Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080285622 | Detachable Tag-Based Temperature Sensor For Use In Heating Of Food And Cookware - A detachable, magnetic tagging mechanism, and a system and method for using it, for conveying information related to control over the sensing of parameters, such as the heating of cookware or other food containers, to a reader communicating with, e.g., heating controls of a heater. The tagging mechanism may be removably attached to the cookware or other food container, is heat-resistant, and its shape can be changed to accommodate the heating of different sizes and shapes of cookware or other items. The tagging mechanism, system and method of the invention may be employed with different types of heaters, such as but not limited to magnetic induction heaters, and may communicate with readers using RFID or other technology and other communication modes and media. | 11-20-2008 |
20090095736 | FOOD WARMING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An apparatus, system and method for warming food by controlled heating of heat retention objects such as cookware items or pellets located on a trivet positioned on a countertop, using heating control units, such as induction heating units, remotely located beneath the countertop. The preferred trivet insulates the countertop against damages, and also includes circuitry enabling the indication or display of its proper positioning on the countertop, and also indicating whether the heating unit is heating the heat retention object. | 04-16-2009 |
20100284383 | INTERNET-ORIENTATED AD-HOC NETWORK - A hierarchical directional internet-oriented ad-hoc network, defined by a software infrastructure, is composed of fixed gateway nodes and a plurality of wireless nodes, which may be fixed or mobile, and which may act as subscribers, routers, or both. The infrastructure hierarchy is defined by the hop count of each node (distance of that node to a fixed gateway node). The software infrastructure includes two tables associated with each node in the network: the upstream routing table which provides shortest routes to fixed gateway nodes through upstream neighbors, and the downstream routing table which provides shortest routes to subscribers through downstream neighbors. These two tables are used by routing algorithms. A peer table can also be used for alternate routes. The maintenance of the aforementioned tables is performed by autonomous algorithms operating locally on each node by receiving and processing signals from their neighbors. | 11-11-2010 |
20110089162 | Induction-Based Heating Appliances Employing Long Wave Magnetic Communication - Apparatus, methods and systems are provided for measuring and controlling the temperature of a heatable object used to warm or cook food, using transmitters and receivers communicating between each other and/or with heaters, such as induction or direct heaters, using long-wave length magnetic communication (LWMC). | 04-21-2011 |
20120294990 | INDUCTION-BASED FOOD HOLDING/WARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for holding and warming food held in pans or trays having a low relative magnetic permeability, such as 300-series stainless steel, using induction heating. | 11-22-2012 |
20130119049 | IR TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR INDUCTION HEATING OF FOOD ITEMS - A system and method for measuring the temperature of cookware to be induction-heated, using an infrared temperature sensor. An induction heater countertop may include a viewing window between the infrared temperature sensor and the cookware. Various algorithms may be applied to the sensed temperature, to adjust it to account for the presence of the viewing window, as well as variations in the cookware material. | 05-16-2013 |
20140305931 | INDUCTION-BASED FOOD HOLDING/WARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for holding and warming food held in pans or trays having a low relative magnetic permeability, such as 300-series stainless steel, using induction heating. | 10-16-2014 |
20140339220 | Induction-Based Food Holding/Warming System and Method With Height Adjustment Mechanism - A device, system and method for induction heating food service pans having differing depths, while maintaining the pans sufficiently closely adjacent an enclosure containing the induction heating power source. | 11-20-2014 |