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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Jong-chull Shon, Suwon, KR;
Won-woo Lee, Suwon, KR;
So-hyun Lee, Suwon, KR;
Keun-seuk OH, Suwon, KR;
Jong-Chull Shon, Suwon, KR;
Won-Woo Lee, Suwon, KR;
So-Hyun Lee, Suwon, KR;
Keun-Seuk Oh, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a microwave oven, including a magnetron generating microwaves and a sensor sensing the state of air in the cooking cavity of the oven. The cooking period is determined by searching one of two data tables in accordance with a determination result after determining whether food to be cooked is included in ascending slope-type foods or descending slope-type foods. The control method and apparatus remarkably reduces a deviation in the cooking periods by distinguishing the ascending slope-type foods from the descending slope-type foods. The control method and apparatus allows the microwave oven to appropriately cook food for a period of time which substantially matches a practically required cooking period, thus providing a good cooking result.