ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,158, issued on June 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cooking appliance and control method therefor" was invented by Yunsik Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance and a control method therefor, and, particularly, to a cooking appliance using heat, such as an oven, and a control method therefor. The present disclosure may comprise: a main body; a cooking chamber provided inside the main body to have one open surface, and including a plurality of steps supporting the position of a rack in which food to be cooked is accommodated; a camera...