US 12,279,716 B2
Domestic kitchen apparatus
Wei Shun Bao, Eindhoven (NL); Weimin Xiao, Eindhoven (NL); Zhongchi Luo, Eindhoven (NL); Ming Li, Eindhoven (NL); and Xiao Yun Kui, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 18/032,135
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057692
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/207434, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2021/084511 (WO), filed on Mar. 31, 2021; and application No. 21189665 (EP), filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389750 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 27/086 (2006.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); A47J 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 36/321 (2018.08) [A47J 27/086 (2013.01); A47J 37/0629 (2013.01); A47J 37/0635 (2013.01); A47J 37/0641 (2013.01); F24C 7/085 (2013.01); A47J 2027/043 (2013.01); A47J 37/0623 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A domestic kitchen apparatus, comprising:
a food chamber for receiving food;
an optical range sensor configured for optical range sensing, the optical range sensor is configured to have a depth range whose lower limit is larger than a largest dimension and/or a height dimension of the food chamber, wherein the optical range sensor has at least one optical sensing element; and
a reflector assembly, wherein the reflector assembly is arranged to reflect light directed from the food received in the food chamber onto the at least one optical sensing element, wherein the optical range sensor comprises a stereo camera configured to acquire two or more input images of the food from the light reflected thereto by the reflector assembly.