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US 11,116,050 B1Granted
High heat in-situ camera systems and operation methods
AssigneeJune Life, Inc.
InventorsNikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Nikko Lubinski, Mathias Schmidt
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Abstract
An imaging system for a high-heat cooking appliance, including a camera system including an optical sensor, a lens, and a set of light emitters; and a camera cooling mechanism thermally connected to the camera system.
Claims20
A modular imaging system configured to be removably coupled to a cooking appliance defining a first internal cavity and a second internal cavity, the modular imaging system comprising:
- an imaging assembly, the imaging assembly comprising:
- an optical sensor defining a field of view directed toward an inferior surface defining the first internal cavity, wherein the optical sensor is configured to sample a set of images of a superior surface of a food item arranged in the first internal cavity;
- a lens arranged inferior to the optical sensor;
- a housing comprising a thermally conductive material and defining a housing cavity, wherein the housing is arranged in the second internal cavity, wherein the imaging assembly is arranged within the housing cavity, wherein the housing fluidly isolates the housing cavity from a portion of the second internal cavity, the portion located external to the housing cavity, and wherein the housing is operable in a set of configurations, the set of configurations comprising:
- a coupled configuration, wherein the housing is coupled to the cooking appliance and arranged within the second internal cavity of the cooking appliance, wherein the housing is configured to locate the optical sensor at a center of a superior surface defining the first internal cavity;
- and
- an uncoupled configuration, wherein the housing is arranged outside the cooking appliance.
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An imaging system for a cooking appliance defining a first internal cavity and a second internal cavity arranged superior to the first internal cavity, the imaging system comprising:
- an imaging assembly, the imaging assembly comprising:
- an optical sensor defining a field of view directed toward an inferior surface defining the first internal cavity, wherein the optical sensor is configured to sample a set of images of a superior surface of a food item arranged in the first internal cavity;
- a lens arranged inferior to the optical sensor;
- a cooling mechanism configured to cool the imaging assembly, the cooling mechanism comprising:
- a housing comprising a thermally conductive material arranged in the second internal cavity, wherein the housing defines a housing cavity, the imaging assembly arranged in the housing cavity, wherein the housing cavity is coupled to an air inlet, and wherein the housing is configured to locate the optical sensor at a central point of a superior surface defining the internal cavity;
- a transparent heat shield coupled to an inferior broad surface of the housing;
- an exhaust fan arranged in the housing cavity;
- and
- an air outlet arranged proximal to the exhaust fan, wherein the housing defines a flow path between the air inlet and the air outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.