Patents by Inventor Nikhil Bhogal

Nikhil Bhogal 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: 12262111
    Abstract: While an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface is in a locked, passcode-protected state, the device displays a lock screen user interface on the display. The lock screen user interface includes a plurality of restricted application launch icons, each restricted application launch icon corresponding to an application. The device also detects user input to activate a respective restricted application launch icon; and, in response to detecting the user input to activate the respective restricted application launch icon, starts a restricted session for a respective application that corresponds to the respective restricted application launch icon, wherein the respective application is configured to generate one or more content items while in the restricted session, and maintains the device in the locked, passcode-protected state for applications in the device other than the respective application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Dellinger, Nikhil Bhogal, Greg Christie, Scott J. Forstall
  • Patent number: 12253268
    Abstract: A method including: during a colloid cooking period, cooking food using a gaseous colloid and sampling a cavity measurement. The method can optionally include transmitting the sampled measurements to a remote computing system; automatically cooking food according to adjusted colloid cooking parameters determined based on the measurement; and/or other processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: June Life, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn
  • Publication number: 20250064250
    Abstract: A method for targeted heating element control can include: sampling measurements, determining one or more occupied regions based on the measurements, determining one or more food types, controlling appliance operation based on the occupied regions and food types, optionally providing real-time feedback to the user for food placement within the cavity, optionally sampling training measurements, optionally determining a cavity occupancy region classifier, and/or any other suitable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Christopher Russell Clark, Jithendra Paruchuri, Robert Cottrell
  • Patent number: 12222107
    Abstract: The connected oven includes a cooking cavity defined by a back, a door opposing the bottom, a top adjacent the back and door, a bottom opposing the top, and opposing sidewalls adjacent the remainder of the walls, a user interface unit configured to receive instructions from the user, a sensor, and a thermal management system for minimizing or preventing thermal damage to heat-sensitive components arranged on the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: June Life, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Mathias Watson Schmidt, Drew Atkinson, Gabriel Risk
  • Publication number: 20250027654
    Abstract: Aspects related to a cooking appliance with a temperature probe accessory are provided. A cooking appliance may include a cavity configured to receive a food to be cooked. A sensor, such as a temperature probe accessory, may be used to measure a temperature of the cavity. The cooking appliance may include an interface configured to receive cooking parameters. The cooking appliance may include a controller configured to identify cooking instructions based on cooking parameters. The appliance may perform actions in response to the cooking instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Nicholas Beyrer, Mathias Watson Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12185862
    Abstract: A method for targeted heating element control can include: sampling measurements, determining one or more occupied regions based on the measurements, determining one or more food types, controlling appliance operation based on the occupied regions and food types, optionally providing real-time feedback to the user for food placement within the cavity, optionally sampling training measurements, optionally determining a cavity occupancy region classifier, and/or any other suitable elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: June Life LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Christopher Russell Clark, Jithendra Paruchuri, Robert Cottrell
  • Publication number: 20240404044
    Abstract: In variants, the method can include: sampling cavity measurements of the cook cavity; determining an image representation using the cavity measurements; determining a food class based on the image representation; optionally comparing the image representation to prior image representations; optionally determining a new food class based on the image representation; optionally updating a food identification module with the new food class; and optionally determining a cook program associated with the new food class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Wiley Wang, Jithendra Paruchuri
  • Patent number: 12140321
    Abstract: The system is preferably used with a cooking appliance with a heating cavity and can include: a vessel and a temperature probe. The system can optionally include: a lid, a tray, and/or a circulator. However, the system can include any other suitable components. The system functions to monitor and/or control the temperature of a volume of working fluid in a cooking appliance with a heated cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: June Life, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Nicholas Beyrer, Mathias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12094104
    Abstract: In variants, the method can include: sampling cavity measurements of the cook cavity; determining an image representation using the cavity measurements; determining a food class based on the image representation; optionally comparing the image representation to prior image representations; optionally determining a new food class based on the image representation; optionally updating a food identification module with the new food class; and optionally determining a cook program associated with the new food class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: June Life, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Wiley Wang, Jithendra Paruchuri
  • Publication number: 20240292977
    Abstract: A method for foodstuff identification can include: detecting a trigger event; sampling a measurement set; optionally determining candidate measurements for subsequent analysis based on the measurement set; optionally determining a set of food parameter values from the measurements; optionally selecting a food parameter value for use; determining a cooking instruction based on the food parameter value; automatically operating the appliance based on the cooking instructions; optionally determining a foodstuff trajectory relative to the cook cavity; optionally training one or more modules; and/or any other suitable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Cottrell, Jithendra Paruchuri, Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Wiley Wang
  • Patent number: 12050015
    Abstract: The method for dirty camera detection including: detecting a first predetermined state change event; sampling a set of cavity measurements; optionally determining a set of features of the set of cavity measurements; determining a class label based on the cavity measurements; optionally verifying the classification; and facilitating use of the appliance based on the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: June Life, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Robert Cottrell, Jithendra Paruchuri, Ryan Perry, Matthew Van Horn, Christopher Russell Clark, Eugenia Kuo
  • Patent number: 12016487
    Abstract: A method for foodstuff identification can include: detecting a trigger event; sampling a measurement set; optionally determining candidate measurements for subsequent analysis based on the measurement set; optionally determining a set of food parameter values from the measurements; optionally selecting a food parameter value for use; determining a cooking instruction based on the food parameter value; automatically operating the appliance based on the cooking instructions; optionally determining a foodstuff trajectory relative to the cook cavity; optionally training one or more modules; and/or any other suitable elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: June Life, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cottrell, Jithendra Paruchuri, Nikhil Bhogal, Nishit Kumar, Wiley Wang
  • Publication number: 20240188757
    Abstract: In variants, the system can include an extensible cooking system (e.g., grill) with a removable user interface configured to control cooking system operation and/or a set of removable accessory modules. Examples of removable accessory modules can include user fuel control interfaces and sensor ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Gabriel Risk, Nicholas Beyrer
  • Publication number: 20240060828
    Abstract: In variants, an automatically-identifiable temperature probe can include: a probe body, one or more sensors, a connector, and/or any other suitable components. In variants, the method for temperature determination can include: determining a set of electrical signals, determining a temperature probe type based on the set of electrical signals, determining a sensor resolution model based on the temperature probe type, and determining a set of final temperature estimates based on the set of electrical signals and the sensor resolution model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Nicholas Beyrer, Gabriel Risk, Mathias Watson Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11844458
    Abstract: In variants, the method can include: sampling cavity measurements of the cook cavity; determining an image representation using the cavity measurements; determining a food class based on the image representation; optionally comparing the image representation to prior image representations; optionally determining a new food class based on the image representation; optionally updating a food identification module with the new food class; and optionally determining a cook program associated with the new food class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: June Life, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Wiley Wang, Jithendra Paruchuri
  • Patent number: 11818811
    Abstract: In variants, a method for individual heating element control can include: identifying food within a cook cavity of the cooking appliance, determining a set of cooking instructions associated with the food, the cooking instructions including a different model for each heating element subset, dynamically determining control instructions for each heating element subset based on the respective model, and controlling each heating element subset based on the respective control instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: June Life, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Ryan Perry, Matthew Van Horn, Nash Witkin, Gabriel Risk
  • Publication number: 20230341131
    Abstract: A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
  • Patent number: 11788732
    Abstract: A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: June Life, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Matthew Van Horn, Seunghoon Park, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Christopher Russell Clark
  • Patent number: D1007224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: June Life, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Mathias Watson Schmidt, Nicholas Beyrer
  • Patent number: D1011937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: June Life, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Nicholas Beyrer, Mathias Watson Schmidt