Cooking oven with mounted camera

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10794599-B2
Application number	US-201715693036-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2017
Priority date	Sep 1, 2016
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

An oven including a camera disposed above a cooking compartment to clearly capture an inside of the cooking compartment, and having a structure which cools the camera to prevent a temperature of the camera from being increased due to heat generated in the cooking compartment. The oven includes the camera provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture the inside of the cooking compartment, a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera and configured to cool the camera by suctioning external air, a first glass provided at a ceiling of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera, and a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass and configured to block transmission of heat to the camera.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oven comprising:
a main body;
a cooking compartment provided in the main body and having a front surface thereof is opened, the cooking compartment having an opening;
a camera provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture an inside of the cooking compartment through the opening;
a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera and configured to cool the camera by suctioning external air;
a first glass provided at the opening of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera;
a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass and configured to additionally block the transmission of heat to the camera; and
a glass holder provided under the camera so that the second glass is fixed to the glass holder.

2. The oven according to claim 1 , wherein:
an inlet is provided at an upper portion of the main body and configured to suction the external air to cool the camera; and
a rib is protruded from the upper portion and provided around the inlet and configured to block water to enter into the inlet.

3. The oven according to claim 2 , wherein:
the main body includes an electrical component chamber provided above the cooking compartment and configured to accommodate electrical components; and
the electrical component chamber includes an electrical component chamber cooling fan and configured to suction the external air into the electrical component chamber to cool an inside of the electrical component chamber and discharge the external air suctioned into the electrical component chamber to an outside of the electrical component chamber, and an exhaust duct configured to guide the external air suctioned into the electrical component chamber discharged to the outside of the electrical component chamber.

4. The oven according to claim 3 , wherein a fan holder on which the camera cooling fan is mounted is provided in the electrical component chamber, the fan holder including a suction flow path communicating with the inlet to guide the external air to the camera.

5. The oven according to claim 4 , wherein a camera holder on which the camera is mounted is provided under the fan holder, the camera holder including a mounting part on which the camera cooling fan is mounted, an outlet through which the external air suctioned into the suction flow path is discharged, and a coupler coupled the camera holder to the exhaust duct.

6. The oven according to claim 5 , wherein the camera includes a mounting part on which the camera holder is mounted, a body tube extending downward from the mounting part and having a cylindrical shape, and a lens disposed at an end of the body tube to capture the inside of the cooking compartment.

7. The oven according to claim 6 , wherein a blocking member configured to block a part of the exhaust duct is provided between the camera and the electrical component chamber cooling fan to prevent the external air discharged to the outside through the exhaust duct from contacting with the camera.

8. The oven according to claim 7 , wherein the blocking member supports the exhaust duct to prevent sagging of the exhaust duct.

9. The oven according to claim 7 , wherein the blocking member is provided to be integrated with the camera holder.

10. The oven according to claim 7 , wherein the second glass is provided with a plurality of second glasses; and the plurality of second glasses are fixed to the glass holder.

11. The oven according to claim 10 , wherein the blocking member is provided to be integrated with the glass holder.

12. The oven according to claim 10 , wherein:
the glass holder includes a plurality of glass fixers to which the plurality of second glasses are fixed, and a sealer having an insertion hole into which the end of the body tube at which the lens is disposed is inserted; and
a space into which the end of the body tube is inserted is sealed by the sealer and the plurality of second glasses.

13. The oven according to claim 10 , wherein:
the glass holder includes a plurality of glass fixers to which the plurality of second glasses are fixed, an opening configured to be open to accommodate the end of the body tube, and a gasket attachable to and detachable from the opening of the glass holder and having an insertion hole into which the end of the body tube at which the lens is disposed is inserted; and
a space into which the end of the body tube is inserted is sealed by the gasket and the plurality of second glasses.

14. The oven according to claim 7 , wherein the external air suctioned from the outside by the camera cooling fan cools the camera and is then discharged to the outside of the electrical component chamber through the outlet along with the external air discharged to the exhaust duct.

15. The oven according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is provided on a ceiling of the cooking compartment and a glass bracket on which the first glass is mounted is attachable to and detachable from the opening.

16. An oven comprising:
a main body;
a cooking compartment provided in the main body and having a front surface thereof is opened, the cooking compartment having an opening at a ceiling thereof;
an electrical component chamber provided above the cooking compartment and configured to accommodate electrical components;
an electrical component chamber cooling fan provided in the electrical component chamber and configured to cool an inside of the electrical component chamber by suctioning external air;
an exhaust duct configured to discharge the external air suctioned into the electrical component chamber to an outside of the electrical component chamber; and
a camera module provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture an inside of the cooking compartment through the opening at the ceiling,
wherein the camera module includes:
a camera configured to capture the inside of the cooking compartment through the opening at the ceiling;
a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera and configured to cool the camera by suctioning the external air;
a blocking member provided between the camera and the electrical component chamber cooling fan to block a part of the exhaust duct and configured to prevent the external air discharged into the exhaust duct from contacting with the camera;
a plurality of glasses provided under the camera such that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera; and

a glass holder provided so that the plurality of glasses are fixed to the glass holder.

17. The oven according to claim 16 , wherein the plurality of glasses include a first glass provided at the opening at the ceiling of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block the transmission of the heat in the cooking compartment to the camera, and a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass to additionally block the transmission of heat to the camera.

18. The oven according to claim 17 , wherein
the glass holder includes a glass fixer to which the second glass is fixed and a sealer having an insertion hole into which an end of the camera is inserted; and
a space into which one end of the camera is inserted is sealed by the second glass and the sealer.

19. The oven according to claim 16 , wherein an inlet is provided at an upper portion of

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jang Hyeong Jin
• Lee Sang-Jin
• Lee Jung Hak
• Kwon Myoung Keun
• Park Sang Jun
• Seo Eung Ryeol
• Sung Han Jun

Classifications

• A47J37/0623 Primary

  Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity (A47J37/0605 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47J37/0664

  Accessories · CPC title

• F24C7/085 Primary

  on baking ovens · CPC title

• F24C7/046

  Ranges · CPC title

• F24C15/006

  Arrangements for circulation of cooling air · CPC title