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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2021
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Michele Toppano, Porcia, IT;
Christoph Luckhardt, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Vladimir Smirnov, Syktyvkar, RU;
Dmitrii Shustrov, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Thorben Schiffler, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method for treating food in an appliance () by at least one treatment device of the appliance () comprises the steps of a. providing a food recognition system with at least one camera image of a food item to be treated by the appliance ()(S), b. picture data about the food item by extracting a number of at least one characteristic features of the food item from the at least one camera image (S), c. assigning a food identification to the food item based on at least one of the number of characteristic features (S, S), d. executing a food treatment process or program allocated to the assigned food identification (S). According to the invention, the camera image is provided during step a. (S) by an external camera device (), wherein the camera image provision is executed—by data retrieval by the food recognition system, and/or—by data transfer by the mobile camera device (), and/or—on the operator's initiation. Further disclosed is a food treatment system comprising an appliance () for treating food and an external camera device () as well as a software application.