CN218852451U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a cooking appliance, wherein a shell of the cooking appliance is provided with a perspective plate, the perspective plate comprises a first light-transmitting plate, and a camera is fixed on one side, departing from a cooking cavity, of the first light-transmitting plate and is arranged towards the cooking cavity; the light blocking cover is formed with the cavity, the both ends opening of cavity, and the one end opening subsides of cavity are established in the one side of the light transmission region face culinary art chamber of first light-passing board to relative with the camera, and the chamber wall of cavity encircles and arranges week side at the camera, avoid the object outside the culinary art chamber to pass through the refraction of perspective board and get into in the angle of vision of camera, improve the degree of accuracy and the definition that the camera shot the object. The light blocking cover and the camera are arranged in a split mode, the light blocking cover is fixedly attached to the perspective plate in an attached mode, the whole structure is simple, the installation is simple, and the cost is low.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a cooking appliance.

Background

In the steam oven, a cooking object (food material) is accommodated in a cooking cavity and cooked, and a user is difficult to grasp the cooking state of the food material by naked eyes under the condition of not opening a door body.

However, during cooking, substances such as water vapor are generated in the cooking cavity, and the physical properties of the see-through window itself cause that the cooking state of the food material cannot be easily grasped only by naked eyes. Therefore, it is proposed to use a camera in the steaming oven, and the camera shoots the food material through the see-through window. Due to the light reflection effect of the perspective window, objects outside the cooking cavity can enter the field angle of the camera through the refraction effect, so that images shot by the camera are unclear and disordered.

Chinese patent CN202021509703.4 proposes a cooking apparatus with a light-blocking structure, which utilizes the light-blocking structure to reduce the influence of the external image on the light-transmitting window on the camera, and the light-blocking structure is fixed with the camera, and has a complex structure, high cost, and low flexibility of the layout of the light-blocking structure.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve at least one of the above-mentioned technical problems in the prior art, the present application provides a cooking utensil, can improve the degree of accuracy and the definition that the camera shot the object, simplifies the structure of being in the light simultaneously.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a cooking appliance is disclosed, which includes a housing, a heating structure, a camera, and a light barrier, wherein the housing has a cooking cavity for accommodating a cooking object, the housing is provided with a see-through plate, and the see-through plate includes a first light-transmitting plate; the heating structure is arranged in the shell and used for heating the cooking cavity; the camera is fixed on one side, away from the cooking cavity, of the first light-transmitting plate and arranged towards the cooking cavity; the light blocking cover is formed with the cavity, the both ends opening of cavity, the one end opening subsides of cavity are established the light transmission area of first light-passing board towards one side of culinary art chamber, and with the camera is relative, just the chamber wall of cavity encircles and arranges week side of camera.

In an exemplary embodiment, the perspective plate comprises a second light-transmitting plate, the second light-transmitting plate is arranged on one side, facing the cooking cavity, of the first light-transmitting plate, the light-transmitting area of the second light-transmitting plate is opposite to the light-transmitting area of the first light-transmitting plate, and the opening at the other end of the cavity is attached to one side, facing away from the cooking cavity, of the light-transmitting area of the second light-transmitting plate.

In an exemplary embodiment, an opening at one end of the cavity is formed with a first flange, and the first flange is attached to one side, facing the cooking cavity, of the light-transmitting area of the first light-transmitting plate.

In an exemplary embodiment, a second flange is formed at the opening at the other end of the cavity, and the second flange is attached to one side, away from the cooking cavity, of the light-transmitting area of the second light-transmitting plate.

In an exemplary embodiment, an angular range enclosed by the cavity walls of the cavity is larger than a field angle of the camera, or the angular range enclosed by the cavity walls of the cavity is consistent with the field angle of the camera.

In an exemplary embodiment, a partial cavity wall of the cavity is an arc-shaped wall, the arc-shaped wall is located outside a field angle of the camera, one end of the arc-shaped wall surrounds a circumferential partial region of one opening of the cavity, and the other end of the arc-shaped wall surrounds a circumferential partial region of another opening of the cavity.

In an exemplary embodiment, the entire wall of the cavity includes the arc-shaped wall, a first inclined wall, a second inclined wall, a first flat wall and a second flat wall, the arc-shaped wall, the first inclined wall, the second inclined wall and the second flat wall are located at a rear side of the first flat wall, the first inclined wall and the second inclined wall are respectively connected at a left end and a right end of the first flat wall, the arc-shaped wall is located at an upper side of the first inclined wall, the second inclined wall, the first flat wall and the second flat wall, a right lower end of the arc-shaped wall is connected with an upper end of the first inclined wall, a left lower end of the arc-shaped wall is connected with an upper end of the second inclined wall, the second flat wall is perpendicular to the first flat wall, the second flat wall is connected with lower ends of the first inclined wall, the first inclined wall and the second inclined wall, a front end of the arc-shaped wall, an upper end of the first inclined wall, an upper end of the first flat wall, an upper end of the second inclined wall surrounds an opening of the arc-shaped wall, and a rear end of the second inclined wall is arranged around a circumference of the opening of the arc-shaped wall, the second inclined wall, and the rear end of the cavity.

In an exemplary embodiment, the entire cavity wall of the cavity is an arc-shaped conical surface, one end of the arc-shaped conical surface is arranged around the circumference of one opening of the cavity, and the other end of the arc-shaped conical surface is arranged around the circumference of the other opening of the cavity.

In an exemplary embodiment, the entire cavity wall of the cavity includes a first arc-shaped wall and a second arc-shaped wall, the first arc-shaped wall is located on the upper side of the second arc-shaped wall, the upper end of the second arc-shaped wall is connected with the lower end of the first arc-shaped wall, and the first arc-shaped wall and the second arc-shaped wall enclose the arc-shaped conical surface.

In an exemplary embodiment, the casing includes side open-ended box and locates the door body at the opening part of box, the box has the culinary art chamber, the door body includes perspective board, the camera downward sloping sets up, the chamber wall lower part of cavity with the contained angle of the axis of cavity is greater than the chamber wall upper portion of cavity with the contained angle of axis, the axis perpendicular to perspective board.

In an exemplary embodiment, the casing includes a box with an opening on a side surface and a door body arranged at the opening of the box, the box is provided with the cooking cavity, the door body includes the perspective plate, a handle is arranged on the door body, the handle faces one side opening of the perspective plate, and the handle and the second light-transmitting plate enclose an accommodating space for accommodating the camera.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application at least comprises the following beneficial effects:

the technical scheme that this application provided sets up the cover that is in the light, and the chamber wall of the cavity of the cover that is in the light encircles and arranges all sides at the camera, avoids in the object passes through the refraction entering camera's angle of vision of perspective board outside the culinary art chamber, improves the degree of accuracy and the definition that the object was shot to the camera. And the light blocking cover and the camera are arranged in a split manner, the light blocking cover is fixedly attached to the light transmission area of the perspective plate, the whole structure is simple, the installation is simple, and the cost is low.

In addition, the area range enclosed by the cavity wall of the light blocking cover is larger than the field angle of the camera, so that the normal shooting of the camera can be prevented from being influenced due to the arrangement of the light blocking cover, meanwhile, the installation error of the camera and/or the light blocking cover can be allowed to a certain degree, and the influence on the normal shooting of the camera due to the fact that the cavity wall of the cavity enters the field angle of the camera due to the installation error of the camera and/or the light blocking cover is avoided.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view illustrating a cooking appliance according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a front view of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 isbase:Sub>A sectional view taken along the linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion B in fig. 3.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a camera head and handle concealing portion shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of the structure shown in fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a light-blocking cover according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is another angle of the light barrier of fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a camera head and light barrier and the field angle of the camera head according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 10 is another angle of the field angle of the camera head and light-blocking cover and camera head shown in fig. 9.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating light rays with a light shield according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of light rays shown without a light block according to one exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of a light-blocking cover according to another exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 14 is another angle of the light barrier of fig. 13.

The reference numerals are explained below:

100. a cooking appliance; 1. a housing; 11. a box body; 110. a cooking cavity; 12. a door body; 120. a see-through window; 121. a handle; 1211. a first housing; 12110. an opening; 1212. a second housing; 122. a first light-transmitting plate; 123. a second light-transmitting panel; 124. a third light-transmitting panel; 2. a camera; 3. a light blocking cover; 31. a cavity; 311. an arcuate wall; 312. a first sloped wall; 313. a second sloped wall; 314. a first flat wall; 315. a second flat wall; 316. a first arcuate wall; 317. a second arcuate wall; 318. the first end is open; 319. a second end opening; 32. a first flanging; 33. second flanging; 4. a display screen; 51. a first support bar; 52. a second support bar; 53. a third support bar; 54. and a fourth support bar.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments that embody features and advantages of the present application will be described in detail in the following description. It is to be understood that the present application is capable of various modifications in various embodiments without departing from the scope of the application, and that the description and drawings are to be taken as illustrative and not restrictive in character.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and "fourth" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", "third", and "fourth" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g.," or "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" or "exemplary" is intended to present relevant concepts in a concrete fashion.

As described in the background art, in order to improve the accuracy and definition of photographing an object by a camera and simplify a light blocking structure at the same time, the present application provides a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance can be a steam box, a common oven without a steam mode, a steam oven with a steam mode, a microwave oven and the like. Hereinafter, a cooking appliance of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of examples of some specific embodiments.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view illustrating a cooking appliance according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig. 2 is a front view of fig. 1. Fig. 3 isbase:Sub>A sectional view taken along the linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A in fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion B in fig. 3.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, a cooking utensil 100 provided in the present embodiment mainly includes a casing 1, a heating structure (not shown in the figure) disposed in the casing 1, a camera 2, and a light blocking cover 3.

Wherein, the shell 1 is a rectangular hollow structure. The inner space of the housing 1 is used to provide an installation space for components such as a heating structure, the camera 2, and the light blocking cover 3. A cooking cavity 110 is formed in the housing 1, and the cooking cavity can perform high-temperature cooking processing such as steaming and baking on food.

The casing 1 includes a front-side opening box 11 and a door 12 provided at an opening of the box 11, the box 11 has a cooking chamber 110, the door 12 is used for opening and closing the front-side opening of the box 11, that is, the door 12 can open and close the cooking chamber 110.

The cabinet 11 may be a casing including a hollow structure and an inner container provided in the casing, the inner container having a cooking cavity 110 formed therein and having a front side open.

In some embodiments, a handle 121 is disposed on a front side wall of the door body 12, the handle 121 protrudes out of the front side of the door body 12, and the handle 121 facilitates a user to open the door body 12. The handle 121 is provided at an upper position of the door body 12, but the handle 121 may be provided at a middle position or a lower position of the door body 12.

In detail, the handle 121 includes a first casing member 1211 and a second casing member 1212, the first casing member 1211 and the second casing member 1212 enclose and form an accommodating space, a rear side wall surface of the first casing member 1211 is attached to a front side wall surface of the door body 12, and the second casing member 1212 is disposed at a front side of the first casing member 1211.

The heating structure is used to create a high temperature environment in the cooking cavity 110, thereby enabling a baking function of the cooking appliance 100. The heating structure may be disposed on an inner wall of the cooking chamber 110, for example, on a top wall, a rear sidewall, a bottom wall of the cooking chamber 110.

In some embodiments, a steam generating device (not shown) is disposed in the cabinet 11, and the steam generating device is used to generate steam and supply the steam into the cooking cavity 110, so that a steaming function of the cooking appliance 100 can be performed. The steam generating means may be provided in a space between the outside of the inner container of the cabinet 11 and the inside of the casing of the cabinet 11.

A cavity is formed between the outer periphery of the inner container of the casing 11 and the inner wall of the casing 11, and heat generating components such as a steam generating device and various electric components may be disposed in the cavity.

In some embodiments, the display screen 4 is disposed outside the housing 1, and the display screen 4 is used for displaying images captured by the camera 2, so that a user can view the cooking state of the food materials inside the cooking cavity 110 from the outside of the cooking appliance 100.

The display screen 4 may be provided on a front side wall surface of the handle 121, as shown in fig. 1 and 2.

It should be noted that the display screen 4 is fixed on the control board, the control board is provided with a control circuit for controlling the display on the display screen 4, the control board is installed in the accommodating space defined by the first casing 1211 and the second casing 1212, the second casing 1212 is provided with an opening, and the display screen 4 is arranged at the opening of the second casing 1212.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the door 12 is a transparent plate and has a see-through window 120. The door body 12 is provided with the perspective window 120, the camera 2 can shoot images from the side surface into the cooking cavity 110, and under the condition that the multi-layer cooking rack is arranged in the cooking cavity 110, the camera 2 can still shoot images of food materials on each layer of cooking rack.

Of course, the see-through window 120 may be provided at other positions of the housing 1.

In some embodiments, the door body 12 includes a first light-transmitting plate 122 and a second light-transmitting plate 123, and the second light-transmitting plate 123 is disposed on a side of the first light-transmitting plate 122 facing the cooking chamber 110, that is, the second light-transmitting plate 123 is disposed on a rear side of the first light-transmitting plate 122. The door body 12 comprises two layers of transparent plates, the firmness is good, and meanwhile, the first transparent plate 122 and the second transparent plate 123 can be respectively fixed with the light blocking cover 3, so that the light blocking cover 3 can be stably fixed.

In detail, the first and second light-transmitting plates 122 and 123 may each be glass.

In some embodiments, the door body 12 includes a first transparent panel 122, a second transparent panel 123, and a third transparent panel

The light panel 124, the first 122, second 123 and third 124 light-transmitting panels are arranged 5 in series from front to back and are opposite to each other, as shown in fig. 4. The door body 12 includes three layers of light-transmitting panels, and compared to a two-layer light-transmitting panel,

the fastness is better.

In detail, the first, second and third light-transmitting plates 122, 123, 124 may each be glass.

In other embodiments, the door 12 may include a fourth transparent plate besides the first transparent plate 122, the second transparent plate 123 and the 0 th transparent plate 124, and the fourth transparent plate may be disposed on the third transparent plate, for example

The side of the light-transmitting plate 124 facing the cooking chamber 110, i.e., the first, second, third and fourth light-transmitting plates 122, 123, 124, respectively, are arranged in order from front to back and are opposite to each other.

In other embodiments, the door body 12 may only include the first transparent plate 122.

The number of the light-transmitting plates can be flexibly set according to actual requirements, and the number of the light-transmitting plates is not limited to 5 in the specific embodiment.

It should be noted that all the areas of the first transparent plate 122 may be transparent areas, or a part of the areas may be transparent areas, and a part of the areas are non-transparent areas, for example, the middle area is a transparent area, and the peripheral areas are non-transparent areas; similarly, the second transparent plate 123 may be a transparent area in which all areas are transparent,

or a part of the area is a light-transmitting area, and a part of the area is a non-light-transmitting area; similarly, the third transparent plate 0 may have all regions as the transparent regions, or may have a part of the regions as the transparent regions and a part of the regions as the transparent regions

A non-light-transmitting region; the same goes for the fourth light-transmitting plate. The light-transmitting areas of the light-transmitting panels are arranged opposite to each other and constitute a see-through window 120.

The camera 2 is fixed in one side that first light-passing board 122 deviates from culinary art chamber 110 to towards culinary art chamber 110 setting, camera 2 is used for shooing the inside image of culinary art chamber 110.

5 in some embodiments, the camera head 2 is fixed to the handle 121. As shown in FIG. 4, the handle 121 faces through

The viewing window 120 is open at one side, that is, the first casing 1211 is provided with an opening 12110, and the handle 121 and the first transparent plate 122 enclose a receiving space for receiving the camera 2. The camera 2 is partly fixed in the handle 121 and partly extends out of the handle 121 through the opening 12110 in the first casing 1211 and through the first translucent plate 122 into the light barrier 3.

The 0 camera 2 has its own Field of view (FOV), and the size of FOV determines the Field of view of the camera 2, so that the camera 2 can shoot an object in the Field of view. The camera 2 is applied to different products, different requirements are met in different scenes, and for the cooking appliance 100, the camera 2 meeting the requirements is selected, so that an image in the field angle range of the camera 2 is an image which needs to be viewed by a user, that is, an image in the cooking cavity 110.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, in order to adapt to the handle 121 disposed at the upper position of the door body 12, the camera 2 is disposed to be inclined downward, so that an image of food on each layer of the cooking grill can be photographed in the case where a plurality of layers of the cooking grill are disposed in the cooking chamber 110.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the camera head and handle concealing portion shown in the configuration according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig. 6 is an exploded view of the structure shown in fig. 5.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the camera 2 is fixed to an inner wall of the first housing 1211 of the handle 121. The camera 2 includes a camera body 21 and a mounting portion 22 fixed to the camera body 21, and a lens is disposed at an end of the camera body 21 away from the mounting portion 22. A first support rod 51, a second support rod 52, a third support rod 53, and a fourth support rod 54 are provided on the inner wall of the first casing member 1211, and the first support rod 51, the second support rod 52, the third support rod 53, and the fourth support rod 54 are arranged on the circumferential side of the camera main body 21 and fixed with the mounting portion 22.

In detail, the first support bar 51, the second support bar 52, the third support bar 53 and the fourth support bar 54 are all supported at the rear side of the mounting portion 22, the first support bar 51 and the second support bar 52 are obliquely downward disposed at one side of the camera main body 21, the third support bar 53 and the fourth support bar 54 are obliquely downward disposed at the other side of the camera main body 21, the first support bar 51 is disposed to face the third support bar 53, the second support bar 52 is disposed to face the fourth support bar 54, the first support bar 51 and the third support bar 53 are disposed at the upper side of the second support bar 52 and the fourth support bar 54, and the length of the first support bar 51 and the third support bar 53 is shorter than the length of the second support bar 52 and the fourth support bar 54. The camera 2 is arranged to be inclined backwards and downwards through the cooperation of the first support rod 51, the second support rod 52, the third support rod 53 and the fourth support rod 54, and the first support rod 51, the second support rod 52, the third support rod 53 and the fourth support rod 54 are respectively used for fixing different positions of the mounting part 22, so that the camera 2 is fixed on the inner wall of the first casing 1211, and the mounting stability of the camera 2 is good.

The first support rod 51, the second support rod 52, the third support rod 53 and the fourth support rod 54 may be integrally formed with the first casing 1211, or may be fixed to the inner wall of the first casing 1211 by any fixing means.

Referring to fig. 4, the light barrier 3 is formed with a cavity 31, two ends of the cavity 31 are open, one end of the cavity 31 is attached to one side of the light-transmitting area of the first light-transmitting plate 122 facing the cooking cavity 110 and is opposite to the camera 2, and the cavity wall of the cavity 31 is arranged around the periphery of the camera 2. That is, the camera 2 and the light blocking cover 3 are separately provided and fixed to different sides of the first transparent plate 122. Meanwhile, an opening at one end of the light blocking cover 3 is attached to the light transmitting area of the first light transmitting plate 122, so that the light blocking cover 3 is fixed.

In some embodiments, the light barrier 3 is disposed between the first and second light-transmitting plates 122, 123, one end of the cavity 31 is attached to the side of the light-transmitting area of the first light-transmitting plate 122 facing the cooking cavity 110, and the other end of the cavity 31 is attached to the side of the light-transmitting area of the second light-transmitting plate 123 facing away from the cooking cavity 110. The two ends of the light blocking cover 3 are respectively fixed to the first transparent plate 122 and the second transparent plate 123, so that the light blocking cover 3 is stably fixed.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a light-blocking cover according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig. 8 is another angle of the light barrier of fig. 7.

Referring to fig. 3 to 8, the two end openings of the cavity 31 (hereinafter, for convenience of description, the two end openings of the cavity 31 are referred to as a first end opening 318 and a second end opening 319) are respectively bent outward and extended to form a first flange 32 and a second flange 33, and the first flange 32 and the second flange 33 are parallel. The first flange 32 is annular, the first flange 32 surrounds the first end opening 318 of the cavity 31 and has a bonding surface parallel to the first transparent plate 122, and the bonding surface of the first flange 32 is bonded to a side of the transparent area of the first transparent plate 122 facing the cooking cavity 110. The second flange 33 is annular, the second flange 33 surrounds the second end opening 319 of the cavity 31 and has an attaching surface parallel to the second transparent plate 123, and the attaching surface of the second flange 33 is attached to one side of the transparent area of the second transparent plate 123, which is away from the cooking cavity 110.

The both ends turn-ups design of cavity 31, the laminating area of the both ends of cavity 31 and first light-transmitting board 122 and second light-transmitting board 123 has been increased, can guarantee that the both ends of light shield 3 can closely laminate with first light-transmitting board 122 and second light-transmitting board 123, the fastness is better, and the both ends of light shield 3 are seamless after laminating with first light-transmitting board 122 and second light-transmitting board 123, avoid partial light to project in camera 2's the angle of vision from the gap department between light shield 3 and first light-transmitting board 122 and/or the second light-transmitting board 123, the effect of being in the light of light shield 3 is better.

In detail, an adhesive is disposed between the first flange 32 and the first transparent plate 122. Similarly, an adhesive is provided between the second flange 33 and the second transparent plate 123.

Of course, in some embodiments, only the first end opening 318 of the cavity 31 may be bent outward and extended to form the first flange 32, the first flange 32 is annular, the first flange 32 surrounds the first end opening 318 of the cavity 31 and has an attachment surface parallel to the first transparent plate 122, the attachment surface of the first flange 32 is attached to the side of the light-transmitting area of the first transparent plate 122 facing the cooking cavity 110, and the second end opening 319 of the cavity 31 is directly attached to or not attached to the light-transmitting area of the second transparent plate 123.

In some embodiments, only the second end opening 319 of the cavity 31 may be bent outward and extended to form a second flange 33, the second flange 33 is annular, the second flange 33 surrounds the second end opening 319 of the cavity 31 and has an attachment surface parallel to the second transparent plate 123, the attachment surface of the second flange 33 is attached to a side of the light-transmitting area of the second transparent plate 123 facing away from the cooking cavity 110, and the first end opening 318 of the cavity 31 is directly attached to the light-transmitting area of the first transparent plate 122.

In some embodiments, the range of the area enclosed by the cavity walls of the cavity 31 is not less than the field angle of the camera 2. Therefore, the cavity wall of the cavity 31 does not enter the field angle of the camera 2, so as to prevent the camera 2 from influencing the normal image shooting due to the arrangement of the light blocking cover 3.

In some embodiments, the area enclosed by the cavity walls of the cavity 31 is consistent with the field angle of the camera 2. At this time, the cavity wall of the light-blocking cover 3 does not just enter the angle of view of the camera 2.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, corresponding to the camera 2 being disposed on the handle 121 and inclined downward, the angle between the lower portion of the cavity wall of the cavity 31 and the central axis of the cavity 31 is greater than the angle between the upper portion of the cavity wall of the cavity 31 and the central axis, so as to ensure that the cavity wall of the cavity 31 does not enter the field angle of the camera 2.

It will be appreciated that the central axis is a straight line perpendicular to the see-through window 120.

In some embodiments, the area enclosed by the cavity walls of the cavity 31 is larger than the field angle of the camera 2.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a camera head and light barrier and the field angle of the camera head according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig. 10 is another angle of the field of view of the camera head and light-blocking cover and camera head shown in fig. 9.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the range of the area enclosed by the cavity walls of the cavity 31 of the light-blocking cover 3 is larger than the field angle FOV of the camera 2. Set the regional scope that becomes through enclosing the chamber wall with cavity 31 to be greater than camera 2's angle of vision FOV, can prevent to influence camera 2's normal shooting because of setting up of light shield 3, can also allow camera 2 and/or the installation error of light shield 3 to a certain extent, avoid influencing camera 2's normal shooting because of the installation error of camera 2 and/or light shield 3 leads to the chamber wall of cavity 31 to get into in camera 2's the angle of vision FOV.

Referring to fig. 8, in some embodiments, a partial wall of the cavity 31 of the light-blocking cover 3 is an arc-shaped wall 311. The arc-shaped wall 311 is located outside the field angle of the camera 2, the front end of the arc-shaped wall 311 surrounds a majority of the circumferential extent of the first end opening 318 of the cavity 31, and the rear end of the arc-shaped wall 311 surrounds a minority of the circumferential extent of the second end opening 319 of the cavity 31. By arranging the arc-shaped wall 311, when the installation error of the camera 2 and/or the light blocking cover 3 is large, the pointed cone on the cavity wall can be prevented from entering the field angle of the camera 2.

In detail, the cavity wall of the cavity 31 includes an arc-shaped wall 311, a first inclined wall 312, a second inclined wall 313, a first flat wall 314, and a second flat wall 315, the arc-shaped wall 311, the first inclined wall 312, the second inclined wall 313, and the second flat wall 315 are located at the rear side of the first flat wall 314, and the first inclined wall 312 and the second inclined wall 313 are respectively connected to the left end and the right end of the first flat wall 314, the arc-shaped wall 311 is located at the upper side of the first inclined wall 312, the second inclined wall 313, the first flat wall 314, and the second flat wall 315, the right lower end of the arc-shaped wall 311 is connected to the upper end of the first inclined wall 312, the left lower end of the arc-shaped wall 311 is connected to the upper end of the second inclined wall 313, the second flat wall 315 is located at the lower sides of the arc-shaped wall 311, the first inclined wall 312, the second inclined wall 313, and the first flat wall 314, and the second flat wall 315 is perpendicular to the first flat wall 314, and the second flat wall 315 connects the lower ends of the first inclined wall 314, the first inclined wall 312, the second inclined wall 313. The front end of the arc-shaped wall 311, the upper end of the first inclined wall 312, the upper end of the first flat wall 314, and the upper end of the second inclined wall 313 surround the first end opening 318 of the cavity 31, and the rear end of the arc-shaped wall 311, the rear end of the first inclined wall 312, the rear end of the second flat wall 315, and the rear end of the second inclined wall 313 surround the second end opening 319 of the cavity 31. The arc-shaped wall 311, the first inclined wall 312, the second inclined wall 313, the first flat wall 314, and the second flat wall 315 constitute a cavity wall of the cavity 31, can accommodate the camera 2, and enclose an area range set larger than a field angle of the camera 2.

The first end opening 318 of the cavity 31 attached to the first transparent plate 122 is circular, and the second end opening 319 of the cavity 31 attached to the second transparent plate 123 is a combination of circular arc and square. The included angle α between the area enclosed by the first inclined wall 312, the second inclined wall 313, the first flat wall 314, and the second flat wall 315 and the central axis L of the cavity 31 is greater than the included angle β between the arc-shaped wall 311 and the central axis L, as shown in fig. 8, so as to ensure that the cavity wall of the cavity 31 does not enter the field angle of the camera 2 when the camera 2 is tilted downward.

In some embodiments, the first flat wall 314 and the first flange 32 are located on the same plane, so that the attaching area of the light blocking cover 3 and the first transparent plate 122 is increased, and the attaching of the light blocking cover 3 and the first transparent plate 122 is more stable.

Referring next to fig. 11 and 12, fig. 11 is a schematic view of light rays with a light shield according to an exemplary embodiment, wherein the lines with arrows represent the light rays. FIG. 12 is a schematic view of light rays shown without a light block, wherein the lines with arrows represent the light rays, according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 11, in the case of providing the light-blocking cover 3, due to the blocking of the light-blocking cover 3, the object image outside the cooking cavity 110 cannot enter the field angle FOV of the camera 2, and therefore, the accuracy and definition of shooting the object by the camera 2 are higher.

As shown in fig. 12, in the case where the light blocking cover 3 is not provided, the object image outside the cooking cavity 110 enters the field angle FOV of the camera 2 by the refraction of the see-through window 120, and thus, the object photographed by the camera 2 is disordered and has low accuracy and clarity.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of a light-blocking cover shown according to another exemplary embodiment. Fig. 14 is another angle of the light barrier of fig. 13.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, unlike the embodiment shown in fig. 7 and 8, the entire cavity wall of the cavity 31 of the light-blocking cover 3 is an arc-shaped conical surface, and the front end and the rear end of the arc-shaped conical surface are respectively arranged around the circumference of the first end opening 318 and the second end opening 319 of the light-blocking cover 3. The opening at the end of the cavity 31 attached to the first transparent plate 122 is circular, and the opening at the end of the cavity 31 attached to the second transparent plate 123 is substantially elliptical.

In detail, the entire wall of the chamber body 31 includes a first arc-shaped wall 316 and a second arc-shaped wall 317, the first arc-shaped wall 316 is located on the upper side of the second arc-shaped wall 317, and the upper end of the second arc-shaped wall 317 is connected to the lower end of the first arc-shaped wall 316. The included angle α between the second arc-shaped wall 317 and the central axis L of the cavity 31 is larger than the included angle β between the first arc-shaped wall 316 and the central axis L, as shown in fig. 14, so as to ensure that the cavity wall of the cavity 31 does not enter the field angle of the camera 2 when the camera 2 is tilted downward.

It can be understood that the shape of the light-blocking cover 3 is not limited to circular, square, oval, etc., as long as the cavity wall of the cavity 31 of the light-blocking cover 3 does not enter the viewing angle of the camera 2 and can be stably fixed in the transparent window.

Based on the technical scheme, the embodiment of the application has the following positive effects:

through setting up the light shield 3, the chamber wall of the cavity 31 of light shield 3 encircles arranges in camera 2's week side, because the effect of sheltering from of light shield 3, can avoid the object beyond culinary art chamber 110 to get into in camera 2's the angle of vision through the refraction of perspective window 120, improves the degree of accuracy and the definition that camera 2 shot the object. Moreover, the light blocking cover 3 and the camera 2 are respectively fixed on two opposite sides of the first transparent plate 122, the light blocking cover 3 and the camera 2 are arranged in a split manner, the light blocking cover 3 is attached and fixed with the see-through window 120, the layout of the light blocking cover 3 is more flexible, the installation is simple, and the light blocking cover 3 is simple in structure and low in cost.

In addition, the area range enclosed by the cavity wall of the cavity 31 of the light blocking cover 3 is larger than the field angle of the camera 2, so that the normal shooting of the camera 2 can be prevented from being influenced due to the arrangement of the light blocking cover 3, meanwhile, the installation error of the camera 2 and/or the light blocking cover 3 can be allowed to a certain degree, and the influence on the normal shooting of the camera 2 caused by the fact that the cavity wall of the cavity 31 enters the field angle of the camera 2 due to the installation error of the camera 2 and/or the light blocking cover 3 is avoided.

In addition, part of the cavity wall of the cavity 31 of the light-blocking cover 3 is an arc-shaped wall, so that a pointed cone on the cavity wall can be prevented from entering the field angle of the camera 2 when the installation error of the camera 2 and/or the light-blocking cover 3 is large.

While the present application has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description and illustration, rather than of limitation. As the present application may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

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1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

the cooking device comprises a shell, a first light-transmitting plate and a second light-transmitting plate, wherein the shell is provided with a cooking cavity for accommodating cooking objects and is provided with the perspective plate;

the heating structure is arranged in the shell and used for heating the cooking cavity;

the camera is fixed on one side, away from the cooking cavity, of the first light-transmitting plate and arranged towards the cooking cavity;

the cover that is in the light, the cover that is in the light is formed with the cavity, the both ends opening of cavity, the one end opening subsides of cavity are established the light transmission area of first light-passing board towards one side of culinary art chamber, and with the camera is relative, just the chamber wall of cavity encircles and arranges week side of camera.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the see-through plate comprises a second light-transmitting plate disposed on a side of the first light-transmitting plate facing the cooking cavity, wherein a light-transmitting area of the second light-transmitting plate is opposite to the light-transmitting area of the first light-transmitting plate, and an opening at the other end of the cavity is attached to a side of the light-transmitting area of the second light-transmitting plate facing away from the cooking cavity.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the cavity is open at one end and is formed with a first flange attached to a side of the first light-transmitting plate facing the cooking cavity.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein a second flange is formed at the other opening of the cavity, and the second flange is attached to a side of the light-transmitting area of the second light-transmitting plate, which is away from the cooking cavity.

5. The cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the angular range enclosed by the cavity walls of the cavity is larger than the angle of view of the camera, or the angular range enclosed by the cavity walls of the cavity coincides with the angle of view of the camera.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 5, wherein a portion of the cavity wall is an arcuate wall, the arcuate wall being outside the field of view of the camera, one end of the arcuate wall surrounding a circumferential sub-area of one of the openings of the cavity, the other end of the arcuate wall surrounding a circumferential sub-area of the other of the openings of the cavity.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 6, wherein the entire wall of the cavity comprises the curved wall, a first sloped wall, a second sloped wall, a first flat wall and a second flat wall, wherein the curved wall, the first sloped wall, the second sloped wall and the second flat wall are located at a rear side of the first flat wall, the first sloped wall and the second sloped wall are respectively connected to a left end and a right end of the first flat wall, the curved wall is located at an upper side of the first sloped wall, the second sloped wall, the first flat wall and the second flat wall, a right lower end of the curved wall is connected to an upper end of the first sloped wall, a left lower end of the curved wall is connected to an upper end of the second sloped wall, the second flat wall is perpendicular to the first flat wall, the second flat wall is connected to a lower end of the first flat wall, the first sloped wall and the second sloped wall, a front end of the curved wall, an upper end of the first sloped wall, an upper end of the first flat wall, an upper end of the second sloped wall surrounds an opening of the curved wall, and a rear end of the second sloped wall, and a circumferential opening of the cavity is arranged around another rear end of the curved wall.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 5, wherein the entire wall of the cavity is a curved cone, one end of the curved cone is circumferentially disposed around one of the openings of the cavity, and the other end of the curved cone is circumferentially disposed around the other opening of the cavity.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein the entire wall of the cavity comprises a first curved wall and a second curved wall, the first curved wall is located on an upper side of the second curved wall, an upper end of the second curved wall is connected with a lower end of the first curved wall, and the first curved wall and the second curved wall enclose the curved conical surface.

10. The cooking utensil of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the casing comprises a box body with an opening on a side surface and a door body arranged at the opening of the box body, the box body is provided with the cooking cavity, the door body comprises the perspective plate, the camera is arranged in a downward inclined manner, an included angle between the lower part of the cavity wall of the cavity and the central axis of the cavity is larger than an included angle between the upper part of the cavity wall of the cavity and the central axis, and the central axis is perpendicular to the perspective plate.

11. The cooking utensil of claim 2, wherein the casing includes a box body with an opening on a side surface and a door body arranged at the opening of the box body, the box body is provided with the cooking cavity, the door body includes the perspective plate, the door body is provided with a handle, the handle faces one side opening of the perspective plate, and the handle and the second light-transmitting plate enclose a containing space for containing the camera.

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