| CPC H05B 6/065 (2013.01) [H05B 6/1272 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A cooking apparatus comprising:
a cooking plate including a cooking area divided into a plurality of sub-areas;
a plurality of induction heating coil groups at a bottom of the cooking plate to respectively correspond to each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas of the cooking area, each induction heating coil group of the plurality of induction heating coil groups including a plurality of induction heating coils;
a plurality of drive assemblies configured to respectively correspond to the plurality of induction heating coil groups, each drive assembly of the plurality of drive assemblies configured on a printed board assembly (PBA) that is separate from other drive assemblies of the plurality of drive assemblies, and each drive assembly of the plurality of drive assemblies respectively configured to supply a driving current to the corresponding induction heating coil group of the plurality of induction heating coil groups;
a user interface configured to receive a compartment command that is input requesting a partial area of one sub-area within the plurality of sub-areas of the cooking plate to be partially operated so that a partial portion of the induction heating coil group, among the plurality of induction heating coil groups, corresponding to the one sub-area is operated;
a sub-assembly configured to determine the partial portion of the induction heating coil group, among the plurality of induction heating coil groups, based on placement of a cooking vessel when the compartment command is input; and
a controller configured to control a drive assembly, among the plurality of drive assemblies, corresponding to the induction heating coil group to supply a respective driving current to the determined partial portion of the induction heating coil group such that a preset target temperature is distributed to the partial portion of the induction heating coil group, thereby operating the partial portion of the induction heating coil group.
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