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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7405381 | Real-time imaging and spectroscopy during microwave assisted chemistry An instrument and associated method are disclosed for conducting microwave assisted chemical reactions. The instrument includes a microwave cavity, preferably a closed microwave cavity, for conducting microwave assisted chemical reactions, and a source for applying ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7276679 | Microwave oven A microwave oven including: a main casing forming a component compartment and a cooking compartment and formed with a component compartment through portion communicating with the component compartment; a fan assembly coupled to the main casing, and including an exha... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7232978 | Method for controlling a delta-T cooking process A method for controlling a delta-T cooking process includes (a) selecting of a set core temperature KTs and a delta-T value for the food to be cooked, (b) introducing the food to be cooked into the cooking space at an initial core temperature KT0 | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214915 | High frequency heating apparatus A heating apparatus includes an inverter power supply for driving the high frequency generating device, a holding member for holding the inverter power supply and cooling fan for cooling down the inverter power supply. The holding member is provided with a holding p... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7166824 | High-frequency heating apparatus and control method thereof The present invention relates to a high-frequency heating apparatus with steam generation function and control method thereof. When high-frequency heating treatment for heat-treating with a high frequency and steam heating treatment for heat-treating with steam gene... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7105787 | Reverberating adaptive microwave-stirred exposure system A method and apparatus for adaptively maintaining the power-frequency spectrum in a reverberation chamber. The invention is thus capable of maintaining a relatively constant power-frequency spectrum in the chamber even when a device under examination is placed into ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7049564 | Induction heating device The present invention offers an induction heating apparatus in which the infrared sensor performs stable temperature detection without undergoing the influence of leakage magnetic flux from the induction heating means. This induction heating apparatus has a main fra... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040806 | Temperature detecting unit and fixing apparatus A temperature detecting unit including a temperature detecting sensor, a window member, and a frame which holds the window member. The temperature detecting sensor receives infrared rays radiated by an object, thereby detecting the temperature of the object without ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7026929 | Food information monitoring system Systems and methods for gathering data, representative of food condition information, from a plurality of remote locations and providing the information to a user together with information about the locations from which the information was gathered. The sensors may ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019638 | Food information monitoring system Two-stage systems and methods are provided for gathering food information and communicating the food information to a data collection apparatus. A system includes a remote unit, having a sensor device and a wireless transmitter; a translator or intermediate unit, ha... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6977145 | Method for carrying out a biochemical protocol in continuous flow in a microreactor Devices and methods for carrying out a chemical or biochemical protocol are disclosed. In one embodiment, the chemical or biochemical protocol is performed by cycling at least one thermal transfer member between at least two temperatures while liquid samples on whic... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966693 | Thermal characterization chip A thermal characterization chip comprising a substrate having overlying electronics, the electronics including semiconductor circuitry and thin film circuitry overlying the semiconductor circuitry; wherein the electronics define a plurality of thermal domains, each ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6953922 | Cooking apparatus and method of controlling the same A cooking apparatus having heaters which performs cooking by taking a remaining heat of the heaters in a cooking cavity into consideration if food is cooked using a heating method through the heaters. The cooking apparatus performs cooking based on an accumulative t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6917023 | Reaction and temperature control for high power microwave-assisted chemistry techniques A method is disclosed for carrying out microwave assisted chemical reactions. The method includes the steps of placing reactants in a microwave-transparent vessel, placing the vessel and its contents into a microwave cavity, applying microwave radiation within the c... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6871999 | Method for the correction of the output signal of an infra red radiation multiple element sensor A method for the correction of the output signal of an infra red radiation multiple element sensor comprises the steps of determining and storing a parameter of a sensor element of the sensor and of generating a corrected signal of the sensor element in accordance w... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6838648 | Temperature detection unit in a high-frequency heating and cooking apparatus This invention provides a heating and cooking apparatus in which foods can be accommodated in a heating chamber with good maneuverability and an appropriate finish can be obtained. A temperature detector detects infrared radiation through an opening provided on a wa... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6812443 | Microwave oven capable of changing the way to supply microwaves into heating chambers A microwave oven has a heating chamber formed inside a body frame. A radiation antenna is provided below the heating chamber. The radiation antenna is structured in such a way that a member housed in an antenna drive box appropriately operates to change the distance... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6720541 | High frequency heating apparatus with temperature detection means A high-frequency heating apparatus capable of simultaneously heating different kinds of objects to appropriate temperatures includes: a power feed portion provided on a right side wall forming a heating chamber; a mounting table on which to mount objects to be heate... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6630655 | Microwave oven with infrared detection element A heating chamber has a width in a direction of a two-head arrow X, a depth in a direction of a two-head arrow Y and a height in a direction of a two-head arrow Z. An infrared sensor includes 25 infrared detection elements each having a field of view. Sin... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6590192 | Microwave oven with temperature-dependent automatic stop A microwave oven determines an appropriate time to stop heating even if multiple food items are placed in the heating chamber. After any position on the bottom surface of the microwave oven reaches 75 deg C., a search is made for any other position having... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6586714 | Microwave oven capable of suitably controlling movement of a member mounted thereto, and control method thereof The microwave oven includes an infrared sensor for detecting the temperature of a food within a heating chamber. The infrared sensor has a field of view within the heating chamber. The infrared sensor is capable of moving the field of view. The food is of... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6566637 | Microwave assisted content analyzer A method and associated apparatus are disclosed for microwave assisted content analysis. The method includes the steps of applying microwave radiation to a sample while concurrently rotating the sample while the microwave radiation is being applied and wh... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6563097 | Microwave oven with food search and localized heating A microwave oven heats all food in an appropriate manner even if food items are simultaneously placed at multiple locations in a heating chamber. An auxiliary antenna is periodically stopped at an orientation corresponding to a position where a lowest tem... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6420688 | Device and method of heating components made of microwave absorbing plastic Device for heating components 8, 8' of a microwave-absorbing plastic material, said device incorporating a microwave generator 1 which generates microwaves of a particular frequency, an antenna 4 with at least one free end 5, 5' to which the microwaves ar... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6414284 | Temperature sensor and electrical household appliance comprising same A temperature sensor includes a semiconductor wafer (2) with a recess wherein is placed a sensitive element (3) which is heated in response to a target infrared radiation, and thermal insulating layer (16) provided between the sensitive element (3) and th... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6376812 | Cooking appliance with infrared sensor having movable field of view In a sake/milk heating process, the field of view of an infrared sensor is moved by a predetermined pattern in a heating chamber as an initial search. When the field of view is fixed after the initial search, if the temperature variation of an object with... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6320170 | Microwave volatiles analyzer with high efficiency cavity A volatiles analyzer is disclosed that includes a source of microwave radiation that can selectively produce at least one predetermined frequency of microwave radiation. A cavity is in communication with the source. The analyzer includes an analytical pan... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6299920 | Systems and method for non-invasive assessment of cooked status of food during cooking A non-contact system and method is provided for effectively approximating the internal temperature of food being cooked upon a cooking surface of a cooking apparatus, such as a grill or griddle. Ultrasound or infrared, non-contact measurement devices may ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6227041 | Method and apparatus for measuring volatile content A method and associated apparatus are disclosed for measuring volatile content of samples that are particularly suitable for samples that tend to bum when heated. The method includes the steps of applying microwave radiation at a predetermined power level... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6229130 | Heating apparatus for cooking A detection target judgment section (12) in a heating apparatus for cooking judges a type of each detection area. The type is selected in three types of detection areas: A direct detection area where only a target food (9) is detected; A boundary detectio... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6198084 | Defrosting method for a microwave oven using an infrared sensor Defrost method for accurately defrosting food to be defrosted, regardless of frozen degree and presence/absence of receptacle for food to be defrosted. The defrosting method includes the steps of: determining an initial value by detecting a surface temper... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6132084 | Infrared non-contact temperature measurement for household appliances A temperature sensor system for a household appliance, such as a microwave oven, that provides for a non-contact self-calibrating measurement of the temperature of an object disposed in a chamber of the appliance. The system comprises an infrared transmit... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6121596 | Cooking appliance than can detect temperature of foodstuff using infrared sensor In a cooking appliance, the foodstuff is placed on a turntable in a heating chamber. Infrared radiation emitted from the foodstuff is sensed by an infrared sense unit. The cooking appliance obtains the number of extrema of the amount of infrared radiation... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6111239 | Apparatus and method of heating a cup in a microwave oven The present invention relates to a microwave oven, and more particularly to an apparatus and a method for heating food or the like in a container using a microwave oven by judging a quantity of food in the container based on a change in initial temperatur... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6066839 | Temperature compensation method for a microwave oven A temperature compensation method for a microwave oven, and more particularly a method capable of compensating for a detected temperature error of a food which is caused by electromagnetic wave noise when a heating operation of microwave oven is controlle... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6051824 | Wet prevention apparatus for sensor of microwave oven A wet prevention apparatus for a sensor of a microwave oven is disclosed, which prevents wet from occurring in a sensor for use in a microwave oven without a separate driving gear. In a microwave oven including a cooking chamber, and a machine chamber iso... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6040565 | Oven operation only upon detecting of an identification mark on a food or beverage container placed in the oven An oven and a vessel having a food-stuff or beverage in it cooperate to provide optimum operation of the oven to cook or heat the food-stuff or beverage. The vessel is dimensioned to fit within the oven and has an information carrier for indicating the te... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6013907 | Microwave oven equipped with thermopile sensor and thawing method using the same An improved microwave oven equipped with a thermopile sensor and a thawing method using the same which make it possible to detect a food surface temperature by using a thermopile sensor, optimizing the output from the magnetron based on the detected food ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5994683 | Container sensing system and microwave oven using the same A container sensing system for controlling the heating in a microwave oven of a container carrying control information which may be read by an optical reading device. The optical reading device includes a light transmitter and a light receiver for sensing... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5919389 | Cooking apparatus including infrared ray sensor In the operation of a thoroughly heating course of a microwave oven, when an ordinary temperature food having a weight of less than 500 g is heated to a desired finishing temperature of 75° C., heating is performed until the temperature of the food reach... | 07/06/1999 |
