Patent ID: 8921743
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring a heating apparatus comprising: a motion detector configured to determine whether a person is proximate the heating apparatus, wherein the motion detector is default deactivated; a heat sensor configured to determine whether the heating apparatus has a temperature that is above a threshold, wherein the heat sensor is default deactivated; a processor in operable communication with each of the motion detector and the heat sensor configured to cyclically repeat a first countdown, and wherein the heat sensor is temporarily activated once during each of the repeated first countdowns, and wherein the processor is configured to perform a second countdown when the activated heat sensor determines that the heating apparatus has the temperature that is above the threshold, and wherein the second countdown is reset each time the motion detector determines that a person is proximate the heating apparatus; a transmitter configured to send data signals to an outside device when the processor reaches the end of the second countdown; and a receiver configured to receive data signals from the outside device.