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Oven and method of operating the same

US9494322B2 · kind B2 · utility

27Cited by

13References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. · BE

Inventors

Christoph Luckhardt · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
Florian Ruther · Rothenbürg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2013
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 13, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B1/0263
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention in particular relates to an oven (1) for baking food products (3). In order to improve automated heating procedures, the oven (1) comprises a camera (7) and a distance sensor (8), for example, which are used in concert to enable precise extraction of product-features that are relevant and used with automated heating procedures.

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