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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7464639 | Automatic liquid density-regulating device An automatic liquid density-regulating device according to this invention is provided, comprising a workbench with a preparation area, a stir area, and a storage area; a controlling mechanism at a side of the workbench and connected with a clipping unit; a powder su... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7381933 | System and probe for detecting at least one parameter A probe for detecting at least one parameter during thermal treatment of a food product comprises a sensor arrangement suitable for detecting a value of said at least one parameter, at least one antenna for communicating said value to a control device for controllin... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378617 | Heating systems and methods for a cooking appliance A heating system for a cooking appliance includes a first upper heating element and a second upper heating element positioned within a cooking cavity defined by a cabinet of the cooking appliance. The cooking cavity is configured to support a food item therein durin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378620 | Oven control system Oven control system, including a display screen, a data input means and a calculation unit able to send instructions to the display screen and to receive instructions from the data input means, the said calculation unit including a means for grading cooking programs... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376485 | Method of remotely programming and updating food product holding apparatus using hand held computer A remotely programmable food product holding system includes a hand held computer (10) and a food product holding apparatus (12). The computer includes a processor (11), touch screen display (15), and a first communication interface (1... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375309 | Method and apparatus using microwave energy to heat a target A microwave heating system utilizes a microwave energy generator to provide microwave energy through wave guides to targets. The targets are microwave absorbers and thereby increasing temperature upon the contact of microwave energy. The heated targets then transfer... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372003 | System and method for monitoring food Systems and methods for monitoring conditions that affect the quality of food being served. Conditions such as temperature and elapsed time affect the quality of food and the safety of food consumers. Various embodiments of monitoring systems can be incorporated wit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368688 | Apparatus and method for sensing load of electric cooker A heater unit is provided, the heater unit equipped with an induction heating coil and an electric heater selectively operated based on kind and state of a load of a cooking vessel placed on the heater unit. The kind is determined by an input current inputted when a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361866 | Cooking apparatus using barcode A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the coo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337594 | Food dispensing device and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334516 | Aging device for liquor or wine An aging device includes an aging container having a chamber formed by a peripheral wall, a bottle received in the chamber of the aging container for receiving a liquid fermented product, and a vibrating device disposed in the aging container for applying a frequenc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337015 | Method and apparatus for controlling digital electronic products A method and an apparatus for controlling a digital electronic product, using a control signal transmitter and a signal receiver combined with a gate system for controlling a digital home appliance, such that a system activation/inactivation control mechanism is est... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329841 | Method for operating an oven, and an associated device Method and control device for operating an oven. The control device comprises an operating panel which is substantially flat and sealed. One or more touch-sensitive regions of the panel define electronic on/off switches and an electronic rotary switch. Processing me... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326888 | Cooking apparatus, cooking system and cooking control method using the same Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus and cooking system which allows a user to change cooking information that is suitable to the preferences of the user and the amount of food when cooking food using automatic cooking information, and a cooking control method us... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304275 | Cooking apparatus, cooking system, and cooking control method utilizing bar code A cooking apparatus, cooking system, and cooking control method using a bar code, in which automatic cooking of food is performed when the bar code attached to a package of the food is lost or damaged. The cooking apparatus for cooking food using cooking data includ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291812 | Programmable cooker A cooking appliance configured with a programmable controller within a heating unit. The programmable controller is configured to control a plurality of functions of the cooking appliance. The controller is located in the base of the appliance and is in communicatio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7231871 | Baking apparatus and method for baking edible products Baking apparatus for baking edible products located on a conveying surface and preferably travelling along a conveyor track, comprising a number of electric infrared radiators arranged above the conveyor track. The infrared radiators each comprise at least one spira... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223951 | Cooking control method of microwave oven and apparatus for performing the same A method for controlling microwave output depending upon food weight and food position so as to implement optimized cooking performance in a microwave oven and an apparatus for performing the same. According to the control method for cooking food placed on a turntab... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7202454 | Method and device for determination of the time of turning of a cooking product A method for the determination of a turning time of at least one cooking product, to which heat is supplied from one side during a cooking process includes a) determination of a first temperature TA in the cooking product at the beginning of the cooking p... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168362 | Bread maker and control method thereof A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; a pair of kneading drums inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with bread ingredients; a drum driving part rotating the knea... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7135662 | Method and apparatus for controlling microwave oven A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a microwave oven, including a magnetron generating microwaves and a sensor sensing the state of air in the cooking cavity of the oven. The cooking period is determined by searching one of two data tables in acc... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133739 | Intelligent microwave oven The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a microwave oven receives a plurality of program recipes from a network that are executed by scanning with a scanner a symbol and associating the scanned symbol with one of the plurality of program ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129449 | Induction heating cooker An induction heating cooker includes an infrared sensor for sensing an infrared intensity from a load pot, a waveguide for guiding infrared radiation from the load pot to the infrared sensor, a first magnetism-proofing unit and a second magnetism-proofing unit for r... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112767 | Controlling apparatus of an electric oven and controlling method of the same Disclosed are apparatus and method for controlling an electric oven, capable of operating heaters in an optimized state by changing a heater-on time of the heater in an operation interval of the heater which is periodically turned on/off. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109448 | Control system for cooking appliance employing radiant cooking A cooking appliance includes a heating system which is preferably capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking appliance includes a convection fan and at least one heating element. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110806 | Method for imaging an artery using a magnetic resonance contrast agent The present invention is a technique and apparatus for acquiring anatomic information used in diagnosing and characterizing abdominal aortic aneurismal disease and the like. This technique provides anatomic information, in the form of images, using a combination of ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107123 | Food dishing robot system A food dishing robot system capable of dealing with dishing operations of foods of various characteristics. Trays are supplied to vicinities of food dishing robots RB1–RB3 by food supplying lines L1–L3. Four food conveying containers ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105786 | High frequency heating apparatus A high frequency heating apparatus with steam generation function for supplying at least any one of high frequency and steam to a heating chamber 11 for accommodating an object to be heated and heat-treating the object to be heated, the apparatus has a high f... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102109 | Induction cooking heater An induction heating cooker includes a surface, a heating coil for inductionally-heating a load pan, an inverter for supplying a high-frequency current to the heating coil, an infrared detector which detects infrared radiation emitted from the load pan and is locate... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102107 | Method, apparatus and system for predicting cooking completion time of food Method, apparatus and systems for predicting the cooking time of an item food includes predicting the cooking time based on the rate of change of the internal temperature of the food item. The apparatus includes a processor that implements the calculations and the s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7075041 | Method for controlling a cooking process in a cooking appliance and cooking appliance A method for controlling a cooking process in a cooking appliance having a sensor for measuring a gas concentration in the cooking chamber and an electric or electronic control system in communication with the sensor and including an evaluation circuit and a memory,... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060953 | Automatic cooking system and microwave oven A microwave oven and automatic cooking system uses a food package provided with a noncontact IC tag storing information about a food contained in the food package, where the information about the food includes information about a method of heating the food and an am... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060941 | Method for baking a dessert using steam A method of baking a dessert using steam in an automated household oven comprises a first heating step where a heating system preheats a cooking cavity to a first temperature at a first heating rate and a second heating step where the heating system preheats the coo... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057142 | Oven control system Oven control system, comprising a display screen 9, a data input means 32 and a calculation unit 8 able to send instructions to the display screen 9 and to receive instructions from the data input means, the said calculation unit 8 | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053342 | Electric cooking apparatus and method of controlling heaters thereof An electric cooking apparatus and method of controlling heaters thereof, in which the heaters operate according to power-ON periods and power-OFF periods set in view of a temperature of the heaters, consumption of unnecessary power is reduced, and variations of heat... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053347 | Microwave oven and control method thereof A microwave oven, having a humidity sensor and a voltage detecting unit for detecting a change in an output voltage of the humidity sensor, includes: a control unit for receiving a compensated voltage according to a change in temperature supplied from the humidity s... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7038179 | Electric oven and method of controlling the same An electrical oven and method of controlling the same includes a heater heating unit to heat food using an electric heater; an induction heating unit to heat the food using a high-frequency current, and a control unit to drive the heater heating unit and the inducti... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7012220 | Alpha-numeric data entry and display for electronic oven control system A cooking appliance employing rapid cook technology includes an electronic oven control system employing an alpha-numeric data entry and display arrangement. The cooking appliance includes a display which incorporates a series of vertically spaced information displa... | 03/14/2006 |
