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).
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Patent number: 11759042Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Breville USA, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
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Patent number: 11132918Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: BREVILLE USA, INC.Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
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Patent number: 10692394Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Breville USA, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
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Patent number: 10444723Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: CHEFSTEPS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Eugene Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
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Publication number: 20190231113Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
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Publication number: 20170162073Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
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Publication number: 20170150842Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
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Publication number: 20170139385Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Eugene Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar
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Publication number: 20170020324Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
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Publication number: 20160005327Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Douglas Baldwin, Michael Natkin, Nelson Timothy Salazar