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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.

Patent No.:

US 12628981 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2021

Real-time automated cooking cycles system using computer vision and deep learning

Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Michael B. Daly, Watervliet, MI (US);

Blake W. Ehrenbeck, Evanston, IL (US);

Mohammad Haghighat, San Jose, CA (US);

Seth Herndon, Osceola, IN (US);

Bhargav M. Jain, Pune, IN;

Jason Y. Lee, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);

Saqib N. Shamsi, Dehradun, IN;

Sunil S. Shastri, New Panvel, IN;

Bruce M. Wiatrak, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Assignee:

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:

BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C.

Primary Examiner:

John J Norton

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 36/32 (2006.01); A21B 1/40 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/68 (2022.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 36/32 (2013.01); A21B 1/40 (2013.01); A23L 5/15 (2016.08); F24C 7/085 (2013.01); G05B 13/027 (2013.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/68 (2022.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A47J 2202/00 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
Abstract

A food class of a food item is recognized. A target doneness score is defined for the food item based on the food class and a desired doneness level. A recurrent model is utilized to determine a current doneness score of the food item according to sensor data captured of the food item. The current doneness score and the target doneness score are utilized to control a heating system to cook the food item.

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