摘要 |
An apparatus and method for determining at least one boil phase of a liquid is provided. The boil phase is determined from an acoustic signal generated by the liquid during heating, the acoustic signal is measured by an acoustic sensor. The apparatus comprises at least one filter connected to the acoustic sensor. The at least one filter receives and filters the acoustic signal to eliminate excess variation and to eliminate high frequency noise from the acoustic signal producing a filtered acoustic signal. At least one derivative estimation filter is also provided and is connected to the at least one filter. The at least one derivative estimation filter estimates at least one derivative of the filtered acoustic signal. A processor is provided and is connected to the at least one filter and the at least one derivative estimation filter. The processor identifies the at least one boil phase of the liquid using at least the filtered acoustic signal and at least one derivative of the filtered acoustic signal.
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