Microwave oven
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- emitting microwave power to a microwave chamber;
dynamically sensing the microwave power in the microwave chamber at an array of locations in the microwave chamber, including at least sensing one or more power levels of at least two microwave beam paths;
modeling a relationship between the sensed microwave power and a heatability property of at least one item in the microwave chamber, including at least determining, using a triangulation engine and based on the one or more sensed power levels of the at least two microwave beam paths, at least one location of the at least one item; and
controlling the emitting of the microwave power based on the modeling, including at least changing a direction vector of one or more microwave beam paths at least one of towards or away from the at least one location of the at least one item.
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Abstract
Generally and not exclusively, a microwave cooking oven to cook food in a microwave chamber includes at least one array of radiation detectors. An exemplary method includes sensing an optical depth of the item along each of multiple beam paths from at least two sides of the item, and mapping isothermal regions in the interior of the item 3-dimensionally based on the sensing. Another exemplary method includes sensing a microwave power representing a value of a heatability property for each of multiple regions of the same item, and applying a different measure of the microwave power to each of the different regions according to the value of the heatability property in each individual region. Yet another exemplary method includes sensing different frequencies of the microwave power in the microwave chamber, and changing the frequency of the microwave power for heating the item, as the item undergoes heating.
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1. A method, comprising:
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emitting microwave power to a microwave chamber; dynamically sensing the microwave power in the microwave chamber at an array of locations in the microwave chamber, including at least sensing one or more power levels of at least two microwave beam paths; modeling a relationship between the sensed microwave power and a heatability property of at least one item in the microwave chamber, including at least determining, using a triangulation engine and based on the one or more sensed power levels of the at least two microwave beam paths, at least one location of the at least one item; and controlling the emitting of the microwave power based on the modeling, including at least changing a direction vector of one or more microwave beam paths at least one of towards or away from the at least one location of the at least one item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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