Cooking Device Imaging With Embedded Control Commands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking devices lack the ability to generate cooking content using image photography of the food being cooked and input control commands, requiring users to remember and manually input control commands for each cooking process.
Innovation Solution
A cooking device that photographs the food during cooking, generates an edited image, and creates cooking content incorporating the control commands, allowing for the cooking process to be replicated without additional input, and enables sharing and storage of this content for recipe development.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If an imaging device is provided on a cooking device to photograph food, then the cooking process can be recorded and shared, but the photographed image does not include information on control commands requiring users to manually remember and input commands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the photographed image data with control command information into a single integrated cooking content package. The processor combines the image captured by the imaging device with the control commands executed during cooking, creating a unified data structure that contains both visual and instructional information together.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the complete cooking process by capturing both the visual state of food through imaging and the control commands issued, then stores this replicated cooking content for future use. This allows the cooking process to be copied and reused without requiring manual re-input of commands.
2Extent of automation
If cooking content is generated by combining photographed images and control commands, then cooking operations can be performed automatically without manual input, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor is designed to perform multiple functions: it processes images from the imaging device, manages control commands, generates cooking content by combining both, and executes automated cooking operations. This multi-functional approach consolidates what could be separate complex systems into a single versatile processing unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service automated cooking by generating cooking content that contains both visual reference and control instructions. Once the cooking content is created, the system can automatically execute the cooking process without requiring manual intervention, as the control commands are embedded within the generated content.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cooking content including control commands is generated and stored, then recipe development is facilitated, but the quantity of data to be processed and stored increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by capturing and storing control command information at the time of cooking execution. Rather than requiring separate documentation or manual entry later, the control commands are recorded concurrently with the imaging data, preparing the complete cooking content in advance for future recipe development and reuse.
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AI summary
A cooking device is disclosed. The disclosed cooking device comprises: a driving device for cooking food to be cooked; an input device for receiving, from a user, a control command for a cooking operation of the cooking device; an imaging device for photographing the food to be cooked; and a processor for controlling the driving device such that a cooking operation corresponding to the inputted control command is performed, wherein the processor controls the imaging device such that the food to be cooked is photographed, analyzes each of a plurality of frames of the captured image so as to generate an edited image, and generates cooking content by using the edited image and the inputted control command.