Patent ID: 7573005
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A device for heating liquid within a vessel, the device comprising: a heating element for heating the vessel, said vessel including memory storing one or more variables relating to the boiling characteristics of the vessel, and a temperature sensor operable to collect data representative of successive temperatures of the vessel over time; a data input for receiving from said vessel memory said one or more variables relating to said boiling characteristics of the vessel, and for receiving said data representative of successive temperatures of the vessel over time; and a computing device operably coupled with said data input to detect boiling of the liquid using said one or more variables relating to the boiling characteristics of the vessel and the data representative of the successive temperatures of the vessel over time, and to provide an output, said computing device having a boil detection program, said one or more variables relating to said boiling characteristics of the vessel received by said data input being used to customize said boil detection program for said vessel.