Induction heating cooker

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9055615
APP PUB NO 20110259877A1
SERIAL NO

13142205

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The present invention provides an induction heating cooker, which is structured to cut off visible light being incident upon an infrared sensor, yet being capable of more accurately sensing any abnormality of the infrared sensor before heating is started. To this end, the induction heating cooker includes a sensor failure sensing-purpose light emitting portion that emits visible light for sensing any failure of an infrared sensor, a visible light cutting filter provided on a surface of a printed circuit board holding the infrared sensor so as to cover the field of view of the infrared sensor, and a control unit that limits the output of an inverter circuit supplying a high-frequency current to a heating coil when the output of the infrared sensor is equal to or less than a threshold value in a situation where the sensor failure sensing-purpose light emitting portion is lit up. The infrared sensor receives the visible light from the sensor failure sensing-purpose light emitting portion to irradiate inside the visible light cutting filter.

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PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTDOSAKA JAPAN OSAKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujinami, Tomoya Shiga, JP 12 123
Miyauchi, Takahiro Hyogo, JP 16 177
Tominaga, Hiroshi Hyogo, JP 57 775
Watanabe, Kenji Hyogo, JP 546 8684

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