COOKING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COOKING APPARATUS, AND KNOB CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING COOKING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: KIM, Hyeongseong, NA, Nooree, CHO, Taehyoung, SONG, Sunghyun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.10.2023
• Subjects: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BYMECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY; CONTROLLING; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; REGULATING

A cooking apparatus including a plate including a plurality of lighting lines and a knob area; a plurality of light-emitting elements configured to emit light through the plurality of lighting lines; a knob detachably attached to the knob area of the plate and configured to accept a command input; a display on the knob; a container sensor configured to detect a container positioned on an upper surface of the plate; a communication device configured to communicate with the knob; and a controller configured to set, based on container information obtained by the container sensor or a command input through the knob, a container area on the plate, control the plurality of light-emitting elements to emit light through at least one lighting line, among the plurality of lighting lines, positioned on an outer edge of the container area, and control the knob to display operational information about the container area.