Information processing device, information processing method, cooking robot, cooking method, and cooking equipment

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Solution Overview

Problem

It is challenging for chefs to continuously create new arrangements of dishes due to the influence of fixed ideas based on common sense, culture, and experience in the culinary world.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and cooking robot that generate new dish arrangements using a combination of food ingredient information, arrangement action data, and cooking tool information, processed through a Plating generation model to produce unique Plating actions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If chefs rely on fixed ideas based on common sense, culture, and experience for dish arrangement, then the arrangement reflects cultural authenticity and culinary tradition, but the creativity and novelty of dish arrangements deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecreativity of dish arrangementVSAvoidcultural authenticity of arrangement

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system captures and stores arrangement actions performed by chefs as data, then reproduces these actions through automated devices. This copying approach preserves the original creative intent and cultural authenticity while enabling systematic generation of new arrangements through data recombination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameters of dish arrangement by varying food ingredient combinations, arrangement positions, and cooking tool usage based on captured data. This allows generation of novel arrangements that maintain cultural authenticity while achieving creativity through parameter variation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If chefs continuously create new dish arrangements to meet demand for visual appeal, then the novelty and visual appeal of dishes improve, but the complexity of the arrangement process increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenovelty of dish arrangementVSAvoidcomplexity of arrangement process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automated generation of new dish arrangements by capturing chef actions once and allowing the device to autonomously reproduce and recombine these actions. This self-service capability reduces the complexity of continuous creative work while maintaining novelty through automated data recombination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary capture and analysis of chef arrangement actions, storing them as reusable data. This preliminary action simplifies future arrangement creation, as the system can directly generate new arrangements from stored data without requiring chefs to repeatedly analyze culinary principles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If traditional methods of dish arrangement are used, then the process remains simple and intuitive, but the ability to generate consistently novel arrangements deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconsistency of novel arrangement generationVSAvoidsimplicity of arrangement process

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces the mechanical process of manual arrangement creation with an automated information processing system. This substitution maintains simplicity for the user while achieving consistent novelty through automated data recombination and analysis.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces data as an intermediary between the chef's original actions and the generation of new arrangements. This intermediary enables consistent novelty by systematically recombining captured actions while preserving the simplicity of the original creative process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20220258345A1Information processing device, information processing method, cooking robot, cooking method, and cooking equipment

Publication Date: 2022.08.18 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a cooking robot, a cooking method, and cooking equipment that make it possible to generate new arrangements of dishes. An information processing device according to an aspect of the present technology generates new arrangement information which is information on a new arrangement on the basis of arrangement information including food ingredient information which is information on food ingredients used for an arrangement of a dish, arrangement action information which is information on an arrangement action by a cooking person, and cooking tool information which is information on cooking tools used for the arrangement. The present technology can be applied to a computer prepared in a kitchen.