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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2020
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshiharu Oomori, Shiga, JP;
Daisuke Hosokawa, Shiga, JP;
Fumitaka Ogasawara, Hyogo, JP;
Mikio Fukui, Shiga, JP;
Koji Yoshino, Shiga, JP;
Takashi Uno, Shiga, JP;
Abstract
A microwave treatment device includes a heating chamber for accommodating a heating target, a microwave generator, a feeder, a detector, and a controller. The microwave generator generates a microwave having a frequency in a specified frequency band. The feeder radiates the microwave inside the heating chamber. The detector detects a reflected microwave power reflected from the heating chamber. The controller causes the microwave generator to execute a frequency sweeping in the specified frequency band, and controls the microwave generator according to a temporal change in a frequency characteristic of the reflected microwave power. The temporal change in the frequency characteristic of the reflected microwave power is based on the frequency of the microwave, a level of the reflected microwave power, and a time passed from a start of heating. Thus, it is possible to accurately recognize the progress of cooking while heating the object.