Cooking Appliance Recipe Execution and Cross-Brand Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cooking appliances often intimidate users due to complexity, and existing pre-settings are limited, making it difficult to cook complex recipes, especially when using appliances of different brands or types.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows cooking appliances to communicate with remote devices and other appliances to generate, share, and perform cooking recipes, including automatic adjustment of settings and user guidance, enabling the execution of complex recipes across various appliances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cooking appliances provide pre-settings for particular food items, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability deteriorates because pre-settings are severely limited in breadth and cannot perform complex cooking recipes
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables a single cooking appliance to perform multiple cooking functions by accepting and executing recipes from various sources (friends, books, Internet) and converting them to appliance-specific settings. The appliance can handle both simple pre-set operations and complex multi-step recipes, making it universally applicable to diverse cooking needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that converts recipes from different sources and formats into appliance-specific cooking settings. This intermediary layer translates generic or external recipes into precise control parameters for the cooking appliance, bridging the gap between user intent and appliance execution.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users manually set cooking settings according to recipes, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity deteriorates as users face the complexity of operating the cooking appliance manually
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing the cooking appliance to automatically adjust its own settings based on received recipes. The appliance independently converts recipe requirements into appropriate power levels, cooking durations, and cycle configurations without requiring user expertise in appliance operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-converting recipes into appliance-specific settings before execution. The system prepares the cooking parameters in advance, translating recipe instructions into ready-to-execute control sequences that the appliance can follow automatically.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users convert cooking settings from one brand or type to another, then adaptability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates as users face further complexity in converting settings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary conversion system that automatically translates recipes and settings between different appliance brands and types. This intermediary layer handles the complex conversion logic, allowing users to input recipes from any source and receive appropriately converted settings for their specific appliance without manual calculation or adjustment.
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AI summary
Technologies for controlling a cooking appliance include receiving a cooking recipe from a computing device. The cooking recipe defines one or more cooking steps and each cooking step includes executable instructions that are executable by the cooking appliance to cause the cooking appliance to perform the associated cooking step. The cooking appliance may execute the instructions of each cooking step to perform the cooking recipe. The recipe may include digital rights management features, may be encrypted, and may include additional information such as an ingredient list. The cooking appliance may provide instructions, such as audible instructions, to a user while cooking the recipe. The user may also generate a cooking recipe using the cooking appliance and share the cooking recipe with other users.