US 12,446,122 B2
Systems and methods for temperature profile control of microwave oven devices
Brian R. Patton, San Francisco, CA (US); Pedro Martinez Lopez, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Mohammad J Abu Saude, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jun Yeon Cho, San Jose, CA (US); Nigel A. Clarke, Mountain View, CA (US); Marc Estruch Tena, San Jose, CA (US); Gustavo A. Guayaquil Sosa, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Cathy Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Bob W. Cheng Lian, Fremont, CA (US); Jacob A. Marks, Stanford, CA (US); Santiago Ortega Avila, Mountain View, CA (US); Ian D. Parker, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ernest R. Post, San Francisco, CA (US); Sajid Sadi, San Jose, CA (US); Forrest G. Tran, Milpitas, CA (US); and Kushal Kardam Vyas, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/316,497.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377856 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 6/68 (2006.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/68 (2013.01) [H05B 6/6402 (2013.01); H05B 6/6482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising, by an electromagnetic device comprising one or more processors and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation into a cavity of the electromagnetic device:
determining, for a load disposed inside the cavity of the electromagnetic device and for each of a plurality of different combinations of variable operating parameters of the electromagnetic device that control heating by the electromagnetic device, a heating map identifying a heating pattern that the load will experience when the electromagnetic device is operated according to that respective combination of variable operating parameters for a particular amount of time;
determining a current temperature profile of the load;
determining a target temperature profile of the load;
determining, based on (1) a plurality of the heating maps (2) the current temperature profile and (3) the target temperature profile:
(1) a sequential series of heating patterns to use to heat the load, each heating pattern in the sequential series corresponding to a different combination of variable operating parameters of the electromagnetic device;
(2) for each combination of variable operating parameters in the sequential series, a corresponding amount of time at which to operate the electromagnetic device according to that particular combination of variable operating parameters, wherein the sequential series of heating patterns and the corresponding amounts of time are determined prior to heating the load based on the sequential series; and
emitting electromagnetic radiation into the cavity based on the sequential series of combinations of variable operating parameters to achieve the target temperature profile with respect to the load.