公开(公告)号：US6118105A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-12

申请号：US356965

申请日：1999-07-19

申请人： Ertugrul Berkcan ,  Emilie Thorbjorg Saulnier ,  Paul Randall Wilson ,  Vivek Venugopal Badami

发明人： Ertugrul Berkcan ,  Emilie Thorbjorg Saulnier ,  Paul Randall Wilson ,  Vivek Venugopal Badami

IPC分类号： H05B1/02 ,  H05B3/74

CPC分类号： H05B1/0266 ,  H05B3/746 ,  H05B2213/04 ,  H05B2213/07

摘要： A monitoring and control system for monitoring the boil states of the contents of a cooking utensil located on a cooking surface of a cooktop, indicating the state to a user, and controlling the energy applied to the cooking surface, which may be a glass ceramic. The system includes at least one controllable heat source located below the lower surface of the cooktop so as to heat the cooktop and cooking utensil, at least one sensor located in proximity to the cooktop, which senses the temperature of at least one of the cooktop and the cooking utensil, at least one power indicative signal, and a signal processing device receiving a temperature signal from the sensor, and the power indicative signal. The signal issued by the sensor is representative of the temperature of either the cooktop, or the cooking utensil. In one embodiment the signal processing device detects a plateau in the sensor and power indicative signals, which is indicative of the boiling of the contents of the cooking utensil, or an increase in the rise of the sensor signal, which is indicative of a boil-dry condition in the cooking utensil. The signal processing device optionally is connected to a control device which automatically reduces the temperature of the heat source upon the occurrence of these conditions, or which provides an indication to the user that such conditions have occurred. Determining the boil states, such as boiling, boil-over and boil-dry for the contents of a cooking utensil on a glass ceramic cooktop is achieved by noting that a characteristic response exists in the signal generated by a temperature indicative sensor or the power indicative signal as the temperature of the contents of a cooking utensil on a glass ceramic cooktop approaches a boiling point.

摘要翻译： 一种监视和控制系统，用于监测位于炉灶的烹饪表面上的烹饪器具的内容物的煮沸状态，指示用户的状态，以及控制施加到烹饪表面的能量，其可以是玻璃陶瓷。 该系统包括位于炉灶面下表面下方的至少一个可控制的热源，以便加热炉灶和烹饪用具，位于炉灶面附近的至少一个传感器，该传感器检测炉灶面和炉灶面中的至少一个的温度， 炊具，至少一个功率指示信号，以及从传感器接收温度信号的信号处理装置和功率指示信号。 传感器发出的信号代表炉灶或炊具的温度。 在一个实施例中，信号处理装置检测传感器中的平稳度和指示炊具内容物沸腾的功率指示信号，或传感器信号上升的增加，其指示沸腾 - 炊具干燥。 信号处理设备可选地连接到控制设备，该控制设备在发生这些状况时自动降低热源的温度，或者向用户提供了已经发生这种状况的指示。 确定玻璃陶瓷炉灶上的炊具内容物的沸腾状态，例如沸腾，煮沸和煮沸，这是通过注意到由温度指示传感器产生的信号或指示功率的信号存在特征响应来实现的 随着玻璃陶瓷灶台上的烹饪用具的内容物的温度接近沸点而发出信号。

公开(公告)号：US06462316B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-08

申请号：US09684426

申请日：2000-10-10

申请人： Ertugrul Berkcan ,  Vivek Venugopal Badami ,  Paul Randall Wilson ,  Emilie Thorbjorg Saulnier

发明人： Ertugrul Berkcan ,  Vivek Venugopal Badami ,  Paul Randall Wilson ,  Emilie Thorbjorg Saulnier

IPC分类号： H05B102

CPC分类号： H05B3/746 ,  H05B2213/05 ,  H05B2213/07

摘要： A system for automatically controlling the temperature of the cooking surface of a cooking surface of a solid-surface cooktop and, consequently, the temperature of the cooking utensil on the cooking surface, by detecting cooking utensil-related properties through the solid-surface cooktop. The cooking utensil-related properties include presence/absence, removal/placement, and other physical properties such as utensil type, size, warpage, and temperature and load size. Automatic control is based on monitoring the heat transfer characteristics from the energy source to the cooktop and the utensil to infer the utensil properties. This is achieved by sensing or inferring a parameter indicative of the temperature of a monitored area that includes at least a portion of the cooktop or of the cooking utensil placed on the upper surface of a cooktop, as well as a parameter indicative of power applied to a controllable heat source, and detecting signal properties using an evolutionary algorithm.

摘要翻译： 一种用于通过固体表面灶具检测烹饪用具相关性质来自动控制固体灶面烹饪表面的烹饪表面的温度以及因此烹饪表面上的烹饪用具的温度的系统。 烹饪器具相关的属性包括存在/不存在，去除/放置以及其他物理性质，例如器具类型，尺寸，翘曲以及温度和载荷大小。 自动控制是基于监测从能量源到灶具和器具的传热特性来推断器具的性质。 这是通过感测或推断指示监测区域的温度的参数来实现的，所述监测区域包括放置在炉灶面上表面上的炉灶面或烹饪用具的至少一部分，以及指示施加到炉灶面上的功率的参数 可控热源，并使用进化算法检测信号属性。