Cooking Control Device for Aircraft In-Flight Service Timing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Crew members on moving objects like aircraft face challenges in efficiently providing food and beverages to passengers due to their busy schedules and the need to frequently attend to cooking apparatuses located in different areas, leading to delayed service and increased workload.
Innovation Solution
A cooking control device and system that communicably connects content display devices and cooking apparatuses, using a processor to determine when passengers have finished content playback and transmitting preparation instructions to the cooking apparatuses to prepare food and beverages in advance, allowing for efficient delivery during breaks in content consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If crew members manually monitor and respond to passenger food/beverage requests, then service quality can be maintained, but crew workload increases and response time delays
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting when passengers finish content playback and proactively preparing food and beverages before requests are made. The cooking control device receives playback finish information, determines what food/beverages should be prepared, and transmits preparation instructions to cooking apparatuses in advance, eliminating the need for crew members to wait for and respond to passenger requests.
2Ease of operation
If crew members frequently travel to cooking apparatus locations to prepare food, then food can be provided to passengers, but crew members cannot perform other necessary tasks
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing the cooking apparatuses to automatically receive and execute preparation instructions based on passenger content playback status. The cooking control device autonomously determines preparation needs and sends instructions to the cooking apparatuses, which then prepare food and beverages without requiring crew member intervention, freeing crew to focus on passenger service tasks.
3Reliability
If manual coordination between content display and cooking systems is used, then service timing can be synchronized, but complex communication and coordination are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the content display system and cooking control system into an integrated automated service system. The cooking control device receives playback finish information directly from the content display devices and automatically coordinates preparation timing, eliminating the need for complex manual communication and coordination protocols while maintaining accurate service timing synchronization.
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AI summary
The cooking control device (13) is installed on a moving object and is configured to communicably connect to a plurality of content display devices (11) and one or more cooking apparatuses (16), each of the content display devices configured to playback content on a screen. The cooking control device (11) comprises a processor (132) and a transmitter (131). The processor (132) receives content playback information for the plurality of content display devices (11) respectively, determines one or more of the plurality of content display devices (11) that finish playback of content within a given time based on the content playback information, and produces a preparation/cooking instruction for the one or more cooking apparatuses (16) according to a number of the one or more of the plurality of content display devices (11). The transmitter (131) transmits the preparation/cooking instruction to the one or more cooking apparatuses (16).