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Cooking device with light pattern projector and camera

US10228145B2 · kind B2 · utility

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35Claims

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Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Sebastian Erbe · Knittlingen, DE
Robert Kühn · Nümbrecht, DE
Dan Neumayer · Bernau, DE
Daniel Vollmar · Remchingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF24C7/085
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber having a loading opening which is closable by a door. A light pattern projector is arranged in a fixed manner relative to the cooking chamber and configured to generate and radiate a light pattern into the cooking chamber. A camera captures images from a region being irradiated by the light pattern projector when the cooking chamber is closed, and is arranged in a fixed manner relative to the cooking chamber, Coupled to the camera is an analysis facility which repeatedly calculates a three-dimensional shape by light pattern analysis of an object located in the region being irradiated by the light pattern projector during operation of the cooking appliance.

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