Oven and method of operating the same

摘要

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.

主权项

1. Oven (1) for heating food products (3), comprising a chamber (2) adapted to receive the product (3) via a chamber opening (5), and a product-feature extracting system designed for extracting at least one product-feature representative of a configuration of the product (3), the system comprising: at least one camera (7) designed and positioned for recording product top-views (11); and at least one contour-level unit positioned at the chamber opening (5) and configured for extracting contour-levels of at least a section of the product (3) and an object (4) intended for insertion along with the product (3) into the chamber (2) in the course of insertion into the chamber; and a product-feature extracting unit for extracting the at least one product-feature on the basis of the product top-views (11) and contour-levels, wherein the oven is configured to automatically control heating of the product (3) based on said at least one product-feature.