Apparatus and Method Determining the Amount of Time until a Desired Temperature is Reached
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining a desired temperature,beginning an elapsed timer,determining a current temperature of food,calculating the predicted time for food to reach the desired temperature based at least on the value of the elapsed timer and the current temperature,adding the predicted time to a current time for a predicted completion time, anddisplaying the predicted completion time.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus capable of providing a predicted completion time for heating and/or cooling of an item based on a manually entered length of time and/or a determination of the amount of time remaining before an item such as food reaches a desired temperature such as a cooking temperature or approximately room temperature. In at least one embodiment, determining the amount of time remaining is based at least on the elapsed time and the percentage of temperature range between a first temperature and the desired temperature completed or remaining to be covered.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining a desired temperature, beginning an elapsed timer, determining a current temperature of food, calculating the predicted time for food to reach the desired temperature based at least on the value of the elapsed timer and the current temperature, adding the predicted time to a current time for a predicted completion time, and displaying the predicted completion time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a probe having a temperature sensing component; a display; a clock; temperature means for converting a signal from said temperature sensing component into a temperature; first predicting means for predicting a time remaining to reach a desired temperature based at least one the temperature generated by said temperature means and the desired temperature; second predicting means for predicting a predicted completion time based on the predicted time remaining and the current time; and controlling means for controlling said display to show at least one of the predicted time remaining and the predicted completion time. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A firmware product comprising a computer readable medium containing firmware, wherein the firmware when executed on a chip causes the chip to:
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receive a desired temperature, begin an elapsed timer, determine a current temperature of food, calculate the predicted time for food to reach the desired temperature based at least on the value of the elapsed timer and the current temperature, add the predicted time to a current time for a predicted completion time, and display the predicted completion time.
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