FOOD PROCESSOR

• US 20150305567A1
• Filed: 11/27/2013
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vorwerk & Company Interholding Gesellschaft Mit Beschrã¤Nkter Haftung (Vorwerk & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: Vorwerk & Company Interholding Gesellschaft Mit Beschrã¤Nkter Haftung (Vorwerk & Company KG)
• Inventors: KOETZ, Hendrik
• Granted Patent: US 10,682,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/046 with tools driven from the bottom side
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/07 Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/0716 for machines with tools driven from the lower side A47J43/0727 - A47J43/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2035/99 Heating
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2101/06 Mixing of food ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/22 Control or regulation
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/2206 Use of stored recipes for controlling the computer programs, e.g. for manipulation, handling, production or composition in mixing plants B01F33/846 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/2207 Use of data, i.e. barcodes, 3D codes or similar type of tagging information, as instruction or identification codes for controlling the computer programs, e.g. for manipulation, handling, production or compounding in mixing plants B01F33/848 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/90 Heating or cooling systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

An electrically operated food processor with a mixing bowl and a mixer in the mixing bowl is provided with a camera, in particular an electronic camera, which is potentially directed towards the user of the food processor, and with stored gesture recognition software, as well as a gesture data bank, it being possible to use gesture recognition to cause the food processor to carry out a routine task.

Claims

1. An electrically operated food processor (1) with a mixing bowl (4) and a mixer (5) in the mixing bowl (4), wherein the food processor (1) encompasses a camera (20), in particular an electronic camera, which is potentially directed towards the user of the food processor (1), and wherein a gesture recognition software as well as a gesture data bank (G₁) are stored and wherein gesture recognition (G) can be used to cause the food processor (1) to carry out a routine task.

2. The food processor according to claim 1, wherein the gesture recognition (G) activates the food processor (1).

3. The food processor according to claim 1, wherein the gesture recognition (G) activates a speech control (E) of the food processor (1).

4. The food processor according to claim 1, wherein the gesture recognition (G) activates a recipe selection of the food processor (1).

5. The food processor according to claim 1, wherein a face recognition software as well as a face data base (F₁) are stored and wherein the gesture recognition (G) can be activated as a function of a face recognition (F).

6. The food processor according to claim 1, wherein the gesture recognition (G) is activated by turning on the food processor (1).

7. The food processor according to claim 1, wherein the gesture recognition (G) can only be deactivated by turning off the food processor (1).

8. The food processor according to claim 1, wherein a heating and/or a running of the mixer (5) is carried out only when speed (C₁), temperature (C₂) and duration (C₃) are provided or are accepted in response to a corresponding suggestion from the food processor (1).

9. (canceled)