Patent ID: 6894255

Claim:
An induction heating apparatus comprising: a heating coil for induction heating a non-magnetic object to be heated having a conductively approximately the same as, or greater than the conductivity of aluminum and for induction heating an iron-based object to be heated; an inverter section for causing a high frequency current to flow through said induction heating coil; a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of said object to be heated; a temperature control section for controlling the temperature by adjusting the heat to output of said heating coil based on the detection result of said temperature sensor, and a material detection section for detecting the material of which an object to be located is made, wherein said temperature control section stops temperature control based on the detection result of said temperature sensor, or changes the conditions for temperature control in the case that said temperature control section recognizes heating of a non-magnetic object to be heated having a conductivity approximately the same as, or greater than the conductivity of aluminum; and said temperature control section recognizes heating of a non-magnetic object to be heated having a conductivity approximately the same as, or greater than the conductivity of aluminum on the basis of the detection result of said material detection section.