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Samsung patents oven camera with built-in fan to keep it cool

Samsung has been granted a patent for a cooking appliance that uses a camera to view the inside of the oven. The design includes a specific fan and air duct system that pulls cool air from outside the oven to prevent the camera from overheating while it records.

Why it mattersThis improves the reliability of built-in oven cameras by ensuring they do not overheat during long cooking sessions.

In the filing’s own words

Provided is a cooking appliance including: a main body including a cooking chamber, a door positioned at a front of the main body to open and close the cooking chamber, a camera disposed toward the cooking chamber to obtain a photograph an inside of the cooking chamber, a camera cooling fan configured to intake external air to cool the camera, and an air guide configured to form a flow path such that external air is provided toward the camera by the camera cooling fan. The air guide guides air passed through the camera to be discharged toward a front of the camera cooling fan.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A cooking appliance comprising: a main body including a cooking chamber; a door positioned at a front of the main body configured to open and close the cooking chamber; a camera disposed toward the cooking chamber configured to obtain a photograph of an inside of the cooking chamber; a camera cooling fan configured to intake external air to cool the camera; a lamp disposed toward the cooking chamber and configured to provide light into the cooking chamber; and an air guide configured to form a flow path such that the external air is provided toward the camera by the camera cooling fan, the air guide configured to guide air passed through the camera to be discharged toward a front of the camera cooling, wherein the air guide comprises: a suction duct in which the camera is provided, the suction duct being configured to form a suction flow path of air; and an exhaust duct connected to the suction duct, the camera cooling fan is provided in the exhaust duct, and the exhaust duct is configured to form an exhaust flow path of air, and wherein the exhaust duct includes a front outlet that is open toward the front of the camera cooling fan, and lamp outlets that are open toward the lamp.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Cooking appliance
Patent number
US12768542B2
Application number
18239596
Filed
Aug 29, 2023
Granted
Oct 20, 2026
Inventors
7
Claims
16

Classified under

F24C 15/006 Mechanical engineeringF21V 29/677 Mechanical engineeringF24C 15/008 Mechanical engineeringG03B 17/55 Physics & computingH05K 7/20145 Electricity & electronics
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