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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Walter Whipple, III, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Robert Philbrick Alley, North Myrtle Beach, SC (US);
Piero Patrone Bonissone, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mark Edward Dausch, Latham, NY (US);
Vivek Venugopal Badami, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A temperature sensor system for a household appliance, such as a microwave oven, that provides for a non-contact self-calibrating measurement of the temperature of an object disposed in a chamber of the appliance. The system comprises an infrared transmitter and an infrared receiver, as well as a distribution apparatus for coupling the transmitter and receiver to the appliance chamber. A scan pattern of infrared radiation is provided for the chamber and the detected infrared radiation from the chamber is used by a processor to generate an accurate measure of the temperature of the object in the chamber.