present exemplary embodiment is part of the hob 28a. The hob 28a has the hob control unit 38a of the cooking system 30a.

[0062] The cooking system 30a has a cooking device 10a. The cooking device 10a is configured as an induction cooking device. In an operating state, the cooking device 10a is arranged on the placement unit 16a.

[0063] The cooking device 10a has an information unit 12a. In an operating state, the information unit 12a of the cooking device 10a is arranged on the placement unit 16a and namely, in particular, so as to be releasable without the use of tools. The information unit 12a is provided for a releasable arrangement on the placement unit 16a without the use of tools.

The information unit 12a has an information storage unit 14a. The information storage unit 14a is provided for a storage of at least one item of information about the placement unit 16a. At least one intrinsic placement unit characteristic of the placement unit 16a is storable in the information storage unit 14a.

[0064] The information unit 12a is designed to be arranged on the placement unit 16a outside of a heating region 22a of the placement unit 16a for the purpose of communicating with a communication unit 20a. The heating region 22a of the placement unit 16a is a base of the placement unit 16a. In the operating state, the placement unit 16a comes into contact with the cooking surface 18a at least in some portions by means of the base and/or by means of the heating region 22a.

[0065] For the purpose of communicating with the communication unit 20a, the information unit 12a is arranged spaced apart from the heating region 22a of the placement unit 16a and namely, in particular, at least relative to a direction oriented perpendicular to a main direction of extent of the placement plate 34a. Viewed perpendicular to a main extension plane of the placement plate 34a, the information unit 12a is arranged laterally adjacent to a region spanned by the heating region 22a and/or by the base.

[0066] The information unit 12a is provided for an arrangement on a side wall 24a of the placement unit 16a. In the operating state, the information unit 12a is arranged on the side wall 24a of the placement unit 16a and namely, in particular, so as to be releasable without the use of tools. In the operating state, the information unit 12a is arranged on the placement unit 16a.

[0067] For the arrangement on the side wall 24a of the placement unit 16a, in the operating state the information unit 12a has a concave design in some portions on a surface 26a facing the side wall 24 (see FIG. 4). In the operating state, the communication unit 20a is arranged in the vicinity of the information unit 12a.

The cooking system 30a has the communication unit 20a. In the operating state, the communication unit 20a surrounds the information unit 12a to a large extent. In the operating state, the communication unit 20a is arranged on the placement unit 16a outside of the heating region 22a of the placement unit 16a. In the present exemplary embodiment, in the operating state the communication unit 20a is arranged on the side wall 24a of the placement unit 16a.

[0068] For the arrangement on the side wall 24a of the placement unit 16a, in the operating state the communication unit 20a has a concave design in some portions on a surface facing the side wall 24a (see FIG. 4). In the operating state, the communication unit 20a is arranged on the placement unit 16a so as to be releasable without the use of tools. In the operating state, the communication unit 20a is provided for a releasable arrangement on the placement unit 16a without the use of tools.

[0069] The communication unit 20a is provided for communication with the information unit 12a. In the operating state, the communication unit 20a communicates with the information unit 12a. In the operating state, the communication unit 20a and the information unit 12a communicate by means of a near field communication technology.

[0070] The information unit 12a is provided for a communication with the communication unit 20a by means of a near field communication technology. In the operating state, the information unit 12a transmits to the communication unit 20a at least one placement unit characteristic of the placement unit 16a stored in the information storage unit 14a.

[0071] In the operating state, the communication unit 20a transmits at least one placement unit characteristic of the placement unit 16a to the information unit 12a and namely, in particular, for the purpose of a storage of the placement unit characteristic of the placement unit 16a in the information storage unit 14a of the information unit 12a.

[0072] The communication unit 20a has a user interface 42a. The user interface 42a is provided for an input and/or selection of at least one placement unit characteristic of the placement unit 16a. In the operating state, the communication unit 20a transmits to the information unit 12a at least one placement unit characteristic of the placement unit 16a which is input and/or selected by means of the user interface 42, in particular for the purpose of a storage of the placement unit characteristic of the placement unit 16a in the information storage unit 14a of the information unit 12a.

[0073] In the present exemplary embodiment, at least one intrinsic placement unit characteristic is stored in a predefined manner in the information storage unit 14a. In particular, in addition to the intrinsic placement unit characteristic stored in a predefined manner in the information storage unit 14a, the information unit 12a is provided for receiving at least one intrinsic placement unit characteristic from at least one further unit 28a for the purpose of storing the received placement unit characteristic in the information storage unit 14a.

[0074] The cooking system 30a has the further unit 28a. In the present exemplary embodiment, the further unit 28a is a mobile device. The mobile device in the present exemplary embodiment is a cell phone. Alternatively or additionally, the further unit 28a could be, in particular, at least partially integrally configured with the communication unit 20a and/or at least partially integrally configured with at least one mobile device which is, in particular, different from a cell phone and/or with at least one network (not shown).

[0075] At least one placement unit characteristic configured as a geometric characteristic is storable in the information storage unit 14a. In the operating state, at least one placement unit characteristic configured as a geometric characteristic is stored in the information storage unit 14a.

[0076] In particular, in addition to the placement unit characteristic configured as a geometric characteristic, at least one placement unit characteristic configured as a suitability characteristic is storable in the information storage unit 14a. In the operating state, at least one placement unit characteristic configured as a suitability characteristic is stored in the information storage unit 14a.

[0077] In a method for an operation of the cooking device 10a and/or the cooking system 30a, in particular of the cooking device 10a and of the cooking system 30a, in a storage step 44a at least one intrinsic placement unit characteristic is electronically stored and namely, in particular, in the information storage unit 14a of the information unit 12a (see FIG. 5).

[0078] At least one intrinsic placement unit characteristic is stored, in particular, chronologically before the storage step 44a in the information storage unit 14a of the information unit 12a and namely, in particular, in the factory and/or by a mechanic and/or by a technician.

[0079] In a communication step 46a, at least one intrinsic placement unit characteristic stored in the information storage unit 14a of the information unit 12a is transmitted and namely, in particular, from the information unit 12a to the communication unit 20a. In a preparation step 48a, at least one intrinsic placement unit characteristic is provided electronically and namely, in particular, from the information unit 12a and the communication unit 20a.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0080] 10 Cooking device [0081] 12 Information unit [0082] 14 Information storage unit [0083] 16 Placement unit [0084] 18 Cooking surface [0085] 20 Communication unit [0086] 22 Heating region [0087] 24 Side wall [0088] 26 Surface [0089] 28 Further unit [0090] 30 Cooking system [0091] 32 Hob [0092] 34 Placement plate [0093] 36 Hob user interface [0094] 38 Hob control unit [0095] 40 Hob heating unit [0096] 42 User interface [0097] 44 Storage step [0098] 46 Communication step [0099] 48 Preparation step