COOKING APPLIANCE, CONTROLLER OF A COOKING APPLIANCE, AND ROUTER IN WIRED COMMUNICATION WITH A CONTROLLER OF A COOKING APPLIANCE

摘要

A cooking appliance may include one or more cooktop burners, a user interface configured to allow a user to input settings to control one or more of the cooktop burners, and a controller connected to the user interface, the controller being configured to allow control of the cooktop burners pursuant to the inputted settings, the controller being in wired communication with a router, the router being configured to communicate with the controller to allow a portable computer to remotely operate one or more of the cooktop burners, the router including a wireless data connection, a wired data connection, and a control circuit, the wireless data connection being established with the portable computer, the wired data connection being established with the controller.

主权项

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
one or more cooktop burners; a user interface configured to allow a user to input settings to control one or more of the cooktop burners; and a controller connected to the user interface, the controller being configured to allow control of the cooktop burners pursuant to the inputted settings, the controller being in wired communication with a router, the router being configured to communicate with the controller to allow a portable computer to remotely operate one or more of the cooktop burners, the router comprising a wireless data connection, a wired data connection, and a control circuit, the wireless data connection being established with the portable computer, the wired data connection being established with the controller, the control circuit being configured to control the wireless and wired data connections and allow the portable computer to control the cooktop burners via the controller when the portable computer is within a predetermined distance of the control circuit, wherein, once the portable computer has been in control of one or more of the cooktop burners and the portable computer subsequently leaves the predetermined distance during operation of the cooktop burners, the control circuit instructs the controller to turn off the cooktop burners.