US 12,449,132 B2
Matching a cooking surface size to appropriate cookware and cooking appliance implementing the same
Omar Santana, Louisville, KY (US); and Catherine Berghuis, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,804.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314001 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H05B 6/12 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 7/083 (2013.01) [F24C 7/086 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H05B 6/1218 (2013.01); H05B 2213/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a cooktop appliance, the cooktop appliance comprising a cooktop surface comprising a plurality of burners and a display screen, each burner of the plurality of burners comprising one or more distinct concentric rings for providing heat production, each distinct concentric ring defining a burner diameter, the display screen displaying a plurality of burner sizes as a plurality of rings; the method comprising:
receiving a remote signal from an activated cookware item;
determining a recommended burner arrangement of the plurality of burners in response to receiving the remote signal from the activated cookware item, wherein determining the recommended burner arrangement of the plurality of burners comprises associating the activated cookware item with one or more distinct concentric rings based on the burner diameter of the one or more distinct concentric rings and a base diameter of the activated cookware item;
illuminating at least one recommended ring associated with the recommended burner arrangement at the display screen; and
directing activation of one or more burners of the plurality of burners based on the recommended burner arrangement following illuminating at least one recommended ring associated with the recommended burner arrangement at the display screen.