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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2018
Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Binghuei-Barry Yang, Chiayi, TW;
Feng-Chi Liu, Tainan, TW;
Pei-Wen Lo, Tainan, TW;
Yao-Te Tsai, Tainan, TW;
Yu-Chi Cheng, Tainan, TW;
Abstract
A cooking apparatus for cooking ingredients packaged together in a package is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking device and a barcode reader. The cooking device includes a housing defining a cooking room for accommodating the ingredients therein, a cooking unit for heating contents in the cooking room, and a control module electrically connected to the cooking unit for controlling operation of the cooking unit. The barcode reader is electrically connected to the control module, and scans a barcode on the package representing data related to information about the ingredients, decodes the barcode so as to obtain the data, and transmits the data to the control module that controls operation of the cooking unit based on the information.