Adaptive video streaming frames per second based on appliance status
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsRodrigo Weissmann Borges, Bhargav M. Jain, Blayne Christopher Smith, Collin Andrew Stipe, Seth Douglas Herndon
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a body defining a cooking chamber and a door moveable between a closed position and an open position. A camera module is configured to capture images of the cooking chamber. A control system is configured to receive the images from the camera module, monitor the cooking appliance or a foodstuff within the cooking chamber for a presence of a condition, and, if the presence of the condition is detected, generate a signal to modify a frame rate of the camera module.
Claims18
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking chamber;
- a door moveable between a closed position and an open position;
- a camera module configured to capture images of the cooking chamber at a plurality of frame rates;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- receive the images from the camera module;
- monitor changes of the cooking appliance or a foodstuff within the cooking chamber for a presence of a condition associated with increasing or decreasing the frame rate of the camera, wherein the presence of the condition includes a position of the door;
- and
- based on the position of the door, generate a signal to increase the frame rate of the camera module when the door is in the open position and decrease the frame rate of the camera when the door is in the closed position.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking chamber;
- a door moveable between a closed position and an open position;
- a camera module configured to capture images of the cooking chamber at a plurality of frame rates;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- receive the images from the camera module;
- monitor changes of the cooking appliance for a presence of a condition associated with increasing or decreasing the frame rate of the camera that includes at least one of a change of a temperature within the cooking chamber or a duty cycle completion;
- and
- if the presence of the condition is detected, generate a signal to increase or decrease the frame rate of the camera module.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking chamber;
- a door moveable between a closed position and an open position;
- a camera module configured to capture images of the cooking chamber at a plurality of frame rates;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- receive the images from the camera module;
- monitor changes of the cooking appliance for a presence of a condition associated with increasing or decreasing the frame rate of the camera, wherein the presence of the condition associated with increasing or decreasing the frame rate of the camera includes at least one of turning on a light module that is configured to light the cooking chamber, a change of a temperature within the cooking chamber, or a duty cycle completion;
- and
- if the presence of the condition is detected, generate a signal to increase or decrease the frame rate of the camera module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.