Food Item Positional Display System and Method
OwnerLee A. Bielsteininventor
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Abstract
A system and method for displaying the actual position of one or more food items on a conveyorized oven system on a display monitor. Digital images of each food item are captured, stored and processed into positional imaging data using data transmitted from sensors adjacent to the conveyorized oven system. Characteristic data for each food item may be associated with the positional imaging data. The characteristic and positional imaging data of the food items may be stored or communicated to a display monitor for the user to view.
Claims25
A food item positional display system, comprising:
- a conveyorized oven, said conveyorized oven comprising a conveyor, said conveyor including a loading section, an exiting section and an oven section there between,
- at least one image capture device to capture imaging data of at least one food item,
- at least one display monitor to display positional imaging data corresponding to said at least one food item, said positional imaging data comprising positional data, and
- a computer in communication with said at least one image capture device and said at least one display monitor, wherein said computer receives said imaging data from said at least one image capture device, processes said positional data into said imaging data to provide positional imaging data, and transmits said positional imaging data to said at least one display monitor.
An image capture and display system, comprising:
- a conveyorized oven, said conveyorized oven having a loading section, an oven section and an exiting section,
- at least one image capture device to capture imaging data of at least one food item,
- at least one data input device to input characteristic data,
- at least one display monitor to exhibit said imaging data and said characteristic data corresponding to said at least one food item wherein said imaging data comprises positional imaging data, and
- a computer in communication with said at least one image capture device, said at least one data input device, and said at least one display monitor,
- wherein said computer receives said imaging data from said at least one image capture device and processes said positional data into said imaging data to provide positional imaging data, and
- wherein said computer receives said characteristic data from said at least one input device and processes said characteristic data into said positional imaging data, and transmits said positional imaging data to said at least one video display.
A method of displaying food item position, comprising:
- capturing imaging data from at least one video capture device,
- processing positional data into said imaging data to produce positional imaging data,
- transmitting said positional imaging data to at least one display monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.