Patents by Inventor Nelson Timothy Salazar

Nelson Timothy Salazar 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).

  • Patent number: 11759042
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized control of a cooking appliance, such as a sous vide cooker. A user provides a selection of one or more ending characteristics for a food product. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics. Measurements of temperature, power delivery, or other characteristics may be obtained during cooking process. A cooking program controlling the cooking process may be revised or updated based at least in part on the obtained measurements or analysis of the measurements. Estimations or projections about the cooking process may be presented to a user via a user interface of the cooking appliance or a user interface of one or more computing devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet computer) associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Breville USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11132918
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized cooking instructions to users via a communications device. The user is provided with audio/visual prompts depicting one or more ending characteristics of a food product, such as texture or doneness. The user provides a selection of the one or more ending characteristics according to the user's preferences. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics for the food product. The one or more determined output food preparation parameters are provided to a communication device of the user so that the user may cook the food product according to the output food preparation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BREVILLE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
  • Patent number: 10692394
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized cooking instructions to users via a communications device. The user is provided with audio/visual prompts depicting one or more ending characteristics of a food product, such as texture or doneness. The user provides a selection of the one or more ending characteristics according to the user's preferences. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics for the food product. The one or more determined output food preparation parameters are provided to a communication device of the user so that the user may cook the food product according to the output food preparation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Breville USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
  • Patent number: 10444723
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles for gathering and utilizing individual and aggregate data from connected cooking devices, online recipe databases and/or mobile applications. Cooking instructions may be stored as processor-readable cooking programs that use mutable real time status updates as input. Such programs may be chosen via a user computing device and may be further parameterized by numeric, textual or camera-based inputs. Various methods may be used to determine what foods a user is preparing, and what equipment and techniques are used. This data may be supplemented with feedback to verify what was cooked, how the result compared to visual representation in advance of cooking, and satisfaction level. The data may be used to reproduce past cooking results, adjust future recipes, suggest recipes or products, or connecting users to online communities of users. Cooking data may be used to offer just-in-time problem solving, products, or connection to other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CHEFSTEPS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Eugene Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
  • Publication number: 20190231113
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized control of a cooking appliance, such as a sous vide cooker. A user provides a selection of one or more ending characteristics for a food product. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics. Measurements of temperature, power delivery, or other characteristics may be obtained during cooking process. A cooking program controlling the cooking process may be revised or updated based at least in part on the obtained measurements or analysis of the measurements. Estimations or projections about the cooking process may be presented to a user via a user interface of the cooking appliance or a user interface of one or more computing devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet computer) associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
  • Publication number: 20170162073
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized cooking instructions to users via a communications device. The user is provided with audio/visual prompts depicting one or more ending characteristics of a food product, such as texture or doneness. The user provides a selection of the one or more ending characteristics according to the user's preferences. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics for the food product. The one or more determined output food preparation parameters are provided to a communication device of the user so that the user may cook the food product according to the output food preparation parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
  • Publication number: 20170150842
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized control of a cooking appliance, such as a sous vide cooker. A user provides a selection of one or more ending characteristics for a food product. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics. Measurements of temperature, power delivery, or other characteristics may be obtained during cooking process. A cooking program controlling the cooking process may be revised or updated based at least in part on the obtained measurements or analysis of the measurements. Estimations or projections about the cooking process may be presented to a user via a user interface of the cooking appliance or a user interface of one or more computing devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet computer) associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
  • Publication number: 20170139385
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles for gathering and utilizing individual and aggregate data from connected cooking devices, online recipe databases and/or mobile applications. Cooking instructions may be stored as processor-readable cooking programs that use mutable real time status updates as input. Such programs may be chosen via a user computing device and may be further parameterized by numeric, textual or camera-based inputs. Various methods may be used to determine what foods a user is preparing, and what equipment and techniques are used. This data may be supplemented with feedback to verify what was cooked, how the result compared to visual representation in advance of cooking, and satisfaction level. The data may be used to reproduce past cooking results, adjust future recipes, suggest recipes or products, or connecting users to online communities of users. Cooking data may be used to offer just-in-time problem solving, products, or connection to other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Eugene Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
  • Publication number: 20170020324
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized control of a cooking appliance, such as a sous vide cooker. A user provides a selection of one or more ending characteristics for a food product. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics. Measurements of temperature, power delivery, or other characteristics may be obtained during cooking process. A cooking program controlling the cooking process may be revised or updated based at least in part on the obtained measurements or analysis of the measurements. Estimations or projections about the cooking process may be presented to a user via a user interface of the cooking appliance or a user interface of one or more computing devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet computer) associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
  • Publication number: 20160005327
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized cooking instructions to users via a communications device. The user is provided with audio/visual prompts depicting one or more ending characteristics of a food product, such as texture or doneness. The user provides a selection of the one or more ending characteristics according to the user's preferences. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics for the food product. The one or more determined output food preparation parameters are provided to a communication device of the user so that the user may cook the food product according to the output food preparation parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar