Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a heating element, and a controller. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber. The heating element may be in thermal communication with the cooking chamber to heat a cooking utensil therein. The controller may be in operable communication with the heating element. The controller may be configured to initiate a directed cooking operation. The directed cooking operation may include capturing a first image of the cooking chamber, identifying the cooking utensil within the cooking chamber based on the captured first image, capturing a second image of the cooking chamber following capturing the first image, detecting changes in the cooking utensil based on the captured second image, and directing oven operation based on the detected changes.

Abstract: A cloud diagnostic system and a method of operating the same to diagnose or predict potential fault conditions in an appliance includes connecting the appliance to a cloud diagnostics server directly over a network or through a service computer, receiving, at the cloud diagnostics server, appliance data from the appliance, analyzing the appliance data using one or more machine learning models on the cloud diagnostics server to diagnose or predict the potential fault conditions along with a confidence score, adjusting the confidence score based on historical fault data from a historical guidance service, and communicating the potential fault conditions to the appliance, to a user of the appliance, or to a field technician.