US 11,988,450 B2
Cooking appliance having an imaging device for identifying a type of temperature sensing device
Sabrina Marie Hannah, Louisville, KY (US); and Amelia Lear Hensley, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/117,770.
Prior Publication US 2022/0187022 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. F27D 21/02 (2006.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC F27D 21/02 (2013.01) [F24C 3/126 (2013.01); F24C 7/082 (2013.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); F27D 2021/026 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking appliance assembly, comprising:
a cooking appliance comprising a heat source for heating at least one food item;
a temperature sensing device;
an imaging device for collecting data relating to the temperature sensing device; and
a controller communicatively coupled with the cooking appliance assembly, the temperature sensing device, and the imaging device, the controller comprising a memory store and at least one processor for performing a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:
determining a type of the temperature sensing device based, at least in part, on the collected data relating to the temperature sensing device from the imaging device; and
identifying the type of the temperature sensing device by correlating the collected data relating to the temperature sensing device from the imaging device and reference data stored in the memory store relating the type of the temperature sensing device.