Auerbach, 01 February 2006 -
To make the operation of cooktops still easier and more comfortable, Cherry has developed a completely new generation of operating sensors for cooktops based on infrared technology.
With the slider technology, a new type of IR sensor array enables both, the selection of the heater and the choice of the heat setting with the single touch of a finger. By sliding a finger on the operating line, the heat setting can be varied constantly without having to enter repeated commands to turn the heat up or down.
The patented technology is thus not just easy but self-explanatory for the user. It was just as important to the developers to ensure the robustness with respect to foreign light and temperature and the excellent sensitivity of the sensors for which Cherry is known.
Cherry‘s patented sensor system for the touch controls sends infrared light through the vitroceramic surface. During operation, the infrared light is reflected, a micro-controller evaluates the reflection. Software detects whether the operation is intentional. Faulty operation, e. g. caused by cleaning, children, pots which have boiled over, pets or foreign light is excluded by respective algorithms.
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