Aroma generating apparatus and method in a cooking apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWon-Woo Lee, Young-Min Hyun
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Abstract
Aroma generating apparatus and method is provided in a cooking apparatus having a main body formed with a cooking compartment and a cooker driver to cook a food within the cooking compartment. The aroma generating apparatus includes an aroma diffuser diffusing at least one food aroma corresponding to a cooking menu or an aroma to remove the food aroma, a keyboard providing a selection of the cooking menu, and a control part controlling the aroma generator so as to produce the food aroma or the deodorizer corresponding to the cooking menu selected by a user and release the food aroma or the deodorizer inside or outside the cooking apparatus.
Claims34
A method in a cooking apparatus, comprising:
- storing a plurality of aroma sources in said cooking apparatus;
- making a selection of a cooking menu for cooking food;
- selecting an aroma corresponding to said food;
- and
- generating said aroma by mixing at least two aroma sources selected from said plurality of aroma sources stored in said cooking apparatus, said aroma not being produced by said food itself to be cooked.
A method in a cooking apparatus, comprising:
- providing a cooking apparatus with an aroma generating unit;
- producing an aroma in said aroma generating unit;
- controlling a movement of a piston disposed within said aroma generating unit, wherein said piston opens one of a first nozzle and a second nozzle and closes the other;
- and
- diffusing said aroma through the opened nozzle.
A method of providing a scent from a cooking apparatus, comprising:
- storing a plurality of scent sources in a reservoir;
- selecting a cooking menu;
- controlling an aroma generator according to said cooking menu to select an aroma corresponding to said cooking menu and produce said aroma by mixing at least two scent sources among the stored plurality of scent sources;
- and
- diffusing said aroma for a predetermined time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.