Method for controlling a culinary preparation apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of culinary preparation apparatuses with remote control capabilities poses safety risks due to the potential for unintended task initiation, especially when the user is not in close proximity or can't visually monitor the apparatus, leading to hazards from external interference or accidental operation.
Innovation Solution
An internal control method that requires a confirmatory user input after receiving a control instruction, utilizing a warning device to inform the user of the apparatus's readiness to execute a task, ensuring the user is present and aware of the operation, and incorporating a user interface for safe task initiation, with features like motion, sound, or pressure detection to validate the execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote control capability is added to the culinary preparation apparatus, then ease of operation is improved, but safety risks increase due to potential unintended task initiation
Solution Approach 1:
A warning device acts as an intermediary between the remote control system and the task execution. When a control instruction is received remotely, the warning device emits a signal to alert the user, serving as a mediator that prevents direct execution and allows the user to intervene if needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by transmitting state information about the apparatus readiness back to the user through the warning device. This feedback loop allows the user to be informed of the system state and provide confirmatory input before task execution, ensuring awareness and control.
2Productivity
If task execution is automated upon receiving control instruction, then productivity is improved, but safety risks increase from accidental starts
Solution Approach 1:
The warning device emits a signal in advance before the task is actually executed. This preliminary action alerts the user to the impending task execution, allowing them to prevent accidental starts while still maintaining efficient automated execution once confirmed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements preliminary anti-action by requiring confirmatory control input from the user interface before executing the task. This preliminary check prevents unintended execution while maintaining the ability for rapid execution once validated.
3Reliability
If the control system requires user confirmation before task execution, then safety is improved, but loss of time increases due to additional validation step
Solution Approach 1:
The warning device serves as an intermediary that provides immediate visual or audible feedback about system readiness, allowing users to quickly assess whether confirmation is needed without lengthy validation processes.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to an internal control method for a food processor appliance (A), comprising the following steps of: (E1) reception of a control data item (Cde) including a control command (IC); (E2) generation of a state data item (IE) by the control unit; (E3) transmission of the state data item (IE); (E4) reception of a confirmatory control command (ICC); (E5) triggering of the execution of a given task by at least one given functional element, corresponding to the control command (IC).