US 11,686,477 B2
Cooking appliance with an imaging device
Alexander L. Clayton, St. Joseph, MI (US); Brandon Satanek, Stevensville, MI (US); Michael Tsai, St. Joseph, MI (US); Christopher Cullen, Stevensville, MI (US); Heng Tong Pit, St. Joseph, MI (US); Donald John Gilmore, Berrien Springs, MI (US); Cristiano Vito Pastore, Comerio (IT); Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US); Pallavi Manjrekar, Stevensville, MI (US); Bruce Wiatrak, Bolingbrook, IL (US); John Doyle, Brunello (IT); Joshua Abdoo, Stevensville, MI (US); Ariana Bruno, St. Joseph, MI (US); Neomar Giacomini, St. Joseph, MI (US); Tamara Distaso, Cassinetta (IT); Gianpiero Santacatterina, Cassinetta (IT); and Seth Herndon, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,240.
Application 17/675,240 is a continuation of application No. 16/728,426, filed on Dec. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,287,140.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,443, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0170644 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC F24C 7/086 (2013.01) [F24C 3/124 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance comprising:
a chassis defining a cooking chamber and having an access opening;
a heating element located within the chassis;
a door pivotably mounted to the chassis including a window for viewing the cooking chamber through the door, and the door being movable between a closed position to close the access opening and an opened position to open the access opening;
a transparent, touchscreen display provided on the door;
a first camera mounted to the chassis for imaging the cooking chamber interior of the chassis and configured to generate a first signal representative an image of a food item and a rack contained within the cooking chamber for display on the transparent, touchscreen display; and
a controller communicatively and operably coupled to the transparent, touchscreen display and the first camera, and configured to receive the first signal and display the image of the food item and the rack contained within the cooking chamber on the transparent, touchscreen display and configured to determine an alternate position of one of the food item or the rack based on the first signal and display an augmented image of the food item or the rack in the alternate position within the cooking chamber on the transparent, touchscreen display.