Patent ID: 6166362
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
An automatic cooking control method for cooking food in a cooking chamber of a microwave oven, said microwave oven having a data detecting section for detecting a voltage induced by a magnetic field of a stationary wave reflected from within the cooking chamber when the microwave oven operates, said microwave oven having a memory in which is stored a plurality of prestored data patterns, said method comprising the steps of:(a) collecting data outputted from the data detecting section for a predetermined time, whereby collected data is provided;(b) comparing the collected data with the plurality of prestored data patterns; and(c) selecting a one of the data patterns from the prestored data patterns, said one of the patterns which is selected being a pattern such that it is most similar to the collected data; and(d) performing a cooking operation corresponding to the selected data pattern, without input of data concerning physical characteristics ofthe food being cooked, and without measurement of a food temperature of the food.