Patents by Inventor Mark Janoff

Mark Janoff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230269832
    Abstract: Systems and methods for user configurable cooking appliances include receiving system resources having associated budgets, facilitating user allocation the system resources to a plurality of heating elements without exceeding the associate budgets, applying the system resources to the heating elements to heat one or more food substances within a cooking chamber, and selectively regulating delivery of the system resources to the heating elements such that no more than the associated budget of each of the system resources is delivered to the heating elements. Computing components can execute a heating algorithm to cook at least one food substance in the cooking chamber, detect a state change of the food substance, and modify the heating algorithm to reconfigure the system resources supplied to the heating elements in response to the state change and in accordance with user configured allocation and associated budgets for the system resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, John Pleasants, Dan Yue, Taylor Adams, Dennis Denker
  • Patent number: 11672050
    Abstract: Systems and methods for user configurable cooking appliances include receiving system resources having associated budgets, facilitating user allocation the system resources to a plurality of heating elements without exceeding the associate budgets, applying the system resources to the heating elements to heat one or more food substances within a cooking chamber, and selectively regulating delivery of the system resources to the heating elements such that no more than the associated budget of each of the system resources is delivered to the heating elements. Computing components can execute a heating algorithm to cook at least one food substance in the cooking chamber, detect a state change of the food substance, and modify the heating algorithm to reconfigure the system resources supplied to the heating elements in response to the state change and in accordance with user configured allocation and associated budgets for the system resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Brava Home, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, John Pleasants, Dan Yue, Taylor Adams, Dennis Denker
  • Patent number: 11257394
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking instrument. The cooking instrument can select a food cooking recipe and identify relative areas in a cooking chamber to place at least two portions of food. The relative areas would match the food cooking recipe. The cooking instrument can display information associated with an instruction to place the at least two portions of food over the relative areas. The cooking instrument can then determine a heating sequence in accordance with the food cooking recipe and control, based on the heating sequence, a heating system to directionally transfer heat under different heating characteristics respectively to the at least two portions of the food at the identified relative areas in the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: BRAVA HOME, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-yu Cheng, Dan Yue, Richard Metzler, Mark Janoff
  • Publication number: 20210227637
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven). The cooking appliance/instrument can include a cooking chamber, a support tray adapted to hold food in the cooking chamber; and a heating system comprised of at least a heating element. The heating system is adapted to emit waves according to a particular configuration such that the emitted waves is substantially transparent or substantially opaque to the support tray and thus enabling the cooking instrument to select what to heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Shih-yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, Dan Yue
  • Patent number: 10904951
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven). The cooking appliance/instrument can include a cooking chamber, a support tray adapted to hold food in the cooking chamber; and a heating system comprised of at least a heating element. The heating system is adapted to emit waves according to a particular configuration such that the emitted waves is substantially transparent or substantially opaque to the support tray and thus enabling the cooking instrument to select what to heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BRAVA HOME, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, Dan Yue
  • Publication number: 20190139446
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking instrument. The cooking instrument can select a food cooking recipe and identify relative areas in a cooking chamber to place at least two portions of food. The relative areas would match the food cooking recipe. The cooking instrument can display information associated with an instruction to place the at least two portions of food over the relative areas. The cooking instrument can then determine a heating sequence in accordance with the food cooking recipe and control, based on the heating sequence, a heating system to directionally transfer heat under different heating characteristics respectively to the at least two portions of the food at the identified relative areas in the cooking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Cheng, Dan Yue, Richard Metzler, Mark Janoff
  • Patent number: 10223933
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking instrument. The cooking instrument can select a food cooking recipe and identify relative areas in a cooking chamber to place at least two portions of food. The relative areas would match the food cooking recipe. The cooking instrument can display information associated with an instruction to place the at least two portions of food over the relative areas. The cooking instrument can then determine a heating sequence in accordance with the food cooking recipe and control, based on the heating sequence, a heating system to directionally transfer heat under different heating characteristics respectively to the at least two portions of the food at the identified relative areas in the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BRAVA HOME, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Cheng, Dan Yue, Richard Metzler, Mark Janoff
  • Publication number: 20190053332
    Abstract: Systems and methods for user configurable cooking appliances include receiving system resources having associated budgets, facilitating user allocation the system resources to a plurality of heating elements without exceeding the associate budgets, applying the system resources to the heating elements to heat one or more food substances within a cooking chamber, and selectively regulating delivery of the system resources to the heating elements such that no more than the associated budget of each of the system resources is delivered to the heating elements. Computing components can execute a heating algorithm to cook at least one food substance in the cooking chamber, detect a state change of the food substance, and modify the heating algorithm to reconfigure the system resources supplied to the heating elements in response to the state change and in accordance with user configured allocation and associated budgets for the system resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, John Pleasants, Dan Yue, Taylor Adams, Dennis Denker
  • Publication number: 20190051211
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking instrument. The cooking instrument can select a food cooking recipe and identify relative areas in a cooking chamber to place at least two portions of food. The relative areas would match the food cooking recipe. The cooking instrument can display information associated with an instruction to place the at least two portions of food over the relative areas. The cooking instrument can then determine a heating sequence in accordance with the food cooking recipe and control, based on the heating sequence, a heating system to directionally transfer heat under different heating characteristics respectively to the at least two portions of the food at the identified relative areas in the cooking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Cheng, Dan Yue, Richard Metzler, Mark Janoff
  • Publication number: 20180295676
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven). The cooking appliance/instrument can include a cooking chamber, a support tray adapted to hold food in the cooking chamber; and a heating system comprised of at least a heating element. The heating system is adapted to emit waves according to a particular configuration such that the emitted waves is substantially transparent or substantially opaque to the support tray and thus enabling the cooking instrument to select what to heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Shih-yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, Dan Yue
  • Patent number: 10064244
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven). The cooking appliance/instrument can include a cooking chamber, a support tray adapted to hold food in the cooking chamber; and a heating system comprised of at least a heating element. The heating system is adapted to emit waves according to a particular configuration such that the emitted waves is substantially transparent or substantially opaque to the support tray and thus enabling the cooking instrument to select what to heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Brava Home, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, Dan Yue
  • Publication number: 20170223774
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven). The cooking appliance/instrument can include a cooking chamber, a support tray adapted to hold food in the cooking chamber; and a heating system comprised of at least a heating element. The heating system is adapted to emit waves according to a particular configuration such that the emitted waves is substantially transparent or substantially opaque to the support tray and thus enabling the cooking instrument to select what to heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Shih-yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, Dan Yue