Patent ID: 9258851
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B01J,G01R,H05B

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus for performing judgment regarding an abnormality in a microwave irradiation apparatus for irradiating microwaves on a content, the information processing apparatus comprising: a supplied electric power value accepting unit that accepts a supplied electric power value to the microwave irradiation apparatus, which is a difference between an electric power value of incident waves that are microwaves incident on an irradiation region of the microwave irradiation apparatus and an electric power value of reflected waves that are microwaves reflected by the irradiation region of the microwave irradiation apparatus; a temperature accepting unit that accepts a temperature of the content; an electric energy calculating unit that calculates an electric energy corresponding to a microwave irradiation time, using the supplied electric power value accepted by the supplied electric power value accepting unit; a temperature change calculating unit that calculates a temperature change corresponding to the microwave irradiation time, using the temperature accepted by the temperature accepting unit; a judging unit that, using the electric energy calculated by the electric energy calculating unit, the temperature change calculated by the temperature change calculating unit, and a relational expression for associating the electric energy and the temperature change, judges whether or not the relational expression is satisfied within a tolerable range by the electric energy and the temperature change; and an output unit that performs output regarding occurrence of an abnormality, in a case where it is judged by the judging unit that the relational expression is not satisfied within the tolerable range by the electric energy and the temperature change.