Interpretive language architecture for controlling the attributes of a physical chemical or thermodynamic process

• US 6,198,975 B1
• Filed: 10/08/1999
• Issued: 03/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Microwave Science JV, LLC
• Original Assignee: Microwave Science, LLC
• Inventors: Raynault, David Marcel, Drucker, Steven J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gordon, Paul P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, RAMESH B
• Application Number:
  US09/415,882
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 700/15, 700/13, 700/14, 700/17, 700/18, 700/208, 700/210, 700/211, 219/678, 219/702, 219/714, 219/720, 219/704, 219/703, 219/710, 219/719
• US Class Current: 700/15
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/6435 Aspects relating to the user interface of the microwave heating apparatus

Abstract

An interpretive system architecture for a seamless transfer of energy to a physical, chemical, or thermodynamic process stream, or microwave oven. The interpretive system architecture overlays the operational finctions of the process stream or host microwave oven to interpret, control, and implement user independent commands. The interpretive system has at least one interpretive base class for providing operational instance to the process stream or host microwave oven. The interpretive system receives an indicia, the indicia being expressive of an externally derived predetermined compiled code disposed on the surface of a specimen, or food package, or associated thereto, the indicia communicating via at least one data entry mechanism to the process stream or host microwave oven. The interpretive system interprets the data or code and transforms it into user independent commands. The user independent commands enable the process stream or the host microwave oven to function over a wide but controlled range of energy transfer to the specimen.

Claims

1. An interpretive system architecture for a host microwave oven or process stream, the microwave oven or process stream having means, operatively disposed therein, for receiving an externally derived predetermined code, the microwave oven or process stream further having means, operatively disposed therein, for controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream, comprising:

a) a controller having a memory, said controller operatively disposed intermediate the means for receiving the externally derived predetermined code and the means for controlling the operational features of the microwave oven or process stream; and

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b) an operating system stored in said memory, said operating system having at least one interpretive base class operatively disposed therein;

c) said base class providing operational instance to the host microwave oven or process stream;

whereby said operating system receives the externally derived predetermined code, interprets the code, and transforms the code into user independent functional commands for the host microwave or process stream.

2. The interpretive system architecture of claim 1, wherein said interpretive base class is a BIOS machine base class.

3. The interpretive system architecture of claim 2, wherein said BIOS machine base class having at least one object providing functional control for said operating system.

4. The interpretive system architecture of claim 3, wherein said functional control object is a BIOS machine receiving object.

5. The interpretive system architecture of claim 4, wherein said BIOS machine receiving object being in communication with the means for receiving the externally derived predetermined code.

6. The interpretive system architecture of claim 5, wherein said BIOS machine receiving object interprets the received externally derived predetermined code.

7. The interpretive system architecture of claim 6, wherein said scalar datum oven object processes the received externally derived predetermined code.

8. The interpretive system architecture of claim 3, wherein said functional object is a datum oven scalar object.

9. The interpretive system architecture of claim 8, wherein said scalar datum oven object being in interactive communication with said BIOS machine receiving object.

10. The interpretive system architecture of claim 3, wherein said functional object is a BIOS machine output object.

11. The interpretive system architecture of claim 10, wherein said BIOS machine output object being in interactive communications with said scalar datum oven object.

12. The interpretive system architecture of claim 11, wherein said BIOS machine output object being in interactive communications with said work manager receiving object.

13. The interpretive system architecture of claim 2, wherein said BIOS machine base class having at least one data object.

14. The interpretive system architecture of claim 1, wherein said operating system having a work manger base class.

15. The interpretive system architecture of claim 14, wherein said work manager base class having at least one object providing functional control for said operating system.

16. The interpretive system architecture of claim 15, wherein said functional control object is a work manager receiving object.

17. The interpretive system architecture of claim 15, wherein said functional control object is a work monitor object.

18. The interpretive system architecture of claim 17, wherein said work monitor object being in interactive communication with said work manager receiving object.

19. The interpretive system architecture of claim 18, wherein said work monitor object being in interactive communication with said work processing object.

20. The interpretive system architecture of claim 19, wherein said work processing object being in interactive communication with said work manager output object.

21. The interpretive system architecture of claim 20, wherein said work manager receiving object receiving operational data from said BIOS machine output object.

22. The interpretive system architecture of claim 21, wherein said operational data being work requirements delineated from the externally derived predetermined code.

23. The interpretive system architecture of claim 22, wherein said operational data being real time power data delineated from the means for controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream.

24. The interpretive system architecture of claim 23, wherein said work processing object receives work requirement data or real time power data for processing.

25. The interpretive system architecture of claim 24, wherein said work processing object transforms said real time power data or said work requirements into command functions that contain data representing work expended on the specimen or work to be expended on the specimen.

26. The interpretive system architecture of claim 25, wherein said command functions being transmitted to the host microwave oven or process stream via said work manager output object.

27. The interpretive system architecture of claim 19, wherein said work monitor object receives operational data from said work manager receiving object.

28. The interpretive system architecture of claim 15, wherein said functional control object is a work processing object.

29. The interpretive system architecture of claim 15, wherein said functional control object is a work manager output object.

30. An interpretive system architecture for a host microwave oven or process stream, the microwave oven or process stream having means, operatively disposed therein, for receiving an externally derived predetermined code, the microwave oven or process stream further having means, operatively disposed therein, for controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream, comprising:

a) a controller having a memory, said controller operatively disposed intermediate the means for receiving the externally derived predetermined code and the means for controlling the operational features of the microwave oven or process stream;

b) an operating system stored in said memory;

c) a receiving object operatively disposed within said operating system;

d) said receiving object in communication with the means for receiving the externally derived predetermined code;

e) a datum oven object, operatively disposed within said operating system, said datum oven object in communication with said receiving object;

f) said receiving object interprets the externally derived predetermined code into datum process stream with specific operating instructions;

g) said receiving object transmits said datum process stream to said datum oven object;

h) a BIOS machine output object operatively disposed within said operating system;

i) said datum oven object transforms said datum process stream into host microwave oven operating instructions, said datum oven object operatively transmits said host microwave oven operating instructions to said BIOS machine output object; and

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j) a work manager object, operatively disposed within said operating system, said work manager object in communication with said BIOS machine output object;

k) said work manager object transforming said operating instructions into command functions for controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream;

whereby the means for controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream receive and implement said command functions are derived from the externally derived predetermined code.

31. A method for interpreting instructions for a host microwave oven or process stream, the host microwave oven or process stream receiving an externally derived predetermined code from a user, the host microwave oven or process stream having means operatively disposed therein for commanding and controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream, comprising the steps of:

a) interpreting the received externally derived predetermined code;

b) interpreting a datum microwave oven-to-host oven or process stream scalar selection from said interpreted externally derived predetermined code;

c) interpreting a power level sequence from said interpreted externally derived predetermined code;

d) interpreting a datum microwave oven specific cook time(s) from said interpreted externally derived predetermined code;

e) interpreting special feature requests from said interpreted externally derived predetermined code;

f) formulating an instruction set containing said interpreted power level sequence, datum microwave oven specific cook time(s), a datum microwave oven-to-host oven or process stream scalar selection, and special feature requests; and

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g) transmitting the resultant instruction set to the means for commanding and controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream.

32. A method for interpreting instructions for a host microwave oven or process stream of claim 31, wherein said interpreting the received externally derived predetermined code step parses the numeric string length of the externally derived predetermined code.

33. A method for interpreting instructions for a host microwave oven or process stream of claim 31, wherein said interpreting the received externally derived predetermined code step parses the positional relationship and individual or combined absolute numeric values of individual characters or character groupings within the externally derived predetermined code string.

34. A method for interpreting instructions for a host microwave oven or process stream of claim 31, wherein said interpreting the received externally derived predetermined code step interprets the absolute numeric value of the externally derived predetermined code.

35. A method for interpreting instructions for a host microwave oven or process stream of claim 31, wherein said interpreting a datum microwave oven-to-host scalar selection step, comprises:

a) determining a starting state of a specimen;

b) determining said specimen'"'"'s composition;

c) determining said specimen'"'"'s geometry;

d) determining said specimen'"'"'s packaging; and

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e) determining said specimen'"'"'s mass from said interpreted externally derived predetermined code.

36. A method for interpreting instructions for a host microwave oven or process stream of claim 31, wherein said interpreting a power level sequence step comprises parsing said power level sequence from the externally derived predetermined code numeric string length, positional relationship of individual characters in the externally derived predetermined code string, and absolute numeric value of an individual externally derived predetermined code character or characters.

37. A method for interpreting instructions for a host microwave oven or process stream of claim 31, wherein said interpreting a datum microwave oven specific cook time(s) step comprises:

a) determining a base time for each said power level sequence;

b) determining a time increment for each power level sequence;

c) determining a cook time for each power level in said power level sequence; and

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d) determining a resultant calculation of said specific cook time(s).

38. A method for interpreting instructions for a host microwave oven or process stream of claim 31, wherein said interpreting special feature requests step comprises:

a) determining a radiant heat element or other special heating process usage;

b) determining a selected active power levels for user interaction with the host microwave oven; and

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c) determining a selected time interim between said active levels for user interaction with the host microwave oven.

39. An interpretive system architecture for a host microwave oven or process stream, the microwave oven or process stream having means, operatively disposed therein, for receiving an externally derived predetermined code, the microwave oven or process stream further having means, operatively disposed therein, for controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream, an apparatus delineating the characteristic(s) of an indicia, the indicia being expressive of an externally derived predetermined compiled code disposed on the surface of a specimen, or food package, or associated thereto, the indicia communicating via at least one data entry mechanism to the microwave oven or process stream, the microwave oven or process stream having disposed therein a BIOS machine for receiving, interpreting, and transforming the indicia, comprising:

a) at least one symbol, contained within the indicia, communicating at least one characteristic of the specimen via the data entry mechanism;

b) said characteristic of the specimen being selected from a group consisting of mass, geometry, packaging characteristics, starting state, composition, power level data, power level(s) time(s) data, or special feature request(s);

c) whereby the BIOS machine interprets said symbol and derives there from specific data that controls the cooking or heating of the specimen disposed within the confines of the microwave oven or process stream.

40. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein said symbol is a number, line, geometric shape, radio frequency data, electronically transmitted character or combination thereof.

41. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein said symbol being selectively spaced apart thereby facilitating the communication of said symbol to the data entry mechanism.

42. In an interpretive system architecture for a host microwave oven or process stream, the microwave oven or process stream having means, operatively disposed therein, for receiving an externally derived predetermined code, the microwave oven or process stream further having means, operatively disposed therein, for controlling the operational features of the host microwave oven or process stream, for delineating the characteristic(s) of an indicia, the indicia being disposed on the surface of a specimen, or food package, or associated thereto, the indicia communicating via at least one data entry mechanism to the microwave oven or process stream, the microwave oven or process stream having disposed therein a BIOS machine for receiving, interpreting, and transforming the indicia, wherein the improvement comprises:

a) an externally derived predetermined compiled code, contained within the indicia, said code communicating at least one characteristic of the specimen via the data entry mechanism;

b) said characteristic of the specimen being mass, geometry, packaging characteristics, starting state, composition, power level data, power level(s) time(s) data, special feature request(s) or combination thereof;

whereby the BIOS machine interprets said externally derived predetermined code and derives there from specific data that controls the cooking of the specimen disposed within the confines of the microwave oven.