Abstract: An induction heating cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of heating coils each including an inner circumferential coil provided on an innermost circumferential side and an outer circumferential coil provided on an outermost circumferential side; and a supporting base that is provided below the plurality of heating coils, and support the plurality of heating coils. The supporting base is formed in the shape of a flat plate and made of a nonmagnetic body, and has a plurality of openings under the outer circumferential coil.

Abstract: A table type cooking apparatus includes: a heating coil that inductively heats an object; a power transmission coil that transmits power to a power receiving device; a housing that houses the heating coil and the power transmission coil; a top plate provided on an upper surface of the housing; and a leg portion provided on a floor surface to support the housing on a floor surface. The top plate includes: a heating area provided as an area in which the object is inductively heated by the heating coil, a power transmission area provided as an area in which power is transmitted from the power transmission coil to the power receiving device, and a work area including at least an area in which when at least one of the heating coil and the power transmission coil is in a conductive state, a surface potential of a metal object is constant.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking apparatus includes a plurality of heating coils aligned in at least one row on a flat surface, a plurality of inverter circuits each configured to supply a high-frequency current to the corresponding one of the plurality of heating coils, and a controller configured to control driving of the plurality of inverter circuits. The plurality of heating coils include a first heating coil and a second heating coil that are adjacent to each other. The controller is configured to, when a material forming a heating target loaded on an upper part of the first heating coil is a magnetic material, and a material forming the heating target loaded on an upper part of the second heating coil at least includes a nonmagnetic material, set a frequency of the high-frequency current supplied to the second heating coil higher than a frequency of the high-frequency current supplied to the first heating coil.

Abstract: An induction cooker includes a top plate on which a cooking container is placed; a heating coil placed below the top plate and that heats the cooking container; an infrared sensor placed below the heating coil and that detects infrared radiation emitted from the cooking container; a sensor casing that houses the infrared sensor; and a magnetic path forming member placed on a top face of the sensor casing. The magnetic path forming member guides magnetic flux passing above the infrared sensor by being generated from the heating coil.

Abstract: A steering control device that controls steering of a vehicle in which automatic driving or driving assistance is performed includes a reference steering angle calculation unit that calculates a reference steering angle of the vehicle based on a target steering angle and a vehicle speed of the vehicle, and a compensation unit that determines whether a deviation between the calculated reference steering angle and the target steering angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and when determination is made that the deviation is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, compensates for the calculated reference steering angle such that the calculated reference steering angle follows the target steering angle.

Abstract: An induction cooker according to the present disclosure includes a body including a top plate on which a heating target is placed, a frame formed to surround an outer periphery of the top plate, and having a discontinuous portion being electrically discontinuous from other parts of the frame, a heating coil disposed below the top plate, and configured to inductively heat the heating target, a driver circuit configured to supply electric power to the heating coil, a power transfer coil configured to transfer electric power by magnetic resonance, and a power transfer circuit configured to supply electric power to the power transfer coil, and a power receiving device including a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power from the power transfer coil by magnetic resonance, and a load circuit configured to operate by the electric power received by the power receiving coil.

Abstract: An inductive heating cooker includes a main body and a power-receiver device. The main body includes a top plate on which a heating target is placed, a heating coil provided under the top plate and configured to inductively heat the heating target, a drive circuit configured to supply electric power to the heating coil, a power transmission coil configured to transmit the electric power by magnetic resonance, and a power transmission circuit configured to supply the electric power to the power transmission coil. The power-receiver device includes a power reception coil configured to receive the electric power from the power transmission coil by the magnetic resonance, and a load circuit configured to operate by the electric power received by the power reception coil.

Abstract: A heating cooker system according to the present invention includes: an induction cooker including a first coil configured to produce a first high-frequency magnetic field for induction heating, a first inverter circuit configured to supply a first high-frequency current to the first coil, a second coil configured to produce a second high-frequency magnetic field, and a second inverter circuit provided independently of the first inverter circuit and configured to supply a second high-frequency current to the second coil; and a cooking device including a power receiving coil configured to wirelessly receive supply of electric power from the second high-frequency magnetic field when the power receiving coil is positioned in the second high-frequency magnetic field, and a cooking unit configured to be driven by the electric power received by the power receiving coil.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of heating coils each including an inner circumferential coil provided on an innermost circumferential side and an outer circumferential coil provided on an outermost circumferential side; and a supporting base that is provided below the plurality of heating coils, and support the plurality of heating coils. The supporting base is formed in the shape of a flat plate and made of a nonmagnetic body, and has a plurality of openings under the outer circumferential coil.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking apparatus includes a plurality of heating coils aligned in at least one row on a flat surface, a plurality of inverter circuits each configured to supply a high-frequency current to the corresponding one of the plurality of heating coils, and a controller configured to control driving of the plurality of inverter circuits. The plurality of heating coils include a first heating coil and a second heating coil that are adjacent to each other. The controller is configured to, when a material forming a heating target loaded on an upper part of the first heating coil is a magnetic material, and a material forming the heating target loaded on an upper part of the second heating coil at least includes a nonmagnetic material, set a frequency of the high-frequency current supplied to the second heating coil higher than a frequency of the high-frequency current supplied to the first heating coil.

Abstract: A cooker includes a top plate provided with a plurality of cooking zones on any of which a heating object is to be placed, a plurality of heaters each provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of cooking zones, a housing provided below the top plate and accommodating the plurality of heaters, a storage defined by a partition and provided in the housing, a door configured to cover an opening provided at the housing and communicating with the storage, and a storage case attached to the door and stored in the storage. A center of gravity of the cooker is positioned closer to a width-direction center of the housing than a width-direction end of the housing.

Abstract: A table type cooking apparatus includes: a heating coil that inductively heats an object; a power transmission coil that transmits power to a power receiving device; a housing that houses the heating coil and the power transmission coil; a top plate provided on an upper surface of the housing; and a leg portion provided on a floor surface to support the housing on a floor surface. The top plate includes: a heating area provided as an area in which the object is inductively heated by the heating coil, a power transmission area provided as an area in which power is transmitted from the power transmission coil to the power receiving device, and a work area including at least an area in which when at least one of the heating coil and the power transmission coil is in a conductive state, a surface potential of a metal object is constant.

Abstract: A cooker includes a heating coil, a housing accommodating the heating coil, a top plate provided on the housing, a partition defining a storage in the housing and below the heating coil and including a first partition extending parallel to the top plate and a second partition extending perpendicularly to the first partition, a first facing wall facing the first partition with a gap defined between the first facing wall and the first partition, a second facing wall facing the second partition with a gap defined between the second facing wall and the second partition, a heat-insulating layer provided between the first partition and the first facing wall, and a heat-insulating layer provided between the second partition and the second facing wall, the heat-insulating layers being each made of a substance having a lower thermal conductivity than one of the first facing wall and the second facing wall.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking apparatus capable of performing wireless communication with an external apparatus includes a heating unit that inductively heats an object to be heated and a driving circuit that outputs electric power to the heating unit. Electric power output from the driving circuit during a period of time in which the wireless communication with the external apparatus is performed is less than electric power output from the driving circuit during a period of time in which the wireless communication with the external apparatus is not performed.

Abstract: A heating cooker system includes a first coil configured to produce a first high-frequency magnetic field by receiving supply of a first high-frequency current, a first inverter circuit configured to supply the first high-frequency current to the first coil, a first heating element positioned in reach of the first high-frequency magnetic field produced by the first coil to be inductively heated by the first coil, a second coil configured to produce a second high-frequency magnetic field by receiving supply of a second high-frequency current, a second inverter circuit configured to supply the second high-frequency current to the second coil, a power receiving coil positioned in reach of the second high-frequency magnetic field produced by the second coil to receive electric power from the second coil, and a second heating element configured to generate heat by the electric power received by the power receiving coil.

Abstract: An induction cooker according to the present disclosure includes a body including a top plate on which a heating target is placed, a frame formed to surround an outer periphery of the top plate, and having a discontinuous portion being electrically discontinuous from other parts of the frame, a heating coil disposed below the top plate, and configured to inductively heat the heating target, a driver circuit configured to supply electric power to the heating coil, a power transfer coil configured to transfer electric power by magnetic resonance, and a power transfer circuit configured to supply electric power to the power transfer coil, and a power receiving device including a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power from the power transfer coil by magnetic resonance, and a load circuit configured to operate by the electric power received by the power receiving coil.

Abstract: An induction cooker includes a top plate on which a cooking container is placed; a heating coil placed below the top plate and configured to heat the cooking container; an infrared sensor placed below the heating coil and configured to detect infrared radiation emitted from the cooking container; a sensor casing configured to house the infrared sensor; and a magnetic path forming member placed on a top face of the sensor casing, wherein the magnetic path forming member guides magnetic flux passing above the infrared sensor by being generated from the heating coil.

Abstract: An inductive heating cooker includes a main body and a power-receiver device. The main body includes a top plate on which a heating target is placed, a heating coil provided under the top plate and configured to inductively heat the heating target, a drive circuit configured to supply electric power to the heating coil, a power transmission coil configured to transmit the electric power by magnetic resonance, and a power transmission circuit configured to supply the electric power to the power transmission coil. The power-receiver device includes a power reception coil configured to receive the electric power from the power transmission coil by the magnetic resonance, and a load circuit configured to operate by the electric power received by the power reception coil.

Abstract: A cooker includes a heating coil, a housing accommodating the heating coil, a top plate provided on the housing, a partition defining a storage in the housing and below the heating coil and including a first partition extending parallel to the top plate and a second partition extending perpendicularly to the first partition, a first facing wall facing the first partition with a gap defined between the first facing wall and the first partition, a second facing wall facing the second partition with a gap defined between the second facing wall and the second partition, a heat-insulating layer provided between the first partition and the first facing wall, and a heat-insulating layer provided between the second partition and the second facing wall, the heat-insulating layers being each made of a substance having a lower thermal conductivity than one of the first facing wall and the second facing wall.

Abstract: When an inverter circuit is driven with a predetermined driving frequency, an amount of current change of an input current or a coil current in a set period is detected, and high frequency power to be supplied from the inverter circuit to a heating coil is adjusted in accordance with the amount of current change.