CONNECTED FOOD PREPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE

• US 20170176019A1
• Filed: 03/06/2017
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: June Life LLC
• Original Assignee: June Life, Inc.
• Inventors: Bhogal, Nikhil, Van Horn, Matthew, Park, Seunghoon, Sivalingam, Ravishankar, Clark, Christopher Russell
• Granted Patent: US 10,024,544 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 5/15 using wave energy, irradiation, electrical means or magnetic fields, e.g. oven cooking or roasting using radiant dry heat
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 5/17 in a gaseous atmosphere with forced air or gas circulation, in vacuum or under pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/321 the electronic control being performed over a network, e.g. by means of a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0623 Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity A47J37/0605 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0664 Accessories
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/008 Illumination for oven cavities
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 3/124 Control panels
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/062 on stoves
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/085 on baking ovens
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/086 touch control
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/087 of electric circuits regulating heat
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0263 Ovens

Abstract

A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.

Claims

1. A connected oven, comprising:

an oven body defining a cooking cavity, the oven body comprising an oven base opposing an oven top;

an oven door mounted to the oven body;

a heating element mounted proximal the oven top;

a camera defining a field of view, the camera mounted to the oven top with the field of view directed toward the oven base;

a user interface unit comprising;

a touchscreen overlaying a display, the user interface unit defining a broad face, the user interface unit mounted to the oven door and arranged with a normal vector to the broad face intersecting the cooking cavity;

a rotary knob mounted to the oven door, the rotary knob defining a rotary axis intersecting the cooking cavity; and

a processing system connected to the heating element, the camera, and the user interface unit, the processing system mounted to the display, the processing system configured to;

automatically determine a classification for foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on an image recorded by the camera; and

automatically operate the heating element based on the classification.