Patent ID: 11857111
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F  G | IPC A  F  G

Claim 8:
9. A cooking device for cooking food items, said cooking device comprising:
a heating chamber comprising:
a heating element;

a first sensor to measure a temperature;
a second sensor to measure a mass of said food item; and
a processor configured to:
receive each of said measured temperature and said measured mass of said food item;
initiate a cooking process of the food item based on the temperature;
predict a core temperature of the food item based at least on a rate of change of said mass of said food item during said cooking process, wherein an expected rate of change of mass information is stored in a data base;
adaptively control said heating element to heat a heating medium in said heating chamber based on the predicted core temperature matching the rate of change of mass information stored in the data base; and
halt the cooking process when the predicted core temperature of the food item achieves a desired core temperature.