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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
James Edward Bostick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Randolph Michael Forlenza, Austin, TX (US);
John Paul Kaemmerer, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Raghuraman Kalyanaraman, Austin, TX (US);
Courtney Joseph Spooner, Hutto, TX (US);
James Edward Bostick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Randolph Michael Forlenza, Austin, TX (US);
John Paul Kaemmerer, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Raghuraman Kalyanaraman, Austin, TX (US);
Courtney Joseph Spooner, Hutto, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for detecting a presence of metal objects placed in a microwave cooking unit. A metal detection unit is activated to scan for the presence of a metal object placed into a cooking area of the microwave cooking unit. In response to receiving an indicator of the presence of a metal object from the metal detection unit, the process generates an alert indicating the presence of the metal object.