Control method, recording medium, and information providing method for terminal device and information providing system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking appliances, such as microwave ovens, experience age-related deterioration in performance due to increased usage, leading to inconsistent cooking results as their heating power decreases, which is not accounted for in existing cooking programs, resulting in suboptimal cooking times and temperatures.
Innovation Solution
A control method for a terminal device connected to a cooking appliance that uses a memory to manage cooking logs and acquire recommended cooking times based on the appliance's age-related deterioration level, allowing users to select and set optimal cooking times through a user interface, ensuring consistent cooking performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If cooking programs are designed for new appliances with full heating power, then optimal cooking times are achieved for new appliances, but cooking results become inconsistent as appliances age and heating power decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic cooking time adjustment based on the appliance's age-related deterioration level. The terminal device calculates different cooking times corresponding to different deterioration levels (e.g., 0-3 years, 3-5 years, 5-8 years) and allows users to select or automatically applies the appropriate cooking time based on the appliance's current state, making the cooking program adaptive rather than static.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the cooking time parameter based on the appliance's deterioration level. By storing multiple cooking time values in the memory corresponding to different deterioration levels and selecting the appropriate value, the system adjusts the cooking parameter to compensate for the decreasing heating power of aging appliances, thereby maintaining cooking consistency.
2Device complexity
If fixed cooking times are used in cooking programs, then program simplicity is maintained, but cooking performance degrades as appliance heating power changes over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and storing multiple cooking time values in the terminal device's memory before actual cooking occurs. These pre-calculated times correspond to different appliance deterioration levels. When cooking is needed, the system simply retrieves and applies the appropriate pre-calculated value, avoiding complex real-time calculations while maintaining accurate cooking performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal device automatically determines the appliance's deterioration level and selects the appropriate cooking time from stored values without requiring manual intervention from the user. The system self-adjusts the cooking parameters based on the appliance's current state, making the complexity management automatic rather than manual.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cooking programs do not account for appliance age, then program universality is achieved, but cooking temperature consistency deteriorates as appliances age
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by having the terminal device acquire the appliance's deterioration level information (through usage data or user input) and use this feedback to adjust the cooking time selection. The system continuously adapts to the appliance's changing state and modifies cooking parameters accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system that maintains temperature consistency despite appliance aging.
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AI summary
A control method for controlling a terminal device includes using a memory that manages cooking appliance logs each including at least a cooking time of a food and first information indicating an age-related deterioration level of one of the cooking appliances to acquire, from among candidates of a recommended cooking time calculated based on the first information and the cooking time and stored in a server apparatus, third information indicating a recommended cooking time corresponding to second information indicating an age-related deterioration level of the first cooking appliance, displaying, on a display, a user interface that allows a user to select one of the candidates including at least the recommended cooking time for the first cooking appliance using the third information, and outputting a setting command for setting the selected cooking time to the first cooking appliance upon detecting selection of one of the cooking times through the user interface.