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US 2004/0104225 A1Published application
Cooking apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorWon-Woo Lee
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus having heaters which performs cooking by taking a remaining heat of the heaters in a cooking cavity into consideration if food is cooked using a heating method through the heaters. The cooking apparatus performs cooking based on an accumulative temperature value of the cooking cavity in place of a cooking time, thereby optimally cooking foods even though cooking operations are continuously carried out. The cooking apparatus finishes the cooking if the accumulative temperature value of the cooking cavity reaches a temperature value set to correspond to a cooking level for toast, which is selected by a user.
Claims47
A cooking apparatus with a cooking cavity comprising:
- at least one heater to heat food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- a switching unit to switch an electrical connection between a power source and the at least one heater;
- a temperature detecting unit to detect a current temperature value of the cooking cavity;
- and
- a control unit to control the switching unit based on the detected current temperature value.
2 more elements
A cooking apparatus with a cooking cavity comprising:
- an input key to input a cooking level of food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- at least one heater to heat the food;
- a switching unit to switch an electrical connection between a power source and the at least one heater;
- a temperature detecting unit to detect current temperature values of the cooking cavity;
- and
- a control unit to read the current temperature values of the cooking cavity at regular intervals, to accumulate the current temperature values to obtain an accumulative temperature value, and to control the switching unit by comparing the accumulative temperature value with a temperature value preset to correspond to an input signal from the input key.
3 more elements
A cooking apparatus with a cooking cavity comprising:
- an input key to input a cooking level of food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- at least one heater to heat the food;
- a switching unit to switch an electrical connection between a power source and the at least one heater;
- a temperature detecting unit to detect a current temperature value of the cooking cavity;
- and
- a control unit to control the switching unit to turn off the at least one heater if a preset cooking time corresponding to the current temperature value of the cooking cavity, detected through the temperature detecting unit, elapses.
3 more elements
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking cavity, comprising:
- operating at least one heater which heats food accommodated in the cooking cavity according to a cooking instruction and a cooking level instruction for the food;
- reading current temperature values of the cooking cavity at regular intervals;
- accumulating the read current temperature values to obtain an accumulative temperature value;
- and
- turning off the heater if the accumulative temperature value reaches a temperature value set based on the cooking level instruction.
2 more elements
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking cavity, comprising:
- operating at least one heater which heats food accommodated in the cooking cavity according to a cooking instruction and a cooking level instruction for the food;
- reading a current temperature value of the cooking cavity;
- and
- turning off the at least one heater if a cooking time set to correspond to the read current temperature value based on the cooking level instruction elapses.
1 more element
A cooking apparatus with a cooking cavity comprising:
- one or more heaters to heat food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- a temperature detecting unit to detect over a period of time one or more temperature values of the cooking cavity;
- and
- a switching unit to turn on and off selected one or ones of the heaters based on the one or more temperature values detected over the period of time.
1 more element
A cooking apparatus With a cooking cavity comprising:
- a plurality of heaters to heat food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- a temperature detecting unit to detect repeatedly one or more current temperature values of the cooking cavity;
- and
- a switching unit to turn on and off selected one or ones of the heaters based on the one or more current temperature values detected repeatedly.
1 more element
A cooking apparatus with a cooking cavity comprising:
- an input key to input a cooking level of food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- a plurality of heaters to heat the food;
- a temperature detecting unit to detect repeatedly one or more current temperature values of the cooking cavity;
- a switching unit to turn on and off selected one or ones of the heaters based on the one or more repeatedly detected current temperature values;
- and
- a control unit receiving corresponding one or ones of the repeatedly detected current temperature values of the cooking cavity and accumulating the corresponding one or ones of the repeatedly detected current temperature values received to obtain an accumulative temperature value, and controlling the switching unit by comparing the accumulative temperature value with a temperature value preset to correspond to an input signal from the input key.
3 more elements
A cooking apparatus with a cooking cavity comprising:
- an input key to input a cooking level of food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- a plurality of heaters to heat the food;
- a temperature detecting unit to detect repeatedly one or more current temperature values of the cooking cavity;
- a switching unit to switch an electrical connection between a power source and selected one or ones of the heaters;
- and
- a control unit to control the switching unit to turn off the selected one or ones of the heaters if a preset cooking time elapses based on the cooking level of the food inputted from the input key and the one or more current temperature values of the cooking cavity repeatedly detected.
3 more elements
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking cavity, comprising:
- inputting a cooking level of food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- heating the food using a plurality of heaters;
- detecting a temperature value of the cooking cavity at regular intervals;
- and
- turning on and off selected one or ones of the heaters based on corresponding ones of the temperature values detected at the regular intervals and the cooking level of the food inputted.
2 more elements
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking cavity, comprising:
- inputting a cooking level of food accommodated in the cooking cavity;
- heating the food using a plurality of heaters;
- repeatedly detecting one or more current temperature values of the cooking cavity;
- and
- turning on and off selected one or ones of the heaters based on the one or more current temperature values detected repeatedly and the cooking level of the food inputted.
2 more elements
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking cavity, comprising:
- operating a plurality of heaters to heat food accommodated in the cooking cavity according to a cooking instruction and a cooking level instruction for the food;
- detecting one or more current temperature values of the cooking cavity at regular intervals;
- accumulating corresponding one or ones of the current temperature values detected at the regular intervals to obtain an accumulative temperature value;
- and
- turning off the heater if the accumulative temperature value reaches a temperature value set based on the cooking level instruction.
2 more elements
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking cavity, comprising:
- operating a plurality of heaters to heat food accommodated in the cooking cavity according to a cooking instruction and a cooking level instruction for the food;
- reading a current temperature value of the cooking cavity;
- and
- turning off the selected one or ones of the heaters if a cooking time set to correspond to the read current temperature value based the cooking level instruction elapses.
1 more element
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking cavity, comprising:
- operating in a continuous cooking mode, when one or more current temperature values of the cooking cavity detected by a temperature detector are equal to or greater than respective predetermined temperature values, such that a preset cooking time of food placed in the cooking cavity is adjusted based on the one or more detected current temperature values;
- and
- operating in a non-continuous cooking mode, when the one or more current temperature values of the cooking cavity detected by the temperature detector are less than the respective predetermined temperature values, such that the food is cooked for the preset cooking time.
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus having a cooking cavity, comprising:
- setting a cooking time of a food placed in the cooking cavity base on a cooking level;
- and
- adjusting the set cooking time of the food based on one or more detected current temperature values, when a remaining heat of a previous cooking operation is equal to or greater than a predetermined temperature value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.