Cooking Recipe Display for Appliance-Compatible Recipe Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information terminals that receive and transmit cooking programs to cooking apparatuses struggle to differentiate between recipes associated with operation control information and those that are not, leading to reduced user convenience and visual perceptibility due to mixed displays.
Innovation Solution
An information terminal with a first radio communication unit for connecting to a server storing cooking recipe information, a condition input unit for retrieving specific recipes, and a display unit that separates and displays recipes associated with operation control information from those that are not, using list screens and cooking method screens to enhance differentiation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If recipes associated with operation control information and recipes not associated with operation control information are displayed mixed together, then the quantity of displayed recipes is maximized, but the visual perceptibility and user convenience are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the displayed recipes into distinct segments: recipes associated with operation control information are marked with specific icons or visual indicators, while recipes not associated with operation control information are displayed without these markers. This segmentation allows users to quickly distinguish between compatible and incompatible recipes without reducing the total quantity of displayed recipes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different visual qualities to different types of recipes within the same display interface. Recipes with operation control information receive special visual treatment (such as icons, color coding, or highlighting) while other recipes maintain standard display appearance. This local differentiation enhances user convenience by making compatibility immediately recognizable without altering the overall display structure.
2Device complexity
If recipes associated with operation control information and recipes not associated with operation control information are displayed mixed together, then the device complexity is minimized, but the visual perceptibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes color changes or color-coded indicators to visually distinguish recipes associated with operation control information from those that are not. By applying different colors or color intensities to recipe entries based on their compatibility status, the system maintains simple display hardware while significantly improving visual perceptibility and information delivery to users.
3Ease of manufacture
If all recipes are displayed without differentiation, then the ease of manufacture is maximized, but the user convenience and visual perceptibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the compatibility status information from the recipe data and presents it as a separate visual element (such as an icon or marker) next to each recipe entry. This extraction approach allows the core recipe display functionality to remain simple while adding differentiating visual cues that enhance user convenience without requiring complex software restructuring.
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AI summary
An information terminal includes a first radio communication unit that performs communication with a server, a condition input unit through which a condition for retrieving a specific cooking recipe information group from cooking recipe information groups stored in the server is input, and a display unit that displays the specific cooking recipe information group specified based on the condition input through the condition input unit. Further, the display unit displays list screen (1200) that displays as a list the specific cooking recipe information group so that first cooking recipe information that is associated with operation control information is differentiated from second cooking recipe information that is not associated with the operation control information, and a cooking method screen that displays a cooking method relating to specific cooking recipe information in the specific cooking recipe information group displayed on the list screen.