Cooking process prompter, vegetable bag and cooking process prompting method
By providing cooking process prompts at various time points, the shortcomings of paper recipes and electronic devices are overcome, enabling precise cooking process prompts and improving cooking efficiency and success rate.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SHENZHEN JULIAN BOLT TECH CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2026-02-24
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-21
AI Technical Summary
In current cooking processes, paper recipes are easily contaminated and inconvenient to use, while electronic devices are inconvenient to use in oily environments and cannot fully present the cooking process, resulting in low cooking efficiency and low success rate.
A cooking process prompter is provided, including a dish name input device, a cooking process acquisition unit, and an output prompt device. It acquires the dish name by scanning a code and outputs cooking operation prompts at various time points, and achieves accurate prompts in conjunction with a timing device.
It provides precise cooking operation prompts at various time points, improving cooking efficiency and success rate, and avoiding the hygiene risks associated with manual operation.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This invention belongs to the field of intelligent device technology, and particularly relates to a cooking process prompter, ingredient package, and cooking process prompting method. Background Technology
[0002] In traditional cooking, whether in a home kitchen or the catering industry, cooks typically rely on personal experience, paper recipes, or electronic devices to memorize and follow complex cooking steps. This reliance has significant drawbacks: paper recipes are easily stained with oil during cooking and are inconvenient to turn pages; while electronic devices can display steps, they require frequent manual operation and are difficult to use when hands are covered in food or oil, posing hygiene risks and interruptions. Furthermore, for complex cooking processes with multiple steps and time points (such as baking and stewing), cooks are prone to distraction or forgetfulness, missing crucial steps, leading to decreased food quality or even cooking failure.
[0003] While some smart kitchen appliances in the current technology have timer reminder functions, they are mostly limited to reminding at a single point in time and cannot fully present the temporal logic and step-by-step relationships of the entire cooking process. Some voice assistants can provide step-by-step instructions, but they lack intuitive integration with the physical operating environment. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a technical solution that can intuitively and intelligently prompt the entire cooking process without manual operation, in order to improve cooking efficiency and success rate. Summary of the Invention
[0004] The purpose of this invention is to provide a cooking process prompter, a food ingredient package, and a cooking process prompting method, in order to solve the problem that the existing technology cannot provide an effective cooking process prompter, resulting in poor prompting effect.
[0005] In a first aspect, the present invention provides a cooking process prompter, comprising: A dish name input device for users to input dish names; The cooking process acquisition unit is used to acquire the corresponding first cooking process based on the dish name input by the user after receiving the dish name. An output prompting device is used to output cooking operation prompts at each time point of the first cooking process after receiving the user's cooking prompting instruction.
[0006] In some embodiments, the cooking process indicator further includes: Storage device for storing the first cooking process of each dish; After receiving the dish name input by the user, the cooking process acquisition unit retrieves the corresponding first cooking process from the storage device based on the dish name.
[0007] In some embodiments, the storage device is a cloud storage server, which is communicatively connected to the cooking process indicator.
[0008] In some embodiments, the storage device is further configured to store a mapping table, the mapping table including the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish names and the manual identification of the ingredient bags; The cooking process prompt also includes: The information acquisition unit is used to obtain the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish names and the manual identification of the ingredient bags from the mapping table; The output prompting device is also used to output the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual markings on the ingredient bags.
[0009] In some embodiments, the cooking process acquisition unit is used to generate a second cooking process including the manual identification based on the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification on the ingredient bag, and the first cooking process corresponding to the dish name.
[0010] In some embodiments, the cooking process indicator further includes: A timing device for starting a timer after receiving a cooking prompt instruction from the user; The output prompting device outputs a cooking operation prompt for each time point when the timing device completes the timing of the first cooking process, so as to prompt the user.
[0011] In some embodiments, the dish name input device includes a barcode scanning device for scanning a QR code on the ingredient package to obtain the dish name.
[0012] Secondly, the present invention also provides a vegetable ingredient package, wherein the vegetable ingredient package is provided with a barcode, and the barcode includes the name of the dish and cooking process information of the dish.
[0013] In some embodiments, the cooking process information of the dish name is an identifier of the cooking process of the dish name.
[0014] In some embodiments, the ingredient package contains individual ingredient bags corresponding to the dish name, each ingredient bag contains the corresponding ingredients, and each ingredient bag is marked with a manual identifier for user identification. The cooking process is expressed by the manual identifier on the ingredient bags.
[0015] Thirdly, the present invention also provides a cooking process prompting method for the above-mentioned cooking process prompter, comprising the following steps: The cooking process prompter receives the name of the dish entered by the user; After receiving the dish name entered by the user, the cooking process prompter obtains the corresponding first cooking process based on the dish name; After receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction, the cooking process prompter outputs the cooking operation prompt for each time point in the first cooking process.
[0016] In some embodiments, the dish name input device includes a barcode scanner, and the step of the cooking process prompter receiving the dish name input by the user includes: The cooking process prompter obtains the dish name by scanning the QR code on the ingredient package using the scanning device.
[0017] In some embodiments, the cooking process prompter further includes a storage device for storing a mapping table, which includes the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification of the ingredient bag; The cooking process prompt method also includes: Obtain the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish names and the manual identification of the ingredient bags from the mapping table; After receiving the dish name entered by the user, the cooking process prompter retrieves the corresponding first cooking process steps based on the dish name, including: Based on the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification on the ingredient bag, and the first cooking process corresponding to the dish name, a second cooking process including the manual identification is generated.
[0018] The cooking process prompter provided in this embodiment of the invention includes a dish name input device, a cooking process acquisition unit, and an output prompt device. The dish name input device is used for the user to input a dish name. The cooking process acquisition unit is used to acquire the corresponding first cooking process based on the dish name after receiving the dish name input by the user. The output prompt device is used to output the cooking operation prompt for each time node of the first cooking process after receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction, so as to prompt the user. This achieves accurate prompts for the cooking operation corresponding to each time node of the cooking process and improves the prompting effect. Attached Figure Description
[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a cooking process prompt device provided in an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a cooking process prompt device provided in an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a cooking process prompt device provided in an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a cooking process prompt device provided in an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a vegetable seasoning packet provided in an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a vegetable bag provided in an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 7 This is a schematic flowchart of a cooking process prompting method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation
[0020] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this invention clearer, the invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative and not intended to limit the invention.
[0021] It should be understood that, when used in this specification and the appended claims, the term "comprising" indicates the presence of the described feature, integral, step, operation, element, and / or component, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integrals, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or collections thereof. Furthermore, the terminology used in this specification is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the invention. As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "first," "second," and similar words do not indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but are merely used to distinguish different components. Words such as "connected" or "linked" are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but can include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "Above," "below," "left," "right," etc., are used only to indicate relative positional relationships, which may change accordingly when the absolute position of the described object changes.
[0022] To keep the following description of the embodiments of the present invention clear and concise, detailed descriptions of some known functions and known components are omitted in this specification.
[0023] The specific implementation of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments: See Figure 1 , Figure 1 The structure of a cooking process prompter provided in an embodiment of the present invention is shown. For ease of explanation, only the parts related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown.
[0024] The cooking process prompter 10 provided in this embodiment of the invention includes a dish name input device 101, a cooking process acquisition unit 102, and an output prompt device 103. The dish name input device 101 is used for the user to input a dish name. The cooking process acquisition unit 102 is used to acquire the corresponding first cooking process according to the dish name after receiving the dish name input by the user. The output prompt device 103 is used to output the cooking operation prompt at each time point of the first cooking process after receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction, so as to prompt the user.
[0025] In this embodiment of the invention, the dish name input device 101 is used to input the dish name, which is the name of the dish to be cooked that requires cooking operation prompts from the cooking process prompter 10. The dish name input device 101 can be a mechanical keyboard, a touch input device, or a voice input device. Preferably, the dish name input device is a barcode scanner, which obtains the dish name by scanning the QR code on the ingredient package, thereby simplifying the method of obtaining the dish name. The ingredient package contains individual ingredient bags corresponding to the dish name, and each ingredient bag contains the ingredients for cooking the dish corresponding to the dish name. The output prompt device 103 can be a voice output device, a text and image display device, or a combination of both, used to output cooking operation prompts at various time points in the first cooking process.
[0026] The cooking process prompter provided in this embodiment of the invention includes a dish name input device, a cooking process acquisition unit, and an output prompt device. The dish name input device is used for the user to input a dish name. The cooking process acquisition unit is used to obtain the corresponding first cooking process based on the dish name after receiving the input dish name from the user. Each dish name has a corresponding first cooking process, which includes the method steps for cooking the dish, generally expressed by the specific operation method at each time point. The output prompt device is used to output the cooking operation prompt at each time point of the first cooking process after receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction, so as to prompt the user, thereby achieving accurate prompts for the cooking operation at each time point and improving the prompting effect.
[0027] In some embodiments, such as Figure 2 As shown, the cooking process prompter 10 also includes a storage device 104, which stores the first cooking process for each dish. After receiving the dish name input by the user through the dish name input device 101, the cooking process acquisition unit 102 retrieves the corresponding first cooking process from the storage device 104 based on the dish name. Optionally, the storage device 104 is a cloud storage server, which is communicatively connected to the cooking process prompter, specifically via wired or wireless means.
[0028] In some embodiments, the storage device 104 is further configured to store a mapping table, which includes a correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to a dish name and the manual identification marks on the ingredient bags. This correspondence represents the various ingredients required for cooking the dish corresponding to the dish name and the ingredient bags containing the various ingredients. The manual identification marks on the ingredient bags are used for user identification. As an example, the mapping table may be as shown in Table 1. Through this mapping table, the ingredient bags containing the ingredients corresponding to the dish name can be quickly obtained, thereby facilitating the user to quickly locate and obtain the ingredients required for cooking according to the prompts from the output prompt device. For example, as shown in Table 1, the ingredient bags containing or to be contained in the ingredients "a1", "b1", and "c1" used for cooking "dish 1" are the ingredient bags with manual identification marks "1", "2", and "3", respectively.
[0029] Table 1 At this time, as Figure 3 As shown, the cooking process prompter 10 also includes an information acquisition unit 105, used to obtain the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification of the ingredient bag from the mapping table. The output prompt device 103 can output the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification of the ingredient bag obtained by the information acquisition unit 105 to indicate the location of the ingredients (the ingredient bag). In some embodiments, the cooking process acquisition unit 102 can further replace the names of various ingredients in the first cooking process with the manual identification of the ingredient bag according to the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification of the ingredient bag obtained by the information acquisition unit 105 and the first cooking process corresponding to the dish name, generating a second cooking process including the manual identification of the ingredient bag. In this way, after receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction, the cooking operation prompts for each time node of the second cooking process are output, which makes it convenient for the user to quickly obtain the ingredients for cooking according to the prompts, solving the problem that the user does not recognize the actual ingredients.
[0030] In some embodiments, such as Figure 4 As shown, the cooking process prompter 10 also includes a timing device 106, which is used to start timing after receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction. The output prompt device outputs the cooking operation prompt for each time node of the first cooking process or the second cooking process after the timing device 106 completes the timing, so as to prompt the user.
[0031] One embodiment of the present invention also provides a ingredient package containing various ingredient bags corresponding to the dish name. Each ingredient bag contains the corresponding ingredient, and each ingredient bag has a manual identification mark for user identification. The names of the ingredients in each ingredient bag and their manual identification marks conform to the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification marks of the ingredient bags in the mapping table of the aforementioned embodiment. The ingredient package has a barcode, which can be parsed by the aforementioned cooking process prompter. The barcode includes the dish name and the corresponding cooking process information. Optionally, the cooking process is expressed using the manual identification marks of the ingredient bags; that is, the cooking process is represented and described using the manual identification marks of the ingredient bags, so that the user can quickly obtain the ingredients with prompts. Optionally, the cooking process information of the dish name is an identifier of the cooking process of the dish name, so that the cooking process prompter can obtain the cooking process corresponding to the dish name based on the identifier.
[0032] In an alternative embodiment, such as Figure 5 , Figure 6 As shown, the ingredient package 50 is equipped with a barcode 51, which contains the name of the dish and the corresponding cooking process information, for scanning by the scanning device of the cooking process indicator. The barcode 51 can be a QR code or a one-dimensional barcode. The ingredient package 50 contains two or more ingredient bags 60, each with a manual identification mark 61 for user identification. The names of the ingredients in each ingredient bag 60 and their corresponding manual identification marks 61 conform to the mapping table in the aforementioned embodiment, showing the correspondence between the names of various ingredients on the ingredient package and the manual identification marks on the ingredient bags. The ingredient package 50 is packaged by the food preparation staff on the backend food preparation platform and then delivered to the user.
[0033] See Figure 7 , Figure 7 The present invention illustrates a cooking process prompting method for the above-mentioned cooking process prompter according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprising the following steps: Step S701: The cooking process prompter receives the dish name entered by the user; Step S702: After receiving the dish name entered by the user, the cooking process prompt device obtains the corresponding first cooking process based on the dish name; Step S703: After receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction, the cooking process prompt device outputs the cooking operation prompt for each time node of the first cooking process.
[0034] In some embodiments, when the dish name input device includes a barcode scanning device, the cooking process prompter can obtain the dish name by scanning the QR code on the ingredient package.
[0035] In some embodiments, the cooking process prompter further includes a storage device for storing a mapping table, which includes the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification marks on the ingredient bags. In this case, the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification marks on the ingredient bags is obtained from the mapping table. When the cooking process prompter obtains the corresponding first cooking process based on the dish name, it generates a second cooking process including the manual identification marks based on the obtained correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification marks on the ingredient bags, as well as the first cooking process corresponding to the dish name.
[0036] The cooking process prompter provided in this embodiment of the invention, after receiving the name of a dish input by the user, obtains the corresponding first cooking process based on the name of the dish. After receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction, the cooking process prompter outputs the cooking operation prompt for each time node of the first cooking process to prompt the user, thereby achieving accurate prompts for the cooking operation at each time node based on the cooking process, and improving the prompting effect.
[0037] The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to limit them. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of disclosure involved in the above embodiments is not limited to technical solutions formed by specific combinations of the above technical features, but should also cover other technical solutions formed by arbitrary combinations of the above technical features or their equivalent features without departing from the above-disclosed concept. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.
[0038] Furthermore, while the operations are described in a specific order, this should not be construed as requiring these operations to be performed in the specific order shown or in sequential order. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Similarly, while several specific implementation details are included in the above discussion, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. Certain features described in the context of individual embodiments may also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented individually or in any suitable sub-combination in multiple embodiments.
Claims
1. A cooking process indicator, characterized in that, include: A dish name input device for users to input dish names; The cooking process acquisition unit is used to acquire the corresponding first cooking process based on the dish name input by the user after receiving the dish name. An output prompting device is used to output cooking operation prompts at each time point of the first cooking process after receiving the user's cooking prompting instruction.
2. The cooking process indicator as described in claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: Storage device for storing the first cooking process of each dish; After receiving the dish name input by the user, the cooking process acquisition unit retrieves the corresponding first cooking process from the storage device based on the dish name.
3. The cooking process prompter as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The storage device is a cloud storage server, and the cloud storage server is communicatively connected to the cooking process prompter.
4. The cooking process indicator as described in claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, The storage device is also used to store a mapping table, which includes the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish names and the manual identification marks on the ingredient bags; The cooking process prompt also includes: The information acquisition unit is used to obtain the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish names and the manual identification of the ingredient bags from the mapping table; The output prompting device is also used to output the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual markings on the ingredient bags.
5. The cooking process indicator as described in claim 4, characterized in that, The cooking process acquisition unit is used to generate a second cooking process, including the manual identification, based on the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification on the ingredient bag, and the first cooking process corresponding to the dish name.
6. The cooking process indicator as described in claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: A timing device for starting a timer after receiving a cooking prompt instruction from the user; The output prompting device outputs a cooking operation prompt for each time point when the timing device completes the timing of the first cooking process, so as to prompt the user.
7. The cooking process indicator as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The dish name input device includes a barcode scanner, which is used to scan the QR code on the ingredient package to obtain the dish name.
8. A vegetable seasoning packet, characterized in that, The ingredient package is equipped with a barcode, which includes the name of the dish and the cooking process information for that dish.
9. The ingredient package as described in claim 8, characterized in that, The cooking process information of the dish name serves as an identifier for the cooking process of the dish name.
10. The ingredient package as described in claim 8 or 9, characterized in that, The ingredient package contains individual ingredient bags corresponding to the dish name, each ingredient bag contains the corresponding ingredients, and each ingredient bag has a manual label for user identification. The cooking process is expressed by the manual labels on the ingredient bags.
11. A cooking process prompting method for the cooking process prompter according to claim 1, characterized in that, Includes the following steps: The cooking process prompter receives the name of the dish entered by the user; After receiving the dish name entered by the user, the cooking process prompter obtains the corresponding first cooking process based on the dish name; After receiving the user's cooking prompt instruction, the cooking process prompter outputs cooking operation prompts for each time point in the first cooking process.
12. The cooking process prompting method as described in claim 11, characterized in that, The dish name input device includes a barcode scanner, and the cooking process prompter receives the dish name input by the user in the following steps: The cooking process prompter obtains the dish name by scanning the QR code on the ingredient package using the scanning device.
13. The cooking process prompting method as described in claim 11, characterized in that, The cooking process prompt also includes a storage device for storing a mapping table, which includes the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification of the ingredient bag; The cooking process prompt method also includes: Obtain the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish names and the manual identification of the ingredient bags from the mapping table; After receiving the dish name entered by the user, the cooking process prompter retrieves the corresponding first cooking process steps based on the dish name, including: Based on the correspondence between the names of various ingredients corresponding to the dish name and the manual identification on the ingredient bag, and the first cooking process corresponding to the dish name, a second cooking process including the manual identification is generated.