Cooking apparatus, cooking system and cooking control method using the same

• US 7,326,888 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2006
• Issued: 02/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chun, Yun Bong, Ji, Sook Young, Kim, Kwang Keun
• Primary Examiner(s): PASCHALL, MARK H
• Application Number:
  US11/366,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20070029306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• Field of Search: 219/494, 219/497, 219/501, 219/506, 219412-414, 219/708, 219/714, 99325-331
• US Class Current: 219/506
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/08 Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/6441 allowing the input of coded operation instructions, e.g. bar code reader

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus and cooking system which allows a user to change cooking information that is suitable to the preferences of the user and the amount of food when cooking food using automatic cooking information, and a cooking control method using the same. The cooking apparatus using automatic cooking information includes an automatic cooking information acquisition unit for acquiring the automatic cooking information; an automatic cooking information change unit for allowing a user to change the acquired automatic cooking information; and a control unit for controlling a series of cooking operations on the basis of the changed cooking information. The cooking system that uses automatic cooking information includes an external terminal for acquiring the automatic cooking information and transmitting the automatic cooking information to a cooking apparatus; an automatic cooking information change unit for allowing a user to change the transmitted automatic cooking information; and a control unit for controlling a series of cooking operations on the basis of the changed cooking information.

Claims

1. An apparatus for cooking food using automatic cooking information, the apparatus comprising:

an automatic cooking information acquisition unit acquiring the automatic cooking information;

an automatic cooking information change unit for allowing a user to change the acquired automatic cooking information; and

a control unit controlling a series of cooking operations on the basis of the changed cooking information,

wherein the automatic cooking information acquisition unit comprises;

a camera capturing an image of the food; and

a memory storing a plurality of food images and cooking information for corresponding foods,

wherein the automatic cooking information acquisition unit compares the captured food image with the food images stored in the memory, determines an identification number (ID) of the food, and acquires the automatic cooking information corresponding to the ID of the food.

2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a display unit displaying the acquired automatic cooking information,

wherein the automatic cooking information change unit further comprises a button selecting the desired cooking item among cooking items displayed on the display unit.

3. A system for cooking food using automatic cooking information, the system comprising:

an external terminal acquiring automatic cooking information and transmitting the automatic cooking information to a cooking apparatus;

an automatic cooking information change unit allowing a user to change the transmitted automatic cooking information; and

a cooking apparatus including a control unit controlling a series of cooking operations on the basis of the changed cooking information,

wherein the external terminal comprises;

a camera capturing an image of the food; and

a memory storing a plurality of food images and cooking information for corresponding foods,

wherein the automatic cooking information acquisition unit compares the captured food image with the food images stored in the memory, determines an identification number (ID) of the food, and acquires the automatic cooking information corresponding to the ID of the food.

4. The system as set forth in claim 3, wherein the external terminal is any one of a PC, a PDA, a web pad and a wireless telephone, and the external terminal accesses a website/internet and acquires the automatic cooking information.

5. The system as set forth in claim 3, wherein the external terminal and the cooking apparatus further comprise a communication module transmitting the automatic cooking information via wired or wireless communication.