Patent ID: 11910509
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling average power delivered to coils of a flexible induction cooktop, wherein the coils are smaller than the size of a cookware item and are arranged adjacent to one another in a non-overlapping manner to form a plurality of columns, wherein each of the columns in the plurality of columns comprises a plurality of coils, the method comprising:
a) identifying a group of the coils that are underlying one or more cookware items;
b) providing power to at least one coil of the group of coils underlying one or more cookware items; and
c) at the same time, preventing interaction between adjacent coils of the group of coils by not providing power to coils of the group of coils underlying the cookware items that are adjacent to the at least one coil to which power is provided to.