Patent ID: 6670591
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A microwave oven which performs a cooking operation in one of cooking modes having a first cooking time period and a second cooking time period, comprising:a cooking cavity; and a sensor which senses a state of air in the cooking cavity, wherein: the first cooking time period is determined in accordance with an output value of the sensor, the second cooking time period is determined in accordance with the first cooking time period, wherein the first and second cooking time periods are expressed by a functional relation, and the cooking modes include a standard mode in which the second cooking time period is a standard second cooking time period, a high mode in which the second cooking time period is lengthened from the standard second cooking time period, and a low mode in which the second cooking time period is shortened from the standard second cooking time period, wherein: the second cooking time period of the high mode is varied to increase in proportion to the first cooking time period; and the second cooking time period of the low mode is varied to increase in inverse proportion to the first cooking time period.