30 patents
Design
Cooking vessel
12 Dec 23
Nikhil Bhogal, Mathias Watson Schmidt, Nicholas Beyrer
Filed: 11 Jun 21
Utility
System and method for individual heating element control
14 Nov 23
In variants, a method for individual heating element control can include: identifying food within a cook cavity of the cooking appliance, determining a set of cooking instructions associated with the food, the cooking instructions including a different model for each heating element subset, dynamically determining control instructions for each heating element subset based on the respective model, and controlling each heating element subset based on the respective control instructions.
Nikhil Bhogal, Ryan Perry, Matthew Van Horn, Nash Witkin, Gabriel Risk
Filed: 8 Sep 21
Utility
CorrectedConnected Food Preparation System and Method of Use
26 Oct 23
A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
Filed: 2 Jun 20
Utility
Connected food preparation system and method of use
17 Oct 23
A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
Filed: 2 Jun 20
Utility
System and Method for Individual Heating Element Control
5 Oct 23
In variants, a method for individual heating element control can include: identifying food within a cook cavity of the cooking appliance, determining a set of cooking instructions associated with the food, the cooking instructions including a different model for each heating element subset, dynamically determining control instructions for each heating element subset based on the respective model, and controlling each heating element subset based on the respective control instructions.
Nikhil Bhogal, Ryan Perry, Matthew Van Horn, Nash Witkin, Gabriel Risk
Filed: 8 Sep 21
Utility
Cooking Accessory and Method of Use
5 Oct 23
A cooking system, including: a cooking accessory, optionally one or more auxiliary components, optionally one or more external systems, and/or any other suitable components.
Nikhil Bhogal, Nicholas Beyrer, Mathias Watson Schmidt
Filed: 22 Mar 22
Utility
Connected food preparation system and method of use
26 Sep 23
A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
Filed: 8 Sep 20
Utility
High heat in-situ camera systems and operation methods
19 Sep 23
An imaging system for a high-heat cooking appliance, including a camera system including an optical sensor, a lens, and a set of light emitters; and a camera cooling mechanism thermally connected to the camera system.
Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Nikko Lubinski, Mathias Watson Schmidt
Filed: 10 Aug 21
Utility
System and method for classification of ambiguous objects
5 Sep 23
The method for classifying ambiguous objects, including: determining initial labels for an image set; determining N training sets from the initially-labelled image set; training M annotation models using the N training sets; determining secondary labels for each image of the image set using the M trained annotation models; and determining final labels for the image set based on the secondary labels.
Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Jithendra Paruchuri
Filed: 2 Dec 22
Utility
Method and System for Sensor Maintenance
31 Aug 23
The method for dirty camera detection including: detecting a first predetermined state change event; sampling a set of cavity measurements; optionally determining a set of features of the set of cavity measurements; determining a class label based on the cavity measurements; optionally verifying the classification; and facilitating use of the appliance based on the classification.
Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Robert Cottrell, Jithendra Paruchuri, Ryan Perry, Matthew Van Horn, Christopher Russell Clark, Eugenia Kuo
Filed: 5 May 23
Utility
Connected Food Preparation System and Method of Use
13 Jul 23
A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
Filed: 16 Mar 23
Utility
System and Method for Classification of Ambiguous Objects
23 Mar 23
The method for classifying ambiguous objects, including: determining initial labels for an image set; determining N training sets from the initially-labelled image set; training M annotation models using the N training sets; determining secondary labels for each image of the image set using the M trained annotation models; and determining final labels for the image set based on the secondary labels.
Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Jithendra Paruchuri
Filed: 2 Dec 22
Utility
System and method for classification of ambiguous objects
28 Feb 23
The method for classifying ambiguous objects, including: determining initial labels for an image set; determining N training sets from the initially-labelled image set; training M annotation models using the N training sets; determining secondary labels for each image of the image set using the M trained annotation models; and determining final labels for the image set based on the secondary labels.
Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Jithendra Paruchuri
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Design
Cooking vessel
21 Feb 23
Nikhil Bhogal, Mathias Watson Schmidt, Nicholas Beyrer
Filed: 11 Jun 21
Utility
Tailored Food Preparation with an Oven
9 Feb 23
A method for operating a connected oven based on subjective user feedback, wherein the connected oven includes a set of in-cavity sensors configured to monitor the foodstuff throughout a cooking session; the method comprising: executing a cooking session according to an initial set of operation instructions to achieve a target food output condition; collecting subjective feedback values from the user for the resulting food output condition of the foodstuff after the cooking session; and updating the initial set of operation instructions based on the feedback values from the user.
Nikhil Bhogal
Filed: 20 Oct 22
Utility
Connected Food Preparation System and Method of Use
1 Dec 22
A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
Filed: 10 Aug 22
Utility
Tailored food preparation with an oven
22 Nov 22
A method for operating a connected oven based on subjective user feedback, wherein the connected oven includes a set of in-cavity sensors configured to monitor the foodstuff throughout a cooking session; the method comprising: executing a cooking session according to an initial set of operation instructions to achieve a target food output condition; collecting subjective feedback values from the user for the resulting food output condition of the foodstuff after the cooking session; and updating the initial set of operation instructions based on the feedback values from the user.
Nikhil Bhogal
Filed: 15 May 20
Design
Reversible cooking surface
18 Oct 22
Nikhil Bhogal, Mathias Schmidt
Filed: 19 Mar 20
Utility
Connected food preparation system and method of use
23 Aug 22
A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
Filed: 18 Feb 20
Utility
Connected food preparation system and method of use
16 Aug 22
A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
Filed: 18 Feb 20