Wireless sensor in a microwave oven
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsPaul R. Staun, Bryan T. Snook
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Abstract
A microwave oven is described herein. In some instances, such a microwave oven may include a housing; a rotating turntable assembly disposed in a cooking cavity of the housing; a probe powered by the turntable assembly, where the probe is configured to measure an environmental condition during a cooking cycle and where the probe is configured to transmit a signal regarding the environmental condition; and a controller disposed in the housing and configured to receive the signal regarding the environmental condition from the probe. A method of operating a microwave oven for sous vide cooking is also disclosed.
Claims22
A microwave oven, comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotating turntable assembly disposed in a cooking cavity of the housing;
- a probe powered by the turntable assembly,
- wherein the probe is configured to measure an environmental condition during a cooking cycle, wherein the environmental condition is a temperature or a moisture level,
- wherein the probe is configured to transmit a signal regarding the environmental condition;
- and
- a controller disposed in the housing and configured to:
- receive the signal regarding the environmental condition from the probe.
A method of operating a microwave oven including a housing, a rotating turntable assembly disposed in a cooking cavity, a probe, and a controller, the method comprising:
- rotating the rotating turntable assembly;
- powering the probe with the rotating turntable assembly during rotation of the rotating turntable assembly;
- sensing, by the probe, an environmental condition, wherein the environmental condition is a temperature or a moisture level;
- transmitting, by the probe, a signal regarding the sensed environmental condition;
- and
- receiving, by the controller, the signal regarding the environmental condition.
A method of operating a microwave oven for sous vide cooking, the microwave oven including a housing, a cooking cavity disposed within the housing, a rotating turntable assembly disposed in the cooking cavity, a probe, and a controller, the method comprising:
- submerging at least a portion of the probe in a water bath contained within the cooking cavity;
- rotating the rotating turntable assembly;
- powering the probe with the rotating turntable assembly during rotation of the rotating turntable assembly;
- sensing, by the probe, a temperature of the water bath;
- transmitting, by the probe, a signal regarding the temperature of the water bath;
- receiving, by the controller, the signal regarding the temperature of the water bath;
- and
- regulating, by the controller, an output of a cooking element of the microwave oven so as to hold the water bath at a preset temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.