Global Patent Index - EP 1087640 B1

EP 1087640 B1 20061102 - Pot presence and size detection

Title (en)

Pot presence and size detection

Title (de)

Anwesenheit- und/oder Grössetopferkennung

Title (fr)

Dispositif de reconnaissance de présence et/ou de taille d'un pot

Publication

EP 1087640 B1 20061102 (DE)

Application

EP 00119241 A 20000906

Priority

  • DE 19945297 A 19990922
  • US 66663600 A 20000921

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1087640A2] The detection device has a resistance heating element (1) positioned below a hob cooking zone used simultaneously as a capacitive sensor, for detecting the presence of a cooking pan and/or the cooking pan size, by connecting the resistance heating element in an oscillator circuit and evaluating the oscillator resonance frequency.

IPC 8 full level

H05B 3/74 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H05B 3/746 (2013.01 - EP US); H05B 2213/05 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1087640 A2 20010328; EP 1087640 A3 20030917; EP 1087640 B1 20061102; AT E344609 T1 20061115; DE 19945297 A1 20010329; DE 50013682 D1 20061214; ES 2275464 T3 20070616; US 6259069 B1 20010710

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00119241 A 20000906; AT 00119241 T 20000906; DE 19945297 A 19990922; DE 50013682 T 20000906; ES 00119241 T 20000906; US 66663600 A 20000921