US 12,309,904 B2
Cooking apparatus, control method, and control system thereof
Juneok Ahn, Suwon-si (KR); Jaewoong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sanghoon Han, Suwon-si (KR); Sanga Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yunkyeong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Useong Jang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,956.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0087595 (KR), filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022290 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 36/32 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01); H05B 6/80 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/6441 (2013.01) [A47J 36/321 (2018.08); F24C 7/083 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); H05B 6/6438 (2013.01); H05B 6/80 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking apparatus comprising:
an input interface configured to receive an instruction related to an operation of the cooking apparatus;
a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal device;
a memory configured to store information related to a state of an operation of the cooking apparatus received from the terminal device through the communication interface; and
a processor configured to:
set the operation of the cooking apparatus to be performed according to the received instruction based on the stored information related to the state of operation of the cooking apparatus,
wherein the processor is configured to:
control the communication interface to send a request to the terminal device to release an operation limitation state that is set on the operation of the cooking apparatus upon the instruction being received via the input interface while the state of operation of the cooking apparatus is in the operation limitation state set,
receive a control allowance level information sent form the terminal device and store the received control allowance level information by matching to identification information of the terminal device,
receive a response to release the operation limitation state on the operation of the cooking apparatus based on the control allowance level information in response to the request to the terminal device to release the operation limitation state.