Cooking appliance with image analysis based mode selection
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJinmo Chong, MyungGeon Chung
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, a heating assembly, a camera, and a controller in operable communication with the heating assembly and the camera. A method of operating the cooking appliance includes initializing a cooking operation of the cooking appliance, capturing a first image of a food item inside the cooking chamber using the camera in response to initializing the cooking operation, and determining one or more characteristics of the food item from the first image. The method further includes adjusting the cooking operation in response to the determined one or more characteristics of the food item and performing the adjusted cooking operation.
Claims18
A method of operating a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, a heating assembly, a camera, and a controller in operable communication with the heating assembly and the camera, the method comprising:
- initializing a cooking operation of the cooking appliance;
- capturing a first image of a food item inside the cooking chamber using the camera in response to initializing the cooking operation;
- determining one or more characteristics of the food item from the first image;
- adjusting the cooking operation in response to the determined one or more characteristics of the food item;
- and
- performing the adjusted cooking operation.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber;
- a heating assembly positioned in the cabinet;
- a camera positioned in the cabinet;
- and
- a controller in operable communication with the heating assembly and the camera, the controller configured to:
- initialize a cooking operation of the cooking appliance;
- capture a first image of a food item inside the cooking chamber using the camera in response to initializing the cooking operation;
- determine one or more characteristics of the food item from the first image;
- adjust the cooking operation in response to the determined one or more characteristics of the food item;
- and
- perform the adjusted cooking operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.