IP Library Granted Patent US 11,300,299
Granted Patent B2
US 11,300,299 · App. 16/688,816 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Connected food preparation system and method of use

Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal (San Francisco, CA); Matthew Van Horn (San Francisco, CA); Seunghoon Park (San Francisco, CA); Ravishankar Sivalingam (San Francisco, CA); Christopher Russell Clark (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: June Life, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,300,299
App. No.
16/688,816
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.

Claims (46)

1. A method, comprising:

determining operation instructions for cooking appliance based on a meal plan;

determining auxiliary operation instructions for an auxiliary connected system based on the meal plan;

transmitting the operation instructions and the auxiliary operation instructions to the cooking appliance and the auxiliary connected system, respectively, wherein the auxiliary operation instructions are transmitted to the auxiliary connected system in response to satisfaction of a set of secondary conditions;

operating the auxiliary connected system according to the operation instructions for the auxiliary connected system;

sampling auxiliary measurements at the auxiliary connected system during auxiliary connected system operation; and

controlling cooking appliance operation according to the operation instructions in response to the auxiliary measurements satisfying a first set of conditions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary connected system comprises a cooking device.

3. A method, comprising:

determining operation instructions for cooking appliance based on a meal plan, wherein the operation instructions comprise a preheat instruction and a cooking instruction;

determining auxiliary operation instructions for an auxiliary connected system based on the meal plan;

transmitting the operation instructions and the auxiliary operation instructions to the cooking appliance and the auxiliary connected system, respectively;

operating the auxiliary connected system according to the auxiliary operation instructions for the auxiliary connected system;

sampling auxiliary measurements at the auxiliary connected system during auxiliary connected system operation; and

controlling cooking appliance operation according to the cooking appliance operation instructions in response to the auxiliary measurements satisfying a first set of conditions, wherein controlling cooking appliance operation comprises preheating the cooking appliance according to the preheat instruction in response to the auxiliary measurements satisfying the first set of conditions.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising controlling the cooking appliance according to the cooking instruction in response to a foodstuff class for the foodstuff, determined from the images, matching a menu plan foodstuff class associated with the operation instructions.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation instructions and auxiliary operation instructions are determined by a remote computing system.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein transmitting the cooking appliance operation instructions and the auxiliary operation instructions comprises:

transmitting the operation instructions and the auxiliary operation instructions to the cooking appliance; and

transmitting the auxiliary operation instructions to the auxiliary connected system from the cooking appliance.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising transmitting the auxiliary measurements to the remote computing system.

8. The method of claim 3 , further comprising, at the cooking appliance:

receiving the auxiliary measurements from the auxiliary connected system;

transmitting the auxiliary operation instructions to the auxiliary connected system in response to the auxiliary measurements satisfying the second set of conditions.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining cooking appliance measurements from the cooking appliance; and

transmitting the cooking appliance measurements to a remote computing system, wherein the remote computing system determines the operation instructions and auxiliary operation instructions.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the cooking appliance oven measurements comprise images of foodstuff within the cooking appliance, sampled by a camera mounted to the cooking appliance.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising streaming the images to a user device separate and distinct from the cooking appliance oven and the auxiliary connected system.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein cooking appliance operation is further controlled in response to a foodstuff class for the foodstuff, determined from the images, matching a menu plan foodstuff class associated with the operation instructions.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

adjusting the auxiliary operation instructions based on the cooking appliance measurements; and

transmitting the adjusted auxiliary operation instructions to the auxiliary connected system.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary operation instructions are transmitted to the auxiliary connected system from the cooking appliance over a local network.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the local network comprises a short-range network.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting the cooking appliance operation instructions based on the auxiliary measurements.

17. A method, comprising:

determining operation instructions for a cooking appliance based on a meal plan, wherein the operation instructions are determined based on user inputs received from a user device;

determining auxiliary operation instructions for an auxiliary connected system based on the meal plan;

transmitting the operation instructions and the auxiliary operation instructions to the cooking appliance and the auxiliary connected system, respectively;

operating the auxiliary connected system according to the operation instructions for the auxiliary connected system;

sampling auxiliary measurements at the auxiliary connected system during auxiliary connected system operation; and

controlling cooking appliance operation according to the operation instructions in response to the auxiliary measurements satisfying a first set of conditions.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation instructions and auxiliary operation instructions are determined before foodstuff insertion into the cooking appliance.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cooking appliance comprises an oven.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the cooking appliance comprises an oven.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2025
From: WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC; JUNE LIFE, LLC; NORTH ATLANTIC IMPORTS, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 072994/0778 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: JUNE LIFE, INC.
To: JUNE LIFE, LLC
Reel/Frame 066880/0991 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: JUNE LIFE, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 054993/0343 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2019
From: BHOGAL, NIKHIL; HORN, MATTHEW VAN; PARK, SEUNGHOON; SIVALINGAM, RAVISHANKAR; CLARK, CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
To: JUNE LIFE, INC.
Reel/Frame 051065/0019 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16008478 · Jun 14, 2018
Continuation 15450546 · Mar 6, 2017
Continuation 15147597 · May 5, 2016
Provisional Application 62157325 · May 5, 2015
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