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Granted Patent B2
US 11,585,541 · App. 17/044,825 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Heating cooking device

Inventors: Takeshi Nakashima (Shiga, JP); Hiroki Hayashi (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,585,541
App. No.
17/044,825
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heating cooking device includes: a heating chamber having a front face opening; and a heater that is provided on an upper wall of the heating chamber to heat an object to be heated stored in the heating chamber, at least part of the heater being disposed at a center of the heating chamber seen from above. The heating cooking device further includes camera that is provided on the upper wall of the heating chamber and is disposed closer to a front of the heating chamber than the center of the heating chamber is when seen from above, with camera having an imaging direction inclined toward a rear side of the heating chamber with respect to a vertical direction. The heating cooking device further includes blower fan that is provided on the upper wall of the heating chamber, closer to a front of the heating chamber than the center of the heating chamber is when seen from above and is disposed at a position on one of a right side and a left side with respect to camera as seen from above, and that blows air toward camera from the one of the right side and the left side.

Claims (22)

1. A heating cooking device comprising:

a heating chamber having a front face opening, a rear side wall, an upper wall, a right side wall, a left side wall and a bottom, wherein the upper wall and the bottom are parallel to a first plane defined by a first direction that is a left-to-right direction and a second direction that is a front-to-rear direction, and the right side wall and the left side wall are parallel to a second plane defined by the second direction and a third direction that is a vertical direction;

a heater that is provided on the upper wall of the heating chamber to heat an object to be heated stored in the heating chamber, at least part of the heater being disposed at a center of the heating chamber seen from above along the third direction;

a camera that is provided on the upper wall of the heating chamber and is disposed closer to a front of the heating chamber than the center of the heating chamber is when seen from above, wherein the camera has an imaging direction inclined toward the rear side wall of the heating chamber with respect to the third direction;

a blower fan that is provided on the upper wall of the heating chamber, closer to the front of the heating chamber than the center of the heating chamber is when seen from above; and

a support frame that is attached to the upper wall, wherein:

at least a part of the blower fan is disposed adjacent to the camera at a position on one of a right side or a left side along the first direction with respect to the camera as seen from above, and blows air toward the camera from the position on the one of the right side and the left side,

the support frame includes an upper wall which has a lower face facing the heating chamber and an upper face opposite to the lower face, wherein the camera is attached to the upper face, and the upper face has an imaging opening through which the camera captures an image, and the support frame further includes a side wall protruding from the lower face of the upper wall of the support frame toward the upper wall of the heating chamber and an inlet port to take in the air blown from the blower fan, and

the camera is attached to the support frame such that an imaging surface of the camera is exposed inside the support frame and within confines of the side wall.

2. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 , wherein the blower fan has, on the second plane, an exhaust port to blow air and the exhaust port faces the inlet port of the support frame.

3. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 , wherein the blower fan has, on the second plane, an exhaust port to blow air.

4. The heating cooking device according to claim 3 , wherein the inlet port of the support frame and the exhaust port of the blower fan are disposed to face each other in the first direction.

5. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 , wherein the blower fan has a fan having a rotation axis in the third direction.

6. The heating cooking device according to claim 2 , wherein the blower fan has a fan having a rotation axis in the third direction.

7. The heating cooking device according to claim 3 , wherein the blower fan has a fan having a rotation axis in the third direction.

8. The heating cooking device according to claim 4 , wherein the blower fan has a fan having a rotation axis in the third direction.

9. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 , further comprising a chassis in which the heating chamber is disposed,

wherein the camera and the blower fan are disposed in a space between the heating chamber and the chassis.

10. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper wall of the support frame inclines with respect to the upper wall of the heating chamber.

11. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper wall of the heating chamber includes an opening that discharges the air taken in through the inlet port toward inside the heating chamber.

12. The heating cooking device according to claim 11 , wherein the air taken in through the inlet port flows along the imaging surface of the camera toward inside the heating chamber.

13. The heating cooking device according to claim 1 , wherein a shutter is provided inside the support frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2021
From: NAKASHIMA, TAKESHI; HAYASHI, HIROKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-085912 · Apr 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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