Cooking Process Display Layout for Clear Temperature-Humidity Overview
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern cooking appliances, especially those with intelligent processes, struggle to provide operators with clear and comprehensive information about the cooking process, making it difficult to understand the current and future steps, as well as adjustments made during the cooking process, due to the complexity of the information displayed.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional display area is used, divided into a main and secondary display areas, featuring a columnar display element for temperature and humidity information, with humidity displayed on a scale and temperature displayed as a column, and additional information such as operating mode, cooking steps, and automatic corrections shown in a clear and intuitive manner using color coding and pictograms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If comprehensive process information is displayed to provide complete understanding of the cooking process, then information completeness is improved, but display complexity increases making it difficult for operators to obtain an overview
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is divided into multiple functional areas: a first display area showing a graphical representation of the cooking chamber with cooking objects, a second display area showing process information and parameters, and a third display area showing control elements. This segmentation allows comprehensive information to be organized into manageable sections, providing both completeness and overview capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional linear or tabular displays to a spatial graphical representation where cooking objects are visually positioned within a depicted cooking chamber. This dimensional approach allows operators to comprehend the spatial arrangement and status of multiple cooking objects simultaneously, reducing cognitive load while maintaining information completeness.
2Loss of information
If multiple parameters and cooking steps are displayed simultaneously, then information completeness is improved, but readability and clarity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Different display areas are assigned specific functions with optimized visual characteristics. The first display area uses graphical icons and visual representations for spatial understanding, the second area uses structured text and numerical data for parameter information, and the third area provides accessible control elements. This local optimization ensures each type of information is presented in the most readable format for its purpose.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces graphical icons, visual indicators, and structured layout elements as intermediaries between the raw data and the operator's understanding. These visual mediators translate complex process information into intuitive representations, maintaining completeness while enhancing readability and reducing cognitive demand.
3Loss of information
If detailed process information is provided, then understanding of cooking steps is improved, but the ability to quickly grasp current status deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into priority levels with the first display area showing the most critical visual overview of cooking objects and their status, while the second display area provides detailed process information. This hierarchical segmentation enables operators to quickly grasp current status from the visual overview and access detailed process understanding only when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color coding and visual indicators to convey the status of cooking objects and process parameters at a glance. Different colors and visual states provide immediate information about cooking progress, temperature zones, and object status, enabling rapid comprehension without requiring detailed text analysis.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for displaying processing information on a cooking process which is being carried out in a cooking device. A multifunctional display surface (10) is used which is divided into a main display region (12) and at least two auxiliary display regions (22, 24, 26, 28), and a pillar-like display element (14) is displayed in the main display region (12), said display element containing information on a moisture content of a cooking atmosphere in a cooking chamber of the cooking device and information on the temperature of the cooking atmosphere. The moisture information is displayed in the form of a display drum (16), the temperature information is displayed in the form of a temperature pillar (20) on the display drum (16), and the moisture information is additionally displayed as color information dependent on the moisture and the temperature. The invention also relates to a cooking device with a display device on which processing information on a cooking process that is being carried out in the cooking device can be displayed by means of the aforementioned method.