Meat automatic cooking apparatus and controlling method thereof

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Solution Overview

Problem

The food service industry faces challenges in manpower shortages, particularly in meat cooking, due to hazardous working conditions and high labor costs, with existing robotic solutions limited in replacing tasks requiring intelligence and adaptability to meat properties and user preferences.

Innovation Solution

A system and device that analyze meat properties and user preferences to determine optimal cooking methods, using image and non-image data to control cooking temperature and time, and adjust cooking techniques accordingly, enabling automated meat cooking that reflects individual preferences for juiciness, tenderness, and flavor.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If robotic kitchen systems are used for meat cooking, then labor costs and safety risks are reduced, but the ability to adapt to meat properties and user preferences is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesafety risks and labor costsVSAvoidadaptability to meat properties and user preferences

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system captures images of the cooked meat and uses AI to analyze the actual cooking results. This feedback loop allows the system to compare expected outcomes with actual results and adjust cooking parameters accordingly, enabling continuous improvement and adaptation to different meat properties and user preferences while maintaining automated safety

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical cooking judgment with an automated visual analysis system using cameras and AI algorithms. This substitution enables the system to perceive and adapt to meat properties and cooking states without human intervention, achieving both safety through automation and adaptability through intelligent image analysis

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If automated cooking systems are implemented, then productivity and consistency are improved, but the system cannot currently handle tasks requiring intelligence and judgment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecooking efficiency and consistencyVSAvoidintelligent judgment capability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces human visual inspection and judgment with an automated image recognition system using cameras and deep learning algorithms. This substitution enables the system to perform intelligent assessment of meat properties and cooking states, achieving both high productivity through automation and intelligent judgment capability through AI analysis

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts cooking parameters such as temperature, time, and power based on AI analysis of meat properties and real-time cooking state images. This parameter adaptation enables the automated system to handle diverse cooking requirements with intelligent judgment, maintaining both efficiency and flexibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Speed

If high temperature cooking is performed, then cooking speed and flavor are improved, but the risk of burns and carcinogen generation increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecooking speedVSAvoidburn risk and carcinogen generation

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously captures images during the cooking process and uses AI to monitor the cooking state in real-time. This feedback mechanism allows the system to detect when the meat reaches optimal cooking stages and automatically adjust or stop heating, enabling high-temperature cooking for speed and flavor while preventing overheating that causes burns and carcinogen generation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system rapidly determines the optimal cooking time and temperature curve through AI analysis before cooking begins, then executes the cooking process efficiently. This approach allows the system to complete high-temperature cooking quickly to enhance flavor and speed while minimizing the duration of high-temperature exposure, thereby reducing carcinogen generation and burn risks

Inventive Principle:

Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

Data Source

PatentUS20240065476A1Meat automatic cooking apparatus and controlling method thereof

Publication Date: 2024.02.29 PEOPLE S LEAGUE CORP

AI summary

Provided is a cooking device comprising a first grilling plate, a second grilling plate disposed to face the first grilling plate, a shaft configured to adjust a distance between the first grilling plate and the second grilling plate and at least one processor that controls an operation of the shaft, wherein the at least one processor configured to control the operation of the shaft so that the distance between the first grilling plate and the second grilling plate becomes a first distance in case that the first grilling plate and the second grilling plate operate in a first mode, control the operation of the shaft so that the distance between the first grilling plate and the second grilling plate becomes a second distance in case that the first grilling plate and the second grilling plate operate in a second mode, wherein the second distance is shorter than the first distance, and apply heat to the first grilling plate and the second grilling plate.