Patent ID: 9194591
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B65D,F24C,G06K

Abstract:
1. A cooking apparatus comprising: a cooking housing containing a controllable cooking element for cooking food; the cooking housing supporting at least one manually actuatable input device for manually inputting an instruction to cook the food; the cooking housing supporting a sensor for sensing first information from an enclosure for enclosing food brought proximate to the housing; a microprocessor contained within the housing for receiving second information from the sensor relating to the first information sensed from the enclosure; the manually actuatable input device controllably connected to the controllable cooking element for controlling the cooking of food; the microprocessor controllably connected to the controllable cooking element for controlling the cooking of food based on the second information; and an interactive display system including a flat panel touch sensitive display screen capable of displaying a plurality of displayable screen images and capable of receiving selection information from contact caused with the display screen to indicate a user's selections; a memory capable of storing for display on the contact sensitive display screen a first interactive cooking screen image including a first set of one or more cooking instruction images and a first set of one or more user selection images, wherein the first interactive cooking screen image is derived at least in part from the second information; and the memory capable of storing for display on the contact sensitive display screen a second interactive cooking screen image including a second set of one or more cooking instruction images and a second set of one or more user selection images, wherein the second interactive cooking screen image is derived at least in part from the second information and selection information obtained in association with the display of the first interactive cooking screen image.