Cooking Program Preselection by Time, Region, and Season
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking appliances are not sufficiently optimized for rapid, easy, and error-free operation, particularly for restaurant chains, as they do not effectively consider time, day, season, region, religion, and language parameters to pre-select and display cooking programs based on user preferences and frequency of use.
Innovation Solution
The appliance automatically displays and allows selection of pre-selected cooking programs on a touch screen based on parameters like time of day, day of the week, season, region, religion, and language, with program order configured by frequency of use, and allows manual changes via access codes, incorporating a timekeeper, sensor, and operational linkage to a control device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a country program list is displayed with recipes ordered by frequency of use for each country, then the selection of recipes is accelerated and operability is improved, but the appliance is not sufficiently optimized for rapid operation in restaurant chains where multiple parameters (time, day, season, region, religion, language) should be considered
Solution Approach 1:
The control device automatically determines the optimal program order beforehand by evaluating multiple parameters (time of day, day of week, season, region, religion, language) and displays the pre-optimized program list without requiring manual user configuration. This preliminary automated arrangement resolves the contradiction by providing both rapid selection (through pre-sorted lists) and multi-parameter adaptability (through automated parameter evaluation).
Solution Approach 2:
The appliance performs self-configuration by automatically determining program order based on detected parameters rather than requiring manual setup by operators. The system serves itself by autonomously adapting to the restaurant's context (location, time, season) and optimizing the program display accordingly, thus achieving both ease of operation and adaptability without additional user effort.
2Ease of operation
If the program order is fixed based on average frequency of use for a specific country, then operability is improved, but the appliance cannot flexibly adapt to seasonal and regional variations
Solution Approach 1:
The program order is made dynamic rather than fixed. The control device continuously evaluates current parameters (time of day, day of week, season, region, religion, language) and automatically reorders programs accordingly. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain ease of operation through frequency-based sorting while simultaneously adapting to seasonal and regional variations by adjusting the program order in real-time based on current conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the ordering parameter based on detected conditions. Instead of using a single fixed frequency metric, the control device adjusts program order by considering multiple parameters (time, day, season, region, religion, language) and their interactions. When seasonal or regional parameters change, the system automatically reorders programs to reflect the new optimal frequency distribution for those specific conditions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple parameters (time, day, season, region, religion, language) are used to determine program preselection, then adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device is designed as a universal system that handles multiple parameters (time of day, day of week, season, region, religion, language) through a single integrated processing unit. Rather than implementing separate mechanisms for each parameter, the system uses one multi-functional control device that evaluates all parameters simultaneously and determines program order based on their combined influence, thus achieving high adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple parameter evaluation functions into a single integrated control device. Instead of having separate systems for time detection, season detection, region detection, etc., the invention merges these functions into one unified control unit that processes all parameters together to determine the optimal program order. This merging approach achieves multi-parameter adaptability while keeping the overall device complexity manageable through functional integration.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a cooking appliance in which a large number of programs can be preselected as a function of at least one parameter. One parameter relates to the time of day and/or the date and/or the season at the site of installation of the cooking appliance. A large number of programs which are preselected by means of the parameters can be automatically displayed on a display device after the cooking appliance is switched on, and one of these displayed programs can be selected by means of at least one operator control device. The invention also relates to a method for setting a cooking appliance of this type.