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.
Claims20
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking chamber;
- at least one 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 at least one camera module;
- monitor a foodstuff within the cooking chamber for a presence of a condition that includes a change in the foodstuff including at least one of boiling, browning, or the generation of smoke;
- and
- if the presence of the condition is detected, generate a signal to increase the frame rate of the at least one camera module.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking chamber;
- at least one camera module configured to capture images of the cooking chamber at an initial frame rate and an increased frame rate that is at least twice as much as the initial frame rate;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- receive the images from the at least one camera module;
- monitor the cooking the cooking chamber for the presence of a condition that includes at least one of a change in a foodstuff within the cooking chamber or a change of a status of the cooking appliance;
- and
- if the presence of the condition is detected, generate a signal switch the at least one camera module from the initial frame rate to the increased frame rate.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a body defining a cooking chamber;
- at least one camera module configured to capture images of the cooking chamber at an initial frame rate and an increased frame rate that is greater than the initial frame rate;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- receive the images from the at least one camera module;
- monitor the cooking the cooking chamber for the presence of a condition that includes at least one of a change in a foodstuff within the cooking chamber or a change of a status of the cooking appliance;
- if the presence of the condition is detected, generate a signal switch the at least one camera module from the initial frame rate to the increased frame rate;
- and
- generate a notification to a user that includes displaying the images at the increased frame rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.