Cooking device with a predetermined parameter, program and/or mode of operation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking devices with preset modes and programs lack flexibility, limiting their usefulness for special cooking processes or specific cooking products, as users can only make limited or no adjustments to cooking parameters.
Innovation Solution
A cooking device with preset parameters that can be modified using a control element, such as a dial and touch screen, allowing users to adjust and store settings within predetermined limits, which can be confirmed and stored either actively or automatically, with location and language-specific settings for increased flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If preset parameters are provided for predetermined programs and modes of operation, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The control element transitions from a static preset state to a dynamic adjustable state. When the control element is activated, it allows users to modify parameters by rotating or manipulating it, transforming the fixed preset parameters into adjustable ones, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables parameter changes by allowing users to modify at least one preset parameter through the control element. The modification is confirmed when the control element is activated again within a predetermined time period, enabling flexible adjustment of cooking parameters while maintaining the preset structure
2Device complexity
If preset parameters are provided for predetermined programs and modes of operation, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The control element serves multiple functions: it acts as both a selection mechanism for predetermined programs and a modification mechanism for adjusting parameters. This multi-functionality allows the device to maintain simple structure while providing both preset operation and custom adjustment capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically confirms parameter modifications when the control element is activated within the predetermined time period, eliminating the need for separate confirmation buttons or complex menu navigation. The device serves itself by using the same control element for both selection and confirmation
3Ease of operation
If automatic confirmation and storage of modifications is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes a predetermined time period window during which modifications can be confirmed. This preliminary time frame is set in advance to ensure that only intentional modifications (made within the window) are automatically confirmed and stored, preventing accidental changes while maintaining ease of operation
Data Source
AI summary
A cooking device has at least one pre-set parameter for at least one predetermined program, such as a cooking program, and/or cleaning program, and/or for at least one predetermined mode of operation, such as a cooking mode of operation or a cleaning mode of operation. The preset parameter can be modified by means of at least one modification function element of a control element of the cooking device. During a particular time period, the modification can be confirmed, accepted and/or stored by means of at least one confirmation and/or storage function element of the control element of the cooking device, and after a particular time period has elapsed, the modification can be confirmed, accepted and/or stored automatically by the cooking device.