Abstract: A household appliance device includes a household appliance operating unit including a communication unit designed to communicate with an external multimedia unit such that an operating command is transmittable from the household appliance operating unit to the multimedia unit via the communication unit.

Abstract: A household appliance system includes a household appliance having a first induction unit configured to inductively supply energy, a household unit having a second induction unit configured to inductively receive the energy that is supplied from the first induction unit, and a safety unit configured to prevent, as a function of a safety parameter, at least in an interval a transmission of energy to the second induction unit.

Abstract: A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1?i?N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1?j?M, and a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i, j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element.

Abstract: A cooktop accessory device includes a detection coil configured to detect an inductive signal of an induction heating unit, and a signal analysis unit configured to determine a parameter of the inductive signal.

Abstract: An underlay apparatus for use with a hob includes an underlay unit positioned between a cooking vessel and a cooking zone of the hob, and a positioning aid supporting the positioning of the underlay unit relative to the cooking zone.

Abstract: An induction device includes a plurality of induction areas which can be controlled independently from one another, and a control unit configured to control the plurality of induction areas within a control period from a first control interval and a second control interval repetitively with an alternating current frequency and to supply the plurality of induction areas with energy. The control unit operates in the first control interval at least two of the plurality of induction areas with a first phase shift to minimize interference.

Abstract: An induction energy transmission system includes a supply unit having a supply induction element to inductively provide energy in an operating state. A receiving unit receives at least part of the energy provided by the supply induction element in the operating state. A sensor unit detects a measurement variable and a first information channel transmits a first signal between the receiving unit and the supply unit, with the first signal coding the measurement variable. A second information channel which differs from the first information channel transmits a second signal between the receiving unit and the supply unit, with the second signal coding the measurement variable.

Abstract: An induction energy transmission system includes a receiving unit having a first receiving induction element for receiving an inductively provided energy, and a voltage converter unit connected to the first receiving induction element and configured to convert an electrical voltage of the first receiving induction element for supply of energy to an additional unit.

Abstract: A cooking appliance device includes a control and/or regulating unit provided to repetitively control a first induction target with a first heating current frequency in a periodic continuous heating operating state, which is allocated an operating period, to supply the first induction target with energy, and to operate the first induction target in a switched-on interval of the operating period with a heating power. The control and/or regulating unit is provided to select in the continuous heating operating state a sum of all switched-on intervals of the operating period as a multiple of a reciprocal value of the first heating current frequency.

Abstract: A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1?i?N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1?j?M, a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i,j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element. At least one switching diode connects at least one of the row switching elements or at least one of the column switching elements to at least one reference potential.

Abstract: In a method for installing a cooking system, an orientation parameter is determined, at least semi-automatically, in the course of an orientation of a position of a heating unit of the cooking system in relation to a desired placement position which is provided for a placement item and defined by a cooktop plate of the cooking system, and the orientation parameter is taken into account during the orientation of the position of the heating unit relative to the desired placement position.

Abstract: A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1?i?N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1?j?M, a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i,j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element. At least one switching diode connects at least one of the row switching elements or at least one of the column switching elements to at least one reference potential.

Abstract: A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1?i?N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1?j?M, and a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i, j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element.

Abstract: A household appliance device includes an inductor, a switching unit, at which an operating voltage is applied in an operating state, and a control unit configured to supply a supply voltage for the inductor by switching the switching unit. The control unit is configured to vary a frequency of the supply voltage within a period of the operating voltage in the operating state.