Patent ID: 8373102
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. An induction cooker comprising: a heating coil for induction-heating an object to be heated; a top plate for placing the object thereon, the top plate being placed above the heating coil; a controller for controlling a heat output of the heating coil; a heating mode selection key for allowing a user to select one control mode for heating the object between a manual heating mode in which the heat output is set by the user by using an output adjusting key and at least another control mode in which the heat output is controlled automatically without a need for the user to press any temperature control key; and a heating start key for starting to heat the object to be heated, wherein in a standby mode, the controller controls the heating coil to start heating the object only when the heating start key is operated after the heating mode selection key is operated to select one of the control modes, and when the heating mode selection key is operated in the standby mode, the mode is changed to a cooking menu selection mode, and when a predetermined time has elapsed in the cooking menu selection mode without a change in a selected control mode, the mode is changed to the standby mode.