Camera view port dedicated self cleaning cycles

A system for performing a dedicated self-cleaning cycle for a camera configured to image a cavity of an oven, comprising:

• a camera including an image sensor and a view port glass configured to protect the image sensor of the camera from heat or detritus in the cavity of the oven;
• a camera viewport heating element configured to provide localized heating to the view port glass of the camera;
• a main heating element configured to perform a full oven pyrolytic cycle;
• and
• a controller programmed to
• receive a current image of the cavity from the image sensor of the camera,
• use the current image to determine whether the view port glass requires cleaning to ensure visibility of the cavity by the image sensor of the camera,
• responsive to the current image indicating the view port glass requires cleaning, provide an indication to perform a localized pyrolytic cycle to clean the view port glass to ensure the camera has a clear view through the view port glass for operation of functions that require images from the camera,
• responsive to the indication, operate the camera viewport heating element to perform the localized pyrolytic cycle and refrain from using the main heating element to perform the full oven pyrolytic cycle, and
• utilize the camera to view the cavity of the oven.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for performing a dedicated self-cleaning cycle for a camera configured to image a cavity of an oven that, when executed by a controller, cause the controller to perform operations including to:

• receive a current image of the cavity from an image sensor of the camera;
• use the current image to determine whether a view port glass protecting the image sensor of the camera from heat or detritus in the cavity of the oven requires cleaning to ensure visibility of the cavity by the image sensor of the camera;
• responsive to the current image indicating the view port glass requires cleaning, provide an indication to perform a localized pyrolytic cycle to clean the view port glass to ensure the camera has a clear view through the view port glass for operation of functions that require images from the camera,
• responsive to the indication, operate a camera viewport heating element configured to provide localized heating to the view port glass to perform the localized pyrolytic cycle and refrain from using the main heating element to perform the full oven pyrolytic cycle;
• and
• utilize the camera to view the cavity of the oven.