Patent ID: 8334484
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: F24C,H05B

Abstract:
1. A cooking apparatus, comprising: a top plate including a first cooking region and a second cooking region on which a cooking vessel is seated; a first heating portion configured to heat a portion of the cooking vessel seated on the first cooking region; a second heating portion configured to heat a portion of the cooking vessel seated on the second cooking region; a first sensing portion configured to sense whether the cooking vessel is seated on the first cooking region; a second sensing portion configured to sense whether the cooking vessel is seated on the second cooking region; a generator outputting high frequency signals provided to the first sensing portion and the second sensing portion; and a controlling portion configured to control operations of the first heating portion and the second heating portion, according to whether the first sensing portion and the second sensing portion sense that the cooking vessel is seated on the first cooking region alone or that the cooking vessel is seated on the first cooking region and at least a portion of the second cooking region.