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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2020
Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Joshua G. Abdoo, Stevensville, MI (US);

Ariana M. Bruno, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US);

Neomar Giacomini, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Donald J. Gilmore, Berrien Springs, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 7/08 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 36/00 (2006.01); F27D 21/00 (2006.01); F27D 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 7/086 (2013.01); A23L 5/15 (2016.08); A47J 27/002 (2013.01); A47J 36/00 (2013.01); F24C 7/085 (2013.01); F27D 21/0014 (2013.01); F27D 21/02 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); F27D 2021/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cooking appliance having a cooking chamber, a user interface with a selector that allows a user to set a target degree of browning, an imaging device that captures an image of a food item inside the cooking chamber, a computing device in communication with the imaging device and has a software module that receives the captured image from the imaging device and computes a target image based on the captured image and the target degree of browning, and where the target image and the target degree of browning are displayed on the user interface.


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