Probability-based control of a cooking appliance

Abstract

A cooking appliance (100) including: a heating element (102) and/or a motor (104) for processing a food item from a first state to a desired state, each state being associated with a physical quantity: a sensor (106) to measure the physical quantity: a microcontroller (110) configured to control the heating element and/or the motor at one or more set points; and a memory (120) connected to the microcontroller (110) for storing information, the memory (120) storing a loss function and a sensor function; wherein the microcontroller (110) receives sensor information from the sensor (106) related to the physical quantity and is configured to: commence processing of the food item by activating the heating element (102) and/or the motor (104): at time tn, determine a first probability associated with the food item being in the first state or the desired state based on the sensor information and the sensor function: determine a loss value for each set point of the heating element (102) and/or the motor (104), the loss value being based on the first probability and the loss function; and operate the heating element (102) and/or the motor (104) at the respective set point with the lowest loss value.

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