US 12,437,442 B2
Cooking apparatus and method for controlling cooking apparatus
Keehwan Ka, Suwon-si (KR); and Seongjoo Han, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Yeongtong-gu (KR)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/205,713.
Application 18/205,713 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/006665, filed on May 17, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0106447 (KR), filed on Aug. 24, 2022; and application No. 10-2023-0006906 (KR), filed on Jan. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0070908 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 7/11 (2017.01); F24C 3/12 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/74 (2017.01) [F24C 3/128 (2013.01); F24C 7/085 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); H05B 1/0263 (2013.01); H05B 6/6447 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30128 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking apparatus comprising:
a chamber;
a door configured to open or close the chamber;
a plurality of supporters inside the chamber at different heights from each other, each supporter of the plurality of supporters configured to support a tray inside the chamber;
a plurality of markers at different locations on the door;
a camera configured to obtain an image of an interior of the chamber; and
a controller configured to:
identify the location of a marker, at least a portion of which is hidden by the tray, of the plurality of markers, in an image of the interior of the chamber obtained by the camera while the tray is being supported inside the chamber by at least one supporter of the plurality of supporters,
estimate height of the tray in the chamber based on the identified location, and
determine a cooking parameter for cooking an object to be cooked in the chamber based on the estimated height.