User engagement system and methods for adjusting a cooking recipe based on an identified utensil
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorTodd E. Greenwood
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Abstract
A method of operating a user engagement system, as provided herein, may include receiving a recipe selection signal of a predetermined recipe, and receiving a recipe information signal based on the predetermined recipe. The method may further include receiving an image signal from the camera assembly, and identifying a utensil based on the received image signal. The method may still further include initiating a recipe action at the user engagement system.
Claims16
A method of operating a user engagement system adjacent to a cooking appliance, the user engagement system comprising a camera assembly and an image monitor, the method comprising:
- receiving a recipe selection signal of a predetermined recipe;
- receiving a recipe information signal based on the predetermined recipe;
- receiving an image signal from the camera assembly;
- identifying a utensil based on the received image signal;
- and
- initiating a recipe action at the user engagement system,
- wherein identifying the utensil comprises determining a utensil material, and
- wherein the recipe action comprises
- adjusting a time setting instruction based on the identified utensil, and
- displaying a user-guided presentation of the predetermined recipe with the adjusted time setting instruction at the image monitor.
A method of operating a user engagement system adjacent to a cooking appliance, the user engagement system comprising a camera assembly and an image monitor, the method comprising:
- receiving a recipe selection signal of a predetermined recipe;
- receiving a recipe information signal at the user engagement system based on the predetermined recipe, the recipe information signal comprising a plurality of sequenced recipe panels corresponding to the predetermined recipe;
- receiving an image signal of the cooking appliance from the camera assembly;
- identifying a utensil based on the received image signal;
- and
- initiating a user-guided presentation at the image monitor based on the identified utensil,
- wherein identifying the utensil comprises determining a utensil material,
- wherein the user-guided presentation comprises a time setting instruction of the predetermined recipe, and
- wherein the method further comprises adjusting the time setting instruction based on the identified utensil, the initiated user-guided presentation comprising the adjusted time setting instruction at the image monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.