Delivery Display Control Using Cooking-State Suggestions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional display systems only show the image of a delivery person, failing to provide users with actionable information to determine their next steps effectively.

Innovation Solution

A display control method using an information processing server that obtains user state, item content information, and associated suggestions, displaying the delivery person's image, item information, and suggestions on a terminal to assist the user in determining their next action.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If only the image of the delivery person is displayed, then the display content is simple and easy to process, but the user cannot effectively determine the next action due to insufficient information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completeness for user decision-makingVSAvoidsystem complexity for obtaining and processing user state and item information
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments information processing into distinct modules: camera module for capturing delivery person images, sensor module for detecting user state (cooking status), information processing server for analyzing data and generating suggestions, and display terminal for presenting information. This segmentation allows complex information gathering while maintaining manageable system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The information processing server acts as an intermediary that receives data from the camera and sensor, processes this information, generates appropriate suggestions based on the combination of delivery person image and user state, and transmits the synthesized information to the display terminal. This intermediary coordinates the complex interactions between multiple components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If multiple types of information (user state, item content, suggestions) are obtained and displayed, then the user can make informed decisions, but the information processing and display complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of delivery informationVSAvoidtime for processing and displaying multiple information types
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring user state through sensors and pre-processing item information before delivery arrives. When the delivery person arrives, the system has already prepared the user state data and can quickly generate suggestions by combining this pre-prepared information with the delivery details, reducing real-time processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback loops where the display terminal shows suggestions to the user, and the system can detect user responses or actions. This feedback mechanism allows the system to adapt and refine information presentation, reducing unnecessary processing steps and optimizing the information flow based on actual user needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3734951B1Display control method, information processing server and display terminal
Publication Date: 2025.07.23 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP OF AMERICA
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AI summary

A display control method performed using a system including an information processing server (100) includes: (a) obtaining, using a sensor (700), a user state indicating whether a user (20) is currently cooking using a cooker (600), when an image of a delivery person (50) delivering an item (40) to a building in which the user (20) is present is captured by a camera (300) provided at an entrance door (30) of the building (S202); (b) obtaining content information of the item (40) (S102); (c) obtaining at least one suggestion associated with the user state and the content information of the item (40) (S301); and (d) causing a display terminal (200) provided in the building to display the image of the delivery person (50), the content information of the item (20), and the at least one suggestion (S302). Here, (a) to (d) are performed by the information processing server (100).