Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device and method for controlling the pH of a UpA cell. The device comprises a receiving unit for receiving a preset parameter including a desired pH value; a computing module configured to calculate an UpA cell parameter based on the preset parameter; and a control module configured to control the UpA cell based on the calculated UpA cell parameter.
Abstract:
The invention proposes a method of controlling food temperature, the method comprising the steps of: heating food to a first target temperature; exciting a fluorescent marker of the food, wherein the fluorescent marker corresponds to a fluorophore of nutrient substance and/or anti-nutrient substance within the food; detecting current fluorescence-related parameter value of the fluorescence marker, and based on current heating time and predetermined relationships between heating time and fluorescence-related parameter value, calculating current reference fluorescence-related parameter value; comparing the detected current fluorescence-related parameter value with the calculated current reference fluorescence-related parameter value; and controlling heating power supplied to the food based on a comparison result.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method (100) of controlling a cooking process of a food. The method comprises a step of detecting (S101) a weight change of a first vaporizable component in the food over a first period of time. The method also comprises a step of determining (S102) an initial status of the food at least partially based on the detected weight change of the first vaporizable component in the food. The method also comprises a step of controlling (S103) the cooking process at least partially based on the determined initial status of the food. The invention also relates to corresponding apparatus and computer program product.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and a cooking apparatus for controlling a process for cooking food. The method comprises the steps of: detecting an initial temperature of the food; evaluating weighting factors of more than one temperature ranges according to the initial temperature, the more than one temperature ranges and preset cooking parameters of each of the more than one temperature ranges being predetermined; and controlling the cooking process based on the evaluated weighting factors and the preset cooking parameters. With this configuration, the cooking setting (temperature, time etc) can thus be determined based on the detected temperature ranges as well as the eliminated temperature ranges, so that possible detection inaccuracy can be eliminated to a large extent.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for controlling regeneration of an electrode in unidirectional pH adjustment (“UpA”) of water. Some embodiments relate to obtaining one or more measured or otherwise known parameters related to a UpA cell (132), and controlling when a regeneration period is started, parameters for the regeneration period, and/or other inputs to the UpA cell based on the parameters. Some embodiments relate to taking the total desired and/or undesired ions production rate and/or energy efficiency of a UpA cell into account in determining discharging parameters for a regeneration period, when the regeneration period should be performed, and/or other inputs to the UpA cell.
Abstract:
The invention provides a light management information system for an outdoor lighting network system, having a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type, where each of the light units communicates with at least one other light unit, at least one user input/output device in communication with at one or more of said outdoor light units, a central management system in communication with light units, said central management system sends control commands and/or information to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units or received user information requests from said user input/output device, a resource server in communication with said central management system, wherein the central management system uses the light unit status/sensor information and resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units.
Abstract:
The invention provides a light management information system for an outdoor lighting network system, having a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type, where each of the light units communicates with at least one other light unit, at least one user input/output device in communication with at one or more of said outdoor light units, a central management system in communication with light units, said central management system sends control commands and/or information to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units or received user information requests from said user input/output device, a resource server in communication with said central management system, wherein the central management system uses the light unit status/sensor information and resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units.