CN214259063U

CN214259063U - Baking oven

Info

Publication number: CN214259063U
Application number: CN202022476782.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 栾明业; 马文鹏; 贾晓芸; 孙静
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Smart Technology R&D Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Smart Technology R&D Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-10-30
Filing date: 2020-10-30
Publication date: 2021-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 2030-10-30

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances and discloses an oven. The oven includes: an inner container defining a cooking cavity; the cover body is arranged on the outer side of the inner container, and an installation space is defined between the cover body and the inner container; the camera module comprises a lens barrel, a reflecting mirror and a camera, wherein the reflecting mirror is located in the lens barrel and used for collecting food information in the cooking cavity, the camera corresponds to the reflecting mirror and used for receiving the food information collected by the reflecting mirror, and the camera is located in an installation space. Because the temperature in the installation space is lower, is less than 70 ℃ usually, so can avoid the high temperature in the culinary art chamber to damage the camera for the camera module need not install on the oven door body, thereby need not make the improvement to the door body, and the camera module need not necessarily confine to the bench formula oven moreover, has enlarged the range of application of camera module.

Description

Baking oven

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, for example to an oven.

Background

During the use of the oven, real-time observation of the baking and grilling processes, such as video and photo shooting, is one of the needs of the user; meanwhile, the monitoring of the cooking process is also one of the main means for realizing intelligent cooking of the oven.

The monitoring of culinary art in the prior art is realized through setting up the camera on the oven. The oven can reach high temperature close to 300 ℃ when in operation, and the camera is required to be prevented from being damaged by the high temperature. Therefore, in the prior art, the camera is arranged on the door body, but the original door body of the oven needs to be improved, the appearance of the product can be changed, and the improvement on the existing product is not easy.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosed embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview nor is intended to identify key/critical elements or to delineate the scope of such embodiments but rather as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

The disclosed embodiments provide an oven such that a camera can be mounted on a liner and can be applied to other ovens than a bench top oven.

Technical solution of an aspect of the present application provides an oven, including: an inner container defining a cooking cavity; the cover body is arranged on the outer side of the inner container, and an installation space is defined between the cover body and the inner container; the camera module comprises a lens barrel, a reflecting mirror and a camera, wherein the reflecting mirror is positioned in the lens barrel and used for collecting food information in the cooking cavity, the camera corresponds to the reflecting mirror and used for receiving the food information collected by the reflecting mirror, and the camera is positioned in the installation space.

Optionally, the oven further comprises: the fan is located in the installation space, and at least part of an air outlet of the fan faces the camera module.

Optionally, a wall surface of the inner container facing the cover body is provided with a heat dissipation air duct, and at least part of the air outlet of the fan faces the heat dissipation air duct.

Optionally, an end of the camera is inserted into the lens barrel, and a sealing member is disposed between the end of the camera and the lens barrel.

Optionally, the lens barrel includes: a first connection portion; and the second connecting part is connected with the first connecting part, and the connecting part is bent.

Optionally, the lens barrel is at least partially located within the mounting space.

Optionally, the reflecting mirrors are obliquely arranged in the lens barrel, the number of the reflecting mirrors is multiple, and the reflecting mirrors are sequentially arranged in the lens barrel along the transmission direction of the light in the lens barrel.

Optionally, at least one of the plurality of mirrors is located within the mounting space.

Optionally, the camera module further includes: the lens is positioned at the light inlet of the lens cone and corresponds to the reflector, the inner container is provided with a mounting hole communicated with the mounting space, and the lens is positioned in the mounting hole.

Optionally, the oven further comprises: and the protective lens is arranged in the mounting hole, on the lens or the lens barrel, is positioned on one side of the lens facing the cooking cavity and is used for protecting the lens.

The oven provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can realize the following technical effects:

the cooperation of speculum and camera realizes the acquisition to food information in the culinary art chamber for the operator acquires the food state of culinary art in-process in real time, improves the intelligent level of oven. The camera is located the installation space, because the temperature in the installation space is lower, is less than 70 ℃ usually, consequently can avoid the high temperature in the culinary art chamber to damage the camera for the camera module need not install on the oven door body, thereby need not make the improvement to the door body, and the camera module need not necessarily confine to the good bench formula oven of heat dissipation situation in addition, has enlarged the range of application of camera module.

The foregoing general description and the following description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the accompanying drawings and not in limitation thereof, in which elements having the same reference numeral designations are shown as like elements and not in limitation thereof, and wherein:

fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a camera module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an oven provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an exploded view of an oven provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a portion of an oven provided in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an oven provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is an optical path diagram of a camera module provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals:

10 camera module, 11 connection board, 111 second connection hole, 12 sealing piece, 13 camera, 131 circuit board, 1311 first connection hole, 132 pattern sensor, 14 lens, 15 reflector, 16 lens cone, 161 first connection part, 162 second connection part, 163 bending;

20 oven, 21 inner bag, 211 mounting hole, 212 roof, 213 first lateral wall, 214 back lateral wall, 22 covers, 23 culinary art chamber, 24 heat dissipation wind channels, 241 air outlets in heat dissipation wind channels, 25 installation spaces, 26 fans, 261 air outlets of fans.

Detailed Description

So that the manner in which the features and elements of the disclosed embodiments can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the disclosed embodiments, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. In the following description of the technology, for purposes of explanation, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. However, one or more embodiments may be practiced without these details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices may be shown in simplified form in order to simplify the drawing.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and in the claims, and the above-described drawings of embodiments of the present disclosure, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It should be understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the present disclosure described herein may be made. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "middle", "outer", "front", "rear", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe the disclosed embodiments and their examples and are not intended to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation. Moreover, some of the above terms may be used to indicate other meanings besides the orientation or positional relationship, for example, the term "on" may also be used to indicate some kind of attachment or connection relationship in some cases. The specific meanings of these terms in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In addition, the terms "disposed," "connected," and "secured" are to be construed broadly. For example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or a unitary construction; can be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements or components. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.

The term "plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments and features in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with each other.

Referring to fig. 1-5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an oven 20, which includes an inner container 21, a cover 22, and a camera module 10.

The inner container 21 defines a cooking cavity 23, and the oven 20 further includes a door body, wherein an opening is formed at one end of the cooking cavity 23 for an operator to put in or take out food, and the door body is openably and closably disposed at the opening of the cooking cavity 23 to open or close the cooking cavity 23.

The cover body 22 is arranged at the outer side of the inner container 21, namely at one side of the inner container 21 departing from the cooking cavity 23, and defines an installation space 25 with the inner container 21; the camera module 10 includes a camera 13, and the camera 13 is located in the installation space 25.

The temperature in the installation space 25 is relatively low compared to the cooking chamber 23, typically the temperature in the installation space 25 is below 70 ℃. By providing the camera 13 in the mounting space 25 instead of the cooking chamber 23, the camera 13 is prevented from being damaged by high temperatures in the cooking chamber 23, in particular by the temperature-sensitive image sensing and electronics on the camera 13 being provided in the mounting space 25.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 3, the oven 20 further includes a blower 26, the blower 26 is located in the installation space 25, and an air outlet 261 of the blower is at least partially disposed toward the camera module 10.

The air intake of fan 26 is linked together with the external world, and fan 26 inhales the cool wind from the external world, and the air outlet 261 part of fan is at least towards camera module 10 to camera module 10 can be reachd to at least some cool wind that the air outlet 261 of fan blew off, cools down to camera module 10, thereby further reduces the risk that camera module 10 was damaged by high temperature.

Optionally, the fan is a centrifugal crossflow fan. As shown in fig. 3, the blower is disposed on the top wall of the inner container and close to the rear side wall of the inner container.

The camera module is arranged in the installation space with lower temperature at least partially in the application, and the fan can be used for radiating the part of the camera module in the installation space, so that the camera module can be applied to an on-table oven with good radiating condition and can also be used for ovens of other types. In other words, the oven in the present application may be a bench top oven, and may also be other types of ovens than bench top ovens.

It can be understood that the camera module in this application can be arranged in the installation space, and also can be arranged on the oven door body.

Optionally, the inner container 21 is provided with a heat dissipation air duct 24, and the heat dissipation air duct 24 is located on a wall surface of the inner container 21 facing the cover 22, that is, the heat dissipation air duct 24 is located on an outer wall surface of the inner container 21, wherein a direction close to the cooking cavity 23 is inner, and a direction away from the cooking cavity 23 is outer.

The outer wall surface of the inner container is provided with a housing which covers the outer wall surface of the inner container, a heat dissipation air duct is defined between the housing and the outer wall surface of the inner container, and an air outlet 241 of the heat dissipation air duct is communicated with the outside. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5, the air outlet 241 of the heat dissipation duct is disposed above the opening of the cooking cavity, wherein the arrow direction indicates the flow direction of the air flow.

The air outlet 261 of the fan is at least partially disposed toward the heat dissipation air duct 24, the fan 26 blows cool air into the air inlet of the heat dissipation air duct 24 to dissipate heat of the whole oven 20, and the air outlet 241 of the heat dissipation air duct is communicated with the outside.

The air outlet part or whole of fan towards the camera module, for example towards the camera, the air outlet part or whole of fan towards the heat dissipation wind channel, when heat dissipation wind channel and camera module integration become a part, can realize that the air outlet of fan is whole towards camera module and heat dissipation wind channel.

The camera module 10 is at least partially located in the installation space 25 in this application, and fan 26 can also realize cooling the part or whole that camera module 10 is located in installation space 25 when cooling through radiating air duct 24 to whole oven 20, has avoided needing to set up fan 26 alone that is used for cooling camera module 10, has reduced oven 20's cost.

As shown in fig. 1, the camera module 10 further includes a lens 14, a lens barrel 16 and a reflector 15, the lens barrel 16 is a hollow structure, the reflector 15 is located in the lens barrel 16, that is, the reflector 15 is located in the hollow structure, and is used for collecting food information in the cooking cavity 23, and the camera 13 corresponds to the reflector 15 and is used for receiving the food information collected by the reflector 15.

Lens 14 is located the light inlet of lens cone 16, lens 14 includes the convex lens, light in the culinary art chamber 23 gets into in the lens cone 16 through the convex lens, utilize the reflection principle of speculum 15, speculum 15 can give camera 13 with the image reflection of food in the culinary art chamber 23, oven 20 still includes the display screen, camera 13 links to each other with the display screen, the display screen can show in real time and record the food image information in the culinary art chamber 23, be convenient for the operator to look over the food information in the culinary art chamber 23, improve oven 20's intelligent level.

The convex lens can be a glass lens or a plastic lens.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the reflector 15 is obliquely disposed in the barrel 16, and optionally, an included angle between the reflector and a sidewall of the barrel where the reflector is located is 45 °.

The number of the reflecting mirrors 15 is plural, and the plural reflecting mirrors 15 are arranged in order in the lens barrel 16 in the transmission direction of the light.

The light in the cooking cavity 23 enters the reflector 15 close to the lens 14 through the lens 14, is reflected by the reflector 15, and then enters the camera 13 through the reflection of the plurality of reflectors 15 in sequence.

Fig. 6 illustrates an optical path diagram of the camera module 10, arrows indicate the propagation direction of light, the number of the reflecting mirrors 15 in the camera module 10 is two, and both the reflecting mirrors 15 are obliquely arranged in the lens barrel 16. The light entering the lens barrel 16 through the convex lens is continuously reflected by the two reflectors 15 and then received by the image sensor 132 of the camera 13.

The pattern sensor may be a CCD (charge-coupled device) sensor or a CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) sensor.

Optionally, the lens barrel 16 is at least partially located within the mounting space 25.

On one hand, the temperature in the installation space 25 is lower than that in the cooking cavity 23, the lens barrel 16 is at least partially positioned in the installation space 25, the temperature of the surrounding environment of the lens barrel 16 is low, the lens barrel 16 is prevented from being damaged by high temperature, the service life of the lens barrel 16 is prolonged, and the fan 26 can also cool the part of the lens barrel 16 positioned in the installation space 25, so that the service life of the lens barrel 16 is further prolonged; on the other hand, the lens barrel 16 is prevented from being positioned in the inner container 21 or the cooking cavity 23, so that the thickness of the inner container 21 is increased or the space of the cooking cavity 23 is occupied.

Optionally, at least one mirror 15 of the plurality of mirrors 15 is located within the mounting space 25.

The temperature in installation space 25 is less than the temperature in culinary art chamber 23, and at least one speculum 15 is located installation space 25 for speculum 15 surrounding environment's temperature is low, and fan 26 still can be for being located the speculum 15 cooling in installation space 25 in addition, avoids speculum 15 lens to have vapor, influences the formation of image effect.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, one end portion of the camera 13 is inserted into the lens barrel 16, and the seal 12 is provided between the camera 13 and the lens barrel 16.

The sealing member 12 is located inside the lens barrel 16 and is sleeved outside one end of the camera 13, so that the camera 13 and the lens barrel 16 are sealed, and dust is prevented from entering the lens barrel 16 from a gap between the camera 13 and the lens barrel 16. As shown in fig. 1, the seal 12 is annular.

The sealing member may be a rubber member or a silicone member, etc.

The camera 13 is located on a side of the lens barrel 16 facing away from the cooking cavity 23, and the camera 13 is connected with the lens barrel 16.

The camera module further comprises a connecting plate 11, wherein the connecting plate 11 is located at the end of the lens barrel 16 close to the camera 13, i.e. the connecting plate 11 is located at the end of the lens barrel 16 far away from the cooking cavity 23.

The connecting board 11 is disposed opposite to the circuit board 131 of the camera 13, and the connecting board 11 is connected to the circuit board 131 to connect the camera 13 and the lens barrel 16.

As shown in fig. 1, the connecting plate 11 is fixedly connected to the lens barrel 16, the connecting plate 11 is disposed at a circumferential edge of a light outlet of the lens barrel 16, and is integrated with the lens barrel 16 or connected to the lens barrel in a split structure.

The circuit board 131 and the connection board 11 may be connected by a fastener, or may be welded or bonded. As shown in the figure, the circuit board 131 is connected to the connection board 11 by a fastener, the circuit board 131 is provided with a first connection hole 1311, the connection board 11 is provided with a second connection hole 111, and the fastener passes through the first connection hole 1311 and the second connection hole 111 to realize the assembly between the connection board 11 and the circuit board 131.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, the lens barrel 16 includes a first connecting portion 161 and a second connecting portion 162.

The second connecting portion 162 is connected to the first connecting portion 161, and a bend 163 is formed at the connection portion, so that the space occupied by the lens barrel 16 can be reduced by providing the bend 163, and the compactness of the lens barrel 16 can be improved. As shown in fig. 1, the lens barrel 16 is substantially L-shaped.

Alternatively, the first connection portion 161 is entirely located in the installation space 25, and the second connection portion 162 is at least partially located in the installation space 25.

Optionally, the camera module 10 further includes a lens 14, the lens 14 is located at the light inlet of the lens barrel 16 and corresponds to the reflector 15, the inner container 21 is provided with a mounting hole 211 communicated with the mounting space 25, and the lens 14 is located in the mounting hole 211.

Optionally, the lens 14 is at least partially located in the mounting hole 211, the lens 14 may be entirely located in the mounting hole 211, or the lens 14 may be partially located in the mounting hole 211, and the lens 14 partially extends into the cooking cavity through the mounting hole 211.

The mounting hole 211 penetrates through a through hole of the inner container 21, that is, the mounting hole 211 communicates with the mounting space 25 and the cooking cavity 23, and the mounting hole 211 transmits light, so that light in the cooking cavity 23 can enter the lens 14.

Optionally, the camera module 10 is located in the installation space 25 enclosed by the top wall 212 of the inner container 21 and the cover 22, or located in the installation space 25 enclosed by the side wall of the inner container 21 and the cover 22, wherein the top wall 212 of the inner container 21 is located above the side wall of the inner container 21, the side wall of the inner container 21 includes a rear side wall 214, a first side wall 213 and a second side wall, the first side wall 213 and the second side wall are oppositely disposed, the rear side wall 214 is located between the first side wall 213 and the second side wall, one end of the rear side wall 214 is connected to the rear end of the first side wall 213, the other end of the rear side wall 214 is connected to the rear end of the second side wall, and the top wall 212 of the inner container 21 is located above the rear side wall 214, the first side wall 213 and the second side wall, and is connected to the rear side wall 214, the first side wall 213 and the second side wall.

When the camera module 10 is located in the installation space 25 enclosed by the side wall of the inner container 21 and the cover 22, the camera module 10 is located at a position above the side wall of the inner container 21, that is, at a position where the side wall of the inner container 21 is close to the top wall 212, the shooting direction of the camera module 10 is inclined downwards to face food in the cooking cavity 23, so that the shooting angle and the visual field are increased, and an operator can comprehensively acquire food information in the cooking cavity 23.

Optionally, the oven 20 further includes a protective lens disposed in the mounting hole 211, on the lens 14 or the lens barrel 16, and on a side of the lens 14 facing the cooking cavity 23 for protecting the lens 14.

In other words, the light in the cooking cavity 23 enters the lens 14 after passing through the protective lens, and the protective lens separates the lens 14 from the cooking cavity 23, thereby reducing the heat absorption of the lens 14 and prolonging the service life of the lens 14.

Light in the culinary art chamber reaches the camera through camera lens, speculum for the camera module can acquire the food information in the culinary art chamber 23, makes the operator in time master the culinary art state of the food in the culinary art chamber 23.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, a mounting hole 211 is provided at a position forward from the middle of the top wall 212 of the inner container 21, a protective lens is adhered to the mounting hole 211, and the lens 14 is adhered to the protective lens. The protective lens is resistant to high temperature and transparent, so that the protective lens does not affect the transmission of light while protecting the lens 14. The camera and the relevant electronic component of camera module are located between the inner bag roof and the cover body, and the fan is also located between the inner bag roof and the cover body, utilizes the fan to dispel the heat the cooling to camera module.

The protective lens may be clear glass or plastic.

To sum up, the oven that this application provided, camera and partial lens cone in the camera module are located the installation space, especially locate the camera in the installation space to the temperature sensitive image sensing and electron device, because the temperature in the installation space is far less than the temperature in the culinary art chamber, consequently camera and partial lens cone in the camera module are located the installation space for the temperature around camera and partial lens cone is lower, reduces the probability that camera and partial lens cone are damaged by high temperature. Meanwhile, the fan can also dissipate heat of the camera module when the whole oven dissipates heat, an independent heat dissipation structure is not required to be arranged for the camera module, the structure of the oven is simplified, and the cost of the oven is reduced.

The above description and drawings sufficiently illustrate embodiments of the disclosure to enable those skilled in the art to practice them. Other embodiments may include structural and other changes. The examples merely typify possible variations. Individual components and functions are optional unless explicitly required, and the sequence of operations may vary. Portions and features of some embodiments may be included in or substituted for those of others. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An oven, comprising:

an inner container defining a cooking cavity;

the cover body is arranged on the outer side of the inner container, and an installation space is defined between the cover body and the inner container;

the camera module comprises a lens barrel, a reflecting mirror and a camera, wherein the reflecting mirror is positioned in the lens barrel and used for collecting food information in the cooking cavity, the camera corresponds to the reflecting mirror and used for receiving the food information collected by the reflecting mirror, and the camera is positioned in the installation space.

2. The oven of claim 1, further comprising:

the fan is located in the installation space, and at least part of an air outlet of the fan faces the camera module.

3. The oven of claim 2,

the wall surface of the inner container facing the cover body is provided with a heat dissipation air duct, and at least part of an air outlet of the fan faces the heat dissipation air duct.

4. The oven of any one of claims 1 to 3,

one end part of the camera is inserted into the lens barrel, and a sealing part is arranged between the one end part of the camera and the lens barrel.

5. The oven according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lens barrel comprises:

a first connection portion; and

the second connecting part is connected with the first connecting part, and the connecting part is bent.

6. The oven of any one of claims 1 to 3,

the lens barrel is at least partially positioned in the installation space.

7. The oven of any one of claims 1 to 3,

the reflecting mirrors are obliquely arranged in the lens cone, the number of the reflecting mirrors is multiple, and the reflecting mirrors are sequentially arranged in the lens cone along the transmission direction of light rays in the lens cone.

8. The oven of claim 7,

at least one of the plurality of mirrors is located within the mounting space.

9. The oven of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the camera module further comprises:

the lens is positioned at the light inlet of the lens cone and corresponds to the reflector, the inner container is provided with a mounting hole communicated with the mounting space, and the lens is positioned in the mounting hole.

10. The oven of claim 9, further comprising:

and the protective lens is arranged in the mounting hole, on the lens or the lens barrel, is positioned on one side of the lens facing the cooking cavity and is used for protecting the lens.