IP Library Granted Patent US 9,012,814
Granted Patent B2
US 9,012,814 · App. 12/522,812 · Granted Apr 21, 2015

Cooking appliance, controlling system for cooking device and controlling method for cooking device

Inventors: Jun Hyun Park (Changwon, KR); Soo Cheol Yi (Changwon, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
F24C7/087
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Patent No.
US 9,012,814
App. No.
12/522,812
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a cooking appliance, and a system and method for controlling a cooking appliance. The system includes a RF tag and a cooking appliance. The RF tag stores food information about foods as integrants of a dish and the cooking appliance having a RF reader reads the food information stored in the RF tag. The cooking appliance includes a memory, a cooking appliance controller, and a display unit. The memory stores dish information about dishes that can be cooked using the food information. The cooking appliance controller reads dish information from the memory, and the display unit displays at least one of the dish information to a user.

Claims (40)

1. A cooking appliance comprising:

a cavity;

a door that opens or closes the cavity to receive food;

an RF reader for reading an RF tag of food as integrant of a dish;

a memory for storing dish information about dishes that can be cooked;

a door sensor to sense a closed state or an open state of the door;

a controller for reading dish information from the memory; and

a display unit for displaying at least one of the dish information and alarm information to a user,

wherein the RF reader is turned on to determine the RF tag when the door sensor senses the closed state of the door,

wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the RF reader reads the RF tag of food after sensing the closed state of the door by the door sensor before starting of cooking of the food in the cavity, and

wherein, when the RF reader reads the RF tag of food, the controller controls the display unit to display the alarm information to prevent starting of cooking of the food in the cavity and the controller performs operations of a warning mode.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein a control panel of the cooking appliance includes a suggestion button for starting an operation of an RF tag reading system where the RF tag and the RF reader interwork together.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the dish information includes a cooking method for cooking a predetermined dish using foods in food information stored in the RF tag.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the cooking appliance is an oven having the cavity, and the RF reader is disposed at an internal side of the cavity.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the RF reader is disposed at a control panel, the door, or a door handle in the cooking appliance.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein an indicator is disposed at a predetermined exterior location where the RF reader is disposed, and the indicator indicates where the RF reader is disposed.

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising a server connected to the cooking appliance through a network.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein the server receives food information stored in the RF tag and transfers optimal cooking information for the received food information to the cooking appliance.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 8 , wherein specification information of the cooking appliance is transmitted from the cooking appliance to the server.

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein the server receives at least actual operating states of the cooking appliance, compares target state information with actual state information, generates calibration control information, and transmits the generated calibration control information to the cooking appliance.

11. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the alarm information comprises a warning message to inform a user about the RF tag being in the cavity.

12. The cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein, when the door sensor senses the opened state of the door, the display stops display of the alarm information.

13. A cooking appliance comprising:

a cavity;

a door that opens or closes the cavity to receive food;

an RF reader for reading an RF tag of food as integrant of a dish;

a memory for storing dish information about dishes that can be cooked;

a door sensor to sense a closed state or an open state of the door;

a controller for reading dish information from the memory;

an output device for generating a warning information to a user; and

an input device to input a command,

wherein the RF reader is turned on to determine the RF tag when the door sensor senses the closed state of the door,

wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the RF reader reads the RF tag of food after sensing the closed state of the door by the door sensor,

wherein, when the RF reader reads the RF tag of food before starting cooking of the food in the cavity, the controller controls the output device to generate the warning information and inactivates the input device during generating of the warning information, and

when the door sensor senses the opened state of the door, the output device stops generating the warning information.

14. The cooking appliance according to claim 13 , further comprising a heating device to heat the food in the cavity,

wherein controller inactivates the heating device during generating of the warning information.

15. The cooking appliance according to claim 13 , wherein the warning information comprises a warning message to inform a user about the RF tag is in the cavity.

16. The cooking appliance according to claim 15 , wherein the warning message is displayed on the output device.

17. The cooking appliance according to claim 15 , wherein the warning message is a warning sound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2009
From: PARK, JUN-HYUN; YI, SOO-CHEOL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 023718/0722 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2007-0003299 · Jan 11, 2007 · national
KR 10-2007-0005316 · Jan 17, 2007 · national
KR 10-2007-0005317 · Jan 17, 2007 · national
KR 10-2007-0007805 · Jan 25, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100140248A1 · Jun 10, 2010