In-oven camera
AssigneeBrava Home, Inc.
InventorShih-yu Cheng
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Abstract
Several embodiments include a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance can include one or more heating elements; a cooking chamber; and a camera attached to the interior of the chamber. In some embodiments, the cooking chamber prevents any visible light from escaping the chamber (e.g., the cooking chamber is windowless). In some embodiments, the heating elements are controlled by a computing device in the cooking appliance. In some embodiments, the output of the camera is used to adjust heating pattern of the heating elements.
Claims26
A cooking appliance comprising:
- one or more heating elements;
- a cooking chamber;
- a directional light source, separate from the heating elements, configured to project light within the cooking chamber;
- a camera adapted to capture an image of a content at least partially inside the cooking chamber while the directional light source is projecting light;
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- a computing device configured to control the heating elements based on the captured image and determine depth information of content in the cooking chamber from the captured image.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- one or more heating elements;
- a windowless enclosure at least partially defining a first chamber having a door thereto;
- a second chamber within the windowless enclosure, wherein the second chamber is separated from the first chamber by at least a double pane window, wherein the first chamber is optically opaque in the visible spectrum from outside of the enclosure;
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- a camera within the second chamber, the camera adapted to capture an image of a content at least partially inside the first chamber.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- one or more heating elements;
- an enclosure at least partially defining a chamber having a door thereto, wherein the chamber is optically opaque in the visible spectrum from outside of the enclosure;
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- an optical sensor within the enclosure and separated from interior of the chamber by at least two optically transparent structures, wherein the optical sensor is adapted to monitor an optical signal from inside the first chamber, wherein the optically transparent structures include at least a glass pane separated from another glass pane.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- one or more heating elements;
- an enclosure at least partially defining a cooking chamber having a door thereto, wherein the cooking chamber is optically opaque in the visible spectrum from outside of the enclosure;
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- an optical sensor within the enclosure and separated from interior of the cooking chamber by at least two optically transparent structures, wherein the optical sensor is adapted to monitor an optical signal from inside the cooking chamber, wherein the optically transparent structures are separated by vacuum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.