Associate Professor Satoshi Horikoshi of the Department of Materials and Life Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, in collaboration with Sharp Co., Ltd., NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nippon Unisys Co., Ltd., and others, is a microwave oven with a new concept using multiple microwave ovens made of solid semiconductors. Was developed and the prototype was completed.By using this microwave oven, it is possible to achieve automatic heating and energy saving at the optimum temperature that suppresses unevenness of each food.
The microwave oven developed by Associate Professor Horikoshi and others uses multiple solid semiconductors that can oscillate precise microwaves without fluctuations to set the non-uniform heating of food in conventional microwave ovens and the time specified for food. However, the problem such as insufficient heating was solved.In addition, when heating multiple different foods such as lunch boxes at the same time, selective heating of foods and delicate temperature control have become possible.In addition, complicated heating patterns for selective heating for each food are automatically obtained using IoT.It has become possible to provide standardized and optimal food heating for various products.
For example, if you put a lunch box purchased at a convenience store, the QR code or barcode of the case is automatically read, and the appropriate heating conditions for each food are automatically downloaded from the cloud from that information.By doing this, it is possible to automatically heat under the most delicious temperature condition or the favorite temperature condition according to the individual meal.Since it is possible to partially irradiate microwaves so that the temperature becomes appropriate, energy-saving heating is also possible.
In the future, it will be possible to provide a completely new food culture with this device, and it is thought that a new food business will expand accordingly.Recently, microwaves have been applied to chemical reactions, enzyme activity, aged meat, medical treatment, etc., and the principle of this prototype can be used in these fields as well. We will also proceed with research on applicability.
