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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Thomas Kruempelmann, Guetersloh, DE;
Ulrich Sillmen, Guetersloh, DE;
Thomas Kruempelmann, Guetersloh, DE;
Ulrich Sillmen, Guetersloh, DE;
Miele & Cie. KG, Guetersloh, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling a cooking process in a cooking appliance having a sensor for measuring a gas concentration in the cooking chamber and an electric or electronic control system in communication with the sensor and including an evaluation circuit and a memory, includes ascertaining, as a function of a food to be cooked, a cooking end value stored in the memory. An output signal of the sensor is processed using the evaluation circuit so as to generate a cooking quotient. The cooking quotient at a point in time corresponds to a ratio of the first derivative of the output signal with respect to time to a first extreme value of the first derivative of the output signal with respect to time. A value of the cooking quotient is compared to the cooking end value using the evaluation circuit, and an appliance function is triggered.