IP Library Granted Patent US 9,888,804
Granted Patent B2
US 9,888,804 · App. 14/677,253 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Oven comprising weight sensors

Inventors: Filippo Matarazzi (Gualdo Tadino, IT); Carlo Filippo Ratti (Turin, IT); Marco Maria Pedrazzo (Cuneo, IT)
Assignee: Whirlpool EMEA S.p.A.
A47J27/62F24C7/08
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Patent No.
US 9,888,804
App. No.
14/677,253
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an oven ( 101 ) comprising a heated cavity ( 102 ) for cooking a food ( 201 ), supporting means ( 103 ) positioned in the heated cavity ( 102 ) and configured for supporting a shelf ( 105 ) in the heated cavity ( 102 ); the supporting means ( 103 ) comprise at least one weight sensor ( 104 ) configured for detecting the weight of a food ( 201 ) positioned on the shelf ( 105 ).

Claims (12)

1. An oven comprising:

a heated cavity for cooking a food;

a horizontal guide positioned in said heated cavity that supports a first shelf in said heated cavity, wherein said horizontal guide includes at least one first weight sensor that detects a weight of the food positioned on said first shelf,

a processor that compares said weight of the food with reference weight information stored in a memory coupled to the processor; and

the processor displaying on a display screen an indication about the cooking of said food based on the comparison of the weight of said food with said reference weight information.

2. The oven according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of other horizontal guides that support a plurality of other shelves at different heights in said heated cavity, wherein the plurality of other shelves include a plurality of other weight sensors.

3. The oven according to claim 2 , wherein said plurality of other weight sensors arranged at each height in said heated cavity include a plurality of load cells that detect the weight of the food positioned on the plurality of other shelves.

4. The oven according to claim 1 , wherein said processor provides information about the weight of said food netted from a tare weight of said first shelf.

5. The oven according to claim 1 , further comprising a three-dimensional scanning system that acquires information about at least one of a volume and a shape of the food positioned in said heated cavity.

6. The oven according to claim 5 , wherein said three-dimensional scanning system comprises at least one image sensor positioned in said heated cavity that acquires images of said food, and further comprises at least one light source positioned in said heated cavity that illuminates said food.

7. The oven according to claim 5 , wherein the memory stores reference three-dimensional scan information, and wherein the processor is also operationally connected to said three-dimensional scanning system, wherein said processor determines a typology of said food by comparing said information about at least one of the volume and the shape of said food with said reference three-dimensional scan information.

8. The oven according to claim 1 , further comprising a transmission unit that sends information about said food to an external device.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: WHIRLPOOL EMEA S.P.A.
To: WHIRLPOOL EMEA S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 066597/0599 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 21, 2017
From: INDESIT COMPANY S.P.A.
To: WHIRLPOOL EMEA S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 043609/0128 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2015
From: MATARAZZI, FILIPPO; RATTI, CARLO FILIPPO; PEDRAZZO, MARCO MARIA
To: INDESIT COMPANY S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 035857/0985 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT TO2014A0292 · Apr 7, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150305543A1 · Oct 29, 2015