Intelligent electric stove

Abstract

An intelligent electric stove has: a controller including a hardware interface for communication with hardware, wherein the controller has a memory to store therein a pre-set cooking solution as an application program; a user interface coupled to the controller and configured to allow a user to control an operation of the stove; a timer coupled to the controller and configured to set operation timing of the stove; a display unit coupled to the controller and configured to output operation states of the stove; a sensing unit coupled to the controller and configured to detect operation state; and a wireless communication unit coupled to the controller and configured to allow the stove to communicate wirelessly with external devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An intelligent electric stove comprising:
 a controller including a hardware interface for communication with hardware, wherein the controller has a memory to store therein a pre-set cooking solution as an application program;   a user interface coupled to the controller and configured to allow a user to control an operation of the stove;   a timer coupled to the controller and configured to set operation timing of the stove;   a display unit coupled to the controller and configured to output operation states of the stove;   a sensing unit coupled to the controller and configured to detect operation state; and   a wireless communication unit coupled to the controller and configured to allow the stove to communicate wirelessly with external devices.   
     
     
         2 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , wherein the memory stores therein an operating system, and application programs operatively associated with the operation system, wherein the application programs includes the cooking solution. 
     
     
         3 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface includes a heating region selection menu, a heating power adjustment menu, and/or a timing menu. 
     
     
         4 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , wherein the display unit is operatively associated with the user interface. 
     
     
         5 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , wherein the communication unit communicates with a cooking utensil and/or mobile device using at least one of RFID, NFC, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and WiFi protocols. 
     
     
         6 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , wherein the communication unit communicates with a stove hood using at least one of RFID, NFC, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and WiFi protocols. 
     
     
         7 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to download and/or update the cooking solution from a web server or a mobile device using the communication unit. 
     
     
         8 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , further including an audio interface configured to output operation states of the electric stove to the user using a voice and/or to input a user voice input to the controller. 
     
     
         9 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 8 , wherein the audio interface includes a sound output unit, a sound input unit and a voice recognition engine. 
     
     
         10 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , further including a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of a cooking utensil placed on a heating region, wherein the weight sensor is positioned nearby or in the heating region. 
     
     
         11 . The intelligent electric stove of  claim 1 , further including a DC (direct current) wireless power transmitter configured to wirelessly supply a power to a cooking utensil placed on the stove, wherein the cooking utensil has a communication unit or sensor unit.