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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
May. 13, 2021
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Alexander L. Clayton, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Vince Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
Xiangxu Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Ken Lei, Shenzhen, CN;
Hanks Hu, Shenzhen, CN;
Juan Chen, Norrkoping, SE;
Tracy Yu, Shenzhen, CN;
Jack Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Roy Qiu, Shenzhen, CN;
Seth Herndon, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Donald John Gilmore, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Cristiano Vito Pastore, Comerio, IT;
Dick Ge, Shenzhen, CN;
Pallavi Manjrekar, Stevensville, MI (US);
Bruce M. Wiatrak, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Andrea Ferrise, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Blake Cartwright, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Richard J. Hughes, Coloma, MI (US);
Joel Fletty, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Joshua G. Abdoo, Stevensville, MI (US);
Collin A. Stipe, West Unity, OH (US);
Nicholas Brenn, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Casey L. McCuan, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Christopher L. Carpenter, Pearisburg, VA (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.