IP Library Granted Patent US 11,680,712
Granted Patent B2
US 11,680,712 · App. 17/201,953 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Method and system for sensor maintenance

Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal (San Francisco, CA); Nishit Kumar (San Francisco, CA); Robert Cottrell (San Francisco, CA); Jithendra Paruchuri (San Francisco, CA); Ryan Perry (San Francisco, CA); Matthew Van Horn (San Francisco, CA); Christopher Russell Clark (San Francisco, CA); Eugenia Kuo (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: June Life, Inc.
F24C7/085G06V10/764G06V10/82G06V10/993G06V20/68
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Patent No.
US 11,680,712
App. No.
17/201,953
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method for dirty camera detection including: detecting a first predetermined state change event; sampling a set of cavity measurements; optionally determining a set of features of the set of cavity measurements; determining a class label based on the cavity measurements; optionally verifying the classification; and facilitating use of the appliance based on the classification.

Claims (16)

1. A system for dirty camera detection, comprising:

an appliance, comprising a camera and a cook cavity; and

a processor, configured to:

detect a first state change event at the appliance;

after detection of the first state change event, sample a set of cavity measurements;

determine a class label for the cook cavity using the set of cavity measurements, wherein the class label represents multi-component state combinations for the cook cavity and the camera; and

facilitate use of the appliance based on the class label.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the appliance is an oven.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

store preceding class labels;

retrieve the preceding class labels in response to the class label indicative of a dirty camera state; and

verify that the camera is dirty when at least a predetermined number of dirty camera state classifications appear within the preceding class labels.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the preceding class labels that are retrieved comprise class labels from a predetermined time period prior to a current time.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined number of dirty camera state classifications are for images that depict empty cook cavities.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the class label is determined using a neural network, wherein the neural network is trained using a plurality of images that depict an empty cook cavity.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the neural network is trained using images from a plurality of different appliances.

Assignments (5)
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 →
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 072995/0099 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2024
From: WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC; JUNE LIFE, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069179/0623 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: JUNE LIFE, INC.
To: JUNE LIFE, LLC
Reel/Frame 066880/0991 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2021
From: BHOGAL, NIKHIL; KUMAR, NISHIT; COTTRELL, ROBERT; PARUCHURI, JITHENDRA; PERRY, RYAN; VAN HORN, MATTHEW; CLARK, CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL; KUO, EUGENIA
To: JUNE LIFE, INC.
Reel/Frame 056451/0815 →