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Multi-purpose smart rice cookers

US10863849B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Midea Group Co., Ltd. · CN

Inventors

Xiaochun Li · San Jose, US
Linnan Zhu · Foshan, CN
Hua Zhou · Tianjin, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2018
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 13, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rice cooker assembly uses machine learning models to identify and classify different types of food stored. The rice cooker has a chamber including different compartments for storing different types of food. A camera is positioned to view an interior of the chamber. The camera captures images of the contents of the chamber. From the images, the machine learning model classifies the different types of food stored. The rice cooker determines a mixture of different types of food based on nutrition value and/or taste. The rice cooker creates the mixture and controls the cooking process accordingly. The one or more machine learning models may be resident in the rice cooker or it may be accessed via a network.

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