User-configurable interface for a cooking appliance
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1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a plurality of heating elements;
a plurality of user interface devices configured to receive heating element settings; and
an input device configured such that a user can arbitrarily selectively associate any one or more of the heating elements with any one or more of the user interface devices,wherein the selected one or more user interface devices remains associated with the selected one or more heating elements throughout a cooking cycle of the selected one or more heating elements, andwherein the plurality of user interface devices are not directly connected to the plurality of heating elements.
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a plurality of heating elements and a plurality of user interface devices for receiving heating element settings. An input device for allows a user to arbitrarily selectively associate any one or more of the heating elements with any one or more of the user interface devices.
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1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
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a plurality of heating elements; a plurality of user interface devices configured to receive heating element settings; and an input device configured such that a user can arbitrarily selectively associate any one or more of the heating elements with any one or more of the user interface devices, wherein the selected one or more user interface devices remains associated with the selected one or more heating elements throughout a cooking cycle of the selected one or more heating elements, and wherein the plurality of user interface devices are not directly connected to the plurality of heating elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cooking appliance, comprising:
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a first heating element; a second heating element; a first user interface device configured to receive a first heating element setting from a user, the first user interface device having a first off switch; a second user interface device configured to receive a second heating element setting from the user, the second user interface device having a second off switch; a controller configured to selectively associate any one or both of the first heating element and the second heating element with any one or both of the first user interface device and the second user interface device based on an arbitrary selection by the user; and an indicator configured to indicate a selective association of any one or both of the first element and the second heating element with any one or both of the first user interface device and the second user interface device, wherein the first and second off switches are configured to turn off one or both of the first and second user interface devices based upon the arbitrary selection by the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A cooktop heating system, comprising:
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a first cooktop heating element; a second cooktop heating element; a third cooktop heating element; a fourth cooktop heating element; a user interface device configured to receive a heating element setting from a user; a controller configured to selectively associate the user interface device with any one or more of the first cooktop heating element, the second cooktop heating element, the third cooktop heating element, and the fourth cooktop heating element based on an arbitrary user selection; and an indicator configured to indicate a selective association of the user interface device with any one or more of the first cooktop heating element, the second cooktop heating element, the third cooktop heating element, and the fourth cooktop heating element, wherein the user interface device can be associated with at least two of the first cooktop heating element, the second cooktop heating element, the third cooktop heating element, and the first cooktop heating element such that the at least two selected heating elements can be simultaneously operated via the user interface device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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