Patents by Inventor Florian Ruther
Florian Ruther has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9982895Abstract: The invention is directed to a baking oven door 2 and baking oven 1. A camera 10 is mounted inside the door 2 and coupled to a heat sink 8 constituting an outer cover of the door 2.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Electronlux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventor: Florian Ruther
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Patent number: 9867236Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking hob with a mobile upper part and a stationary or mobile lower part. The upper part includes at least one panel (10) arranged at its top side. The upper part includes at least one induction coil (12) arranged below the panel (10). The upper part includes at least one rechargeable battery (14). The upper part includes at least one inverter circuit for generating the alternating current for the induction coil (12). The lower part includes a base plate (18). The lower part includes a power supply circuit (16) arranged on the base plate (18) and connected or connectable to the grid. The upper part is attachable on and removable from the lower part by a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Karl Leidig, Kersten Kaiser, Thomas Fich Pedersen, Florian Ruther, Filippo Tisselli, Francesco Corleoni, Evi Hessenauer
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Patent number: 9494322Abstract: The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20140048055Abstract: The invention is directed to a baking oven door 2 and baking oven 1. A camera 10 is mounted inside the door 2 and coupled to a heat sink 8 constituting an outer cover of the door 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventor: Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20140041530Abstract: The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20140044841Abstract: A method for controlling a cooking process of food stuff includes: a) detecting at least one physical property such as electrical impedance (Z) and/or a temperature (T) at a check point of the food stuff, b) deriving food type information about the type of food of the food stuff and/or food age information about the age of the food stuff, c) deriving a bacterial information (e.g. F or F<F0) about the bacterial concentration (or reduction thereof) in the food stuff, d) using the food type information of the food stuff and/or the food age information of the food stuff in said step of deriving the bacterial information (e.g. F or F<F0), e) providing said bacterial information (e.g. F or F<F0) to an information output unit for adapting the cooking time and/or temperature dependent on this bacterial information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: ELEKTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
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Patent number: 8563059Abstract: The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2009Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
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Patent number: 8525082Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing an automatic cooking process in an oven, wherein the oven is in a preheated state with a first starting temperature (T0) in the beginning of said automatic cooking process. The method includes the following steps of switching off at least one heating element during a cooling down period (10) and finishing the cooling down period (10) after a cooling down time (tcd), when a predetermined first end temperature (T1) has been reached. The cooling down time (tcd) is detected. The method includes the further steps of switching on at least one heating element during a heating up period (12) and finishing the heating up period (12) after a heating up time (thu) and/or when a predetermined second end temperature (T3) has been reached. A mathematical function (14) including the cooling down time (tcd) and the heating up time (thu) is used in order to determine further parameters of the cooking process.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Carin Englert, Florian Ruther, Christoph Walther, Dorothee Albrecht, Rosemarie Daub
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Patent number: 8525080Abstract: The invention relates to an oven (1), especially to a domestic oven, with a cooking cavity (2), wherein means (3, 4, 5, 6) are arranged for supplying hot air to the cavity (2). To improve the cooking result the invention is characterized in that the means (3, 4, 5, 6) comprise at least two heating elements (3, 4), wherein air is ventilated along or through the heating elements (3, 4) by at least one fan (5, 6). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating such an oven.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventor: Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20130186886Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking hob with a mobile upper part and a stationary or mobile lower part. The upper part includes at least one panel (10) arranged at its top side. The upper part includes at least one induction coil (12) arranged below the panel (10). The upper part includes at least one rechargeable battery (14). The upper part includes at least one inverter circuit for generating the alternating current for the induction coil (12). The lower part includes a base plate (18). The lower part includes a power supply circuit (16) arranged on the base plate (18) and connected or connectable to the grid. The upper part is attachable on and removable from the lower part by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Karl Leidig, Kersten Kaiser, Thomas Fich Pedersen, Florian Ruther, Filippo Tisselli, Francesco Corleoni, Evi Hessenauer
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Patent number: 8360633Abstract: The invention concerns a device for determining the temperature inside an item to be cooked (12). The invention comprises at least one temperature sensor (20) for detecting at least one surface temperature of the item to be cooked (12) and/or an ambient temperature around the item to be cooked, particularly at a measuring location inside the cooking chamber surrounding the item to be cooked, preferably with an ambient temperature sensor which is arranged at said measuring location. Furthermore, the device comprises at least one distance sensor (22) for detecting one or multiple distances between the distance sensor (22) and one or multiple distance measuring points (36) on the surface of the item to be cooked (12).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20120237644Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining information on food stuff in or for a cooking process comprising the steps of: a) detecting an electrical impedance (Z) or at least one component thereof in a, preferably inner, region of the food stuff, b) deriving from said detected impedance or component thereof information about the age or freshness of the food stuff, c) providing said information about the age or freshness to a user interface and/or to an information output unit and/or to a control unit for controlling the cooking process, in particular for adapting the cooking time and/or cooking temperature dependent on this information about the age or freshness.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20120169354Abstract: The present invention relates to a food probe (10) for invading into a food stuff (20). The food probe (10) comprises an elongated rod (12) made of a non-conductive material, a front portion of the elongated rod (12), which front portion is provided for invading into the food stuff (20), a first electrode (14) made of a conductive material and arranged at the front portion of the rod (12), and a second electrode (16) made of a conductive material and arranged at the front portion of the rod (12) in a predetermined distance from the first electrode (14). The first electrode (14) and the second electrode (16) are arranged serially along the longitudinal axis of the rod (12). A voltage can be applied between the first electrode (14) and the second electrode (16), so that an electrical field (22) is generated between and in the environment of the first electrode (14) and the second electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Sebastian Erbe, Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20120132084Abstract: The invention is in particular directed to a processing chamber (1) of a household cooking oven. For dehumidification of ambient air, a sorption cartridge (2) is provided which is arranged inside the processing chamber (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Fabienne Reinhard-Herrscher, Kersten Kaiser, Karl Leidig, Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20120091120Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing an automatic cooking process in an oven, wherein the oven is in a preheated state with a first starting temperature (T0) in the beginning of said automatic cooking process. The method includes the following steps of switching off at least one heating element during a cooling down period (10) and finishing the cooling down period (10) after a cooling down time (tcd), when a predetermined first end temperature (T1) has been reached. The cooling down time (tcd) is detected. The method includes the further steps of switching on at least one heating element during a heating up period (12) and finishing the heating up period (12) after a heating up time (thu) and/or when a predetermined second end temperature (T3) has been reached. A mathematical function (14) including the cooling down time (tcd) and the heating up time (thu) is used in order to determine further parameters of the cooking process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Carin Englert, Florian Ruther, Christoph Walther, Dorothee Albrecht, Rosemarie Daub
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Publication number: 20110123689Abstract: The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20100128755Abstract: The invention concerns a device for determining the temperature inside an item to be cooked (12). The invention comprises at least one temperature sensor (20) for detecting at least one surface temperature of the item to be cooked (12) and/or an ambient temperature around the item to be cooked, particularly at a measuring location inside the cooking chamber surrounding the item to be cooked, preferably with an ambient temperature sensor which is arranged at said measuring location. Furthermore, the device comprises at least one distance sensor (22) for detecting one or multiple distances between the distance sensor (22) and one or multiple distance measuring points (36) on the surface of the item to be cooked (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Christoph Luckhardt, Florian Ruther
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Publication number: 20100025390Abstract: The invention relates to an oven (1), especially to a domestic oven, with a cooking cavity (2), wherein means (3, 4, 5, 6) are arranged for supplying hot air to the cavity (2). To improve the cooking result the invention is characterized in that the means (3, 4, 5, 6) comprise at least two heating elements (3, 4), wherein air is ventilated along or through the heating elements (3, 4) by at least one fan (5, 6). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating such an oven.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventor: Florian Ruther
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Patent number: 7554061Abstract: Method for controlling the temperature of an oven, in particular a kitchen oven, so as to reach a preset temperature through a heating process during a predetermined heating period based on a control program, said control program consisting of a general basic control program predefined for a given type of oven and computationally adjusted by a static correction value that reflects the individual oven parameters, and/or a dynamic correction variable that takes into account variable operating parameters of the oven.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Florian Ruther, Martin Andersson, Maike Meider, Christoph Walther
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Publication number: 20060231551Abstract: Method for controlling the temperature of an oven, in particular a kitchen oven, so as to reach a preset temperature through a heating process during a predetermined heating period based on a control program, said control program consisting of a general basic control program predefined for a given type of oven and computationally adjusted by a static correction value that reflects the individual oven parameters, and/or a dynamic correction variable that takes into account variable operating parameters of the oven.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.Inventors: Florian Ruther, Martin Andersson, Maike Meider, Christoph Walther