US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Feb. 10 for "Calibration method for infrared sensor on microwave appliance sous vide system" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,234, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Calibration method for infrared sensor on microwave appliance sous vide system" was invented by Mark Heimerdinger (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, a magnetron, a temperature sensor directed toward the cooking chamber, and a controller. The controller is configured to measure a raw temperature of the cooking chamber, determine a calibrated temperature from the raw temperature and a conversion model, determine a preheat power level for the magnetron, and opera...