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Abstract

A sensor device according to an embodiment, mountable on a cooking vessel to measure a temperature of a food item in the cooking vessel heated by a heating device. The sensor device includes a heat transfer portion to receive heat from the heated cooking vessel while the sensor device is mounted to the cooking vessel, a thermoelectric element to generate a current and electrical energy based on the heat transferred from the heat transfer portion, a printed board assembly (PBA) to which the current generated by the thermoelectric element is applied, an energy storage portion electrically connected to the PBA to store the electrical energy received from the PBA, a sensor body on which the PBA and the energy storage portion are disposed, a probe mountable on the sensor body, the probe including a temperature sensor to measure the temperature of the food item in the cooking vessel.

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First Claim